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Alumnus Patrick Lees: Any working experience is valuable both on a social and career perspective
The career of Patrick Lees, School of Business Mikkeli Campus alumnus, took an unexpected turn early on and led him to work with renewable energies. 鈥淪mall details and timing can have a significant impact on your career, and I urge not to be too fixed with your career plan.鈥

Aalto University establishes a unique professorship in ownership
The professorship, established with donated funds, promotes high-quality academic research and teaching as well as Finnish ownership expertise and the culture of ownership.

JUKO shop steward wanted for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
All AKAVA members who are interested in becoming ARTS shop stewards can enroll until 15 February 2021.

School of Business alumni story: Married couple Mia Hoang and Juhana Polso
The Bachelor鈥檚 Program in International Business is not only an exceptional business education opportunity, some even find their significant other there. Our alumni Mia Hoang and Juhana Polso started a life together while studying in the program, and after Mikkeli they both combined studies of business and technology in the University of Nebraska.

New strategy for the School of Business
New vision and mission statements and the four strategic initiatives will guide the School鈥檚 activities throughout 2021鈥2024.

Creating original and aesthetically sustainable designs
From fellow design students to business partners, Jukka Jokinen and Heikki Konu's vases are available in the Aalto University Shop.

First cross-institutional studies cooperation initiated within the FITech network
Aalto University and University of Turku have signed a cooperation agreement that enables cross-institutional study of minor subjects.

Fashion Design graduates among finalists in the Designers' Nest competition
Graduates from Fashion Design are once again paving the way for Finnish fashion design with their innovative and unique collections.

Alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen: To know your strengths, you need to get to know yourself first
Unlike most of her fellow students, School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen chose an academic career path. She defended her dissertation in December 2020, and in her doctoral thesis she examined expertise sharing within multinational corporations.

Alumna Elina Lamponen: Internships and other jobs during your studies are a good way to try out different things
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Elina Lamponen gives current students a valuable piece of advice regarding working during studies: 鈥淭ry to get a job at a smaller company. The company might not seem as prestigious as bigger companies, but the duties are usually more varied, and you get to see and do more and get responsibility early on.鈥

Alumnus Pekka Lehtinen: Network as much as you can during the studies and after, widen your perspective
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumnus Pekka Lehtinen has had a long career and he continues to value the skills he gathered during studies: 鈥漈eamwork and the skill to think outside the box have brought the biggest insights into my career.鈥

The application period for Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020 has been extended until 22nd December 2020
The staff and students of the School of Engineering are asked to submit proposals for the winner of the Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020. The deadline for proposals is 22nd December 2020.

The application period for Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020 has been extended until 22nd December 2020
The staff and students of the School of Engineering are asked to submit proposals for the winner of the Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020. The deadline for proposals is 22nd December 2020.

Alumna Mari Sederholm: In life and business it is all about teamwork and continuous learning
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Mari Sederholm has had a long career in the pharmaceutical industry. Business studies helped her to pursue her dream career: 鈥淵ou will learn general skills that are useful in life no matter what you will do in your career and in which ever field.鈥

Rebecca Piekkari gets the 2021 JIBS Decade Award
The award recognizes the most influential paper published in the Journal of International Business Studies ten years ago.

School of Business participates in Positive Impact Rating (PIR)
PIR is an international rating for business schools, in which students evaluate their own school on how it is solving societal and sustainability challenges.

Alumnus Niko Marjomaa: International Business Program prepares you for the real business world
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumnus Niko Marjomaa found a way to combine the fields of business and security: 鈥淭hrough my experiences I saw the opportunities to think about security little bit differently than the majority in the industry.鈥

Finland will benefit from energy transition by participating actively in technology and market development
In the Smart Energy Transition project, energy transition gradually changed from being a gradually increasing signal of change into a part of everyday public debate. A discussion on the results of the project, which is open to the public, will be held on 1 December.

A six-meter wide seaweed installation takes over Finnish shopping centre
Julia Lohmann's globally acknowledged seaweed pavilion is on display around the clock at A Bloc in Otaniemi, Finland.

Aalto ENG Teaching Forum 2.11.2020 teachers were encouraged to take a sustainable development into account and include it in teaching
The Teaching Forum 2nd November, 2020 focused on sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.