FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Alumni and Friends,

The cover says it all!

Not really.

Don’t get me wrong. COVID-19 has deeply impacted Finlandia. The real story, however, is something other. It is about Finlandia’s students, faculty, and staff, day after day, absorbing, pivoting, and innovating through a season of extraordinary disruption and loss.

In the stories that follow, you will experience a good dose of Finlandia fortitude. Our stellar TRIO Student Support Services program has earned another five years of funding. Our gold-star accredited health sciences programs are on pace to be delivered from newly renovated spaces starting in January. So too, the venue for Finlandia’s new Center for Vocation and Career. Finlandia’s Esports program has launched and plans are in place for a new student center as early as spring semester. And, thanks to your generosity, we raised $3,800,000 toward our 3- year, $10,000,000 mark for Rise Together.

Finlandia continues to advance commitments such as these and others that point forward, beyond our present circumstances, beyond the daily challenges and relentless demands, beyond COVID-19.

So, the cover doesn’t say it all.

Yet, admittedly, it does speak to a shared reality we dare not dismiss. Every reader, each one of us, has and continues to experience personal and difficult loss of one kind or another. There are among our readers those whose work or age or health place them at higher risk. There are among our readers those that have lost a loved one, a friend, or a neighbor to COVID-19. We are mindful of these realities. And so, at such a time as this, Finlandia is truly grateful for your prayers, your continued financial support, and your good will.

Sincerely,

Philip Johnson President FEATURES 2 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY: TOGETHER FOR GOOD 8 THE SEATON CENTER FOR VOCATION AND CAREER 11 A LEGACY OF STUDENT SUPPORT CONTINUES 12 SISU ON DISPLAY FOR SAFE OPEN 14 RISE TOGETHER

CAMPUS NEWS ...... 4-7 • Finlandia Introduces New Need-Based Scholarships • New Student Health Clinic Opens FINLANDIA.EDU • FinnU Introduces New Certificates Olivia Myers ADVANCEMENT SECTION ...... 10 Director Marketing and Communications • Paying Tribute Brad Beaudette • Campus Security Technology Grant Creative Director

DONOR SECTION ...... 17-25 Haley Bussell • Finlandia Fiscal Year 2019-20 Donors Digital Marketing Coordinator (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020) Gavin Mackey • Finnish American Historical Archive & Museum Collection Donors Work Study Amanda Staege ATHLETICS NEWS ...... 26-27 Work Study • Women’s Basketball Makes History with ACAA Championship • Student-Athletes of the Year Named the Bridge • Moving to the Capital Athletic Conference Finlandia University 601 Quincy St. NEWS FROM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ...... 28-29 Hancock, MI 49930 • 2020 Giving Day [email protected] 800-682-7604 Note: Throughout this issue you may come across photos of people not social distancing or wearing masks. These photos were taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. the Bridge • 2020 Volume 73 No. 1 the Bridge is published periodically by Finlandia University. Cover Photo: Contents © Finlandia University freshman and Finlandia University, 2020 criminal justice major, Amanda Staege, All rights reserved follows campus safety and social distancing protocols during a study If you would like to add, remove or session on the steps of Old Main. update your mailing address, please call 906-487-7201 or e-mail [email protected].

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“I just wanted to do more, and do it now.” This was the “We are very excited about the new educational spaces sentiment shared by Ray Hirvonen in spring of 2018 for our health science programs,” said VP for Academic when he pledged to support Finlandia’s health science Affairs and Dean of the College of Health Sciences Fredi programs with a gift of $1,000,000 to the Finlandia deYampert. “A new cohort model will be implemented, Fund. Together with other strong support from Finlandia’s placing learning spaces and faculty offices within alumni and friends, and in designated spaces, allowing for cooperation with a local developer, easier access for students and Finlandia is now preparing to move I am excited for the faculty. In addition to the newly its health science programs to its upgraded instructional spaces, the new location on Quincy Green, the things that will be building’s 700-seat auditorium former Hancock Central High “ and adjacent gymnasium will possible for our School. Though exterior work become available for community remains, interior renovations are in programs with this use as well as for university their final phase of completion. new space. events” deYampert said. Finlandia acquired the iconic Most of the instructional spaces building in 2009 in an agreement with Hancock Public are nearing” completion and deYampert anticipates the Schools called, Campus and Community: Together for full move to begin as early as November. REMC, Good. From the beginning, Finlandia has been committed Finlandia’s internet and IT service provider, is currently to renovations that preserve the building’s historical working with FinnU to complete the internet/technology character, enhance its community spaces, and create pieces. inspiring learning environments. Finlandia plans to deliver In addition to the new facility, the College of Health its health sciences programs from the newly renovated Sciences received a grant from the Harry A. and space by January 2021, in time for spring semester.

2 the Bridge 2020 Margaret D. Towsley Foundation for new equipment. “The CHS faculty appreciate the generous grant provided to us by the Towsley Foundation,” said deYampert. “This five-year $220,000 grant supports program enhancements in technology and learning environments.” Finlandia has been a recipient of several Towsley Grants in the past. The most recent, in 2018, funded a third patient simulator. For CHS students, the anticipated move to the new building is a welcomed one. One of the future classrooms for the College of Health Sciences. “The new space will allow us to use more of our New windows were installed throughout the building. simulation equipment,” said nursing student David Carlson. “I am really looking forward to getting into the new building because it will allow us to have more space. The nursing and PTA programs don't typically mix with the other majors, so having our own building that we can have more room in to work is going to be very useful. I am excited for the things that will be possible for our programs with this new space.” “I am excited to have classes there because it will be a new environment dedicated to all students who are studying health sciences,” said sophomore nursing student Hillary Hantz. Hantz transferred to FinnU last year after spending two years at Lansing Community College. She enjoyed her experience so much, she convinced her older brother, Nick, and younger sister, The auditorium is currently being used to host socially-distanced Madeline, who are also studying nursing, to classes from a number of different programs. transfer to Finlandia this year. Although the space for health science majors will be bigger, students will still have the small class sizes and connection with the professors they’ve come to know and appreciate. “I suggested that my brother and sister should join me here at FinnU because of my positive experiences,” said Hantz. “I love that the classes are smaller than other colleges and universities. I truly feel that the professors here want us to succeed and care about their students.” The College of Health Sciences building will be named in recognition of the Hirvonen family’s lifetime legacy of generosity, leadership, and healthcare careers. An opening for alumni and friends with a naming ceremony and other donor A space on the fourth floor is being reimagined for FinnU's Esports program. recognitions is planned for 2021.

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FINNU NAMED A 2020 BEST VALUE COLLEGE Finlandia University has been named a 2020 Best Value Colleges by University Research & Review. This marks the third time in four years Finlandia has made the list. “At Finlandia,100 percent of traditional full-time students receive some form of financial aid,” said Sandra Turnquist, Director of Financial Aid Services.

CALUMET GRAD NAMED BRULE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Calumet graduate, Lia Tervo has been selected as the 2020 Brule Scholarship recipient by the International School of Art & Design. The Brule Scholarship is a $20,000 competitive art scholarship for new students. “I’m thankful that Finlandia offers such scholarships like this one because I like going to school and, to be honest, I probably would have decided not to go anymore if it weren’t for the Brule Scholarship,” said Tervo, who plans to major in Graphic Design. “So, I would say that my greatest reaction to winning was FINLANDIA INTRODUCES NEW mostly happiness that I can still go to school and get a NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS degree in something that I love doing.” Finlandia University introduced two new need-based scholarships in 2020 to further its commitment to BPA HOSTS BUSINESS DAY providing quality affordable private higher education to EVENT FOR LOCAL STUDENTS all. The Rise Together Scholarship provides free full The Finlandia University Business Professionals of tuition for qualifying Michigan students when combined America student group hosted a Business Day event for with federal and state grants for students. The Western 60 local students in February that featured networking Great Lakes Scholarship provides up to $4,000 for opportunities, an exploration of careers in business and qualifying students from Michigan, Minnesota, a case study. Wisconsin and Illinois.

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKS FINNU #12 FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY Finlandia University has been ranked by US News & World Report as a top university for Social Mobility. Finlandia came in at #12 on the list of universities in the Midwest region. The ranking was based on Finlandia’s enrollment and graduation of Pell eligible students. Currently, FinnU’s Pell eligible population sits at just over 50 percent. “Finlandia has long prided itself on the educational attainment of low income and first generation college students by providing academic and social support, scholarships, such as the Rise Together Scholarship, and networking opportunities for students who may fall through the cracks at a larger school,” said Dean of Students Erin Barnett.

4 the Bridge • 2020 NEW 2+2 PTA PROGRAM OFFERS PATH TO DPT FINNU NAMED A TOP 30 Finlandia’s newest 2+2 offering pairs the popular associate LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN degree in Physical Therapy Assistant with a bachelor’s THE MIDWEST degree in Liberal Arts to create a pathway to a Doctor’s of Finlandia University was Physical Therapy program. named a Top 30 Liberal Arts College in the Midwest FINLANDIA LISTED IN TOP 30 BEST according to Great Value NURSING SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN Colleges. “We are the only liberal arts Finlandia University has been listed as one of the Top 30 university in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Best Nursing Schools in Michigan according to Nursing Our tuition is competitive and the quality of the Schools Almanac. Nursing Schools Almanac researched educational experience here is outstanding. over 3,000 schools in the country on the institution’s We are proud of the programs we offer and academic prestige and perceived value, the breadth and the success of our students,” said Vice depth of nursing programs offered and finally student President for Academic Affairs Dr. Fredi success, particularly on the NCLEX licensure examination. deYampert. Graduates of FinnU’s prelicensure BSN program consistently perform strongly on the NCLEX-RN national licensure SCAS EXPANDS MAJOR examination, including a perfect 100 percent first-time pass AND MINOR OFFERINGS rate in 2016 and 2019. The Suomi College of Arts & Sciences (SCAS) began offering a Bachelor of Science option in Biology and Psychology this fall. It previously only offered a Bachelor of Arts in both degrees. SCAS also introduced three new minors: Military Science, Global Studies, and Creative Writing.

NEW STUDENT HEALTH CLINIC OPENS Finlandia has partnered with the Upper Great Lakes Family Health Clinic to open a new student health clinic in Nikander Hall. Run by Cindy Blake, NP, and staffed by nursing students, the clinic will provide basic care services for students and employees while giving BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSIST AREA FIRMS health sciences students the opportunity to gain WITH INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION hands-on experience working with patients. This spring, students in the International School of Business’s Global Entrepreneurship class worked with two area 3RD RANKED ONLINE businesses to develop plans that assisted them in expanding RN-BSN PROGRAM IN MI their international operations. For the Lake Linden-based Finlandia University’s company, NECi Superior Enzymes, students explored Online RN-BSN program opportunities for expansion into the eastern European was ranked third in the market. For ProNav Marine of Hancock, students put a plan 2020 – Best Online RN- together to allow the company to expand its international BSN Programs in sales in Canada, Australia, and the Nordic countries of Michigan by Registered Nursing.“At Finlandia, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. we recognize the challenge of balancing school with other commitments and have 81 GRADUATE DURING VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT created a well-rounded program that offers the The Finlandia University Class of 2020 had a graduation flexibility needed for students to achieve their ceremony unlike any other. On May 21, 81 students had goals,” said Lori Sullivan, Director of the RN- their degrees conferred in a virtual ceremony. The ceremony BSN program. This honor is the third that featured alumna, Darlene King (‘90, Liberal Arts) as the Finlandia’s Online RN-BSN program has keynote speaker and Nicholas Tobey (‘20, Accounting) as received in two years. the student speaker. The full graduation can be viewed on Finlandia’s YouTube channel.

finlandia.edu 5 PRESIDENT JOHNSON CALLS SOCIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by local enforcement officers this summer, President Johnson created the President’s Social Justice Task Force. The Task Force, led by TRIO Director Cindy Cowell and composed of students, faculty and staff, seeks to be advocates for social justice in the campus community and identify places on campus to improve support for disenfranchised populations.

FOLK SCHOOL LOOKS FORWARD TO BUILDING ON SUCCESS Though the pandemic has temporarily halted public operations of the Finnish American Folk School (FAFS), organizers have been planning for a post-COVID world and are preparing a slate of Nordic and folk art programs, building on the recent successes of the Folk School – which is the only exclusively Finnish folk school PAAVO NURMI CENTER UNDERGOES UPDATES in North America. The FAFS team is enthusiastic, The Paavo Nurmi Center gym underwent several buoyed by the results of their most recent courses, which changes this summer including painting the ceiling have included Lapland boot (lapikkaat) making, folk black, and a refinished floor by Horner Flooring. dancing, birchbark harvesting and instrument making, to “I’m incredibly happy with the Paavo updates,” said name a few. Stay up to date on all Folk School Women’s Basketball Head Coach Mariah Dunham. programming at finlandia.edu/fahc “It’s important that we do as much as we can to stay competitive in a recruiting aspect, and the gym is certainly a big part of that recruiting piece. I’m excited to have a game day experience with the new looks.”

ISB LAUNCHES E-NEWSLETTER The Finlandia International School of Business (ISB) has launched a new e-newsletter. The e-newsletter allows people to stay up-to-date on the ISB alumni, faculty and program news. Currently, the newsletter is scheduled to go out once a semester, but Kevin Manninen, Dean of the ISB, is eager to send it out more frequently. Sign up to receive the newsletter at finlandia.edu/business. ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA CELEBRATES 5 YEARS This year, Finlandia’s Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) FINNU INTRODUCES NEW CERTIFICATES chapter celebrates its fifth anniversary. The ALD is a Finlandia University is excited to announce new National Honor Society for First-Year Success and to online certificate offerings in Marketing, Sports become a member, students must earn a 3.5 GPA or Management, and Teaching & Learning: Professional higher in their first semester at Finlandia. “ALD, aside Development. Each certificate consists of four, five- from being a resume line, offers competitive week long courses that e-learners can complete on scholarships for graduate school and study abroad, their own time. A full certificate could be earned by and provides opportunities for leadership on campus as taking two courses at once for a total of 10 weeks. E- well as access to leadership development through the learners also have the option of completing one national organization,” said Erin Barnett, Finlandia’s course at a time, for a total of 20 weeks. E-learners Dean of Students and ALD Chapter Founder. Since can also opt to take courses à la carte, if they are not 2015, 62 Finlandia students have been inducted into interested in completing the entire certificate. Learn the National ALD. more at finlandia.edu/certificates.

6 the Bridge • 2020 GARY BLACK took over as Chief Financial Officer at LAUREN HUESTED joined the FInnU FinnU last December. Black previously worked as the admissions team in October 2020 Senior Financial Director at DRS Naval Power Systems and will be assisting the women’s in Milwaukee and has almost 40 years of experience in athletic prospects with their admissions financial and leadership roles that span two continents. needs. Huested has worked closely Past employers include Johnson & Johnson, Pearl Vision, with Dean of Enrollment Anthony Quelle AG in Austria, and Trident Maritime Systems, Schwass previously as an Admissions among others. Counselor at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. Black brought on CYRIL FOXPETROV as Accounting Manager in January and ALBERT HAMMOND (‘20, JOE KOEPEL (‘00) has taken the role of Human Accounting) as an Accountant. FoxPetrov was born and Resources Director at FinnU. Koepel is a Suomi College raised in Madison, Wis. and graduated from the graduate and most recently worked as the President of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a degree in Edgewood Education Group as an executive recruiter Accounting in 2014, and earned his Masters in for engineering firms, and colleges and universities. Professional Accountancy in 2015. NATHAN PERREAULT (‘12 Medical MARIE BONENFANT (‘13) recently moved back to the Billing & Coding, ‘14 Healthcare Financial Aid department as a Financial Aid Counselor Management) joined the Inter - after working in North Wind Books as a Book Clerk for national School of Business this past the past few years. Bonenfant previously worked as a year as an Assistant Professor of Financial Aid Counselor until 2018. Taking her place at Management. Perreault has a Master’s North Wind Books is CINDY LORENZ, who previously degree in Business Administration from worked in Accounts Payable at the Business office. Western Governors University and will be teaching leadership team skills, JASON DART joined the FinnU principles of management, business finance, and business admissions team in October 2020 research. and will be assisting men’s athletics prospects with their admissions ANTHONY SCHWASS was named needs. Dart moved to the UP from as Finlandia’s new Dean of Florida where he’s most recently Enrollment in March 2020. He served as a middle and high school came to FinnU from Davenport teacher. Dart also has experience as University where he worked his way an admissions recruiter for Le up from Admissions Officer to Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Orlando and Director in four years. During his National College in Charlottesville, Va. time at Davenport, he revolutionized their existing customer relationship GINA GELICHE (‘19, Fiber & Fashion management system, led strategic partnerships with over Design) joined the FinnU admissions 130 key high schools and technical career centers, and team in winter 2020. Geliche was a exceeded student enrollment targets at 111 percent. member of the Servant Leadership Schwass earned his BBA in Human Resources House, Helsinki Slang, a Palahemio Management in 2016 and his MBA in 2018, both from Fellow and a member of the Young Davenport. Women’s Caucus for Art while a student at FinnU. She will be SHERRY WYETH joined the recruiting business majors and admissions team as a recruiter for students from upper Michigan. the College of Health Sciences and transfer students in winter 2020. SCOTT HENDRICKSON has been promoted to Head of Wyeth has experience working Security for Finlandia. Hendrickson has worked as a alongside FinnU CHS alumni in the security officer at FinnU since 2008 and assumed his field, and says she wants to be a new role in August 2020. part of bringing more of them into the world.

finlandia.edu 7 he first assignment in the Sisu Seminar course taken “The reason Erin (Barnett) and I applied for this grant is Tby all incoming Finlandia students is to write a short twofold,” said Dr. René Johnson, the Director of Vocation reflection on the value of education. Students used and Servant Leadership at the CVC. “One, we phrases like “to help me find my calling,” and “to make recognized all the good efforts on campus to work me a better person,” or “to do something that makes an closely with students, but also the need to consolidate impact in the world as well as makes me happy” in those efforts and even increase opportunities for students describing how they see the value of education. They to receive career guidance. Two, Finlandia values the are not only interested in knowing what kind of work holistic approach, combining opportunities for both they’re preparing for, but why that work matters and how personal and professional development, which occurs it relates to their personal well-being. with the marriage of vocational discernment and career building experiences.” The 2019 study “Forging Pathways to Purposeful Work” conducted by Gallup with Bates College promotes career The CVC staff, which includes Johnson and Emma Dorst, planning that addresses the “why” of work. They found that the Director of Career Services, have developed a 80 percent of college graduates desire work that is framework for charting career pathways that integrates purposeful, but less than half actually find meaning and the concepts of Vocation and Career into a holistic vision purpose in their work. The study refers to this as the “purpose of professional development through which students see gap” and concludes that “colleges and universities may the possibilities within themselves and in the wider benefit from focusing on how to prepare students to lead world. The CVC works collaboratively with academic meaningful and engaged professional lives.” advisors, community leaders and student support services to offer layers of support and challenge in both As an expression of Finlandia University’s commitment to the “why” and the “what” of career preparation. accompany the whole student toward a whole life, The Seaton Center for Vocation and Career (CVC) aims to All incoming Finlandia students take an initial step in prepare students for rich professional lives in which they charting their pathway to purposeful work by examining find meaning and purpose. The CVC has been under their strengths. Students complete the CliftonStrengths© development for the past year, supported by funds from assessment followed by a 40-minute coaching session a NetVUE grant and the generosity of the Seaton family. with Johnson, who is a Gallup certified strengths coach.

Examine your Explore your Enlarge your Strengths Possibilities World

8 the Bridge • 2020 “My initial thoughts of the Strength’s Finder exercise was that I was excited to understand more about myself and that maybe it would give me a different perspective of myself because, as an individual I always go straight to the negatives,” said Jordan Pertile, a freshman pre-nursing major from Hancock, Mich. who hopes to become a traveling nurse one day. “I had a great experience doing this exercise and it helped more when we had our individual meetings with Johnson because she explained each strength and gave me more knowledge. It made me realize that I shouldn’t be so hard on myself because it was all positive.” Another incoming student affirmed that, “Without this [strengths assessment] I would still be lost without being on a path; but now I have been put on a path and I am blessed to be shown a way to find and better myself while still helping others.” Emma Dorst joined Finlandia in August 2020 as Dorst’s role is to help students plot a course that takes full Director of Career Services for the CVC. Over advantage of their time at Finlandia by exploring academic, the last 10 years, Dorst has worked for non- co-curricular, and fieldwork opportunities. This approach profit organizations in the fields of education, prepares students to enter the world of work or further research, direct service, and program design education, equipped with a strong sense of vocation, and administration. applicable skills and the ability to articulate their talents. Originally from Wyoming, Dorst earned her BA Understanding that we learn the most about ourselves at Oberlin College in Ohio, majoring in Russian when we venture beyond our comfort zones, the CVC also and East European studies and politics. She encourages students to expand their horizons. The staff can subsequently moved to the country of Georgia, help students consider and apply for internships, study where she lectured at the Telavi State University abroad, or community service opportunities. for two years, preparing students to enter the international job market. In 2014, she earned Finally, the CVC staff prepare students to confidently and her MA in International Migration at the clearly express the self-worth they obtain when they honor University of Kent's Brussels School of their academic preparation, life experience, and unique International Studies. From Brussels she moved to personhood. Workshops, events, and one-on-one Washington, D.C., where she spent the last five consultations help students enlarge their networks of years working in international policy analysis opportunity, create strong applications, and chart pathways and refugee resettlement. Along the way, she toward a professional life that is engaging and purposeful. gained expertise in many aspects of the “I think it definitely will help me have a better understanding employment process, overseeing professional of myself and that I will be able to put myself out there more hiring processes, managing internship programs, and not be so scared or insecure because the strengths I and providing career preparation support to have are something that I should be proud of and not diverse groups, including university students, something I should hide,” said Pertile. “Everyone has their interns, asylum seekers, and resettled refugees. own strengths, it just depends on how you use them.” In her work with the CVC, Dorst looks forward to helping students recognize and articulate the skills and talents they develop throughout their time at Finlandia. “I want to help people think more broadly about the meaning of 'career' and how they measure personal and professional success,” said Dorst. Express your Her favorite aspect of working at Finlandia is Worth how closely she can partner with students to help them expand their interests, dispense with limiting self-perceptions, and open themselves up to new, exciting visions of their future.

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remarked, when reflecting on the lessons learned from the Great Depression, “Finlandia seems to do a lot with just a little. I value that.” WR’s unwavering commitments to Finlandia are no more evident than in his 44 years of service as a member of Finlandia’s Board of Trustees from 1968 to 2012.

It was in the fall of 2017 that these two men and their spouses first started to visit together about their affinities for Finlandia and the Upper Peninsula. Some months later, a challenge was issued and met, culminating in a $1,000,000 gift. Other significant gifts preceded and others have followed. Both men, both families, like so GRANT RESTORES KALEVALA PAINTING many other friends and alumni, chose and choose to Through the financial support of Finlandia Foundation live generously with others. Finlandia is grateful. National and Suomi Seura, and the skillful and delicate work of a Detroit-area art conservator, a CAMPUS SECURITY TECHNOLOGY GRANT painting and an early draft of an illustration for “Kalevala” by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), one Finlandia University has received $47,589 from the of the most historically significant works of art in the Michigan Department of State Police and Michigan’s Finnish American Historical Archive collection, now Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program reimbursement looks brand-new. grant initiative towards campus security technology upgrades geared toward sexual assault prevention. PAYING TRIBUTE The University will use these funds to add a new Each issue of the Bridge recognizes friends and alumni camera security system as well as an RFID card access whom we have lost. With this fall 2020 issue, Finlandia system and enhance campus LED lighting in Finlandia wishes to pay brief tribute to two individuals whose Hall. generosity and leadership have left an enduring mark. MATCHING PROGRAMS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Very successful Wisconsin businessmen, both of them. Some companies and organizations match, at various One built things. The other sold things. Each lived into levels, employee or member giving. Over the past four their nineties. This past June, they died one day apart: years Finlandia has received $65,000 through such Oscar Charles (OC) Boldt, the builder, at the age of 96, programs. Supporters are encouraged to check with died on June 9. William Raymond (WR) Sauey, the their company or other associations to see if such an salesman, died on June 10, at the age of 92. OC once opportunity may exist. Multiplying one’s gift with a match makes a big difference for Finlandia.

HOW TO SAVE TAXES IF YOU ARE 70 ½ YEARS OLD An easy way for retirees to support and fund • You can withdraw more than the minimum required amount. annual donations to nonprofits such as Finlandia • The deadline for taking RMDs is December 31 each year. University is by designating your Required If you have an IRA, you may delay taking your first RMD Minimum Distribution (RMD) directly to the (and only your first) until April 1 of the year after you turn organization. An RMD is the minimum dollar 70½. If you choose to delay your first RMD, you'll have to amount you must withdraw from your retirement take your first and second RMD in the same tax year. account each year. Once you reach age 70 ½, • For more information on calculating your RMD and the you generally have to start taking withdrawals from withdrawal process, consult your financial planning your IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, or retirement plan professional, and/or tax accountant. account. By directing your RMD to a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, you can help to avoid • To direct your RMD gift to Finlandia University contact the paying taxes on your annual required withdrawal. Advancement office at [email protected] or (906) 487-7201

10 the Bridge • 2020 he U.S. Department of Education announced that Recent campus research by FinnU’s TRIO SSS showed TFinlandia University’s TRIO Student Support Services that over 60 percent of the student body in the fall of (SSS) grant program will be renewed for $1,705,835 2019 graduated from under-resourced high schools in over five years to help more students succeed in and 37 states. graduate from college. FinnU’s TRIO SSS program has “Students are not arriving at college with all of the tools been providing services on campus for almost 30 years that they need to be successful,” said Cowell. “TRIO SSS and assists 180 students annually. serves to equip these students beginning with their first TRIO SSS helps college students day on campus through to the who are low income, first TRIO SSS is critical to bachelor degree graduation generation (those whose parents stage.” do not have a four-year college the success and graduation For the students TRIO serves, they degree) or students with “ of first-generation, couldn’t imagine life at FinnU disabilities. The array of services low-income and students without it. the grant will provide are comprehensive and will include with disabilities at “TRIO is a vital part of a student’s academic tutoring, financial aid Finlandia University academic success here at advice, career and college Finlandia and always will be,” mentoring, help in choosing courses, and other forms of said Rebecca Showers, a senior accounting major who assistance. Such services enhance academic success transferred” into Finlandia her sophomore year. “It has so and make it more likely that students will graduate or much to offer its participants that will help them better transfer with the lowest possible debt. prepare themselves for college life. I have utilized each of the services TRIO has to offer and can say that they “TRIO SSS is critical to the success and graduation of first- have greatly contributed to not only my academic generation, low-income and students with disabilities at success but my entire experience here at Finlandia. Finlandia University,” said TRIO SSS Director Cindy Being a TRIO participant has been one of the best Cowell. “The goals of TRIO SSS align strongly with the experiences I have had in school.” mission of ELCA Lutheran higher education, ‘Called and empowered to serve the neighbor so that all may flourish.’”

finlandia.edu 11 SISU ON DISPLAY FOR SAFE OPEN n March 17, 2020, Finlandia University did many conversations with President Johnson about things Osomething that, at the time, was radical: it sent such as the school's gameplan and he always got back students home to finish the semester online due to the and was honest and helpful. As a student, I really COVID-19 pandemic with no timeline for when students appreciated that coming from the top of the university. I would return. Immediately after the announcement, felt like I was in the loop as much as was appropriate university officials quickly began working to help for a student and I also felt really supported and students get home, identify funds to help cover understood by my professors. Overall, I felt like our unexpected expenses as a result of the transition, and school handled everything and continues to handle this ensure students would persist in the new e-learning pandemic extremely well.” environment thrust upon them. Despite the abrupt change, Finlandia students “It was really an emotional roller coaster,” said Matt persevered and FinnU graduated 81 students in its first Peterson, a senior transfer student in the physical ever virtual commencement. therapist assistant program from Kingsford, Mich. “It was After the successful completion of the spring semester, the crazy watching people just flood out and be gone. I had focus shifted from “how can we ensure students succeed

12 the Bridge • 2020 online?” to “how can we bring students back safely for “Move-in week was exciting, meeting your roommate in- safe face-to-face instruction?” While online learning met person for the first time,” said Kate Drier, a freshman the needs of our community at the time, students nursing student from Iron River, Mich. “Finlandia was very overwhelmingly agreed they preferred in-person accommodating through quarantine and did multiple learning. Tucked away in the UP where the pandemic things to help us through without losing our minds. Bingo did not have quite as strong a grasp, Finlandia was in was one that was really fun for me and my roommate. an advantageous position to offer safe face-to-face “When you think of college, you think of classes, study instruction for the fall. groups and making friends, as well as going out and FinnU also had a number of other key tools in its toolbelt exploring the surrounding area. I will say that we can still to help it open safely: guidance from the Michigan do all of that, but in an environment that is considered Independent Colleges & Universities (MICU) and the safe. So my experience has been what I imagined it local health department, a collaboration with the Upper would be, just with masks and a six-foot distance Great Lakes Family Health Clinic and Michigan Tech, between us.” faculty and staff who dedicated their summer to updating In order to ensure all baseline test results were obtained, campus, and a little thing called sisu. the first week of classes was moved online. By the end “Over the summer I worked every day, literally, to of the first week of classes the results came back: one improve the safety of our campus through safe distancing asymptomatic student had tested positive for COVID-19. efforts,” said Associate Professor University officials quickly moved of History, Dr. William the student, who had followed Knoblauch, who is a member of self-isolation protocols, to a the Safe Distancing Sub- “Overall, I felt like quarantine suite. Committee. “Of course, this is a "Our students, faculty and staff team effort, and maintenance our school handled have embraced the idea that we has been involved. My everything and are all accountable to one another colleagues Ric Loduha, Jeff to keep our semester safely face-to- Pettibone, and even my Dean, continues to handle face,” said Dean of Students Erin Jason Oyadomari, have helped this pandemic Barnett. “We realize there is no out. Additionally, I know that Erin way to make our campus a Barnett was in charge of extremely well.” COVID-free fortress, as much as purchasing PPE and that I we would appreciate that, but we believe Fredi DeYampert was – Matt Peterson also know that the next best central to the baseline testing thing is to mask, distance, wash efforts. our hands and be honest if “Unlike at larger Division 1 participating in contact tracing" universities, we assume a responsibility to pitch in and The idea that we’re all accountable for each other get things done, and not that others will magically do it expanded into FinnU’s Community Promise for all for us. That's one of the things that makes Finlandia employees and students. Still, faculty and staff are special: those people who volunteer to help out in a continually surprised by how adaptable Finlandia timely fashion. They put our students first.” students are. New and returning students have found a On August 19, students arrived on campus and were new normal at FinnU that consists of wearing a mask checked-in to the residence hall during their 15 minute when inside buildings, completing a daily symptom appointment window. After moving in, they said farewell tracker, socially distanced events, hybrid learning to parents and headed to the Finnish American Heritage modalities and even smaller class sizes. Center for a baseline COVID-19 test, which was “From the students to the professors, to even President subsidized through the Finlandia Alumni Board’s Giving Johnson I really felt like we were all there for each other Day efforts. They were then ushered back to their dorm and in this together,” said Peterson. “We all had the room and asked to self-isolate until their results came same goal and continue to have the same goal and back in approximately 72 hours. Dining services offered that's to stay open, stay safe, stay healthy, and also have room service, new student orientation moved online to an enjoyable, memorable time here at Finlandia I feel encourage students to stay in their rooms, and students really proud to be a Finlandia Lion because I don't think got to know each other through online social events such you could show me a school that's handling this as online Bingo. pandemic better.”

finlandia.edu 13 Rise Together –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– What a strong start! You, Finlandia friends and alumni, have, in year one, raised $3,800,000 toward our 3-year Rise Together $10,000,000 goal. Your gifts have improved college access for financially challenged families, supported student success initiatives, and funded new instructional technologies and facility enhancements. You have achieved great things this year. Congratulations! Below are examples of your money at work this past year as well as two vitally important projects yet unmet for 2021.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS In January of 2020, Finlandia doubled-down on its commitment to make private higher education affordable for all through the introduction of two new need-based scholarships: Rise Together and Western Great Lakes. The Rise Together Scholarship provides to students with exceptional need, free full tuition when combined with federal and state aid. The Western Great Lakes Scholarship provides up to $4,000 for students from Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Grant gifts provide crucially important funding for these and other programs such as the U.P. Commitment Grant and Finlandia’s Finnish Strong Transfer Scholarship. First-year scholarship recipient, Lilian Stenberg, expresses her gratitude in this way: “I was extremely excited to find out that I had been a recipient of the Finnish Strong Scholarship. I don’t come from a wealthy family and the cost of Finlandia was a large factor I had to consider when deciding to attend. Thank you, for believing in the kids applying at this school with nothing but hope. You are the reason they are able to attend.” ACADEMIC QUALITY & INNOVATION In 2020, Finlandia advanced innovations improving 10,000,000 both in-person and online course delivery. The same is 9,000,000 true for improving student learning data collection. This

8,000,000 fall is the first full year with Finlandia’s new LMS (Learning Management System) called Canvas. Now, 7,000,000 Rise TTogggeeettthhheeerr with this tool, students are able to learn more effectively 6,000,000 $10 MILLION GOG AL with quality, digitally-based learning tools while learning 5,000,000 either in class or remotely. Also, in 2020 Finlandia

4,000,000 designed three new online certificates aimed at the

3,000,000 adult learner and working professional. These include RAAISED Marketing, Sports Management, and Teaching and 2,000,000 Learning. Next for this year, and again aiming at the 1,000,000 $3,8800,000 working professional, is a fully online degree- 0 completion program for a Bachelor’s in Business Administration.

14 the Bridge • 2020 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAMS First in Michigan! Finlandia is the first and only campus in Michigan to sponsor a chapter of the Tri Alpha Honor Society. In addition to Finlandia’s Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, this honor society supports students who do not come from families with a history of higher education. Finlandia proudly and effectively serves many such first-generation students. Through our own campus Chapter, Alpha Pi, eligible students, faculty, and staff will foster an even stronger support network and sense of community, the things that make for higher levels of academic achievement. Student success is directly affected by levels of emotional health and wellbeing. Together with new honor society programming, Rise Together programs, professional tutoring, study tables, funding has enabled Finlandia to open its on-campus academic coaching receive crucial support through health and wellness center, continue to provide robust gifts to Rise Together. These combined efforts are emotional and spiritual support through the office of substantially reducing the number of students whose the campus pastor, and operate Finlandia’s student academic standing places them at risk of persisting needs pantry, The Table. Student learning support from one year to the next.

technology. What we offer in pockets we need to offer across campus. Smarter Classrooms- Smarter Students is a $1,000,000 proposal and plan that addresses this need. A comprehensive upgrade of 21 classrooms in the heart of Finlandia’s campus will have a truly transformative impact on student learning. Furnishings, instructional technologies, and renovations will combine for the most inspiring, “smart” learning environments on campus. This top priority, capital project remains unmet in our Rise Together efforts. STUDENT CENTER Finlandia needs a new, inviting gathering space for commuter and residential students. Our former dining area offers the most exciting opportunity for creating a low-cost, spacious, attractive student center. A gift of $50,000, STUDENT LEARNING with a naming opportunity, will fund all furnishings, ENVIRONMENTS technology, and renovations. Plans are in place, including a snackbar/coffee shop area, new SMART CLASSROOMS - SMARTER STUDENTS bathrooms, technology, study corners, and game and Instructional technology upgrades continues to be one of entertainment areas. This priority also remains unmet in the biggest, annual expenses in higher education. our Rise Together efforts. Finlandia’s campus contains pockets of industry-leading

finlandia.edu 15 STUDENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FOR VOCATION AND The demand for health science degrees continues to grow. Rise CAREER DEVELOPMENT Together gifts and grants received in 2020 build on earlier, Finlandia strives to be both mission-centered and generous gifts, most notably, a $1,000,000 naming gift from market-savvy. This project, as much as any other, Ray Hirvonen. This renovation project is ready to receive tends to both. In 2020, Ken Seaton and family Finlandia’s health sciences programs. Offices, classrooms, and raised a grant match and made a Rise Together labs are being prepared in time for a spring semester start and gift and pledge totaling over $175,000. The an opening celebration to follow at a later time. Finlandia is new venue, with plans for opening in spring deeply grateful for all those who have accompanied this 2021, will be named the Seaton Center for project with generous gifts. (see full story, page 2) Vocation and Career. (see full story, page 8)

RISE TOGETHER NOW We envision Finlandia’s 125th anniversary as both a landing and a launch. We look now to you, Finlandia’s alumni and friends. It is your generosity and investment in our students, our programs, and our facilities that will make the difference as we rise together for Finlandia’s next season of growth. Rise together. Give now. Learn more at FINLANDIA.EDU/RISETOGETHER.

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DONOR RECOGNITION In each donor edition of the Bridge, we are pleased to recognize and thank the many individuals, foundations, organizations, churches, clubs, associations and businesses that generously donated to Finlandia THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS University in the preceding fiscal year between July 1, ARE IMPORTANT 2019 and June 30, 2020, and in years past. Some Finlandia University has received more have pledged deferred gifts, or named the university in than $100,000 Thrivent Choice Dollars their wills. Some have given in memory of loved ones over the years. Choice Dollars directed to or to honor a special date, event or person. We are Finlandia provide assistance and support grateful for the thoughts and prayers of our friends and to our students and programs, and make a alumni, and for their gifts in support of our students’ real difference. We encourage our educational goals. supporters who are Thrivent Financial ANONYMOUS GIFTS members to contact their agent with any Names of donors who have made anonymous gifts do questions. You may also call Ross Rinkinen not appear in the lists below. Finlandia, however, wishes or Travis Hanson at (906) 231-4630. to acknowledge their generosity.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($50,000 AND ABOVE) Lifetime membership in the President’s Circle is granted to those who have given $50,000 or more to Finlandia University during any five-year period, and to those who have named the university in their estate plans for $50,000 or more and informed the university of their intentions. TRUDY ALTER ROLLIN M. GERSTACKER FOUNDATION MICHAEL & VICKY MATTILA ERIC & ELIZABETH SAUEY/SEATS, DALE APP JOHN GOOD KAREN MATTSON INCORPORATED JULIE BADEL JOAN HAMAR ALEXANDER MCAFEE FLOY SAUEY SAMUEL & ELINOR BENEDICT PHILIP HILLMER MICHAEL & MICHELLE MCCUE KENNETH SEATON PATRICIA BOLDT RAY HIRVONEN/RAY & PEG HIRVONEN MCGREGOR FUND LOIS SHELTON DAVID & SHANNON BOYD FOUNDATION SANDRA MENGE SIEBERT LUTHERAN FOUNDATION, INC. DAVID BRULE DAVID & PATRICIA HOLLI EDITH NIEDERER DALE & JOSEPHINE SKOGMAN ELSA BRULE JUDY ISAACSON LESLIE & MARCIA NIEMI SUPERIOR NATIONAL BANK MARGARET A. CARGILL FOUNDATION PHILIP & RENÉ JOHNSON JOHN NIKANDER & SUSAN VINES THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS ALBERT W. CHERNE FOUNDATION KEK FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP JAMES & PHYLLIS NORTON BOBBIE TOKOLA HOWARD COHODAS (RAUTIOLA FAMILY) ARLENE & FORREST WINSTON PAGE HARRY A. & MARGARET D. TOWSLEY LOIS COHODAS W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION COLEMAN FOUNDATION DARLEY KEMPPAINEN PALOHEIMO FOUNDATION SUSAN UBBELOHDE JOHN & CATHI DRAKE JEANNE KEMPPAINEN JOHN & PAMELA PERRAS UPPER PENINSULA POWER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LEROY KERANEN ALLAN & TUULA POIKONEN COMPANY/WPS RESOURCES AMERICA JOHN & PAULINE KILTINEN PORTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION FOUNDATION, INC. FINNFEST USA 2013 COMMITTEE MICHAEL & SHARON LAHTI DALE QUASIUS NEAL & IOLA JEAN VANSTROM FINNISH-AMERICAN CLUB, NEW PORT NANCY LEMATTA JUNE RAWL SAMUEL L. WESTERMAN FOUNDATION RICHEY, FL JANE LEPISTO RETIREMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION PAUL WILLIAMS FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND RAYMOND & LOIS LESCELIUS CONNIE SARYA ALLEN & JULIE FREIS LOIS LINDGREN

NIKANDER CLUB –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($10,000 AND ABOVE) Juho Kustaa Nikander (1855–1919), born in Lammi, Finland, helped found Suomi College and served as president from 1896 to 1919. An ordained Lutheran pastor, Nikander traveled to the Copper Country from Finland in the fall of 1884. As a national leader of Finnish-American communities, he helped advance local congregations and fight the discrimination many of the immigrants faced. MS JULIE BADEL MR & MRS OSCAR C BOLDT / THE MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION, COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT MR & MRS SAMUEL BENEDICT / BOLDT COMPANY / BOLDT FAMILY EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA COLLEGES, WASHINGTON DC SAMUEL & ELINOR BENEDICT FUND FUND MR HOWARD L COHODAS MR & MRS JOHN L DRAKE MR & MRS DAVID J BOYD continued on page 18

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MR & MRS ALLEN K FREIS AINO HUSEN ESTATE ROBERT & LAURA MESSING ESTATE DR KENNETH D SEATON ROLLIN M GERSTACKER FOUNDATION, DRS PHILIP & RENE JOHNSON PORTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION, SAMUEL L WESTERMAN FOUNDATION, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN MRS JUDITH JUNTUNEN HANCOCK, MICHIGAN GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN LEONA L HASSEN ESTATE RUTH KAARLELA ESTATE MS JUNE RAWL MR & MRS RONALD P HELMAN MR LEROY R KERANEN MR JON H RIEGER / JON H RIEGER RAY & PEG HIRVONEN FOUNDATION, DR & MRS JOHN O KILTINEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN MRS KAREN MATTSON THE HON & MRS PHILIP E RUPPE

NISONEN ASSOCIATES COUNCIL –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($5,000-$9,999) In 1922 Martti Nisonen (1891–1946) left Finland with his wife and four children to become Suomi College’s music instructor. He created a music program that drew many Finnish-American musicians. A noted composer and arranger of cantatas, operas and several orchestral works, Nisonen is remembered as a tireless and dedicated instructor, not only of music, but also of cultural and moral development. MR DALE W APP KLUNGNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC, MRS JEAN R SEATON MR & MRS CHARLES N BRUSH HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS, APPLETON, MR & MRS FRANK S CARLTON MR & MRS WILLIAM MARTIN / MARTIN FAMILY WISCONSIN MR WILLIAM R HALTTUNEN FOUNDATION MRS EVELYN G TIELKING MR & MRS DOUGLAS HAMAR MR JOHN A NIKANDER & DR SUSAN VINES MR & MRS MELVIN J VISSER DR & MRS PAUL D ISAAC MR JAMES A RUPPE / JAMES A RUPPE FOUNDATION MRS DARLEY KEMPPAINEN MRS NANCY A SANDERSON

WARGELIN COUNCIL –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($2,500-$4,999) Dr. John Wargelin (1881–1970) was president of Suomi College from 1919 to 1927 and 1930 to 1937. In 1896, at the age of 15, Wargelin enrolled in the college’s first class, graduating in 1904. In 1906 he graduated from Suomi’s former seminary. Wargelin served as a Suomi College trustee for 36 years. In 1966 the university’s library and science building was officially named for him. MR WILLIAM A AHO MS FAYE H KERTTU REV & MRS GEORGE A OLSON AMERICAN COLLEGIATE, OMAHA, NEBRASKA MR & MRS RAYMOND O LESCELIUS MR DALE E QUASIUS MR & MRS THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN MR DAVID C MEYERS REV DR & MRS DALE R SKOGMAN MR ROBERT W JONES MS DIANE C NELSON REV PETER A VORHES & MS LIZ SIIVOLA MRS MARY F JURGENSEN DR JOHN M NISKA MR CHARLES J WESTEN MRS JANE M KANGAS NORTHERN GREAT LAKES SYNOD, MARQUETTE, DR & MRS JOHN T KENNARD MICHIGAN

WAINO “POP” LEHTO LEAGUE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($1,000-$2,499) Waino “Pop” Lehto graduated from Suomi College in 1918. From 1920 until 1962 he served as instructor and dean of the business, commerce and liberal arts programs at Suomi College.

MR & MRS KENNETH ASTHEIMER MR RONALD GARIBALDI MR & MRS MICHAEL A LAHTI MR KARL R SANDELIN MS CLARE J ATWOOD MR & MRS V FRED GUNNELL MS JANE M LEPISTO MR & MRS ERIC W SAUEY REV HENRY T AUKEE MR & MRS RONALD O HARMA MR & MRS JOHN P MAKINEN MR & MRS TIMOTHY E SEATON DR CARY M BJORK MS KATHLEEN J HARMON MS FERN M MALILA MRS CHRISTINE E SERICATI MS ELSA A BRULE MR & MRS DONALD J HAUTALA DR & MRS WILFRED FINNY MARTIN MR ERWIN T SIMI THE HON JOSEPH CIRIGLIANO MR & MRS ROGER HENDRICKSON FUND DR & MRS MILTON D SODERBERG MRS MARILYN CLARK MRS MARLENE M HOULE MR & MRS RAYMOND W MARTTILA ST MARK EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN MR WILLIAM J DUSTON MR GLENN JARVI MS MARIE MASTERSON & FAMILY OF CHURCH, WARREN, OHIO MRS NANCY FENTON DR JORMA O KALLIOKOSKI RAYMOND HENDRICKSON REV & MRS GARY L TERRIO FINNISH AMERICAN HERITAGE DR JEANNE K KEMPPAINEN MRS SANDRA SEATON MICHEL MS ANNE E TODIA SOCIETY, CANTERBURY, DR SARAH M KEMPPAINEN MR ROGER K NEIT MRS SUSANNA ECOLA TRITTSCHUH CONNECTICUT MR DAVID J KENT MS ESTHER H NELSON MS MAXINE VOISIN FINNISH AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB KEWEENAW COMMUNITY MR & MRS DANIEL J NIEMI MR & MRS JOHN A WALL FUND, WORCESTER, FOUNDATION, HANCOCK, REV & MRS LESLIE E NIEMI MRS SHELLEY TEFFT WHITEHEAD MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MR & MRS ALLAN W POIKONEN MR DAVID C WIITANEN FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, KIVELA FAMILY FUND MR & MRS JAN O RANKINEN MR PAUL E WILLIAMS GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN MR & MRS PAUL A KNUTI MR & MRS PETER W ROBERTS MR & MRS PHILIP M WUORI DR SYLVIA & MR SIDNEY FLEISHMAN MRS MARTHA KOPRA MR & MRS DONALD J ROSTOLLAN

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OLD MAIN SOCIETY –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($500-$999) Built in 1899, for many years Old Main was the sole Suomi College building. In its early years it housed classrooms, a chapel, offices, a cafeteria and a dormitory. Today it is the home of administrative offices.

MRS GERTRUDE J ALTER MR FREDERIC GAABO KEWEENAW COOPERATIVE INC, REV & MRS RONALD PECHAUER MS SARAH BANTA REV & MRS MYRON R GRAMS HANCOCK, MICHIGAN MR JOHN & MS PAMELA PERRAS MR GLENN E BECKMAN MS AMANDA HATCH MR WILLIAM KNOBLAUCH REV JOHN V PUOTINEN MR & MRS DAVID J BOYD MS ANNETTE HIBLER MR & MRS JEFFREY D KOENITZER MS SARA E RANKINEN & MR RICHARD C A CLARK MR BENJAMIN HICKS MS JOYCE S KOIVU CAMPBELL DR & MRS WARD H COLE MS MONICA HILL MR VAINO KOLA GEORGE A RASULA ESTATE MR & MRS ROBERT R CORDER MR PHILIP M HILL MR & MRS LESLIE KUIVANEN MR & MRS ROGER REYNOLDS MR JAMES M D'ANGELO MR JOHN C HIRSCH MRS MARY K KUUSISTO MR LLOYD E RUONA MS CONSTANCE DEFRANCESCO- MR STEVEN E HOLLI & MS JEANNINE REV & MRS ROBERT V LANGSETH MR & MRS PAUL SALEH WILLIAMS IZZO DR BARBARA A LEARY SCANDINAVIAN CLUB OF ARIZONA DR FREDERICKA S DEYAMPERT MR JOHN W HONKALA MS TUULA LEHTINEN MR & MRS BILL SPROULE MR & MRS JOHN E EAKINS HORNER FLOORING COMPANY INC, MR & MRS EDWARD LONGENECKER ROBERT & BERTHA STALKER ESTATE MR & MRS LINDBERG S EKOLA DOLLAR BAY, MICHIGAN THE HON PETER J MAKILA MRS PHYLLIS TUURI MR JOHN E FILIPPI MS DELIGHT IMMONEN DR MICHAEL J NAKKULA DR PENTTI UUSPAA FINN SPARK INC, FALLS CHURCH, DR & MRS SIGURDS JANNERS REV PAUL J NOMELLINI MS KARIN VAN DYKE VIRGINIA MRS ALICE M KELLOGG MRS NORMA R NOMINELLI MR & MRS WILLIAM C VERRETTE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, DOLLAR BAY, MS ALICE KEMPPA & FAMILY MR STEVEN NORDSTROM MRS RUTH G WARMANEN MICHIGAN MS NANCY E KERTTU NORTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE MELVIN L & NORMA L JOHNSON FUND COMPANY, HANCOCK, MICHIGAN

QUINCY CLUB –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($250-$499) Quincy Mining Company helped develop the region that Finlandia University serves. The company employed thousands of Finnish immigrants, including many who helped establish and support Suomi College. Finlandia University’s campus on Quincy Street in Hancock sits on a hillside once mined by the Quincy Mining Company.

MS MELISSA ABEAR MS NANNETTE E GHANATZIAN MS PATRICIA HILL MAKINEN MR DAVID AIRAUDI GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN CHURCH, HANCOCK, MRS GLORIA E MATHIEU DR WAINO E AUKEE MICHIGAN MRS NANCY CHADBOURNE MAZE MS LISA AUTIO MR KEVIN R GOKE MR & MRS MICHAEL T MCCULLEY MS CHRISTINE BAI REVS PETER GUNDERSEN & JIMALEE JONES CHRIS MCCULLOUGH MRS LINDA S BARBER DR ANDREA HAUGE DR MRS DONALD W MITCHELL DR & MRS CHARLES F BEORN MR MICHAEL HEINLEIN MRS ROBIN ALANEN MOSHER MR & MRS JOHN M BLOM MR & MRS TIMOTHY R HETICO MRS KAREN MALILA PALMER MR FOLKE A BOMAN MR & MRS CHARLES W HILL MR STEVEN PALOSAARI MR & MRS DOUGLAS S BOUCK MR & MRS ROY E HIVALA MR NICK R RAJACIC MS REBECCA BROOKS MR FREDERIC P JAAKKOLA MR THOMAS RENIER MS BOBBIE J CRAFT MR DAVID H JOHNSON MRS MARLYS K ROBERTS MR CHARLES F DAY MR & MRS RONALD D JONES MR & MRS JAMES M ROBERTSON MRS MARTHA DICKSON MS CINDY KANEHL MR & MRS MILTON W RUIKKA MRS IDA DUFFY MR & MRS DAVID A KANGAS REV & MRS JACK A SAARELA MR ANDREW E DUTT MR SCOTT E KIESER MR JORDAN L SIEGLER FR CORBIN EDDY MS SUE ELLEN KINGSLEY & DR TERRY KINZEL MRS ANITA SMILEY MS JONENE ELIASSON & MR ROGER HEWLETT MR & MRS CHARLES LADA MR WILLIAM STENBACK MR & MRS JACOB B ERKKILA MS RENEE LAJINESS-O NEILL MR & MRS JOHN H STIERNA MS ANN FICARA MR & MRS HARRY E LAMPPA MR & MRS JAMES B TERPENNING MR ANTHONY FICARA MR ERIC A LAUHA MR DANA VARNEY MS LAURA FINDLEY REV & MRS WALLACE G LENO MS CHERYL VOISIN FINN FUNN, MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS WAINO & JOANNE LIUHA MEMORIAL FUND DR & MRS CHARLES W WALDRON MS PHYLLIS FREDENDALL MR PETER LOSHER DR & MRS ROGER D WESTLAND AUNE L FURSTNOW ENDOWMENT FUND MR MARK LOUNIBOS MR RONALD & MS ANITA (HILTONEN) WIEMERI MR & MRS AGUSTIN GARCIA MS COLLEEN MAKI

MINNIE PERTTULA-MAKI CIRCLE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ($100-$249) Minnie Perttula-Maki (1880–1957) was Suomi College’s only woman president to date, serving from 1922 to 1923. She was born in Lohtaja, Finland, and was a member of the college’s first class, graduating in 1904. She continued her education in Chicago, Duluth and at the University of Helsinki. MRS DONNA ABEAR AMY J'S PASTY & BAKE SHOP, MR & MRS GARY, ELAINE & BRADEN REV JAMES E BARSCH MS KATHALEEN ACTON HANCOCK, MICHIGAN ARCHAMBEAU MR THOMAS BECK & MS KERRI JONES MRS LINDA SUOMINEN ADAMS MRS EVELYN M ANDERSON MS MARY ANN ARVO MS LINDA S BELOTE MR ROSS A AHO MR PETER ANELLO MRS MARTHA SAARINEN ASUMA MR RONALD BELTZ MR & MRS STEPHEN I ALBEE MS STACEY ANTTILA MS CHERYL AUSTIN CHRISTIAN MS KARA P BERG MS JAIMIANNE T AMICUCCI APPLE BLOSSOM MERCANTILE, MR & MRS THEODORE A BALZARINI MS ESTHER E BERGER HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN MS ERIN BARNETT continued on page 20

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Paul Nomellini Mr. Raimo Vetoniemi Ms. Leona Lee Rev. Henry Aukee John Hamar Pastor Melvin Johnson Waino A. “Pop” & E. Elizabeth Lehto Dr. Waino Aukee Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hamar Mr. & Mrs. Paavo Pelkonen Dr. & Mrs. Paul Lehto Georgina & Henry Aune Ms. Julie Hamar Pastor Antti Lepisto Mr. & Mrs. James MacBride Toivo & Helen Harju Arthur Juntunen Mr. & Mrs. Paavo Pelkonen Dorothy Beckman Ms. Ruth Harju Murray Ms. Viola Jacobs Vikt or Lindholm Mr. Glenn Beckman Bettyo Har Gordon P. Kallunki Ms. Helena Halmari Helen Kukkonen Bjork Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Ms. Lois Kallunki Pastor Norman Lund Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Barnes John C. Haro Armas & Fanny Kangas Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Dr. Cary Bjork Ms. Barbara Miller Ms. Janet Helander John & Martha Maki Ms. Mary Bjork Ms. Judy Miller & Ms. Cindy Bingham Bessie Kangas Ms. Esther Berger Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Boe Mr. Robert Miller Ms. Judith Wilson Norman A. Maki Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cass Patricia Heikkinen Pastor C. Thomas Kangas Mr. & Mrs. William Maki Mr. & Mrs. Larry Coon Mr. Dale Heikkinen Mrs. Jane Kangas Eugene & Tyyne Makie Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Kochaver Raymond Hendrickson Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Mr. & Mrs. Robert Makie Ms. Anna Peterson Family of Raymond Hendrickson Carl Allen Kargela Ms. Linda Santy Mark Makipuro Rev. Dr. Robert Hetico & Rachel Mr. Ross Aho Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scavo Ms. Esther Nelson Hetico Hirvonen Anja Karjalainen Toivo & Jenny Malila Mrs. Katherine Scholz Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hetico Mr. & Mrs. Marty Shades Mr. Raimo Karjalainen Mr. Karl Sandelin Prof. Arthur J. Hill George & Ina Bloom Pastor Dale Kemppainen Henrik Eriksen Mallikka Ms. Kathryn Heafield & Mr. Guy Sattler Janis & Cliff Eldredge Mrs. Jeanne Kemppainen & Family Ms. Elaine Hasleton Arthur Michael Hill Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi O.C. Boldt Lillian Malsack Mr. & Mrs. John Knodt Ms. A. Jean Pekkala Ms. Janet Pattison Ms. Julie Badel Mrs. Karen Reynolds Mrs. Norma Nominelli Re v. Rudolph Kemppainen Nicole Juntunen Manquen Ila & Arthur J. Hill Dr. Kenneth Seaton Rev. James Barsch Mrs. Norma Nominelli Mrs. Karen Reynolds Ms. Sally Schultz Brothers Jay & Dave Peter & Holly Manzini Katri Maria Hill Rev. & Mrs. David Van Kley Ms. Marjorie Voigt Ms. Mary Anne Storm Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori Uno & Elma Kemppainen Robert Hugh Brown Roger Mattson Martha Hill Mr. & Mrs. Karl Dickert Mrs. Delores Brown Mrs. Karen Mattson Ms. Roberta Noetzel Mr. & Mrs. Oscar & Ellen Ketola Joan H. Carlson Beatrice (Nurmi) Meyers Ms. Karen (Hill) Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Shevy Mr. Daniel Carlson Mr. David Meyers Norman A. Hill Edna E. (Rintanen) Kieser Jonette Cauvin Richard Michael Ms. Patricia Hill Makinen Mr. Scott Kieser Mr. Terry Cauvin Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori Roy Hill Carl M. Kinnunen James V. Chinigo Lempi Monette Ms. Jane Lepisto Dr. Brian Tarro Ms. Lois Chinigo Mrs. Sharon Bramel Rev. Dr. Armas K.E. Holmio James & Verle Klungness Bertha Simi Collar Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Monette Ms. Gail Koski Drake Klungness Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hansen Arvid & Joyce Nakkula Mr. & Mrs. Jaakob (Jacob) & Olga William A. & Elivira L. (Seppala) Scott J. Dic Dr. Michael Nakkula kson Holmlund Kortesoja Kaarlo W. Nasi Mrs. Martha Dickson Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Shevy Ms. Linda Kortesoja Klenczar Mr. & Mrs. William Nasi Helen Lepola Dutt Dr. & Mrs. Walter & Ila Holmlund Rev. & Mrs. Frans J. Koski Ruben Nayback Mr. Andrew Dutt Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Shevy Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori Arthur & Ellen Ecola Nancy, Gary, Elaine & Braden Margaret Honkala Bonnie Kukkonen Archambeau Ms. Kristine Ecola Macudzinski Mr. John Honkala Ms. Julie Badel Mrs. Susanna Ecola Trittschuh Dale & Lorena (Nayback) Quasius Dr. Vaino Hoover Mr. & Mrs. Harold Byykkonen Pastor Giles Ekola Richard Nebel Mrs. Georgene Tomazin Mrs. Marilynn Hamar Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Ms. Kim Bjerke Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen Marya Huht Bettie Niemi-Marlow Mr. Dale Braunschweig Dr. & Mrs. Robert Nominelli Ms. Jean Chapman Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Mrs. Sally Ann Ekola Dr. Kenneth Seaton Ar thur Hulkonen Dr. Viljo K. Nikander Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Jarvi Reuben Kurtti Mr. Allen Hulkonen Mr. John Nikander & Dr. Susan Vines Mrs. Jane Kangas Mr. Richard Kershaw Mr. David Meyers Aino Lepisto Husen Karl, Helmi & Eric Nissi Rev. Wayne V. Kuusisto John Ekola Ms. Ardis Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Harry Marshall Mrs. Mary Kuusisto Mrs. Susanna Trittschuh Mrs. Karen Lepisto

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Dr. Robert Nominellli Ed & Hilda Storm Pastor Duane Westfield Rev. Rudolph Kemppainen Ms. Julie Badel Ms. Mary Anne Storm Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Philip Kemppainen Family Dr. & Mrs. Ward Cole Joyce Taivaloja Tor Albert Wikstrom Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Maki Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Mr. Frederic Gaabo Mrs. Raija Wikstrom Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Dale Skogman Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Wilson Ter ry Talo Martha Wiljanen Frans Koski Bessie Nuranen Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Balzarini Mr. Paul Williams Dr. & Mrs. Charles Waldron Dr. Michael Nakkula Ilmari Tammisto Philip Wirtanen Rev. & Mrs. Frans J. Koski David H. Ochander Ms. Silvia Tammisto Zsoldos Ms. Julie Badel Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori Mr. & Mrs. James Gedrose Irja Hyle Tanttari Dr. & Mrs. John Kiltinen Rev. Thomas & Helen Kuusisto Mr. & Mrs. Warren Hill Mr. David & Rev. Nancy Kauppi Mr. Jacob Tanttari MEMORIALS OR IN HONOR: Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen Uno Luttinen Jeanne Isaacson Terry By Faith Event Kathryn Olson Mrs. Barbara Worrall Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori 140 Seminarians Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carlton Amos Marin Rev. Wilbert H. & Ruth Tormala Suomi Conference Dr. Kenneth Seaton Mr. Paul Marin & Ms. Betsy Little Ms. Naomi Fox Rev. Thomas V. Asuma Carl Pellonpaa Rev. Leslie Niemi Rev. & Mrs. Jack Saarela Mrs. Martha Asuma Rev. & Mrs. Leslie Niemi Dr. & Mrs. Sigurds Janners John Raymond Tuuri Rev. Henry Aukee Donr Pe yam Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen Mrs. Phyllis Tuuri Ms. Karin Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Edward Longenecker Ms. Karin Van Dyke Dave & Sarah Uitti Samuel V. Autere Vic & Lisa Peterson Rev. Frank A. Pelkonen Mrs. Mary Lee Mikkola Dr. & Mrs. Charles Waldron Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Schulbach Ms. Effie Jussila Patricia Van Pelt Rev. Giles C. Ekola James Piiparinen Arnold H. Perry Dr. Andrea Hauge Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ekola Mr. & Mrs. John Knodt Rev. & Mrs. Arnold Perry Ms. Julie Badel Mr. & Mrs. Lindberg Ekola Mrs. Linda Piiparinen Mr. & Mrs. John Talaska Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen Mrs. Sally Ann Ekola Clifford Ponnikas Rev. Viljo A. Puotinen Dr. Kenneth Seaton Mr. Jerry Haapanen Mr. Joe Ehlinger Rev. John Puotinen Prof. Alma Van Slyke Rev. Leander Ecola Mrs. Ellen Rajala Rev. Dr. E. Olaf Rankinen Dr. Barbara Leary Vilho J. Hanninen Mr. Raymond Tamppari Ms. Kristiina Vanhala Ellen Bakka Varney Mrs. Suzanne Hanninen Parker Rev. Dr. Olaf Rankinen Rev. Richard D. Rintala Mr. Dana Varney Rev. Dr. Armas Kuusta Ensio Holmio Mr. Jacob Heikkinen Mrs. Barbara Rintala Pearl & Walfred Waara Rev. Karl Aho Dr. Viljo Piikkila Rev. Lance J. Roberts Mr. Gerald Waara Ms. Gail Koski Drake Rev. Dr. Olaf & Helen Rankinen Mrs. Marlys Roberts Hilma E. (Wiisanen) Waataja Re v. Ralph Jalkanen Revs. Peter Gundersen & Jimalee Jones Dr. Uuras Saarnivaara Mr. & Mrs. Robert Waataja Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Maki Mrs. Norma Nominelli Wilma Ellen King Raskey Lillian Wiitanen Walloch Mr. Gregg Stevens King Rev. John M. Junttila Seminarians of 1957 & 1958 Mr. Joseph Walloch Mr. & Mrs. John Drake Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hautala Audr ey & Lloyd Ratkovich Donald Wanhala Rev. & Mrs. Jerome Nikunen Ms. Jane Lepisto Rev. Walter W. Werronen Mr. & Mrs. Roy Aho Rev. Carl Thomas Kangas Ms. Bertha Pangrazzi Re v. Richard & Norma Richardson Mr. Charles St. Clair Mr. & Mrs. David Kangas Karl G. Wilkman Dr. Waino Aukee Anna May Hulko Wargelin Mrs. Jane Kangas Ms. Ruth Wilkman Sara B. Ruona Dr. David Wargelin Mrs. Joyce Shuck Gust A. Wuorinen Mr. Lloyd Ruona Dr. Darrel Weller Karlo Keljo Mr. Gust Wuorinen, Ms. Rebecca Linda Salmi Mrs. Nancy Weller Dr. Kenneth Seaton (Wuorinen) Fiske, Mr. Philip Wuorinen Mr. Gerald Salmi Reynold E. Salmi Mrs. Lucia Salmi FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY BOARDS AND COUNCILS Robert Salmi Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wuori BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FINLANDIA ALUMNI BOARD (FAB) Julie Badel Edwin Santi Ms. Julie Badel, Chair, Chicago, Illinois Ms. Monica (Githens) Hill (‘76), President Joy Dorvinen Mr. Eino Santi Mr. Paul Knuti, Vice Chair, Embarrass, Minnesota Mr. Stephen Szuber (‘77), Vice President David Holli Dr. Arnold F. Sarya Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen, Secretary, Durham, North Carolina Mr. Jason Sullivan (‘01), Secretary Steven E. Holli Mr. & Mrs. Paul Saleh Mr. John J. Perras, Treasurer, Grand Rapids, Michigan Mrs. Robin Alanen-Mosher (‘73) Candace Koski-Janners William R. Sauey Rev. Peter A. Vorhes, Laurium, Michigan Ms. Jaimianne Amicucci (‘10) Judith Juntunen Ms. Julie Badel BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS Ms. Laura Bianucci (‘13) Darley Kemppainen Dr. Kenneth Seaton Mr. Glenn Anderson, Hancock, MI Mr. Kendall Bolen-Porter (‘19) Dr. John O. Kiltinen James A. Schneider Ms. Marilyn Clark, Ann Arbor, Michigan Mr. David Greenhoff (‘74) Pauline Kiltinen Ms. Sandra Seibel Ms. Shelby Hamar, Hancock, Michigan Ms. Susan Henning (‘77) Karen A. Lahti Roy & Harriet Schulbach Mr. Michael A. Lahti, Hancock, Michigan Mr. Adam Huey (‘07) Jorma Lankinen Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Schulbach Mr. Daniel Niemi, Marquette, Michigan Mrs. Donna (Wargelin) Kennard (‘58) John P. Makinen Lois E. Seaton Mr. Stephen Nikander, Santa Clarita, California Mr. Ryan Koski (‘08) Marvin Makinen Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brush Dr. John Niska, Ontonagon, Michigan Ms. Haley Makela (‘19) Fern Malila Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hamar Mr. Ross Rinkinen, Chassell, Michigan Ms. Jill Passanisi (‘11) Keith D. Meyers Mrs. Sandra Seaton Michel Mr. Eric W. Sauey, Reedsburg, Wisconsin Mrs. Barbara (Whelpley) Regan (‘66) Arleen Morrissey Stephanie Shem Mr. Jordan Siegler (‘09) Dr. Michael Nakkula BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ms. Julie Badel Ms. Alexa Sorenson (‘07) Rev. Leslie E. Niemi Mr. Aaron Fox HONORARY/EMERITUS MEMBERS Ms. Amy Sturma (‘00) Norma R. Nominelli Ms. Bessie Haapala Mr. Samuel S. Benedict, Naples, Florida Mr. Shannon Way (‘97) Kristin Ojaniemi Mrs. Donna Hiltunen Mr. Ronald P. Helman, Chassell, Michigan Paul G. Ollila Mr. Ray M. Hirvonen, Marquette, Michigan FINNISH COUNCIL IN Ms. Marnieann Polkky AMERICA OFFICERS Allan Poikonen Ms. Karin Van Dyke Mr. Ronald D. Jones, Brookfield, Wisconsin Dr. John Niska, Chair Tuula Poikonen Ms. Bernadette Yeoman-Ouellette Mr. Alexander McAfee, Chagrin Falls, Ohio Cheryl A. Rogers, Vice-Chair Dr. Carl Rahkonen Mae Shoup Mrs. Edith M. Niederer, Mukwonago, Wisconsin Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen, Secretary Daniel Sarya Ms. Laura Brubaker Dr. Norma R. Nominelli, Hancock, Michigan Mary Pekkala, Recording Secretary Anne Kemppainen-Todia Mrs. Fannie Shulstad Dr. Kenneth D. Seaton, Hancock, Michigan Henrik Työppönen FINNISH COUNCIL IN Mr. & Mrs. Perry Shulstad Rev. Dr. Dale R. Skogman, Gladstone, Michigan Kristiina Vanhala Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Simonson Mr. John Stierna, Hidden Valley Lake, California AMERICA MEMBERS Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Keat Mrs. Iola Jean Vanstrom, Duluth, Minnesota Steven Aho George B. Soorus Dr. Roger D. Westland, Fountain Hills, Arizona Evelyn Anderson Ms. Virginia Kelly

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FINNISH AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER, ARCHIVE, & FAR DONORS Though this has been an extraordinary year, the FAHC continues to pursue South Dakota; writings from the late labor activist Harry Siitonen; and its mission to preserve and promote Finnish-American and Finnish culture organizational and historical records from both Finlandia Foundation New and heritage. We have been closed to the public much of 2020, but York Metropolitan Chapter and the choral group Amerikan Laulajat. continue to receive donations, print The Finnish American Reporter, and While our Finnish American Folk School programming has been on hold, its plan future Finnish American Folk School programming. mission is still going forward through our partnership with the CLK School Many donors have contributed archival materials, and while there are too District and recent purchase of blacksmithing equipment so a new generation many to list here, some examples are: The only known surviving records of of potential tradition bearers can learn the art of traditional knife making. the Finnish Farmers Milling Company and the Rock Farmers Mutual Fire We appreciate the support of all of our benefactors and we hope to Insurance Company; a painting by Finnish-American artist Axel Sacrison of welcome you back to the FAHC someday soon. Voikaa hyvin!

Linda Suominen Adams, Brooklyn, NY Janet Helander, Brantwood, WI Judith Lovely, Hayward, WI Robert Saasto, Woodbury, NY Elizabeth Aho, Quincy, MA Roy Helander, Maynard, MA Judy Maaninga, Menahga, MN Lucia Salmi, Chicago, IL Mariann Ahola, Cushing, ME Arne Henderson, Twin Lakes, MI Toots Magsino, Parañaque, PH Nancy Sanderson, Gay, MI Paavo & Jacqueline Alasimi, Rochester, NY Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hill, Fulshear, TX Dan Mäki, Hancock, MI Alyce Santa, Duluth, MN Kathleen Alatalo-Arten, Laurium, MI Garry & Rebecca Hoekstra, Toivola, MI Norman Mäki, Chatham, MI Eino Santi, Iron, MN Evelyn Alford, Cheshire, OR Lillian Hoika, Las Vegas, NM Patricia Mäki, Marquette, MI Robert Schmid, Hibbing, MN Mary Ann Arvo, Suttons Bay, MI Hertta Holfeld, New Port Richey, FL Peter & Arja Mäkilä, Lake Worth, FL Kay & Hal Seppälä, Houghton, MI Gloria Aske, New York Mills, MN David & Patricia Holli, Ishpeming, MI John Makinen, Kaleva, MI Perry & Sandy Shulstad, Iron Mountain, MI John Aukee, West Bloomfield, MI William Holtz, Flemming Island, FL Patricia Hill Mäkinen, Piedmont, CA Martin Silvi, Inner Grove Heights, MN Eino Auvinen, Loomis, CA Eileen Huhta, Pleasant Prairie, WI Anni Malmi, Yorba Linda, CA Anita Smiley, Preston, CT William Bakka, Gladstone, MI Allen Hulkonen, Kaleva, MI Juhani Männistö, Kankaanpää, FI Karen Spencer, Columbia Heights, MN Paula Beck, St. Paul, MN Irina Ilmokari, Toronto, ON Alice Margerum, Hancock, MI Maija Stadius, Hancock, MI Mabel Berger, Bruce Crossing, MI Delight Immonen, Stonington, ME David Mattila, Painesdale, MI Tanya Stanaway, Ishpeming, MI Mirja Bishop, Los Angeles, CA Frederic Jaakkola, Leesburg, VA Tom Mattson, Biwabik, MN Raija Starck, Iowa City, IA John & Marcia Blom, Ringwood, OK Robert Jakola, Lake Worth Beach, FL Ilona Mattson, Belfast, ME Josephine Stenback, Dayville, CT Shannon Boyd, Northville, MI Anneli Johnson, Quincy, MA Andrea McAleenan, Clovis, CA Jay Stewart, Marquette, MI Dan Braa, Monmouth, OR Donnalisa Johnson, Stow, MA Michael & Jane McCulley, Champaign, IL Harlan & Marlene Stoehr, Shoreview, MN Patricia Braski, White Bear Lake, MN Freeman & Vienna Johnson, Eagle River, WI Nancy McKay, Gloucester, MA Ken Storm, Hancock, MI Elana Brink, Rockport, MA Ron & Barbara Joki, Maynard, MA Jeanne Medlyn, Hancock, MI Family of Shirley Sund, Cleveland, ND Most Rev. Thomas Brown, Portland, ME Russell Joki, Meridian, ID David Meyers, Port Richey, FL Melvin Suokas, Clarkston, MI Janet & Douglas Burkett, Eaton, OH Hannu Joutsenjärvi, Kurjenkylä, FI Elaine Meyers, Coon Rapids, MN Ethel Suominen, Brooklyn, NY Jean Chapman, Escanaba, MI Barbara Kaare-Lopez, Denver, CO Karen Michael, Madison, WI Ruth Swanto, Daytona Beach Shores, FL Lois Chinigo, North Oxford, MA Jackie Kangas, Chassell, MI Don & Sharon Mikkola, Toivola, MI Dorothy Tamminen, St. Paul, MN Robert & Lysa Cortopassi, Costa Mesa, CA Retta Kanthak, Atlantic Mine, MI Elmer Moisio, Marquette, MI Brian Tarro, Hurley, WI Sheri Dahlstrom, Ontonagon, MI Raimo Karjalainen, Lake Worth, FL Lois Laakso Munch, Ketchikan, AK Workinesh Tianen, Seattle, WA Angelito David, Linden, NJ Helen Kaurala, Shawano, WI Mark Munger, Duluth, MN John & Evelyn Tielking, Roanoke, VA Rey E. de la Cruz, Glenview, IL Gloria Keithley, Bures Sur Yvette, FR William & Marilyn Nasi, Santa Rosa, CA Airi Tomasini, Sudbury, ON Mary Ann Aho Depinto, Brighton, CO Kurt Keljo, Reynoldsburg, OH Esther Nelson, Lake Oswego, OR Annikki Tompkins, Painesville Township, OH Marilyn & Tom Downs, Spicer, MN Jane Penttila Kelly, Olean, NY Leslie & Marcia Niemi, Lake Havasu City, AZ Clayton & Sally Tracy, Ashby, MA Ida & Richard Duffy, New Port Richey, FL Family of Rudy Kemppa, Lake Linden, MI John Niska, Ontonagon, MI Noel Trinidad, Belingham, WA Edith Eash, Lexington, MA Darley Kemppainen, Marquette, MI Liv Paulson Norderhaug, Chanhassen, MN Susanna Trittschuh, Deland, FL Sally Ann Ekola, Garfield, MN Martin Keränen, Land O'Lakes, WI Melvin Oakes, Austin, TX Richard Tuisku, Hancock, MI Miriam Eldridge, San Jose, CA David Kess, Ely, MN Gloria Oja, Duluth, MN Allan & Linda Tuomaala, Royal Oak, MI Taina Elg, New York, NY Cynthia & Susan Kielinen, Rockport, MA Mary Williams Olson, Ishpeming, MI Russell Turovaara, Lake Linden, MI Jonene Eliasson, Saint Clair, MI Warner & Pat Kilbey, Franklin, WI Rev. Robert Onkka, Rochester, MN Roger & Sharon Tyyska, Goodrich, MI Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Erkkilä, Solon, OH Marja Kilpelä, Atlantic Mine, MI Ivar Paavola, Vancouver, WA Ruth Uitto, Florence, SC Cheryl Faller, Atlantic Mine, MI Gregg Stevens King, Manistee, MI Judy Parks, Hancock, MI Börje Vähämäki, Toronto, ON Patti Folsom, Greenville, RI Nancy Kipke, Littleton, NC Sara Paro, Duluth, MN Mark Van Fleet, Daytona Beach Shores, FL Dennis Frahmann, Cambria, CA Lucille Kirkeby, Brainerd, MN Kathryn & Jessica Pascale, Green Bay, WI Karen Vance, Durham, NC Ronnie Garcia, Pasay City, PH Sigrid Kolehmainen, Houghton, MI Mary Pekkala, Hancock, MI Dana & Colleen Varney, L’Anse, MI Steve & Mary Gifford, Union, ME Fred Koola, North Las Vegas, NV Linda Pensala, Milwaukee, WI Raino Vetoniemi, Oulu, FI Matthew Ginal, West Seneca, NY Naimi Koskelo, Astoria, OR Lola Piekkola, Rockville, RI Arlene Vlahos, Bruce Crossing, MI Louise Golobic, Annandale, VA Melvin Koski, Littleton, CO Katariina Piironen, Hancock, MI Marjorie Voigt, Trout Creek, MI Steve & Jan Griffin, Francestown, NH Sue Krook, Green Bay, WI Bill & Linda Pratt, Omaha, NE Cathy Wainio, Ewen, MI Gary Gutenkunst, Chesterfield, MI Michael & Carole Krutsch, Minneapolis, MN Anita Raistakka, Naselle, WA Richard Waisanen, Champion, MI Leslie Haataja, Pelkie, MI Gene Kuiper, Toivola, MI Janet Rajala, Spokane, WA Karen Ann West, Fort Wayne, IN William Haltunen, New Wilmington, PA Chad & Ellie Kuivanen, Chassell, MI Robert Ranta, Rockport, MA Karen Wiemeri, St. Anthony, MN Kim Hanninen, Traverse City, MI James & Debbie Kurtti, Painesdale, MI Kaj Rekola, Mountain View, CA Mary Jane Williams, Winter Spring, FL Nancy Hannula, Calumet, MI Ray & Kay Kuula, Ironwood, MI Dana Richter, Hancock, MI Karoliina Wills, Rockford, MI Mary Hanson, Arlington, VA Charles & Elaine Lada, New Hudson, MI Marcia Miilu Rider, Chapel Hill, NC Barbara Wilson, Bloomington, MN Alan & Kathleen Harmon, Presque Isle, MI Claudia Lamas, Fayetteville, NY Matt Riutta, Calumet, MI Judith Wilson, Independence, OR Carol Harry, Ontonagon, MI Olli & Mia Lamminen, Ann Arbor, MI Geri Roberts, Bruce Crossing, MI Ruth Wisti, Hancock, MI Louise Hartung, Rochester, MI Robert & Mary Jane Latvala, Nashwauk, MN Cheryl & Duane Rogers, Glendale, AZ Doug Woodruff, Atlantic Mine, MI Elaine Hasleton, Centerville, UT Leona Lee, Walnut Creek, CA Julie Kyllonen Rose, Columbia, MO Donald & Joanne Wuori, Columbia, SC Dave Heikkilä, Hinnerjoki, FI Paul & Lillian Lehto, Birmingham, MI Mark & Colleen Rowe, Calumet, MI Daniel Zwickel ben Avrám, Vallejo, CA Dale Heikkinen, Prentice, WI Denver & Patricia Leinonen, Almont, MI Lloyd Ruona, Penhook, VA Harold Heikkinen, Atlantic Mine, MI Raymond & Lois Lescelius, Elmhurst, IL George Saare, Girard, OH

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS Amerikan Laulajat, Toronto, ON Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter, Journal of Finnish Studies, Huntsville, TX Bruce Crossing Apostolic Lutheran Church, Bruce New York, NY Kansan Sivistysrahaston, Helsinki, FI Crossing, MI Finlandia University Baseball, Hancock, MI Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Cape Ann Finns, Rockport, MA Finn Funn Weekend Committee, New England, US Commission, Calumet, MI Champion/Beacon/Humboldt Historical Society, Finnish American Heritage Society, Canterbury, CT Kipinä Kerho, Reston, VA Champion, MI Finnish American Society - Midwest, Chicago, IL Split Rock Studios, Minneapolis, MN City of Hancock’s Finnish Theme Committee, Hancock, MI First Lutheran Church, Dollar Bay, MI St. Mark Lutheran Church, Warren, OH Finlandia Foundation National, Portland, OR Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester, MA Suomi Seura, Helsinki, FI

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STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR NAMED Connor Hannon (men’s hockey), Kirsten L’Esperance (women’s soccer) and Katie Lundeen (women’s basketball) have been named the 2019-20 Finlandia University Student-Athletes of the Year. Hannon, who was a junior from Houghton, Mich., had eight goals with four assists for 12 points in 20 games. He was a team captain and led the squad in goals. Hannon was named to the NCHA All-Academic team for the second time. L’Esperance, who was a senior from Brighton, Mich., scored 14 goals with 20 assists for 48 points. L’Esperance had a school record six assists vs. Mount Mary (Oct. 27), the highest total for all three NCAA Divisions. She ranked WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MAKE among the top 20 in NCAA Division III in four categories HISTORY WITH ACAA CHAMPIONSHIP and led the nation in assists per game (1.11) and total Everything fell into place for the 2019-20 Finlandia assists for the second straight year. University women’s basketball team. The Lions (16-11) won the ACAA Championship (first in program history) L’Esperance, who becomes the first athlete to win the and set the school winning streaks for home (7) and award twice, helped the Lions go 11-6-1 and reach the overall (11). ACAA Championship game, the first conference final in program history. She was a three-time ACAA Player of Finlandia had two All-American Collegiate Athletic the Week, ACAA Offensive Player of the Year, ACAA Association (ACAA) selections, two ACAA All- All-Tournament, All-ACAA first team as well as earning Tournament honorees, seven ACAA academic honorees All-ACAA and U.S. Coaches All-North Region third and 23 additions to the record book with eight school team. L’Esperance broke every game, season and career records. It addition, it was the first winning season in five record for assists, goals and points. years and the most wins since 2004-05. Lundeen, a sophomore from Maple, Wis., averaged The first half of the season saw Finlandia at 5-11. The 17.08 points and 7.76 rebounds a game while turning point was a 64-55 loss to UW-Superior (Dec. shooting 49.7 percent from the floor and 79.3 percent 29). Little did anyone realize, that would be the last time from the line. She had 18 double-digit scoring and seven Finlandia lost in the season. The Lions closed the regular double-digit rebounding games with seven double- season with nine straight wins. doubles. Lundeen was the fourth player in school history FinnU came into the ACAA Tournament as the No. 2 to score 400 points in a season and set school records seed and sent a message early with a 78-62 win over for free throws made and attempted in a game (14-of-16 Pine Manor. Sophomore Carsyn Osterman had 11 vs. St. Mary’s (Ind.) Nov. 16) and free throws made points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, the fourth triple- (119) and attempted (150) in a season. double in program history. Lundeen helped the Lions go 16-11 and win the ACAA Finlandia then took a hard fought 60-50 win over No. 1 Tournament, the first conference championship in seed UC Santa Cruz to bring home the ACAA program history. She was a four-time ACAA Player of the championship. Osterman was named MVP and was Week, All-ACAA first team, ACAA All-Tournament and joined by sophomore Katie Lundeen on the All- ACAA All-Academic. Tournament team. MOVING TO THE CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Lundeen earned All-ACAA first team honors for the FinnU has accepted an offer to join the Capital Athletic second straight year. She averaged 17.1 points and 7.8 Conference (CAC). Finlandia will join fellow ACAA rebounds a game while shooting 49.7 percent from the members; UC Santa Cruz, Mills, Mount Mary, Pine floor and 79.3 percent from the line. Manor and Pratt Institute. Osterman was named to the All-ACAA second team. With the move, Finlandia will have the chance to qualify for She averaged 9.4 points, 4.3 assists and 2.0 steals a the NCAA Tournament in men’s and women’s basketball, game and shot 80 percent from the free throw line. men’s and women’s soccer, softball and volleyball. 26 the Bridge • 2020 RUNNER-UP IN ACAA PRESIDENT’S CUP MACY SELECTED AS WOMEN’S Finlandia University was the runner-up in the 2019-20 HOCKEY HEAD COACH ACAA President’s Cup standings. The Lions had a Lindsay Macy has been named head percentage of .591 (19.5 points of 31). coach of the Finlandia University women’s hockey team. The ACAA President’s Cup is calculated using a formula that awards points based on finishes in ACAA Macy comes to FinnU from Idaho, where Championships and the final Massey Rankings, where she started an AAA girl’s program for applicable. Each institution receives a percentage of Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy located in Coeur points possible to determine the final standings. d’Alene, which was the only US program in the prestigious Canadian Sports School Hockey League. On the men’s side, UC Santa Cruz was the top team at .781 percent (12.5 of 16). The Lions finished in fifth place She began her coaching career at Owatonna High School with a third place finish in soccer. For the women, UC (Owatonna, Minn.) where she coached the girl’s and boy’s Santa Cruz finished at the top at .962 percent (25 of 26). JV and Varsity programs. Her coaching experience also The Lions placed second (.714 percent, 15 of 21 points) includes her business, Lamplighters Hockey, which offers having won basketball and finishing second in soccer. coaching private lessons, small group lessons and running hockey schools for kids of all ages. BENT EARNS ACADEMIC ALL- Macy played collegiate hockey at the University of AMERICAN HONORS Wisconsin-Madison, where she scored 74 points in 66 Denia Bent has been selected to the games for the Badgers. Macy finished her collegiate CoSIDA Academic All-American Division career at Minnesota State University, Mankato. III Softball second team. Bent is the first Macy had a stint on the United States U-22 national Finlandia student-athlete in any sport to team, where she played one season for the Minnesota be recognized. Whitecaps of the Western Women’s Hockey League Bent had a 3.80 G.P.A. majoring in Graphic Design. (WWHL). Macy helped the Whitecaps win the WWHL She finished her career with four season records and championship and reach the Clarkston Cup final. was ranked among the top 5 career in 17 hitting and Macy has a B.S. in Sports Management with a minor pitching categories. in Marketing from Minnesota State-Mankato. Bent is the all-time leader in assists (233), hit by pitch (33), on-base percentage (.588), runs (155) and walks GOODMAN TO GUIDE ESPORTS (75). She was a three-time All-ACAA first team selection, Thomas Goodman has been named the two-time FastPitch News Pre-Season All-American and a first Director of Esports at FinnU. two-time FastPitch News All-American. Bent led NCAA Goodman has been the Esports Director and Division III in runs per game (1.55 in 2018) and least Coach at Siena Heights since 2018. During walks per seven innings (0.17 in 2019). his tenure, Siena saw significant HOCKEY PLAYERS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS achievements, finishing 5th place in the nation in Tespa Rocket League, and Finlandia University men’s and women’s hockey were national spotlights for its Hearthstone teams. Goodman well represented on the Krampade/AHCA (American oversaw an expansion from four games to eight games Hockey Coaches Association) Academic All-Stars. To and an esports team of six in the first year to 45 qualify, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.75 students competing in the program today. GPA for the fall semester and participated in 40 percent of their school’s games. Goodman brings a plethora of professional gaming experience to Finlandia as well including qualifying for the Making it for the second time for the men was senior world championship in Nintendo games before the internet Connor Hannon, sophomore Dylan Paavola, era, taking part in several Nintendo PowerFest events, and sophomore Cory Richardson, senior Nick Tobey and being runner-up in Tetris at the 1990 Nintendo World sophomore Tyler Watungwa. First-time recipients were Championship. Goodman also held a third place world senior Jayson Dahlquist, sophomore Jack Giddings, ranking in Counter-Strike in 2001-02 and competed in freshman Lucas Patton, freshman Phil Schader, junior several world qualifiers in CS:GO and Unreal Tournament. Santeri Seppinen and freshman Tyler Vanuden. Goodman has a B.A. in Educational Foundations from Making it for the second time for the women was senior Kait Oregon and a Masters of Science in Recreation and Ryynanen. First-time recipients were senior Bella Abear, Sports Pedagogy from Ohio University. He is finishing a freshman Cassidy Becia and freshman Kylee Hopp. Doctor of Education in Higher Education and Leadership. finlandia.edu 27 ALUMNI NEWS

“We are thankful all year for the friends, family, community partners, and alumni who love and support FinnU,” said President of the FAB Monica Hill. “Through the $27,045 raised on Giving Day 2020, we celebrate even more that, during the COVID pandemic and financially difficult times, our students were shown our commitment to have a Safe Return. Thank you all.” The FAB originally planned to host Giving Day on March 18 to raise funds for their Alumni Association Textbook Award, which was a major success in 2019. When the COVID19 pandemic struck, the FAB opted to postpone the Giving Day until a later date. After several conversations with university leadership, they decided to host Giving Day at the beginning of the school year in 2020 GIVING DAY an effort to raise funds for FinnU’s baseline testing efforts. On Sept. 1, 2020, the Finlandia Alumni Board (FAB) Giving Day raised $27,085 to support Finlandia’s Safe As a result of the generous donations, all 587 Open efforts. In total, 70 donors gave during the 24 employees and students were tested prior to the start of hour Giving Day and in the days following in support of class. One asymptomatic case was identified and the baseline testing, personal protective equipment and student was moved into quarantine before coming into safety upgrades for the campus. contact with others. The testing helped prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campus and allowed Finlandia For the Alumni Board, the donations show how much the to feel confident about its safe open and remain open for community cares for the safety of the students. the fall semester.

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NURSING ALUMNA, MELISSA MEIER (’09), MSN, APRN, TINA PLOE (’12, NURSING) NP-C, recently landed a job NC-C, CCRN accepted a new position at UP Health at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics. She’ll be System-Portage with its Hospitalist Team. working alongside Aspirus orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and nurses. MARINA DALTON (‘19, GRAPHIC DESIGN) is creating advertisements for Great Plains Distributors, located in ELLE ROWE (‘20, MARKETING) recently accepted a job at Lubbock, Texas. Cali Raised LED in Forth Worth, Texas as an E- Commerce and Customer Experience Teammate. Nursing alumna, JAN BIGALKE, accepted the role of Principal at Ludington Area Catholic School. ANDREW BLAKE (‘11, GRAPHIC DESIGN) accepted a position as an Assistant Manager at Amazon.

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EILEEN (FRIDAY) AUSTIN (’50) 7/9/2020 • CHASSELL, MI KAREN (URLI) ANTIN (‘63) 8/14/2019 • NEKOOSA, WI DENNIS “DOC” BEAUDOIN JR. 10/15/2019 • HUBBELL, MI THOMAS L. DESROCHERS 4/3/2020 • PELKIE, MI MILDRED (ERICKSON) FIEDOREK (’47) 5/8/2020 • DALLAS, TX LINDA GIUCHIN 12/24/2019 • MINNEAPOLIS, MN RAYMOND A. HENDRICKSON 11/1/2019 • GLADSTONE, MI JESSICA SHIELDS (‘18, FIBER & FASHION) made face masks for RALPH E. HIETALA Verizon employees. Shields and her husband own a clothing 8/4/2020 • CHASSELL, MI store, Upcycled Hippie, in downtown Escanaba where she MARTHA (BLOM) HILL (’57) 1/9/2020 • CHASSELL, MI makes one of a kind items made from recycled materials. THEODORE R. HOLAPPA BRANDON PASSLEY (‘15, ACCOUNTING) was promoted to 9/3/2019 • L’ANSE, MI MARK E. HUGHES (’69) Assistant Vice President and Internal Audit Manager at 2/29/2020 • LAURIUM, MI American State Bank & Trust Company in Williston, N.D. DOUGLAS P. JARVI ANGIE TRIPP (‘16, PHYSICAL THERAPY) recently began working 11/15/2019 • LAKEVILLE, IN SUZANNE B. MCLEAN as a Home Medical Equipment Specialist for the company 10/27/2019 • CHASSELL, MI ThedaCare. JAMES MOYLE 8/7/2020 • LAKE LINDEN, MI EMMA NELSON (‘18, SPORTS MANAGEMENT, PHYSICAL THERAPY) WILLIAM E. OBST began as a PTA at Lee Health in Cape Coral, Fla. this March. 11/2/2019 • HANCOCK, MI STEPHEN BOURQUE (‘19, BIOLOGY/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES) KATHRYN R. OLSON 11/17/2019 • EAGLE HARBOR, MI recently began working as a Bear Tech at the Louisiana VICKI L. PETERSON (’04) Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. 2/3/2020 • PELKIE, MI NATHAN PERREAULT (‘18, BACHELORS OF BUSINESS DAVID PINI 3/13/2020 • LAKE LINDEN, MI ADMINISTRATION) recently began working at Finlandia as an PATRICIA PROBSTFELD (’52) Assistant Professor of Management. 5/24/2020 • CHASSELL, MI KAREN E. (HANNULA) RANDELL (‘61) JAMES HARDEN (‘02 AAS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE/SAFETY STUDIES) 11/8/2019 • HARAVEY, MI recently began working as the HRIS Manager at Michigan Tech KARL E. SEPPALA (’50) in Houghton, Michigan. 1/8/2020 • CRYSTAL, MN SHELLY B. SIVONEN (‘99, ‘01) MARIE BONENFANT (‘13, PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE MINOR) 10/15/2019 • HANCOCK, MI recently began working in the Financial Aid Department at WILLIAM H. SLEEMAN Finlandia. 1/12/2020 • NOVI, MI ALFRED M. WARREN

LORAIN, OH ANNE WELLMAN CARE TO SHARE YOUR STORY? 2/3/2020 • HOUGHTON, MI Have you wondered what became of your college FRIENDS OBITUARIES roommate, or the study-buddy with whom you spent so PHILIP A. KOLEHMAINEN, SR many hours? Chances are good that someone is thinking of Former member, Finnish Council in America you, too. Now is the perfect time to send a note and 6/25/2019 • WHITE PINE, MI provide FinnU with your professional, personal or Finlovedia JOHN C. HARO Former member, Finnish Council in America update to publish in the next edition of the Bridge. Enquiring 4/9/2020 • PHOENIX, AZ minds want to know what you’ve been up to! We also GEORGE KINNUNEN invite you to connect with the Suomi College/Finlandia Member, Finnish Council in America University Alumni Association on Facebook or contact 2/13/2020 • HANCOCK, MI KATHRYN OLSON alumni staff at [email protected] or (906) 487-7499. Former member, Board of Trustees 11/17/2019 • GRAND RAPIDS, MI

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