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New Fulbright Partner: Lappeenranta University of Technology

• Ensimmäiset lukuvuoden 2012—13 stipendiaatit valittu• The Butterfly Effect • The Life of an American Fulbrighter in Finland• Apuvälineitä TOEFL-tulosten tulkintaan ja vertailuun

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, collaborating with other Ministries and stake- holders, has drawn up an Ac-tion Plan for co-operation with the United States of America. The plan specifies innovation and research as areas of great potential, especially in the fields of information, environ-ment, energy, health, food and nutrition and in creative fields.

The USA is the leading coun-try in science, research and innovation. Finland generally fares well in different reviews of the performance and safety of society, education, welfare and the innovation system and seeks to consolidate its posi-tion as one of the spearhead countries in knowledge, skills and competence. The Finnish Government has launched sig-nificant research, innovation and higher education reforms in order to develop a stronger and better higher education system, world-class research structures and environments, and first-class researcher train-ing.

Finnish universities have been actively instituting struc-tured education at the doctoral level. The Finnish graduate school system, founded in 1995, has renewed researcher train-ing in many disciplines and helped strengthen research and artistic activities in the 3rd cycle degree programs in performing arts. The structured approach will be extended to all doctoral students and all disciplines. It is of the utmost importance to base the change in doctoral training on the needs of research. As to human resources, one of the national goals is to increase the pro-portion of trained researchers among R&D personnel – not only in academia, but also else-where in the public sector and in the private sector.

The expectations of the sur-rounding society and the glob-al higher education markets are the driving force for moderniz-ing the contents of undergradu-ate and graduate programs to better match the competencies needed in working life and so-ciety. The importance of trans-ferable skills has been to the fore in European discussion on the knowledge based economy and competitiveness. Higher education institutions are also increasingly international. In-ternationalization is an integral part of researcher training and all undergraduate programs

should provide opportunities for internationalization.

The Finnish Higher Educa-tion Evaluation Council recent-ly conducted a follow-up evalu-ation of doctoral education in Finland (FINHEEC 15:2011). One of the main observations was that without changing the procedures in doctoral educa-tion, it will be impossible to complete doctoral studies in four years, the time generally agreed upon by universities. If the completion of doctoral studies could be accelerated, it would ensure the international comparability and comple-mentarity of the Finnish higher education system. It would also shift emphasis from doctoral education to the post-doctoral stage in the research career. It is clearly important that the funding mechanisms enable early-stage researchers to con-centrate on training.

Finland and the USA have strong links in scientific co-operation. Students and re-searchers on both sides of the Atlantic have found study and work overseas attractive. The ASLA-Fulbright program, the Fulbright Center, foundations, alumni and friends of the pro-gram make a substantial contri-bution to the internationaliza-tion of higher education and research. Networking benefits all involved. I find the wide-spread cooperation extremely valuable, especially in these times of budgetary constraints. It is a good complement to the long-standing commitment of the public authorities and the input of a growing number of companies and universities in establishing their own dedi-cated Fulbright Scholarships. All this positive development would not be possible without the exemplary work done by the Finnish Fulbright Center.

Finnish-American Linkages

From the Executive DirectorThe code word today is internationalization. It is given greater emphasis on the international and national policy agendas and institutional mission statements than ever before. Jane Knight, a widely-quoted higher education researcher and Fulbright alumna, defines internationalization as the process of integrating an international, intercultural and/or global di-mension into the purpose, functions (teaching, research and service) and delivery of higher education. In other words, internationalization is not a set of isolated activities that can be reduced to mere mobility statistics, but rather a dynamic and multi-faceted process. The critical point is that the inter-national dimension relates to all aspects of education and the role that it plays in society. The Strategy for the International-ization of Higher Education Institutions in Finland 2009–2015 published by the Ministry of Education sets its goals along the very same lines. It stresses global responsibility and inter- cultural skills, and strives towards a “genuinely international higher education community.”

In terms of the action agenda, all Finnish universities seek to attract international students and academic staff. Exchanges with the US remain at the top of desirable destinations. The Ful-bright program is increasingly seen as a means of fulfilling this trans-Atlantic agenda, and the Fulbright Center takes this role seriously. The Center assists in the internationalization process by funding study and research visits between Finland and the United States; by helping internationalization-at-home through boosting the number of US scholars and graduate students that a university attracts; by assisting in improving the support ser-vices for both Finnish and international students and scholars; by building new academic partnerships through a Fulbright scholar on campus; and by collaboration in research and cur-riculum development.

In this issue, we hope to offer you a window to the work in practice. First, we are very pleased to introduce to you our new-est partner, Lappeenranta University of Technology (p. 12–14). The Fulbright Center and LUT have together launched a new Fulbright grant (p. 5) that brings American technology and business students to the LUT campus, which according to a re-cent international survey has the most satisfied international students in the world! Kudos to LUT! American Fulbright Schol-ar Elizabeth Dahlhoff tells us about her joint research project in Finland working with one of the world’s best-known ecologists, Professor Ilkka Hanski. And as always, we share our grantee and alumni news, this time from 1958 through 2011 (p. 20–21).

We are honored to have Minister of Education and Science Jukka Gustafsson as our columnist (p. 2). He sums it up very well as he stresses the importance of transferable skills in the knowledge based economy and overall competitiveness. The knowledge-society has become border-crossing, even border-less, and the skills needed are no longer what they were be-fore. To quote our current Fulbright Bicentennial Chair Earl Fry (p. 10), “it is likely that the world will change more during the lifetime of today’s youth than during any other generation in human history.” A globalized world needs global citizens. The Fulbright program offers future leaders the opportunity to prepare themselves for the changing world, to immerse them-selves in another country and culture and return home with new knowledge, new skills and a different world view.

Terhi Mölsä

Jukka GustafssonMinister of Education

and Science

Kuva: Janne Suhonenvaltioneuvoston kanslia

Fulbright Center News on Fulbright Centerin asiakaslehti, joka ilmestyy kaksi kertaa vuodessa. Lehdestä julkaistaan myös verkkoversio osoitteessa www.fulbright.fi. Seuraava numero ilmestyy keväällä 2012. Artikkelit ja muu aineisto pyydetään toimittamaan 1.3. mennessä. Artikkeleissa ilmaistut mielipiteet ovat kirjoittajien omia.

The Fulbright Center News is a biannual newsletter published by the Fulbright Center in Finland. The Fulbright Center News is also available online at www.fulbright.fi. The next issue will come out in Spring 2012. The submission deadline for articles and other materials is 1 March. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Fulbright Center.

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the material in this publication, the Fulbright Center does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.

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Päätoimittaja/Editor-in-ChiefTerhi MölsäExecutive Director

Toimittajat/EditorsJohanna Lahti (toimituspäällikkö)Tanja MitchellSuzanne Louis

Toimituksen yhteystiedot/Contact InformationThe Fulbright CenterHakaniemenranta 6FI-00530 HelsinkiFINLAND

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4 Ensimmäiset vuoden 2012-2013 stipendiaatit valittu Edessä vuosi valmistautumista Fulbright-kauteen

5 New Grant for AmericanTechnology and Business Students Fulbright-Lappeenranta University of Technology Graduate Award

6 Fulbright Grants to the United States 2011–2012

8 The Butterfly Effect

10 Fulbright Distinguished Chairs

11 E Pluribus Unum American Voices Seminar in Turku

12 Focus on Lappeenranta University of Technology

14 International Students Happy with Finland and Their Finnish Institutions

15 Dissertation Research, Intercultural Experiences, Observing Change The Life of an American Fulbrighter in Finland

16 Welcoming American Fulbrighters to Finland

17 Fulbrightereiden matkassa

18 Apuvälineitä TOEFL-tulosten määrittelyyn, tulkintaan ja vertailuun

19 Suuntana Pohjois-Amerikka – Apuvälineitä opintojen suunnitteluun

20 Alumni News

22 Uutisia

23 Fulbright Center

24 Kalenteri / Calendar of Events

In This Issue

Cover: The Fulbright Center and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) have founded a new grant program. The Fulbright–Lappeenranta University of Technology Graduate Award will bring visiting American graduate students to LUT on an annual basis.

Cover photo : Everybody is prepared to try new and dif-ferent approaches to research at Lappeenranta University of Technology. "We take science seriously but also have a lot of fun doing it." Riverdancing on the roof top of LUT are professors Jero Ahola, Pekka Jäppinen, Jari Backman.

In this issue the focus is on Lappeenranta University of Technology, read more on pages 12-13.Photos: LUT photo archive

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Ensimmäiset vuoden 2012–2013 stipendiaatit valittuEdessä vuosi valmistautumista Fulbright-kauteen

Fulbright Center valitsi syyskuussa lukuvuoden 2012–2013 en-simmäiset stipendiaatit. Maisteri- ja tohtoritason opiskelijoille tarkoitetut vuoden pituiset ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant- ja Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grant -stipendiohjel-mat vievät ensi lukuvuonna 12 suomalaista Yhdysvaltoihin opis-kelemaan ja tekemään tutkimusta.

Enemmistö valituista stipendiaateista on tohtoriopiskelijoita, jotka lähtevät Yhdysvaltoihin tekemään väitöskirjatutkimusta. Uudessa Fulbrightereiden matkassa -juttusarjassa Fulbright Center News seuraa kahden tohtoriopiskelijan valmistautumista stipendivuoteen ja myöhemmin heidän varsinaista stipendivuot-taan (s. 17).

Tämän lukuvuoden ensimmäisessä stipendiohjelmahaussa eniten hakijoita oli luonnontieteiden ja insinööritieteiden alalta.

Valmennusta stipendivuoteenFulbright Center järjestää uusille stipendiaateille kaksi valmen-nustilaisuutta, joista ensimmäinen oli lokakuussa ja toinen toukokuussa. Lokakuun valmennus perehdytti stipendiaatteja muun muassa sopivan yliopiston valintaan, opiskelupaikan ja vierailevan väitöstutkijan paikan hakemiseen sekä siihen, kuin-ka oppilaitokset valitsevat opiskelijoitaan. Opiskelijavalinnoista olivat tänä vuonna puhumassa amerikkalaiset Fulbright-profes-

sorit Earl Fry (Brigham Young University) ja Nancy Commins (University of Colorado, Denver). Osallistujat halusivat kuulla heiltä muun muassa, kuinka amerikkalaista professoria tulisi lä-hestyä, mitä mentorointi tarkoittaa ja mitä hakemukseen liitettä-vältä henkilökohtaiselta esseeltä odotetaan. Päivän aikana osal-listujat saivat tietoa myös rahoitusmahdollisuuksista ja pääsivät

Uudet stipendiaatit osallis-tuivat lokakuun puolivälissä valmennustilaisuuteen Ful-bright Centerissä. Eturivissä (vasemmalta): Olli Lappalainen, Katri Antin, Silja Häkkinen, Antti Kuha ja Juho Nikulainen. Takarivissä (vasemmalta): Tuomas Haarnoja, Jarkko Le-vänen, Samuli Simelius, Sami Kiviluoto, Oona Tikkaoja, Linda Haapajärvi, Tuukka Verho ja Laura Berger.

Yhdysval-toihin lähtijöille

on valmennustietoa myös Fulbright Centerin

verkkosivuilla

Fulbright.fi > Stipendiaatit ja Alumnit > Tietoa suoma-laisille stipendiaateille >

Orientaatio-opas

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keskustelemaan aiempien suomalaisten Fulbright-stipendiaattien kanssa.

Toukokuussa järjestettä-vä jatkoseminaari käsittelee Yhdysvaltoihin muuttoon liittyviä käytännön kysy-myksiä, kuten verotusta, vakuutuksia ja sosiaalitur-vaa koskevia asioita. Myös kevään seminaarissa on paikalla aiempia Fulbright-stipendiaatteja kertomassa kokemuksistaan ja antamas-sa käytännön vinkkejä tule-vaa Fulbright-kautta varten.

Stipendiuutisia

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Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Fulbright Center have signed a collaboration agreement on the Ful-bright-Lappeenranta University of Tech-nology Graduate Award. The Award pro-vides American students an opportunity to pursue technology or business gradu-ate studies at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) for one academic year.

The grant is targeted particularly for students who wish to complete a full Master’s degree at their institution, but also other students, such as academically talented doctoral students and Mas-ter’s degree ex-change students will be considered for the grant.

The collabo-ration agreement between LUT and the Fulbright Center guarantees the Awardee tuition free stud-ies during the Fulbright period and dur-

New Grant for American Technology and Business StudentsFulbright-Lappeenranta University of Technology Graduate Award

ing the possible second year of studies at LUT. In addition to the monthly grant, travel award, and accident and sicknes-s insurance, the Fulbright-Lappeenranta University of Technology Graduate Awardee will be provided a free-of-charge participation in a Summer School that provides introduction to the Finnish language, culture and society.

Next application round for this award will open for candidates in May 2012 and it will be targeted for students wishing to begin their studies at LUT in the fall semester 2013.

In this issue of the Fulbright Cen-ter News the focus is on Lappeen-ranta University of Technology, read more on pages 12-14.

LUT was ranked number one in a recent in-ternational survey

in which foreign students were asked how well the univer-sities met their expectations. Read more about the survey on page 14.

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Application information http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.htmlwww.fulbright.fi

Information on LUTwww.lut.fiDirector for international affairs Mr. Janne Hokkanen janne.hokkanen@lut.fi

LUT is the second

most international university

in Finland as to number

of new students

from abroad.

Did you know that...

LUT was ranked number one in a recent international

survey in which foreign students were asked

how well the universities met their

expectations.

Grant News

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Fulbright Grants to the United States 2011-2012

ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grants

Bergström, JaniPsychologyUniversity of Eastern Finland, KuopioCarnegie Mellon UniversityThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Eastern Finland

Koivusalo, AnnaHistoryUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of South Carolina

Lehmuskumpu, HeidiArtsSibelius AcademyNew York UniversityThe grant is cost-shared with the Sibelius Academy

Lyytikäinen, LauraSociologyUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst

Mäkelä, PaulaEconomicsAalto University, School of EconomicsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe grant is cost-shared with Aalto University

Ojanperä, SannaInternational RelationsUniversity of EssexAmerican University

Pajulammi, HennaLawUniversity of LaplandUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Lapland

Raitanen, Erno-ErikFine ArtsUniversity College for the Creative Arts, Rochester, UKSan Francisco Art Institute

Rantala, SallaEnvironmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHarvard University

Salminen, ElinaArcheologyUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of Michigan

Siltanen, ElinaLiteratureUniversity of TurkuState University of New York, BuffaloThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Turku

Uusimäki, ElisaTheology/ReligionUniversity of HelsinkiYale UniversityThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Helsinki

ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows

Aaltonen, MikkoSociologyUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Helsinki

Lehto, LauriEngineeringUniversity of Eastern Finland, KuopioUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Eastern Finland

Lehtonen, EeroEngineeringUniversity of TurkuUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Turku

Luoma, JukkaBusiness AdministrationAalto University, School of EconomicsUniversity of VirginiaThe grant is cost-shared with Aalto University

Nurmi, JohannaSociologyUniversity of TurkuVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Turku

Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland GrantsThe grant program is funded in cooperation with the Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation

Lindroos, JeanetteEngineeringDoctoral studentAalto University, School of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peppanen, JouniEnergy/Power EngineeringDoctoral studentBerlin University of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of Technology

Turkulainen, VirpiBusiness AdministrationPost-doctoral researcherAalto University, School of ScienceStanford University

Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistant ProgramThe grant program is funded in cooperation with the Centre for International Mobility CIMO

Friman, TuulaBaltic Finnic languagesUniversity of HelsinkiIndiana University

Isohätälä, JaanaFinnish LanguageUniversity of OuluUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

Altogether 45 Finns are studying and conducting research in the Unites States this year on a Fulbright grant

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Fulbright Grants to the United States 2011-2012

Peltomäki, Anna-MariaFinnish LanguageUniversity of TampereUniversity of Washington

Tuikkala, JenniEnglish Translation StudiesUniversity of TampereUniversity of California, Berkeley

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant for a Junior Scholar

Axelin, AnnaNursing ScienceUniversity of TurkuUniversity of California, San FranciscoThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Turku

Bonsdorff, Mikaela vonMedical SciencesUniversity of JyväskyläNational Institute on AgingThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Jyväskylä

Garritzen, EliseHistoryUniversity of HelsinkiPrinceton University

Lesch, HannaMedical SciencesUniversity of Eastern Finland, KuopioUniversity of California, San DiegoThe grant is cost-shared with the University of Eastern Finland

Nordström, MarieBiologyÅbo Akademi UniversityUniversity of California, San Diego

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant for a Senior Scholar

Gullkvist, BenitaBusiness AdministrationHanken School of EconomicsRutgers University, NewarkThe grant is cost-shared with Hanken School of Economics

Scholar-in-Residence Program

Hakkarainen, PäiviEducationUniversity of LaplandFinlandia University

Mid-Career Professional Development Grant

Lindholm, TerhiCommunicationsKotka Maritime Research AssociationCalifornia State University, Long Beach

Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching

Kast, ElinaLanguages, EnglishOulu Vocational CollegeUniversity of Maryland, College Park

Fulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grants

Huovinen, KaarinaCommunication StudiesHUMAK University of Applied SciencesGallaudet University

Juutinen, JasminIllustrationPaasikivi-OpistoRingling College of Art and Design

Leivo, MarkusMusic: VoiceVantaa Institute of MusicSan Francisco Conservatory of Music

Pöllänen, IidaComparative LiteratureUniversity of TampereUniversity of Oregon

Fulbright Center's Renewal Grants

Haapalainen, JohannaASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant 2010-11BusinessWillamette University

Heikinheimo, UlriikkaFulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grant 2010-11MusicBerklee College of Music

Heinonen, ErkkiASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant 2010-11PsychologyUniversity of Chicago

Karjalainen, JoonasFulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grant 2010-11Environmental EngineeringJohns Hopkins University

Lintukangas, TerhiASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant 2009-10DramaPace University

Orre, IljaFulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grant 2008-09BusinessCollege of William and Mary

Säätelä, ElsaFulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grant 2009-10JournalismCUNY, Baruch College

Välimaa, JukkaASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant 2010-11International RelationsGeorgetown University

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International Research in Finland

Fulbright Center News met biologists Elizabeth Dahlhoff and Ilkka Hanski to talk about Fulbright, climate change and a long-term fascination with the Glan-ville fritillary butterfly.

Born in Illinois, Elizabeth Dahlhoff grew up in Arizona and has lived in California since she was eighteen. Now Professor of biology at Santa Clara University in California and noted for her research on Californian insect populations, Dahlhoff began her research career in marine biology, investigating animals living in deep sea vents. “I know way more about the circulation of deep oceans than anyone I know,” she jokes. So what led her to the study of insects, and why has she chosen to spend her Fulbright year in Finland?

“The question that has al-ways driven my research is animals and temperature: how organisms deal with tempera-ture differences, both in the short term and over the course of evolution,” she explains.

At Santa Clara, she met a colleague who was studying the population genet-

ics of a species of beetle living in Califor-nia. There was something unusual about these beetles: the enzyme which enabled glycolysis (the metabolism of sugar) was different between populations living only 40 kilometres apart. Intrigued, Dahlhoff began research on how separate north-ern and southern beetle populations re-spond to environmental temperature.

“Some could perform better in mod-erate conditions,

some in ex-treme. We found that there was a specific gene which differed between the two populations – the same gene responsible for glycolysis.”

This insect gene variant is the reason she is in Finland working with Professor Ilkka

Hanski, one of the world’s best-known ecologists and recent winner of the prestigious Crafoord Prize for Biosciences (known as “the Nobel Prize” for biosciences). Hanski’s Meta-

population Research Group at the Univer-sity of Helsinki identified the same gene variation in populations of the Glanville fritillary butterfly, a species which inhab-its open grassland throughout Europe but which is under threat from habitat loss and climate change. These butterfly populations are the focus of the long-term ecological research Hanski and his research group have been working on since 1991.

“We’re both interested in population dynamics – why do these beetles or but-terflies stay in one place or migrate to an-other?” Dahlhoff explains. “Ultimately it’s the job of most organisms to get fat and make babies. Glycolysis is central to this, providing the energy for running beetles or flying butterflies, for mating, finding food and laying eggs.”

Bridging complementary perspectivesFor her year-long Fulbright project, Dahl-hoff joins an international team of over fifty scientists, graduate students and sup-port staff working on the biology of spe-cies inhabiting fragmented or changing landscapes.

“When I first visited a couple of years ago, I felt a great connection with the lab, and thought I could make a good contri-

The Butterfly Effect

This insect gene variant is the reason

she is in Finland working with

Professor Ilkka Hanski, one of the world’s

best-known ecologists and recent winner of the prestigious Crafoord Prize for

Biosciences.

Ilkka Hanski and Eliza-beth Dahlhoff pictured a couple of years ago at Lam-mi biological field station of the University of Helsinki.

Photo: Nathan E. Rank

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netic variants have different thermal tol-erances, which affects how far they can fly. “From what we know already, the but-terflies that go the furthest lay a lot of eggs but have poor survival – they’re a kind of ‘live fast, die young’ morph, versus the type that plays it safe and stays at home. But who’s colonising new habitats? The population might not be able to persist if the habitat changes.”

Time to think, write and exploreThese crucial issues provide the context for the research questions Dahlhoff hopes to address during her Fulbright year. “My goal is to focus on thermophysiology, and I’ll be focusing on the butterflies this fall. I’d also like to get out to the Åland Islands to carry out some field research with the rest of the team, and to investigate popu-lations further south in Europe to see how their thermophysiology differs from the Finnish butterflies.”

On a personal level, Dahlhoff sees the Fulbright year as a welcome sabbatical, enabling her to focus on new research. “I have been a wife and mom while working full time as a professor. I work at a teach-ing university, and we don’t have teaching assistants – we do everything ourselves. If you want to pursue research as well as teaching, you have two full-time jobs, and an 80-90 hour week isn’t unusual. One of the main things I hope to get out of this year is time to think and to write.”

Text: Louisa Gairn

When I first visited a couple of years ago, I felt a great

connection with the lab, and thought I could make a good

contribution as well as

learning a lot.

bution as well as learning a lot, particular-ly in genetic analysis,” she explains. “The Helsinki team have fantastic expertise in molecular biology and ecology, but they didn’t have a physiologist designing ex-periments to study how things work at the level of the organism.”

That’s where Dahlhoff’s work as a Ful-bright visiting professor fits in, bridging the two perspectives. “It means I’m literal-ly going to have to work in two buildings,” she smiles. “Over the past years, there’s been something of a fragmentation of bi-ology into genetics at one end of the scale and ecology at the other, and as a result organismal biology is disappearing. I’m fighting hard for the middle, because natural selection operates at that level. Synthesising the different fields is going to be very important in the future.”

“Elizabeth’s research interests have a lot in common with what we are in-vestigating in terms of the biochemical adaptation of species. She brings a wealth of expertise in compara-tive physiology and she is very knowledgeable about biochemistry, so we’re very excited about her coming over,” says Hanski, who points out it is not the first time he and his group have hosted a Fulbright fellow. “A few years ago Professor Eliza-beth Grone had a very successful visit. We’re glad to be able to continue this fruitful relation-ship with Fulbright.”

Hanski explains that the research in-terests of the Metapopulation Research Group encompass spatial ecology, the interaction between ecology and evolu-tion, and the consequences of habitat loss. The group combines ecological, molecular, computational, and theoreti-cal approaches in the same projects. “I’m proud and happy we have such talented young researchers in our team who are pursuing their own research projects, from basic biological processes to more applied research into conservation and climate change.”

“Working towards integrating these different fields is very exciting,” he con-tinues. “Our next goal is to combine research into molecular genetics and genomics with our long-term ecologi-cal research on the Glanville fritillary butterfly, sequencing the full genome of the species. Thanks to rapidly advancing genomics techniques, we now have the

possibility to see evolution and natural selection at work.”

Insights into climate changeSuch wide interests mean there’s always someone to talk over ideas with, says Dahlhoff. “Even the mechanistic molecu-lar biologists are also interested in these broader topics, so there’s a lot of overlap and shared interests. That’s not some-thing that is possible in every research group.”

One of those shared interests is cli-mate change. Hanski has been study-ing the Glanville fritillary butterfly for twenty years, and Dahlhoff has data on her beetle populations going back to the 1980s. By analysing preserved specimens alongside long-term population data, it’s possible to track the physiological and genetic variations in the different insect populations and discover how these re-late to changing climate and habitats.

“I sort of fell into cli-mate change. I started studying it because the organisms I was studying were responding to it. Beetle populations have been disappearing. I’m not a climate scientist; I’m a biologist. I just look at what the organisms are telling me. And they’re telling me things are changing rapidly.”

Butterflies normally have a very narrow habitat

range, Dahlhoff explains, although they can tolerate temperature variation. “We don’t expect these butterfly populations to go extinct because of the temperature increase itself, but they have very specific host plants, so although they can migrate they may not find enough food.”

One hypothesis is that different ge-

The Fulbright Core Scholar Program is open annually for applications. The application deadline is at the begin-ning of August. The grant enables teaching and research at a Finnish higher education institution between four and nine months.

Application informationCouncil for International Ex-change of Scholarswww.cies.org

Fulbright Center, FinlandProgram Coordinator Aki Kalliomäkiaki.kalliomaki@fulbright.fi

Fulbright Core Scholar Program

Glanville fritillary butterfly(Melitaea cinxia)

Photo: Christian Fischer

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Fulbright Distinguished Chairs

Introducing the Distinguished Chairs

Finland has three Fulbright Distin-guished Chairs Programs: Fulbright Bi-centennial Chair in American Studies, Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Tech-nologies, and Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair. These awards are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program world wide.

The 2011-2012 chair holders are profes-sors Earl Fry, Matthew Turk, and Brendan Mumey.

Dr. Mumey is the first holder of the newly established Fulbright-Aalto University Distin-guished Chair. Com-ing from Montana State University he spends the fall at Aalto University. Dr. Mumey specializes in green and wire-less networking, de-sign and analysis of algorithms, and com-putational biology. His Fulbright project deals with Enabling Green Networking.

Dr. Turk from University of California, Santa Barbara is the second holder of the Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Tech-nologies. His specialization is computer vision and human-computer interaction.

Dr. Turk’s Fulbright project on Vision-Based Interaction for Natural Human-Computer Interfaces in Mobile Environ-ments takes place at University of Oulu and University of Tampere.

Dr. Fry will spend the academic year at the University of Helsinki as the Ful-

bright-Bicentennial Chair in American Studies. This Dis-tinguished Chair was established in 1976 to promote the American Studies in Finland. The post has been shared by two professors three times, thus Dr. Fry is the 40th Fulbright Bicentennial Chair professor. Com-ing from Brigham

Young University, Dr. Fry specializes in U.S. foreign policy, U.S. economic competitiveness, and Canada-U.S. Relations. His project for the aca-demic year at the University of Helsinki is Renaissance in America: What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries.

Photo: Tuomas Hellman

Fulbright Bicentennial Professor

Earl Fry will give his inaugural

lecture on Tuesday, 29

November 2011, at 10.00 at the

University of Helsinki, Small Hall,

University Main Building 4th floor.

Topic of the lecture is Lament

for America vs. Renaissance

America: The Outlook for the

United States in 2025.

Next Application Period Begins in February

The application period for the next Ful-bright Distinguished Chairs programs for 2013-14 begins in February 2012 and ends in August 2012.

The position of the Fulbright Bicenten-nial Chair in American Studies offers an opportunity for American scholars from a variety of fields to teach and con-duct research for one academic year at the University of Helsinki, North Ameri-can Studies Program, Department of World Cultures.

Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies position is available for scholars and specialists in Information and Communications Technologies and includes research and lecturing at a higher education institution in Finland for a period of minimum three months to a maximum of nine months. The scholar and the Finnish host institution work together in designing the Chair position activities.

The Fulbright-Aalto University Dis-tinguished Chair position provides an American Scholar with the opportunity to lecture and conduct research at Aalto University. This program is available for scholars and specialists in the areas of expertise within any of the following four broad themes: digitalization, energy and sustainable use of natural resources, hu-man oriented living environment, and service economy.

The US program partner in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program is the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES). Applications are sub-mitted through CIES, which pre-screens the applications in the United States and forwards the recommended dossiers to the Fulbright Center in Helsinki for final selection.

Additional informationCouncil for International Exchange of Scholarswww.cies.org/chairswww.cies.org/country/finland.htm

Fulbright CenterDistinguished Chairs program coordina-tor Terhi Topi, terhi.topi@fulbright.fi, +358 9 5494 7408

Brendan Mumey (left), Matthew Turk (middle), and Earl Fry (right) pictured at the US Ambas-sador’s Residence during the Arrival Orientation for the American Fulbright Grantees in late August.

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E Pluribus UnumAmerican Voices Seminar in Turku

The 19th Annual American Voices Seminar was held at the University of Turku in October. The two-day semi-nar, organized by University of Turku North American Studies Program and the Fulbright Center, provides an opportunity to hear and learn about various aspects of the American Society and Culture through the experiences of American Fulbright grantees currently in Finland.

This year’s Seminar, with a theme E Pluribus Unum, introduced a wide variety of

Dr. Keith Battarbee, the North American Studies program coordinator at the University of Turku is the founder of the annual American Voices Seminar and has been the main organizer of the event since its beginning. Terhi Mölsä (left), the Executive Direc-tor of the Fulbright Center and Marjut Robinson, Vice-Chair of Fulbright Center Board of Directors and Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs at US Embas-sy in Helsinki presented Keith Battarbee a certificate for outstanding service in appreciation and recogni-tion of his commitment to transatlantic academic exchanges.

Paul Burgess, currently study-ing at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, discussed the traditions and culture of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana.

Juniper Hill introduced Sacred Harp Singing in the US that is common in the Southern region of the coun-try. She managed to turn the audience into a chorus as she conducted a song called Fairfield. Singing was loud – just as it was supposed to be.

topics including politics, society and higher education, regional cultures, music and cuisine. The American Voices Seminar is organized annually in mid-October. It is open for the public and it attracts annually an audience of approximately 100 students and faculty members. For more information and full programs see www.fulbright.fi.

See more photos online at

www.fulbright.fi > Gallery > Photogalleries

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Introducing Fulbright Center's PartnersThe focus series introduces the Fulbright Center’s partners. Earlier articles in the series highlight the University of Kuopio and Saastamoinen Foundation (2/2006), University of Helsinki (1/2007), University of Turku (2/2008), Aalto University (1/2010), and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (2/2010) and Tampere University of Technology (1/2011). A formal cooperation agreement exists between the Fulbright Center and each of these partners.

Lappeenranta University of Technology

Lappeenranta University of Technol-ogy (LUT) has for over 40 years com-bined two fields of science, technology and business, in a very fertile way. The university´s open-your-mind attitude encourages scientists to break scien-tific boundaries and challenge old as-sumptions. Cross-disciplinary research projects are common at LUT both within and between the faculties.

LUT’s top strategic research areas include energy efficiency and the energy market, strategic-level business and technology management, scientific computing and the modelling of industrial processes, as well as top expertise in Russian business and the industries related to these fields.

LUT offers international students the opportunity to participate in high-quality scientific research in a unique study en-vironment. LUT has nine international

master s degree programs. The programs are in those fields in which LUT has con-tributed top-class research.

There are three inter-national master s degree programs in the School of Business, four in the Fac-ulty of Technology and two in the Faculty of Technol-

Open Your Mind at LUT: High-Quality Science in a Unique Environment

The applications of international stu-dents to LUT have increased substan-tially in recent years, says vice-rector Minna Martikainen.

ogy Management. Three of the programs have been awarded an international accreditation.

Lappeenranta has the most

satisfied international students

in the world.

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Lappeenranta University of Technology

• Established in 1969. • Faculty of Technology, Faculty of

Technology Management and School of Business.

• Total number of students about 5000 (technology 3500 and business 1500)

• Staff 900 • Finnish students accepted

yearly 1100 • International master s students

accepted yearly about 350 • Exchange students 180 yearly • Nationalities 47 (in 2010)

International Technology and Innova-tion Management is the most unique of the international programs. It is a double degree program in cooperation with a top-level Russian business school in Saint Petersburg. During the program, students study both in Saint Petersburg and in Lappeenranta and receive degrees from both universities. Like all international programs, it is entirely taught in English.

"In recent years we have developed our international programs to meet the high level quality requirements for our domestic and international students. The applications of international students have increased substan-tially and this fall we broke a new record. Approximately a third of our new students come from abroad which makes us the second most interna-tional university in Finland," says vice-rector of LUT Minna Martikainen.

All in all, LUT has close contacts with Russian universities, especially those in Saint Petersburg, since it is less than two hours by train from Lappeenranta. Glob-ally, LUT has over 160 partnerships with universities in different countries.

"LUT is active in research co-opera-tions with university research partnering also with universities in North America. The new agreement with the Fulbright Center is important to us since it gives us more opportunities to enhance part-nerships and get more exchange stu-dents from North America to LUT," says Martikainen.

The Most Satisfied International Students in the WorldInternational students are warmly wel-comed at Lappeenranta University of Technology and they are very satisfied with their experience at LUT. In fact, LUT has been ranked number one in an exten-sive international survey in which foreign students were asked how well the univer-sity met their expectations. Some 125 000 students from 188 universities in eleven countries answered the International Stu-dent Barometer survey in autumn 2010.

Foreign students at LUT especially ap-preciated the high quality of teaching, the modern studying facilities, the language support, the health services and the Internet connections. In Lappeenranta, top-level science and education are car-ried out in unique surroundings. The

university, including the entire campus area as well as the city of Lappeenranta, are situated in the middle of the beautiful Finnish nature and beside the country’s largest lake, Saimaa.

Approximately 1500 foreign degree students applied to LUT in 2011; of these, 350 were accepted. In addition, approxi-mately 180 foreign students a year are exchange students at LUT. Especially

popular with the ex-change students is the International Business and Tech-nology Management program for business studies, which is offered at the bach-elor’s and master’s degree levels. The courses are offered

through LUT’s School of Business and Department of Industrial Management.

LUT also offers exchange students courses in the fields of technology, includ-ing chemical, energy and information technology, mathematics and physics and mechanical engineering. There are also master’s level courses in technology avail-able. In addition to business or technology studies, the exchange students can improve their language skills while studying at LUT.

Students may select courses from various departments and thus engage in a wide and multi-faceted range of studies during the exchange period.

International master s programmes • Chemical and Process Engineering • Energy Technology • Mechanical Engineering • Technomathematics and

Technical Physics • Information Technology • Global Management of

Innovation and Technology • Technology and Innovation

Management • International Marketing

Management • Strategic Finance

“Everything is Well Organized”Guillermo López, 26, from Mexico came to Lappeenranta University of Technol-ogy to continue his studies at the Master s of Strategic Finance program. Before ap-plying to LUT he gathered as much infor-mation about Finland as possible.

"I knew that Finland has a high level of education and I ve seen that Finland is on the top of lists when living standards are being measured. That is why I applied at LUT. I trusted that I could get a good education here."

Adjusting to Lappeenranta has been easier than he first expected. Everything is well organized and he has really felt welcomed by the university.

"The master s program gives me the in-formation of strategic finance, economet-rics and international markets I wanted to have in order to further my career. I was very happy to learn that even as a foreign student I m able to take part in research

Guillermo López enjoys the view of the lake and can´t wait to expe-rience real winter.

Lappeenranta University of Technology LUT

In our International Technology and Innovation

Management double degree program students study both in Saint Petersburg

and in Lappeenranta and receive degrees

from both universities.

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International Students Happy with Finland and Their Finnish InstitutionA total of 23 Finnish universities and universities of applied sci-ences participated in a wide-ranging international survey on how satisfied international degree students and exchange students are with their educational experience in Finland.

Student satisfaction was measured in four main areas: learn-ing, living and accommodation, support services, and services at arrival. For the first time, the International Student Barometer gives internationally comparable information at national and insti-tutional level about Finland as a study destination for international students.

According to the survey, 89 per cent of the international students are generally happy or very happy with their Finnish institution of higher education and study in Finland.

Of the respondents, 83.9% would recom-mend their Finnish institution and Finland as a destination of study to other students. This compares well to the average European fig-ure of 80.5%, and even more favorably to the overall average rate of 79.1%.

The survey is based on an online questionnaire carried out in November-December 2010 with students at all levels of study, in-cluding Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral students. Almost 158,000 international students responded to the questionnaire; of these, 6,441 were students at a university or university of applied sciences in Finland.

Participating in the survey were institutions of higher education from Britain, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States.

The survey was conducted by The International Graduate Insight Group, a British consultancy and benchmarking ser-vice. The Finnish section of the survey was coordinated and funded by Centre of International Mobility, CIMO.

Jaanaliisa KuoppaInternational Communications ManagerCentre for International Mobility CIMO

projects done with companies and even do my thesis in a company."

Guillermo is very impressed by the way technology is combined with nature preservation in Finland. It is seen as well in the research and education in LUT as in the country in general. In Lappeenran-ta beautiful scenery is everywhere. Par-ticularly, Guillermo likes the lake where he has already been rowing a boat.

Many Mexicans think that there is always snow in Finland, says Guillermo. Well in October, there isn´t yet, but Guill-ermo is very eager to experience real winter.Excellent Education Leads to Excellent JobsCompanies appreciate LUT’s education

Membrane technology is one of the top research areas at Lappeenranta Univer-sity of Technology. In this picture Spanish exchange student Beatrice Vasques-Gomez works with membrane filter which is used for example purifying water.

and research. All of LUT’s programs are coordinated in close co-operation with companies and public institutions. As a result, more than 70 per cent of all research papers and Master’s theses are assigned by companies or public institu-tions. In many cases, this cooperation results in employment opportunities for students. Statistics show that five years after graduation, 96 per cent of LUT stu-dents are employed.

To continue to keep its education at a high level, LUT is undergoing a substan-tial evaluation of its degree programs. Every program goes through an interna-tional accreditation process. This process has been successful. The programs of chemical engineering, electrical engi-neering and industrial management have already been awarded an international accreditation. Other degree programs are in the process of accreditation.

Text: LUTPhotos: LUT photo archive

89% per cent of the international students are

happy or very happy with their Finnish institution

of higher education and study in Finland.

International students at LUT represent over 47 nationalities.

Introducing Fulbright Center's Partners

Photo: LUT photo archive

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International education has shaped my life both personally and academically. It began back in 1995, when my father took my older sister, younger brother, and me on a month-long European journey spanning 12 countries. This whirlwind tour, by way of rental car and hostels, not only challenged my stereotypes, but also opened my eyes to different ways of living and learning. The value of intercul-tural experiences settled deeply into my blood, as my father encouraged us to be not just tourists, but students learning about and appreciating other cultures by engaging with the local people.

In 2006, I received an offer from the European Commission to study in the European Higher Education masters pro-gram on an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. The unique joint-degree program allowed for immersion and study in three differ-ent countries—Norway, Portugal, and Finland. The program introduced me to the evolving international student mar-ket, including the international student tuition debates in Finland, all of which greatly interested me. My master’s thesis compared the historical policy forma-tion of two international student mobil-ity programs, the U.S. Fulbright program and the EU Erasmus Mundus program. As I learned more about the history and opportunities of the Fulbright program, I kept thinking to myself…one day I will apply for a Fulbright.

I returned to the U.S. in 2008 and

pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Geor-gia (UGA). Throughout my doctoral stud-ies, I continued to follow the evolving de-bate on international student tuition fees and higher education reforms in Finland. When the 2009 University Act passed in Finland, I was preparing my dissertation proposal, and the timing could not have been better. I submitted a Fulbright appli-cation to study the introduction of tuition fees in Finland and before I knew it I was packing my bags to move to the land of lakes and saunas.

Until 2010, the Finnish Constitution guaranteed a tuition-free higher educa-tion system for all students, regardless of nationality, pursuing bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. The New Univer-sities Act of 2009 includes a 5-year pilot program allowing some universities and programs to collect tuition fees from international students (non European Union [EU] and non European Economic Area [EEA] students). Out of the 130 Eng-lish-language masters programs selected for the pilot program, not all have chosen to collect tuition fees. Through document analysis and interviews with policy mak-ers, key stakeholders, university academ-ic staff and administrators I will explore the various rationales, decision-making processes, and impacts of the introduc-tion of fees (for some) international students.

Although the selected programs ac-count for only a small portion of the in-

ternational education opportunities in Finland, the reform serves as a landmark move in offering market-oriented higher education. Free-of-charge Finnish higher education has reflected the basic prin-ciples and ideals of the Finnish welfare state (e.g. universalism and equal oppor-tunities); hence a shift towards commer-cializing higher education impacts the social and cultural history of the country. Perhaps the biggest question is what will happen after the five-year pilot program and whether or not this shift is a slippery slope wherein Finnish students will even-tually pay tuition. While this is a long way off, the implications of the pilot program are wide.

I am honored to be selected for a Fulbright grant which enables me the opportunity to not be just a tourist, but a student and researcher deeply exploring the social and cultural implications of the introduction of tuition fees. The grant not only allows me to conduct essential dis-sertation research, but it also allows me to continue my fervor for international mutual understanding and intercultural experiences.

Leasa Weimer University of GeorgiaFulbright-CIMO Graduate Grantee 2011-12University of Jyväskylä, University of Tam-pere, University of Helsinki

Leasa has been

blogging about her travels and life adventures since 2006. Follow Leasa’s Big Adventure blog at http://leasa.blogspot.com.

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a's Blog

Dissertation Research, Intercultural Experiences, Observing Change The Life of an American Fulbrighter in Finland

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Welcoming American Fulbrighters to FinlandAmerican Fulbright Grantees gather each year at the Fulbright Center around the end of August for a three-day orientation before heading off to their host cities around Finland. Between enjoying the welcoming dinner on Tuesday night and receiving the Kalevala on Friday after-noon the grantees were introduced with

The grantees were invited to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the third day. They received Kalevala at the end of the orientation: “Wel-come to our Finnish heritage”.

New arrivals prepare to step into their Fulbright experience. In-formation sessions covered topics such as living in Finland, Finn-ish higher education system, overview of Finnish foreign policy and introduction to Finnish history, economy, and communica-tion patterns.

Former grantees led discussions for separate breakout groups for students and scholars. Grantees uncover facts and feelings about student life in Finland.

The grantees got to know Helsinki during the second day sightseeing – a gift for them by the City of Hel-sinki. One of the stops was at the Sibelius Monument.

a wide range of topics to help them get to know Finland and what it means to be a Fulbrighter.

The comprehensive orientation pro-gram covered a wide range of subjects and opportunities.

The new arrivals heard presentations about Finnish higher education, history,

economy, and foreign policy as well as Finnish culture, communication patterns and language. Sessions discussed also the Fulbright community and the Finnish Fulbright program. Within the three and a half days the grantees got to know not only each other, but had opportunities to network with professionals and orga-

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Ambassador Bruce J. Oreck, State Secretary Tapio Kosunen and the Fulbright Center Executive Director Terhi Mölsä welcomed new Fulbrighters into their professional network. The Ambassador hosted the reception in honor of the American Fulbrighters at his Residence.

”Henkilösuhteista on suurta hyötyä”Linda Haapajärvi on toisen vuoden toh-toriopiskelija École des hautes études en sciences sociales -yliopistossa (EHESS) Pariisissa. Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin tutkinnon sekä Tampereen yliopistossa että EHESS:issä suorittaneen Lindan so-siologian alaan kuuluva väitöstutkimus käsittelee etnisiä ja uskonnollisia yhtei-sösuhteita ja -tapoja, joilla ne osallistuvat yhteiskunnallisen eheyden tuottamiseen Suomessa, Ranskassa ja Yhdysvalloissa. Parhaillaan Linda tekee etnografista kent-tätutkimusta Ranskassa. Keväällä tutki-mustyö jatkuu Suomessa.

Ensi syksynä kenttätutkimusvuorossa on Yhdysvallat: ”Lähden sinne vuodeksi visiting student researcher -statuksella. Olen jo ollut yhteydessä Chicagon ja Harvardin yliopiston sosiologian lai-toksen kanssa. Harvard näyttää tällä hetkellä todennäköiseltä vaihtoehdolta. Eräs sikäläinen professori vietti viime vuoden tutkimusvapaataan Pariisissa, ja keskustelimme useaan otteeseen yh-teistyövaihtoehdoista. Neuvottelen vielä rahoituksesta ja kummankin yliopiston tarjoamista työoloista”, Linda kertoo.

Amerikkalaiset opiskelijat ovat olleet

on uusi sarja, jossa seurataan kahden ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant -stipendiaatin valmistautumista Fulbright-vuoteensa, stipendikautta Yhdysvalloissa sekä kokemuksia ja palautetta Fulbright-vaihdon jälkeen.

Lindalle erinomainen tiedonlähde hänen suunnitellessaan tulevaa Fulbright-vuotta ja etsiessään yliopistoa. ”Pariisissa ame-rikkalainen kaverini kertoi, että sikäläiset opiskelijat ovat aktiivisesti yhteydessä niin toisiinsa kuin professoreihinsa ja opettajiinsa. Yliopistojen nettisivuilta selvitin, mitä kunkin professorin ja eri laitosten jatko-opiskelijat tekevät ja lähe-tin sähköpostia noin viidelletoista. Kaikki vastasivat viestiini”, Linda iloitsee. ”Olem-me viestineet sähköpostilla tai soitelleet skypellä, ja muutama on käynyt Pariisis-sa, missä olemme tavanneet. Yhteyden-pidosta on ollut suurta hyötyä, ja samalla olen nähnyt, miten yliopisto-opiskelijat puhkuvat opiskeluintoa.”

Seuraavaksi Lindalla on edessään hakuprosessi yliopistoon, eli hakemusten ja papereiden täyttämistä. ”Lisäksi pyrin ahkerasti tekemään omaa tutkimustani, jotta pääsen lähtemään Yhdysvaltoihin mahdollisimman edistyneessä vaihees-sa”, hän sanoo.

”Tutkimusryhmä on tullut jo tutuksi”Silja Häkkinen tekee väitöskirjaa Hel-singin yliopiston fysiikan laitoksella. Hän tutkii ilmakehän pienhiukkasia, niiden

ominaisuuksia ja vaikutusta ilmastoon.”Lähden vuodeksi Columbian yli-

opistoon New Yorkiin visiting student researcheriksi. Siellä on ilmakehän pien-hiukkasia tutkiva ryhmä, joka tekee labo-ratoriomittauksia. En ole aiemmin tehnyt kokeellista tutkimusta, mutta se kiinnos-taa minua erityisesti”, hän sanoo.

Lindan tavoin Siljakin korostaa henki-lösuhteiden merkitystä. Hän vieraili viime keväänä Columbian yliopistossa, missä hän pääsi jo tutustumaan professoriin ja tutkimusryhmäänsä. ”Nyt olen taas läh-dössä pariksi viikoksi New Yorkiin tutki-musryhmää tapaamaan”, Silja kertoo.

Parhaillaan hän hankkii lisärahoitusta ja tekee amerikkalaisen ohjaajansa kans-sa tutkimussuunnitelmaa ja -aikataulua. ”Odotan kovasti ensi syksyä! Fulbright-vuosi pääsee täysipainoisesti käyntiin, koska olen tutustunut ohjaajaani ja tut-kimusryhmääni näin hyvin jo etukäteen. Myös tutkimussuunnitelma ja -aikataulu valmistuvat hyvissä ajoin.”

Fulbrightereiden matkassa

Linda Haapajärvi ja Silja Häkkinen ovat uusia ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant -stipendiaatteja. Lukuvuodeksi 2012–13 Yhdysvaltoihin lähtevät tohtoriopiskelijat osallistui-vat lokakuun puolivälissä Fulbright Centerin järjestämään valmennustilaisuuteen ja kertoivat samalla suunnitelmistaan Fulbright Center Newsille.

nizations involved in Finnish-American exchanges as they were honored at an evening reception held at the US Ambas-sador’s residence. The ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association invited the new Ful-brighters to an evening get-together to meet with the alumni.

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Testaus

Educational Testing Servicellä (ETS) on lukuisia apuvälineitä tämän pohdinnan tueksi. Esittelemme ohessa ETS:n vink-kejä TOEFL-tulosrajojen määrittelyyn sekä välineitä, jotka helpottavat tulosten tulkintaa ja eri englannin kielen testien tulosvertailuja.

Millainen englannin kielen taito on riittävä, jotta opinnot sujuvat?Tulosrajojen määrittelyssä ETS ehdottaa seuraavaa: Hyödynnä testituloksista julkaistuja tilastotutkimuksia ja kiinnitä huomiota esimerkiksi keskiarvotuloksiin. Määrittele TOEFL-testin kokonaistulok-sen lisäksi myös testiosiokohtaisia tulos-rajoja ja ota huomioon eri tiedekuntien vaatimukset tulosrajoja määritellessäsi. ETS myös suosittelee tarkistamaan tulos-kriteerit muutaman vuoden välein.

Kuinka hyvin opiskelija puhuu englantia, jos TOEFL-tulos on 18?TOEFL-tulokset opiskelijan kielitaidosta on yleensä ilmoitettu pelkästään nume-roin. Esimerkiksi puhe-osiosta opiskelija on saattanut saada 18/30 pistettä. Nyt tulosten tulkintaan on saatavilla tauluk-

ko, jossa taitotaso on ilmaistu sanalli-sesti testin eri osioista saatujen pisteiden perusteella.

Millainen TOEFL-tulos vastaa B2-tasoa?Euroopan neuvosto on kehittänyt kiel-ten oppimisen, opetuksen ja arvioinnin eurooppalaisen viitekehyksen, joka mää-rittelee ja kuvailee kielitaitoa peruskäyt-täjän (A1) tasolta taitavan kielenkäyttäjän (C2) tasolle. ETS on määritellyt itsenäistä (B1 ja B2) ja taitavaa kielenkäyttäjää (C1) kuvaavat TOEFL-pisteet.

Lisätietoa saa tutkimusraportista Lin-king English-Language Test Scores Onto the Common European Framework of Reference, joka on ladattavissa TOEFL:in verkkosivulta. www.ets.org/Media/Re-search/pdf/RR-08-34.pdf

Paljonko 95 TOEFL-pistettä on IELTS-testin pisteinä?Tavallisesti oppilaitokset käyttävät opiske-lijavalinnoissaan useita yleisesti tunnettu-ja englannin kielen testejä. TOEFL-testin lisäksi käytetään etenkin IELTS-testiä. Eri testitulosten vertailuun tarkoitettuja,

Apuvälineitä TOEFL-tulosten määrittelyyn, tulkintaan ja vertailuun

tieteelliseen tutkimukseen perustuvia vertailutaulukoita ei kuitenkaan tähän asti ole ollut.

Tutkimustensa perusteella ETS on hiljattain kehittänyt TOEFL- ja IELTS-tu-loksia vertailevan tulosvastaavuustaulu-kon. Tutkimusaineistona olivat TOEFL- ja IELTS-testitulokset, jotka ETS keräsi nämä molemmat testit vuosina 2008–09 tehneil-tä opiskelijoilta. Vapaaehtoisesti tulostie-tonsa lähettäneitä opiskelijoita oli 1 153.

Tulosvastaavuustaulukko on suuntaa antava. Reilun tuhannen tuloksen joukos-sa oli varsin vähän ääripäiden tuloksia,

Mitattava taito Tulosväli Taitotaso

Luetun ymmärtäminen 0–30alhainen (0–14)keskitaso (15–21)korkea (22–30)

Kuullun ymmärtäminen 0–30alhainen (0–14)keskitaso (15–21)korkea (22–30)

Puhuminen 0–4 pistettä muunnetaan 0–30 asteikolle

heikko (0–9)rajallinen (10–17)kohtalainen (18–25)hyvä (26–30)

Kirjoittaminen 0–5 pistettä muunnetaan 0–30 asteikolle

rajallinen (1–16)kohtalainen (17–23)hyvä (24–30)

Kokonaistulos 0–120

Eurooppalai-nen viitekehys TOEFL-tulos

B1 57-86

B2 87-109

C1 110-120

Englannin kielen testejä opiskelijavalinnoissaan käyttävät oppilaitokset joutuvat pohtimaan testituloksia monesta eri näkökulmasta: Miten tulosvaatimukset tulisi määritellä, kuinka testituloksia tulisi käyttää, miten tuloksia pitäisi tulkita, ja kuinka eri testien tuloksia voi vertailla keskenään?

TOEFL-tulokset testiosioittain.

TOEFL-tulosten rinnastus Eurooppalai-seen viitekehykseen.

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joten alhaisten ja korkeiden pisteiden välinen vertailu ei ole yhtä luotettavaa kuin keskitason pisteiden vertailu. ETS:n mukaan tuloksia vertailtaessa on syytä ottaa huomioon tutkimusaineiston koon ja luonteen lisäksi TOEFL- ja IELTS-testien erilainen luonne. Vaikka testit mittaavat samoja kielitaidon osa-alueita, ne tehdään eri tekniikalla, ja siksi myös kysymykset ovat erilaisia. TOEFL-testi tehdään tietokoneella, kun taas IELTS-tes-tissä käytetään kynää ja paperia. Tietoko-neella tehtävässä testissä voi hyödyntää lukuisia erilaisia kysymystyyppejä, jotka kynä-paperitestissä eivät ole mahdollisia.

Tutkimusraportti, Linking TOEFL iBT Scores to IELTS Scores – A Research Re-port, on ladattavissa osoitteesta www.ets.org/s/toefl/pdf/linking_toefl_ibt_scores_to_ielts_scores.pdf

TOEFL- ja IELTS –tulosten vertailutaulukkoTulosvertailujen luotettavuustaso on suu-rin tähdellä merkittyjen tulosten kohdalla.

Verkkosivu oppilaitoksilleTOEFL:illa on oppilaitoksille oma verkko-sivu, www.ets.org/toefl/institutions. Tässä artikkelissa esiintyvät vinkit ja tau-lukot löytyvät osoitteesta www.ets.org/toefl/institutions/scores.

Teksti: Johanna Lahtijohanna.lahti@fulbright.fiLähde: Educational Testing Service ETS

Suuntana Pohjois-AmerikkaApuvälineitä opintojen suunnitteluun

Pohjois-Amerikkaan opiskelemaan suuntaavilla on runsaasti valinnanvaraa, olivat-pa kyseessä sitten opiskeltavat aineet, oppilaitos tai oppilaitoksen maantieteellinen sijainti. Yhdysvalloissa, pinta-alaltaan maailman neljänneksi suurimmassa valtios-sa, on noin 4 000 korkea-asteen oppilaitosta. Kanadassa, pinta-alaltaan maailman toiseksi suurimmassa valtiossa, näitä oppilaitoksia on noin 100.

Internetissä on paljon tietoa, jonka perusteella voi kartoittaa omia opiskelumah-dollisuuksiaan. Esittelemme tässä muutamia tiedonlähteitä.

Suuntana USA ja Suuntana KanadaFulbright Centerin verkkosivulla on omat linkkinsä Yhdysvalloissa ja Kanadassa opiskeluun. Sivustoille on koottu tietopaketit, joiden avulla pääsee mainiosti al-kuun. Perustietoja saa muun muassa maiden korkeakoulujärjestelmästä ja oppilai-toksista sekä itselle sopivan oppilaitoksen valinnasta, hakuprosessista ja opintojen rahoituksesta.

Your Five Steps to U.S. StudyEducationUSA:n verkkosivu käsittelee korkeakoulu-opiskelua Yhdysvalloissa sekä perustutkinto- että jat-ko-opiskelutasolla. Lisäksi sivustolla on tietoa englan-nin kielen opinnoista ja lyhytkestoisista opinnoista.

Vastikään julkaistu Your Five Steps to U.S. Study -osio auttaa opiskelijaa kaikissa vaiheissa oppilai-toksen kartoituksesta alkaen aina yliopistoon saapumiseen asti. Koko prosessia pyritään selkeyttämään viidellä askelmalla:

1. Ota selvää vaihtoehdoista2. Tee hakemus3. Rahoita opintosi4. Hae opiskelijaviisumia5. Valmistaudu lähtöön

Opiskelu KanadassaKanadaan suuntaavien opiskelijoiden kannattaa tutus-tua maan opetusministeriön ylläpitämään Education au/in Canada -verkkosivustoon. Se kertoo kattavasti korkeakouluopiskelusta Kanadassa sekä englanniksi että ranskaksi. Lisäksi sivustolla on työväline, joka auttaa löytämään oikean opinto-ohjelman sekä laske-maan valitun ohjelman kustannukset. Sivustolta saa tietoa myös opiskeluluvasta.

Mikä EducationUSA?EducationUSA on yli 400:sta neuvontakeskuksesta koostuva maailmanlaajuinen verkosto, joka auttaa Yhdysvalloissa opiskeluun liittyvissä asioissa. Verkoston toimintaa tukee Yhdysvaltain ulkoministeriön koulutuksen ja kulttuuriasiain toimisto (Bureau of Education and Culture). Fulbright Center on EducationUSA:n edustaja Suomessa.

LinkkejäYhdysvallatwww.fulbright.fi > Suuntana USAwww.educationusa.state.gov

Kanadawww.fulbright.fi > Suuntana Kanadawww.educationau-incanada.ca

TOEFL IELTS

0–31 0–4

32–34 4.5

35–45 5

46–59* 5.5

60–78* 6

79–93* 6.5

94–101* 7

102–109* 7.5

110–114 8

115–117 8.5

118–120 9

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Alumni News

Alumni of the Finnish Fulbright program gathered in San Diego, CA in August to participate in FinnFest and to meet one another at an Open House held in the home of 2006 Fulbrighter, Michael Par-rish and Peggy Strand. Besides eating great home-made tacos, alumni heard more about the Friends of Fulbright Fin-land network and learned of the possibil-ity to make contributions to the Finnish Fulbright program. It was exciting, but not surprising, to hear from each alum how the Finland experience had provid-ed a crucial element to their lives, both personal and professional.

ter MacKeith also gave invited lectures for the FinnFest audience.

By being visible at FinnFest, we were able to meet up with several other Ful-brighters, Annette Salmon Oppedahl (1958, student grantee at University of Helsinki) and Carl and Sharon Rah-konen (1986 grantees).

Engaging Fulbrighters who have been to Finland and who are keen to continue connections, to share the Finnish experi-ence, and to offer support to the Fulbright program in Finland is a central goal of the Friends of Fulbright Finland network…we have moved a long way toward that goal in San Diego.

Text: Suzanne Louis

Meet in San Diego

Join our alumni mailing list!Send your contact details to Fulbright Center's alumni coordi-nator: terhi.topi@fulbright.fi.

Liity alumnipostituslistalle!Mukaan pääset lähettämällä yhte-ystietosi Fulbright Centerin alum-nikoordinaattorille: terhi.topi@fulbright.fi. Listalla tiedotamme alumnitoiminnasta Suomessa.

Friends of Fulbright Finland

Top: Finnish Fulbright Program Alumni Open House.Left: The Schueman's at Fulbright Center Tori booth.Below: Kirsti Westphalen Consul General addresses Fulbright art exhibit opening.

Alumni seen munching tacos were: Michael Parrish, Suzanne Louis, Julene Johnson, Peter MacKeith, Cherie Sampson, Laurie Owen, Marga-ret Schueman, Geoffrey Chase, Charles Kamm, Mary Koske, and partners joined in as well. Earl Fry (Fulbright Bicenten-nial Chair 2011-12) and Elaine joined the group, although technically Earl will not be an alum until next year!

Numerous alumni assisted at FinnFest by “manning” the Fulbright Center infor-mation booth at the Tori marketplace. FinnFest participants learned first-hand from experienced Fulbrighters about the available grant programs and the oppor-tunity to come to Finland to pursue stud-ies and research.

An art exhibit sponsored by the Friends of Fulbright Finland displayed the works of four alumni artists, Cherie Sampson, Sabra Booth, Karen Kunc, and Jacquelyn Gleisner. Cherie and Suzanne Louis wrote a grant to Finlandia Foundation to help support the exhibit, and Ken Kolson provided one of the reference letters. Over 165 people visited the exhibit, and at the opening the Con-sul General from the LA Finnish Consul-ate, Kirsti Westphalen, welcomed the audience and remarked about the strong value alumni bring to the promotion of Finland and of the Fulbright program.

Both Julene Johnson and Mary Koske played in the FinnFest kantele orchestra, and Julene, Margaret Schueman, and Pe-

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ConnectionsCorner

Fulbright grants open doors! People meet, make connections, and develop cooperations with lasting effect. Some connec-tions are scholarly, some personal, and others of a business nature, possibilities are endless! A few of our grantees offer examples of their continuing cooperation.

Joan Maynard, spousal Fulbrighter who accompanied grantee Doug Maynard, 2006, has linked up with current FLTA grantee Jaana Isohätälä at the University of Wisconsin and is now studying Finnish. Joan, does this mean a return to Finland is imminent?

Cheryl J. Fish has been appointed Docent of North American Studies in the Department of World Cultures (formerly Renvall Institute) at the University of Helsinki.

City University of New York, Scholar 2006-07, University of Tampere

Cheryl Greenberg has been appointed Docent at the Depart-ment of World Cultures, University of Helsinki.

Trinity College, Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies 2002-03, University of Helsinki.

Dan Lloyd has been appointed Docent at the University of Hel-sinki’s Department of Social and Moral Philosophy.

Trinity College, Scholar 2007-08, University of Helsinki.

What is a docent?Docent is a prestigious, academic title used in Finnish Univer-sities which shows that the person is a distinguished specialist in his / her field. Only professors and docents have the right to supervise PhD dissertations. Docents are usually appointed by another university than the home university in order to facilitate teaching and supervision in a particular field. The employment of a docent is also more flexible than with tenured faculty. The closest U.S. equivalent to docent is visiting professor, or perhaps adjunct professor. One may apply for the position of docent.

John Wunder, who held the 1995-96 Fulbright Bicentennial Chair, in fact was the first American invited by the North Ameri-can Studies program at Helsinki University to be a docent there, 2004. The permanent appointment as docent carries with it op-portunities to return to Finland to teach, serve as dissertation op-ponent, offer keynote addresses at conferences, and otherwise maintain an ongoing relationship with the scholarly community in Finland. Professor Wunder is now emeritus professor of his-tory and journalism at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Sain toukokuun alussa Suomen ASLA-Fulbright Alumni ry:n halli-tuksen jäsenenä mahdollisuuden puhua Saksan alum-niyhdistyksen jär-jestämässä kansain-

välisessä konferenssissa. Euroopan suurimmalla Fulbright-alumniyhdistyk-sellä on erinomaiset yhteydet ja resurs-sit, mikä näkyi ohjelmassa ja osallistu-jajoukossa. alkucocktailille kokoontui Yhdysvaltain suurlähetystön kutsumana runsaasti tunnettuja saksalaisia, kaikki Fulbright-alumneja.

Tunnelma seminaarissa oli avoin, ja transatlanttisia suhteita käsiteltiin tiukan kriittisesti, hyvällä retoriikalla. Professo-ri Karsten Voigt, Euroopan tunnetuin transatlanttisten kysymysten tutkija, väitteli John C. Kornblumin, entisen Reaganin lähimmän avustajan kanssa. Mr. Kornblumin kynästä tuli presidentti Reaganin kuuluisa sanonta: "Repikää alas tämä seinä!"

Väittelyssä tuli kuitenkin yksimielisyys

Fulbright alumnus Marty Waananen (in the middle) visited Fulbright Cen-ter with family.

The Fulbright Center received a most welcome visitor this past sum-mer, when Fulbright alumni Marty Waananen paid the center a visit. Three generations of Waananens en-joyed coffee and biscuits at the Cen-ter while telling about their vacation trip to Helsinki and Eastern Finland. Waananen was a Fulbright grantee to Finland in 1962-63.

Fulbright Center often welcomes visits by alumni and is always happy to meet with them and catch up when in Helsinki.

Refreshing the Finnish Ties

siitä, että Aasia on tullut jatkuvasti yhä tär-keämmäksi Yhdysvaltojen ulkopolitiikas-sa, Euroopan kustannuksella. Kuitenkin yhteiset historialliset ja kulttuuriset arvot kantavat liittoa, ja siksi se kannattaa, vaikka puhdas taloudellinen toiminta voi nykyisin olla voimakkaampaa muualla.

Toinen teema, Euroopan etelän ja pohjoisen kahtiajako köyhään ja rikkaa-seen nähtiin haasteena Yhdysvalloille-kin. Koko Euroopassa vallitsee kuitenkin yhteinen ”roomalainen arvopohja”, mikä vähentää kuilua.

Itse sain mahdollisuuden puhua kan-sainvälisen muuttoliikkeen megatren-deistä täydelle salille. Kommentointi oli saksalaiseen tapaan vireää ja aktiivista.

Hedelmällinen konferenssi kertoi niis-tä lukemattomista tärkeistä siteistä, joita Euroopan ja Yhdysvaltain välillä on. Ly-hyet strategiset ja taloudelliset tavoitteet eivät akselin tärkeyttä tule muuttamaan.

Arno TannerASLA-Fulbright Alumni -yhdistyksen hal-lituksen jäsen, ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant -stipendiaatti 2004–05

Transatlanttiset suhteet keskiössä Fulbright-alumnien Berliinin tapaamisessa

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News / Uutisia

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America in Living Color SeminarAmerica in Living Color seminar provides a unique opportunity to gain understanding of various academic fields through the presentations of American Fulbright grantees who are currently doing research and studying in Finland.

The 3rd America in Living Color seminar will take place on March 8-9, 2012 in Tampere. The seminar is organized by the University of Tampere North American Studies Program and the Fulbright Center.

The program of the seminar will be posted on the Fulbright Center website closer to the event.

Liity e-tiedotelistalle

Tiedotamme sähköisellä tiedotuslistallamme Fulbright Centerin stipendeistä,

tapahtumista ja informaatiotilaisuuksista sekä ajankohtaisista asioista.

Pääset mukaan lähettämällä meille yhteystietosi osoitteeseen:

office@fulbright.fi

Appointment News from the BoardThe Fulbright Center welcomes Mr. David McGuire (in photo) who succeeds Mr. Eric Meyer on the Fulbright Center Board of Direc-tors. Mr. McGuire is the Assistant Counselor for Press and Public Affairs at the American Em-bassy in Helsinki.

We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mr. Eric Meyer for his commitment, and wel-come Mr. McGuire to the Board.

There are altogether eight Board members: four US and four Finnish members. The US members are appointed by the American Embassy and the Finnish members by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The current Chair of the Board is Dr. Bo Pettersson, Professor of the Literature of the United States at the University of Helsinki.

Haku Fulbright Centerin stipendiohjelmiin alkaa helmi-kuussa. Hakuajat päättyvät ohjelmasta riippuen heinä-kuussa, lokakuussa, tammikuussa ja huhtikuussa.

Ensimmäiset stipendihaut maisteri- ja tohtoritason opiskelijoille päättyivät heinäkuun lopussa, ja stipendiaatit valittiin syyskuus-sa 2011. Lokakuun lopussa päättyneissä hauissa olivat mukana väitöskirjatutkimukseen tarkoitettu puolen vuoden stipendioh-jelma, väitelleiden tutkijoiden stipendiohjelmat sekä suomen kielen ja kulttuurin opetusharjoittelijoille tarkoitettu stipendioh-jelma. Stipendiaatit valitaan tammikuussa 2012.

Vielä ehtii hakeaAmmattitaidon täydentämiseen ja kehittämiseen tarkoitettujen stipendiohjelmien haku on parhaillaan meneillään. Mid-Career Professional Development Grant -ohjelma (MCPD) tarjoaa apurahoja vähintään 3 kuukauden projektiin, joka tähtää stipen-diaatin oman ammattitaidon täydentämiseen ja kehittämiseen Yhdysvalloissa. Stipendi on suunnattu erityisesti työuransa keskivaiheessa oleville ammattilaisille ja asiantuntijoille, jotka etsivät uusia näkökulmia ja lähestymistapoja omaan työhönsä. Hakijoilta ei edellytetä akateemista loppututkintoa.

Fulbright Grant in Photojournalism sponsored by Pat-ricia Seppälä Foundation -stipendiohjelma tukee lehtiku-vauksen, kuvajournalismin ja visuaalisen journalismin alalla työskentelevien ammatillista kehittymistä ja täydennyskoulutus-ta Yhdysvalloissa. Stipendi on tarkoitettu kaikille alalla jo toimi-ville, kuten freelancereille ja mediatalojen vakituisille kuvaajille. Ohjelma tarjoaa apurahan 3–12 kuukauden stipendiprojektiin.

Sekä MCPD- että Fulbright Grant in Photojournalism sponso-red by Patricia Seppälä Foundation -stipendiohjelman hakuaika päättyy 9.1.2012. Stipendin saajat valitaan helmikuussa 2012.

Kandidaattitason opintojen stipendiohjelmahaku lukuvuodelle 2012–13 alkaa helmikuussa 2012 ja päättyy huh-tikuussa 2012. Haun päättymispäivämäärä ilmoitetaan haun alkaessa Fulbright Centerin verkkosivulla. Fulbright Center’s Un-dergraduate Grant -stipendiohjelma on tarkoitettu kandidaatin opintojen (Bachelor's) suorittamiseen. Stipendiä voivat hakea myös opiskelijat, jotka lähtevät Yhdysvaltoihin vaihtoon yhdeksi lukuvuodeksi.

Amerikkalainen luennoitsija lyhyelle vierailulle suomalaiseen korkeakouluunInter-Country- ja Fulbright Specialist -ohjelmalla – on jatku-va hakuaika.

Fulbright-luennoitsijavaihtoon Euroopassa osallistuu vuosit-tain noin 250 amerikkalaista asiantuntijaa ja tutkijaa. Heidän asiantuntemuksensa on suomalaisten korkeakoulujen käytettä-vissä usein nopeallakin aikataululla. Luennointivierailulle voi hakea matka-apurahaa Inter-Country-ohjelman kautta Fulbright Centeristä. Vierailu kestää yleensä 2–5 päivää.

Fulbright Specialist -ohjelma tarjoaa suomalaisille korkea-kouluille mahdollisuuden kutsua Yhdysvalloista asiantuntija 2–6 viikon vierailulle Suomeen. Korkeakoulut voivat etsiä ohjelman kautta tietyn aihealueen asiantuntijaa tai esittää valittavaksi tiet-tyä henkilöä ohjelman asiantuntijarekisteristä.

LisätiedotTarkat tiedot stipendiohjelmista ja hakuajoista saa osoitteesta www.fulbright.fi. Päivämäärätietoja on lisäksi tämän julkaisun takakannen kalenterissa. Lisätietoja saa myös Fulbright Centerin ohejelmakoordinaattoreilta, yhteystiedot viereisellä sivulla.

Stipendiohjelmat suomalaisille lukuvuodelle 2012–2013

Honorary Chair: H.E., Bruce J. OreckAmbassador of the United States to Finland

Finnish Members:

Dr. Bo PetterssonProfessor of the Literature of the United StatesUniversity of HelsinkiChair

Dr. Matti KokkalaVice President, Strategic Research, Services and the Built Environ-ment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Dr. Heikki RuskoahoProfessor in Molecular PharmacologyFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Oulu

Ms. Birgitta VuorinenCounsellor of EducationMinistry of Education and CultureTreasurer

American Members:

Ms. Marjut RobinsonPublic Affairs OfficerAmerican EmbassyVice-Chair

Dr. Bruce ForbesResearch ProfessorArctic CentreUniversity of Lapland

Mr. David McGuireAssistant Counselor for Press and Public Affairs American Embassy

Dr. Laura StarkProfessor of EthnologyUniversity of Jyväskylä

Ex-officio: Ms. Terhi MölsäExecutive DirectorFulbright Center

Ms. Virve KahriOhjelmakoordinaattoriProgram Coordinatorp. (09) 5494 7454p. (044) 5535 285• Opettajaohjelma• Suomen kielen

opetusassistentit• Inter-Country -ohjelma• Neuvonta opiskelusta USA:ssa

Dr. Aki KalliomäkiOhjelmakoordinaattoriProgram Coordinatorp. (09) 5494 7402p. (044) 5535 269• Tutkija-, asiantuntija- ja luen-

noitsijastipendit suomalaisille• Pitkät luennoitsija- ja

asiantuntijastipendit amerikkalaisille

• Neuvonta opiskelusta USA:ssa

Ms. Karoliina KokkoOhjelmapäällikköProgram Managerp. (09) 5494 7404p. (044) 5535 268• Jatko-opiskelijastipendit

suomalaisille• Jatko-opiskelijastipendit

amerikkalaisille• Neuvonta opiskelusta

USA:ssa ja Kanadassa

Ms. Johanna LahtiVastaava ohjelmapäällikkö Senior Program Manager p. (09) 5494 7431p. (044) 5535 278• Undergraduate-stipendit

suomalaisille• Renewal-stipendit

suomalaisille• Testaus ja testeihin liittyvä

neuvonta• Fulbright Center News (toimituspäällikkö)• Neuvonta opiskelusta USA:ssa

Ms. Suzanne LouisProjektikonsulttiProject Consultant (part-time)p. (09) 5494 7454• Friends of Fulbright Finland

-verkosto• Alumnikoordinaattori• Fulbright Center News

Ms. Tanja MitchellSuunnittelijaCoordinator (part-time)p. (09) 5494 7451p. (044) 5535 277• Verkkopalvelut• Julkaisut• Fulbright Center News• Neuvonta opiskelusta

USA:ssa ja Kanadassa

Ms. Terhi TopiVastaava ohjelmapäällikkö Senior Program Manager (part-time)p. (09) 5494 7408p. (044) 5535 275• Distinguished Chairs• Fulbright Specialists -ohjelma• Alumnikoordinaattori• Neuvonta opiskelusta

USA:ssa ja Kanadassa

Ms. Terhi MölsäToiminnanjohtajaExecutive Directorp. (09) 5494 7403p. (050) 570 5498

Vaihtotoimikunnan jäsenet / Fulbright Center Board of Directors

Toimikunnan sihteeristö / Fulbright Center Staff

FUSEEC/Fulbright Centerin toimintaa rahoittaa Suomen ja Yhdysvaltain Stipenditoiminnan Tukisäätiö / The Finland-America Educational Trust Fund. Säätiön hallitus / Board of Directors:

E-mails: firstname.lastname@fulbright.fi

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Finnish members:

Ms. Veera HeinonenDirector of CommunicationsDepartment for Communication and CultureMinistry for Foreign AffairsChair

Ms. Jaana PalojärviHead of International RelationsFinnish Ministry of Education

American members:

Mr. Danny HallDeputy Chief of MissionAmerican EmbassyVice-Chair

Ms. Marjut RobinsonPublic Affairs OfficerAmerican Embassy

Agent / Säätiön asiamies:

Ms. Terhi MölsäExecutive DirectorFUSEEC/Fulbright Center

The Finnish members are ap-pointed by the Ministry of Educa-tion and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The American members are appointed by the American Embassy.

Suomen ja Yhdysvaltain opetusalan vaihtotoimikunta Finland-US Educational Exchange Commission (FUSEEC)

Hakaniemenranta 6FI-00530 HELSINKIFINLAND

Tervetuloa käymään Tietosillan aukioloaikoina ti−ke 13.00−16.00 ja to 13.00−17.00 ja muulloin ajanvarauksella. Puhelin: (09) 5494 7400, arkisin 9.00−15.00. Parhaiten tavoitat meidät suorista numeroista (ks. s. 23).

Toimintaamme tukee mm.

lokakuu

6.10.INFO: Perustutkinto-opin-not Yhdysvalloissa ja Fulbright Centerin Undergraduate-stipendi

17.10. ORIENTAATIO:ASLA-Fulbright jatko-opiskelija-stipendiaattien orientaatio

27.10. INFO:SAT, GRE, GMAT: standardoidut tasotestit

31.10.2011 klo 10.00Hakuaika seuraaviin lukuvuoden 2012–2013 stipendiohjelmiin päättyy:

• Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistant -ohjelma

• Scholar-ohjelmat (pre-doctoral, junior, senior)

marraskuu

3.11. INFO: Fulbright Grant in Photojournalism sponsored by Patricia Seppälä Foundation -stipen-diohjelma kuva-journalisteille

10.11. INFO: Stipendi perustutkinto-opintoihin: Vanderbilt yliopisto esittäytyy

marraskuu

14.–18.11. International Education Week Yhdysvalloissa

17.11.INFO: Maisteri- ja tohtoriopinnot Yh-dysvalloissa

23.–24.11Fulbright Center Lapin yliopiston kv-tapahtumassa

24.11.Thanksgiving, FC suljettu

29.11. Vaihtotoimikunnan kokous, Fulbright Center Board Meeting

joulukuu

30.11.–1.12. Fulbright Center Studia-messuilla Messukeskuksessa

6.12.Itsenäisyyspäivä, FC suljettu

tammikuu

6.1.Loppiainen, FC suljettu

18.1.Fulbright Center Tampereen yliopis-ton kv-viikolla

27.1.Fulbright Center Oulun yliopiston Study Abroad Fair -tapahtumassa

9.1.2012 klo 10.00Hakuaika seuraaviin lukuvuoden 2012–2013 stipendiohjelmiin päättyy:

• MCPD-ohjelma • Fulbright Grant in Photojournalism

sponsored by Patricia Seppälä Foundation

helmikuu

Kevään infotilaisuudet

julkaistaan Fulbright Centerin

verkkosivulla tammikuun

aikana.

Fulbright Centerin

stipendiohjelmien uudet hakutiedot

julkistetaanhelmikuun 2012

alussa.

Vaihtotoimikunnan kokous helmikuussa

2012•

Fulbright Center Board Meeting February 2012

3.–6.2.2012Fulbright Grantees trip to Rovaniemi

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