Alumni

Alumna of the Year 2023: Nina Brännkärr-Friberg 

Nina Brännkärr-Friberg is the engineering alumna whose life took a different direction. As Alumna of the Year 2023 at Arcada University of Applied Sciences, she wants to remind everyone that things don't always go as planned, but it usually turns out fine anyway.

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Not All Who Wander Are Lost

This famous line written by J.R.R. Tolkien, which appears in the first novel in the Lord of The Ring series, has been a way of encapsulating the idea of surrendering to your wanderlust. However, it can be argued that the true meaning of the line is that all who wander without an aim are lost.

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Arcada alumnus swims 500 kilometres for the Baltic Sea

In the first week of June, Gustav Kvikant starts swimming from Stockholm with the goal of reaching Helsinki about a month later. The Arcada alumnus is on a mission to raise awareness of the many problems the Baltic Sea faces and will be the first ever to swim this distance.

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