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Alumnus of the Year 2025 Patrick Eriksson: – ‘You have to dare to bet in order to dare to win’

A traditional nine-to-five job was never on the cards. Entrepreneurship felt like the only option for Alumnus of the Year Patrick Eriksson, who already as a student began building the company that today brings physiotherapy to seniors around Finland.

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Build Your Network, Build Your Career – From Breaking In to Moving Up

30.10.2025 16:45-19:00 - Helsinki City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11–13
Build Your Network, Build Your Career alumni event by the UAS’ in the Helsinki metropolitan area is back with an inspiring new lineup! Join us for an unforgettable alumni event on 30 October 2025 at 16:45–19:00.

Building career and networks – alumni event brought together international professionals

The first Build Your Network, Build Your Career alumni event, organised collaboratively by five universities of applied sciences in the Helsinki metropolitan area, gathered around 120 international alumni to network and gain career insights.

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Alumnus of the Year 2024, Mikko Länsiluoto: As a business owner, you can be both the CEO and a plumber in the same day

There were really no other options. A burning passion for grocery stores runs in the family—his grandfather was a shopkeeper, and later, so was his father. Alumnus of the Year Mikko Länsiluoto, Bachelor of Business Administration, is the third generation to follow the same path and considers entrepreneurship to be his greatest strength.

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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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Student blog: European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Private Life, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in a Digital Age

The title of my thesis is “European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Private Life, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in a Digital Age”.

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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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Johanna Stenback, Alumna of the Year 2022: Student life gave me valuable skills for my career

This year, Arcada University of Applied Sciences has for the first time named the Alumni of the Year. The award is given to a person who is an inspiration to today's students and who demonstrates a broad commitment to Arcada. The 2022 Alumna of the Year is Johanna Stenback.

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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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