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Fulbright Finland Foundation 75th Anniversary Celebration & Friends of Fulbright Finland Alumni Meet and Greet

May 24-25, 2024, Mystic, CT

People on Steamboat Sabino at the Mystic River in Mystic, CT. In the middle of the photo there is a person telling something to the other people who are listening.

The 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Finland Foundation and Finnish-U.S. exchanges was celebrated in Mystic, Connecticut, in May 2024. 

The two-day celebration was organized by the volunteers of the Friends of Fulbright Finland (FoFF) Alumni Council in the United States, and it gathered over 60 alumni, current grantees, and friends of Fulbright Finland for multiple special events over the Memorial Day weekend: a guided tour of the Mystic Seaport Museum, a networking reception with special remarks, a historic steamboat cruise down the Mystic River, and a visit to the Mystic Aquarium.

Collage of 4 photos from the 75th anniversary celebration at Mystic Seaport, CT. The photos feature a person doing smith work in the museum, people walking infront of one of the old ships, people smiling at the camera in the reception venue and two people talking together.
Collage of photos from the FoFF Event in Mystic, CT

Read the article about the event in the Fulbright Finland News magazine 1/2024: 75th Anniversary Celebration at Mystic Seaport

Thank you letter from the FoFF Alumni Council will be published here soon!

Virtual Welcome Event

May 6, 2024, Virtual

Screen capture of a Zoom call with many people waving and smiling at the camera

The Friends of Fulbright Finland (FoFF) Alumni Council, together with alumni from the Welcome Network, hosted a virtual welcome event for the 2024-25 U.S. grantees.

Alumna Casie Hermansson moderated the event, and grantees were matched with alumni in two breakout rooms, the first room divided by grant program, and the second room divided by host cities. The event was highly appreciated by the grantees and alumni alike.

The Welcome Network is a group of alumni living in the U.S. dedicated to helping incoming and outgoing Fulbright Finland Foundation grantees.

Alumni Get-together in Ohio

April 6, 2024, Pickerington, OH

Group photo of Fulbright Finland alumni at a get-together hosted by Fulbright Specialist Joni Tornwall

Five alumni and friends of the Fulbright Finland Foundation from Ohio, Michigan, and New Jersey, got together in April at Fulbright Specialist alumna Joni Tornwall’s home in Pickerington, OH, to catch up, reminisce about Fulbright experiences in Finland, make new connections, and discuss future collaboration opportunities. The Foundation team was represented by Mirka McIntire.