The Department maintains an exchange relationship with Helsinki Polytechnic Institute, where students from both programs may study for a semester or a year in the other country. Helsinki Polytechnic offers an English-language social work program with course work that substitutes for Minnesota State Mankato requirements. Students pay their normal tuition at their home institution, and can take courses that are applicable to their major. In this case, our students are responsible for airfare, but most other costs are similar to expenses associated with attendance at Minnesota State Mankato. For further information, contact Dr. Debra Gohagan.
For more information visit the Stadia website. (pictures courtesy of Helskinki Polytechnic Website.)
Minnesota State Mankato Department of Social Work is pleased to announce that we have two students from Helsinki Stadia in Helsinki, Finland spending the Spring 2007 semester with us in Mankato, MN. These students are Paula Pitkanen [paula.pitkanen@mnsu.edu] and Christine Hautala with her husband Omni [christine.hautala@mnsu.edu]. Please, make sure you give them a very warm Minnesotan hello when you see them in your classes or on campus.
MSUM, Department of Social Work is also 'sponsoring' a student, Emily Adam, emilyf.adam@gmail.com from Southwest State University's Department of Social Work, as an exchange student this Spring 2007 to Helsinki Stadia. Her weblog can be accessed a Emily's travel blog
We want to thank MSUM Department of Social Work students, Amanda Penning and Anne Elvecrog, who went Finland during Spring 2006 for sharing their experiences through their weblogs and photologs. Some access to Amanda's online journal entries about Finland can be found at Amanda's Travel Blog and Anne has links to her photos from her time in Finland at community.webshots.com/album/541412333eWOECC
