Professor Tuula Teeri as president of Aalto University

Professor Tuula Teeri, Ph.D., has been chosen as the first President of Aalto University. The Aalto University Foundation Board appointed Professor Teeri as President for a term of five years beginning 1 April 2009 in a meeting held on 19 December.

Innovation in the transformation process

Aalto University’s transformation teams and working groups have enthusiastically spearheaded preparations for the new University. In addition to the identification and formulation of best practices, the transformation process involves innovation activities. According to Researcher Elina Moisio, who specialises in innovation, identifying the goals and enhancing motivation are particularly important in the innovation process.

Kick-off workshop generates ideas for developing Aalto

Aalto University’s second kick-off workshop gathered about 150 participants to Dipoli.

Aalto University Wiki Communicates on Transformation to Students and Personnel

Aalto University Wiki was opened at the end of November as an internal communications tool for the transformation organisation. What can you find in Aalto wiki?

 

KY, TOKYO and TKY announcement: Student unions decide to hold elections for Aalto University Student Union Representative Council

(20.11.2008)

The Student Unions of the Helsinki School of Economics (KY), the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TOKYO) and Helsinki University of Technology (TKY) have in their representative councils decided to hold elections in April 2009 for Aalto University Student Union Representative Council.

Staff mentoring at Aalto University

Aalto University’s first joint staff mentoring group held its opening seminar on November 5, 2008 at Otaniemi. The incentive was provided by the positive experiences from previous mentoring practices. The group includes a total of eighteen mentoring pairs. Ten of these pairs couple individuals hailing from different universities.

Aalto University Wiki opened on 25 November

Wiki is an internal platform for the duration of the Aalto University preparation period.

Outcomes of Aalto’s kick-off workshop

A total of 170 people took part in the first kick-off Aalto University change process workshop.

Active participation at Aalto get-together

This fall's second Aalto coffee event was held at the HSE Main Auditorium on Monday November 17.

Esa Ahonen: Financial administration should support innovative activities

Financial administration, in its part, identify the prerequisites for enabling the new university to develop into a world-class facility in its field.