Mervi Nygren is the alumnus of the year 2022 at Karelia UAS

Mervi Nygren, a year 2007 grad­u­ate from Karelia UAS Degree Programme in Nursing, has been selected as the alumnus of the year 2022. 

Nygren, who works as a nurse in Siun Sote, has been actively coop­er­at­ing with Karelia UAS after her graduation.

The alumnus of the year was now selected for the fifth time at Karelia UAS. The word alumnus (plural alumni) refers to all students grad­u­ated from Karelia UAS and the previ­ous North Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences/North Karelia Poly­tech­nic as well as our inter­na­tional exchange students. The aim of alumni activ­i­ties is to promote the connec­tion between Karelia UAS and working life and to support the emer­gence of coop­er­a­tion between students and local busi­nesses. Karelia UAS alumni can, for example, work as expert lectur­ers in study units, invite student groups for study excur­sions at their work­places, provide students with intern­ships, projects and thesis topics, and act as mentors prepar­ing students for working life.