Surviving the Stone Age in Oulu
Spending time in Oulu this past week was a lot of fun. Five of the six Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fulbrighters were able to spend...
Arctic Symposium in Oulu
Several months ago as I was preparing for my Fulbright adventure, I was bombarded by emails. Emails from Fulbright Finland, the...
Lunch with a Living Legend
The name Onerva Maki might not ring any bells for most people. Most people wouldn't know that they should be honored to be in the...
Fitting In With The Finns
I've been in Finland for a month and will be here for over five more! I'm not just a visitor to this beautiful country; I actually live...
An Introduction to Finnish Education
In the next few months I plan to write more about education and as I am here on a grant to study education, I guess it is time to...
Orientation in Helsinki
This week I had the pleasure of travelling three hours south to the capital of Finland: Helsinki. Fulbright Finland welcomed us to town...
It's Warming Up and Other Updates
This past Saturday the absolutely arctic cold snap finally broke and we hit temperatures above zero degrees Fahrenheit! In fact, it felt...
Cold
We have now been here in Finland for two weeks and have not yet experienced any temperatures above zero degrees Fahrenheit. At first...
My First School Visit - Valteri School Onerva
This morning I had the pleasure of going on my first school visit to Valteri School Onerva. It was an adventure to get there, but so...
Pre-School in Finland
The girls started school this week and so far they are really enjoying it. On Monday we spent about 2 hours at the school just visiting...
