- Mailing Address
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601 Quincy St
Hancock, Michigan 49930 - Phone
- (906) 482-5300
- Email address
- admissions@finlandia.edu
- Website
- https://www.finlandia.edu/
- School Information
- "Finlandia University is a private, not-for-profit, HLC accredited, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The school is located in Michigan’s northernmost city, Hancock, and was founded in 1896 by Finnish immigrants as Suomi College...Finlandia University is the only institution of higher learning in North America founded by Finns, a fact that’s evident throughout Finlandia’s campus...FinnU is home to the cultural center of Finns in North America, the Finnish American Heritage Center. In addition, the university hosts a unique curriculum and library of resources focused on nordic studies, several Finnish exchange students and interns each year, and the Finnish American Reporter, a monthly newspaper celebrating Finnish American heritage." The university enrolls over 400 students and has two schools and two colleges. (Source: https://www.finlandia.edu/about/) (Source: https://www.finlandia.edu/academics/)
- General Information
- "The Finlandia University Campus Read Committee announced the Spring 2021 Anti-Racist Open Classroom Series, which will complement the selected Campus Read book, Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi." No mandatory Critical Race Training sessions are yet required of students. However, see developments below: (Source: https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2021/01/18/finlandias-2021-campus-read-open-classroom-series-to-focus-on-racial-justice/)
Actions Taken
- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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On September 18, 2021, the university hosted a presentation by social justice and anti-racism educator Jenn Fry, whose guided conversations put into action campus training on topics of antiracism, inclusion, intersectionality, diversity, and equity.
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