{"id":1537,"date":"2022-11-02T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/om-foreningen\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:36:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the association"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1537\" class=\"elementor elementor-1537 elementor-12\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3795fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3795fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbc8d09\" data-id=\"cbc8d09\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bea600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bea600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the association<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a5ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9a5ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Alumni<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653f958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"653f958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00c5bo Akademis Alumner rf, \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Alumni, is Finland\u2019s oldest alumni association. Founded in 1922, it was then known as \u00c5bo Akademif\u00f6rening rf. The association\u2019s task was to support \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s activities both financially and through voluntary support.<\/p><p>In 1940, an association was founded for former students at \u00c5bo Akademi University. It was known as \u00c5bo Akademiker r.f. and its purpose was to maintain contact with and interest in \u00c5bo Akademi University and to support \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Student Union.<\/p><p>Over the years, the paths of the two associations increasingly crossed in terms of their aims and working methods. Consequently, in 2002, they decided to merge and took the name Akademif\u00f6reningen \u00c5bo Akademiker r.f.<\/p><p>Since 2018, the association is called \u00c5bo Akademis Alumner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95bd9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e95bd9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do you want to maintain contact with \u00c5bo Akademi University and \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Student Union?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e6407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06e6407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e6407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06e6407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>The purpose of the association is to maintain contact with and interest in \u00c5bo Akademi University and \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Student Union, as well as to support them both financially and through volunteering. Thanks to the membership fees (EUR 20 per year), the association can organise and give grants to alumni activities, hand out <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Katja\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/fd0b4e76-902f-47d8-9298-f3686b31554e_HTML_%C3%85bo%20Akademis%20Alumner.zip.54e\/category\/akademikerpriset\/index.htm\">doctoral awards<\/a>, and support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abo.fi\/samverkan\/alumner\/om-abo-akademis-alumnnatverk\/mentorprogrammet-karriarkontakt\/\">Career Contact<\/a> mentoring programme, among other things.<\/p><p>Members receive news from \u00c5bo Akademi University and its student union via member newsletters and via the Meddelanden magazine from \u00c5bo Akademi University. The association also organises member trips, afterworks and the Brahe Ball in Turku or Alumni Dinner in Vasa every other year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c99f5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c99f5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8745cd4\" data-id=\"8745cd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba72724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba72724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-3-1024x424.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1499\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-3-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-3-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-3-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/aboakademisalumner.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-3.png 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8a200f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8a200f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-275e8d7\" data-id=\"275e8d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e7022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62e7022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does the association do?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-509c5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"509c5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Serves as a unifying actor for anyone with an affiliation to \u00c5bo Akademi University, regardless of age or field of study<\/li>\n<li>Creates an active and committed alumni community in an academic environment<\/li>\n<li>Brings together experience and preserves traditions from its more than hundred years of operation<\/li>\n<li>Organises activities such as the Brahe Ball, alumni trips, and various local events<\/li>\n<li>Facilitates alumni activities through project funding<br \/>Supports the Career Contact mentor programme for \u00c5bo Akademi University students in the final stages of their studies<\/li>\n<li>Awards the Academic Award every other year to a young and successful PhD candidate at \u00c5bo Akademi University<\/li>\n<li>Appoints in cooperation with \u00c5bo Akademi University someone who has worked for the benefit of the university and students in society as Alumnus of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Maintains contact with and interest in \u00c5bo Akademi University and \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Student Union<\/li>\n<li>Supports \u00c5bo Akademi University and \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s Student Union financially and through voluntary support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d9ceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69d9ceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The following may also interest you:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ec17ee elementor-section-boxed 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Founded in 1922, it was then known as \u00c5bo Akademif\u00f6rening rf. The association\u2019s task was to support \u00c5bo Akademi University\u2019s activities both financially and through voluntary support. 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