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13 applicants for the ISYY Executive Board 2026 by the end of the application period

Tue Nov 18 09:34:00 2025

The Executive Board for the year 2026 is selected at the Student Union Representative Council’s organisational meeting on 27.11.2025. By the end of the application period 18 November ISYY received 13 applications to the Board.

The applicants are:

• Gustafsson, Antton
• Jokinen, Erkki
• Kannan, Bharath
• Kivikoski, Emilia
• Kuivalainen, Maija
• Lindström, Sofia
• Pennanen, Piritta
• Rossi, Maria
• Siimes, Inna
• Soljala, Elviira
• Valli, Lassi
• Venäläinen, Reetta
• Ylikoski, Eeva

Of the applicants, Emilia Kivikoski has expressed their interest towards the position of the Chair of the Executive Board.

Motivation letters and possible CVs (in Finnish or in English) of the applicants are published on Become Executive Board Member -page.

Representative groups negotiate with each other on the election of the Board. According to ISYY rules, the person in charge of forming the Executive Board is selected by the council group, which receives most of the votes in ISYY’s Representative Council Elections. This council group was DeeKu and they have selected Janina Gunnar as the person forming the Board.

The Board is responsible for the daily activities of the Student Union together with the employees on both campus cities Joensuu and Kuopio. The Board consists of a Chair and Vice Chair, as well as 4-8 Board Members, each of whom has their own sector of responsibility within the board.

Further information:

Janina Gunnar, janina.gunnar@uef.fi, tel. +358 40 687 7757 (contact in Whatsapp)