A busy week? Try one of our international guests’! Jitka Hejtmanová from FAMU
International, Czech Republic, visited us last week to practice what we preach,
exchange best practices with us, that is. International staff exchange at its’ best
is giving as well as receiving perspective to your own work. We got some idea
what it’s like work at FAMU, and Jitka picked on some of the well polished
practices we have at TAMK to take back home with her.
As FAMU International is a partner for Art and Media
programmes, Jitka spent a day at Virrat campus with International Coordinator Janne Tauriainen. She was also hosted
by Sohvi Sirkesalo at Finlayson
campus and TAMK International Services at Kuntokatu 3. In addition, for her
final day in Finland, Jitka hopped on a train to spend it in Helsinki.
Fortunately there was a Christmas menu served at
Campusravita restaurant and Jitka got a taste of traditional Finnish Christmas
food such as swede casserole and gravlax. Must have been interesting, but “tasty”
was her word. She also explained us the Czech tradition of St. Nicholas, angel
and – yes – the devil, a trio that greets the children and treats them with
small gifts on December 5th.
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| Jitka having Christmas lunch |
During the week, we had meetings where we discussed about international cooperation between FAMU and TAMK, how it’s working and how
it would be best developed. During the visits to Finlayson and Virrat, Jitka
got some hands-on information about the students that hopefully in the future
will be applying for exchange at FAMU.
Jitka left home inspired, as she said. But also, we got a
good conception about the international operations at FAMU. For now, the TAMK International
Services will slow down the hosting
part of our work for Christmas to ponder on the ideas and suggestions we got
from all our visitors during this fall. We’ll be welcoming next visitors again
in – OMG – 2012!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Text: Noora Järventaus, International Services
Photo: Jitka Hejtmanová
1 comment:
Jitka and more international guests last week at TAMK Finlayson Campus:
http://tamk-artmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/international-guests-impressed-by.html
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