Changes to the members of the University Collegium

Student Aku Forsman and University Lecturer Pirjo Suvilehto have been appointed as members of the University Collegium, and Solution Designer Anna-Liisa Mattila as a deputy member, until the end of the term on 31 December 2025. Student members Aapomikko Matti and Anni Vakkuri, student deputy member Md. Moinul Islam, and staff member Vesa Virtanen have resigned from the Collegium.

At its meeting on 29 September 2025, the Collegium of the University of Oulu confirmed that the student members of the Collegium, appointed by the Student Union of the University of Oulu (OYY), are as follows:

Santtu Mäenpää
Lotta Ellonen (deputy member Marko Venäläinen)
Aku Forsman
Miikka Lukkaroinen
Ly Ngyuen (deputy member Juuso Säkkinen)
Iikka Kokkoniemi (deputy member Riikka Haataja)
Leea Putula (deputy member Maria Ollila)

OYY will later appoint personal deputy members for Mäenpää, Forsman and Lukkaroinen.

Pirjo Suvilehto joins the Collegium as the representative of other teaching and research staff and other staff, replacing the retiring Vesa Virtanen. The Collegium appointed Anna-Liisa Mattila as Suvilehto’s deputy member.

In addition, the Collegium was informed of the University’s property strategy.

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Created 30.9.2025 | Updated 30.9.2025