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Mari Walls elected by the ECIU Board as new ECIU Vice-President

Published on 18.6.2021
Tampere University
Mari Walls ECIU
President of the Tampere University Mari Walls elected by the ECIU Board as new ECIU Vice-President and Jan-Ingvar Jönsson (Vice-Chancellor Linköping University) as ECIU treasurer

Yesterday June 17th at the online Executive Board meeting, the ECIU Board confirmed the new ECIU Presidium led by the ECIU President Màrius Martínez (UAB) for the term of three years. The Presidium consists of Màrius Martínez (ECIU President), Mari Walls (ECIU Vice-President), Jan-Ingvar Jönsson (Treasurer) and Tom Veldkamp (Coordinator Erasmus+ ECIU University). The ECIU Board thanked the leaving ECIU Vice-President Per Michael Johansen from Aalborg University for his dedication, reflections and efforts as Vice-President. Johansen will stay in the ECIU Board.

Mari Walls stated after her election as new ECIU Vice-President.

“It is a great honor to join the ECIU Presidium and to have this opportunity to contribute to the strategic choices needed to turn the ambitious ECIU vision into reality. Questions like the resilience of societies and enabling research-based higher education for life are shared by all European universities. I believe that we have a lot to gain through working together and untapping our unique synergies”. Read more: New ECIU Presidium leading the way towards ECIU University 2030.