Academic badges of honor

Linkki’s rules recognise three types of merit badges:

Honorary member badge, which is 42 mm in size and gold in colour. Honorary Memberships are awarded up to a maximum of one per year.
Honorary mention badge awarded to a distinguished member, which is 28 mm in size and silver in colour. Honorary mentions shall be awarded up to a maximum of three per year.
Board member badge, which is 28 mm in size and gold in colour. It is awarded for the use of the current and previous members of the Board of Linkki.

Honorary members

The Association may invite as honorary members, on the proposal of the Board, a person who has given meritorious support to the activities of the Association and who has given their consent. Honorary membership is for life. Any accumulated membership rights shall be retained.

The following persons have been granted Linkki Jyväskylä ry honorary membership:

Ilona Lapinkylä 2022
Joel Lehtonen 2022
Eeva Pöykkö 2020
Paavo Nieminen 2018
Pekka Neittaanmäki 2017
Kari Aho 2015
Jani Lehtinen 2015
Matti Lehtinen 2015
Jaakko Kaski 2015
Vesa Lappalainen 2015

Honorary mentions

The board may grant honorary mention to a meritorious member of Linkki Jyväskylä ry.

The following persons have been granted Linkki Jyväskylä ry honorary mention:

Niko Muukkonen 2024
Aino Sipola 2024
Riina Kokkonen 2022
Joonas Rautiainen 2022
Jari Haapasaari 2022
Ilona Lapinkylä 2022
Aleksi Suuronen 2020
Minna Kangaspuoskari 2020
Otto Jahnukainen 2020
Karri Kuivanen 2019
Tinja Vaskelainen 2019
Sara Afflekt-Lazar 2019
Tommi Salo 2018
Jami Laamanen 2018
Janne Mäyrä 2018
Tomi Lundberg 2016
Paavo Nieminen 2016
Jarkko Vilhunen 2016
Joel Lehtonen 2016
Simo Haatainen 2016

Linkeen of the year

Vote for Linkeen of the year will be conducted annually in November and the voting period lasts for 3 weeks. The vote will be announced to the members via email and the website of the association.

The following people have been chosen as Linkeens of the year:

Tinja Vaskelainen 2018
Sara Afflekt-Lazar 2017
Leevi Leppälä 2016
Joonas Lattu 2015
Mikko Väänänen 2009
Tuomo Sipola 2008
Mikko Punkari 2007