The winners of the 2nd High School Debate Contest held by Sabancı University International Relations Office in Pakistan visited the Sabancı University campus with their advisors

The winning students of the 2nd High School Debate Contest held by Sabancı University International Relations Office in Pakistan visited the campus with their advisors on February 15, 16 and 17.  Students and advisors took a tour of the campus, attended some courses and visited SUNUM.  Visitors joined School of Management Dean Nakiye Boyacıgiller for lunch and attended a presentation by MBA student Mariam Hamid Shafiq, who spoke on behalf of international students about Sabancı University and life in Istanbul.

The guided tour of the city included historical landmarks such as the Sultanahmet Mosque, Topkapı Palace and the Grand Bazaar as well as important districts like Taksim and Bağdat Street.

The 2nd High School Debate Contest was held among the leading high schools of Pakistan including the Lyceum School, Nixor College and St. Patricks High School.  Elimination rounds were held between January 14 and 18, and the finals took place on January 19 at the Karachi Sheraton Hotel.  This year’s theme was “Turkey: A model for the developing countries.”  Speakers at the finals were Sabancı University Pakistan Representative Danish Ahmad, International Relations Office Director Dr. E. Burak Arıkan and Consul-General of Karachi, Murat M. Onart.  The winners and finalists received their awards from Consul-General Onart, and the winning team also won an Education in Turkey trip and stayed on Sabancı University campus for three days.

A first batch of 43 courses have been favorably evaluated and finally approved for the Sabanci University Summer School 2013 -- after careful screening by the relevant academic bodies of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Management, and the Foundations Development Program.

This does not include another large group of mostly ANTH, CULT, HIST, FILM, PHIL, SOC, IR and VAVCD coded courses that are still being evaluated at FASS, and which are expected to be announced as a second list, probably bringing the total number of courses to be opened to student registration to around 70.

They will all be available for registration by all non-Sabanci (including international) students as soon as the course schedule is announced.

For Sabanci students, on-line registration will begin in May 2013.

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Krishna Rajagopa, professor and Associate Head for Education, Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give lectures at Sabancı University.

Krishna Rajagopal will give two lectures at Sabancı University on February 12 and 13. 

The lecture on Tuesday, February 12 will be on “Physics Education at MIT” and the lecture on Wednesday, February 13 will be titled “The Hottest and Most Liquid Liquid in the Universe.”

Great Support from Akbank to the ones who wish to advance in their career

Akbank provides long-term loans with low-interest rates for the ones who wish to register in Sabancı University’s Executive MBA programs.

Akbank, which has adopted facilitating its clients’ life as the fundamental principle, developed a new loan product in collaboration with Sabancı University for the persons aspiring to advance in their career. Financial facility is provided for the ones who wish to invest in their career with an Executive MBA.

The ones, who raise a loan for Sabancı University’s Executive MBA program, will be able to complete their education through long-term, advantageous interests/ expenses and flexible payment options without straining their budgets. Accordingly, it will be possible to receive a loan for partial or full tuition fee with 0.95% interest rate up to 2 years and 0.89% interest rate up to 5 years.

The borrowers might benefit from low amounts of installment for their first year upon request in order to ease up their initial payments by means of taking into advantage either the loans with no payment up to 8 months or the loans with only an interest payment for the first year.

Deputy Manager of Akbank Retail Banking Galip Tözge said: “Business world is making a very fast progress. As Akbank, we aim to support young professionals who want to follow and learn about new approaches in business life by an MBA. Regarding this, we developed a special MBA loan in collaboration with Sabancı University for the ones who suspend their MBA education due to financial reasons. Decreasing interests also helped us to offer this product with more advantageous prices. The ones, who wish to advance in their career with an MBA at Sabancı University, can afford the tuition fee through this loan without straining their budgets.”

The ones attending to Sabancı University’s Executive MBA program might apply for the loan in any semester and the loans used are transferred to the university’s account as education allowance. Applying to Akbank branch located in Sabancı University campus only with an identification card and declaration of income is necessary to make a loan request.

TosunTerzioğlu,the Founding Rector of Sabancı University met with students at Üsküdar American High School

Professor TosunTerzioğlu, the founding rector of Sabancı University, addressed the 9th and 10th yearstudents at Üsküdar American Highs School on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013.

In his speech with the title“What is a university?”Terzioğlu informed students about the education system of Sabancı University as well.

After his speech, TosunTerzioğlu responded to student questions.

New Exchange Agreement with Bocconi University-Italy

A new exchange agreement has been signed between Sabancı Üniversity, which is named the most entrepreneurial and innovative university in Turkey, and Bocconi University, Italy.

Università Bocconi is considered one of Europe’s leading educational institutions in Economics, Management, Finance and Law. The business school was ranked 7th in Europe according to the Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2011, the MSc in International Management is 23rd worldwide according to the Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2012 and the full-time MBA was ranked 28th worldwide according to the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011. Bocconi is a member of two important international exchange networks, the Partnership in International Management (PIM) and The Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS). In addition to these networks Bocconi has bilateral agreements with about 200 top-ranked partner schools worldwide and exchanges more than 1200 students every year.

Interview and exam schedule for 2013 – 2014 early applications to FASS

Nakiye Boyacıgiller met with students and parents of the TED Eskişehir School

Sabancı University School of Management Dean Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller spoke at the TED Eskişehir School on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.

Titled “On Life: University Education, Business and You”, Boyacıgiller’s speech covered issues including lessons on life and careers, expectations of employers, and the definition and importance of a global mindset.

After her speech, Nakiye Boyacıgiller answered questions from the floor.

The crisis told in art
“The Market Will Save the World” exhibition by Greek artist Bill Balaskas opens at Sabancı University Kasa Galeri

Named one of the four most promising artists of the world, Greek artist Bill Balaskas opens his first personal exhibition in Turkey at the Sabancı University Kasa Galeri.

Sabancı University Kasa Galeri will host Bill Balaskas’ The Market Will Save the World exhibition between January 25 and March 8. The Market Will Save the World is the first personal exhibition of Bill Balaskas in Turkey.
 
Exhibits at the Kasa Galeri include selections from the artist’s work inspired by the economic crisis in Greece to the installation Monopoly created specifically for the Kasa Galeri exhibition space.
 
The exhibition at Kasa Galeri is the extension of the artist’s work on the Royal College of Art in London.  Situated next to the Royal Albert Hall, the historical landmark is draped in a 23-meter artistic banner reading The market will save us.
 
Greek artist Bill Balaskas studied economics before taking up art education in London.  The artist’s recent focus includes works that investigate into the nature of capitalism and global economic crisis.  Video art and installations by Bill Balaskas have been featured in many important international exhibitions and have received critical acclaim.  The artist’s first personal exhibition in Istanbul was inspired by his work on the façade of the Royal College of Art, and the theme as explained by the exhibition title, The Market Will Save the World, is particularly appropriate to Kasa Galeri, which is an old bank vault.

The exhibition at Kasa Galeri opened in the evening of January 25th with a performance by the artist.  Balaskas autographed 100 helium balloons reading “The market will save us” and tied these to the wrists of 100 people attending the opening cocktail.  The lading artists of Turkey, including Komet, attended the opening event along with a number of visitors.

The Market Will Save the World exhibition at Kasa Galeri is held in association with the Royal College of Art, Kalfayan Galleries (Athens-Thessaloniki) and the Museum of Contemporary Cuts (MoCC).

Lead curator of the exhibition is Lanfranco Aceti with curator Özden Şahin and assistant curator Jonathan Munro.

About the artist
Bill Balaskas (Thessaloniki, Greece, 1983) lives and works in London. The artist holds an MA degree in Communication Art & Design from the Royal College of Art, and is currently pursuing a doctorate degree at the same institution in Critical Writing in Art & Design.  He has an undergraduate degree in Video Arts Production from the Maidstone University for the Creative Arts, UK (2008) and a degree in Economics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2004).  The artist’s most recent exhibitions are Sabancı University Kasa Galeri, Istanbul (2013); New Positions (Art Cologne), Cologne (2013); Kalfayan Galleries, Athens (2012); Institut Français de Thessalonique, Thessaloniki (2011); Jewish Museum, London (2010); Sketch Gallery, London (2010).  The artist represented the UK in Maribor 2012 European Capital of Culture, and is a Guest Editor of special printed and online issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), The MIT Press.  Bill Balaskas won the ALICE People’s Voice Award for the most important emerging artist around the world in April 2012, and is nominated for the AUDI Art Award for New Positions (Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany), 2013.  Bill Balaskas is represented by Kalfayan Galleries (Athens-Thessaloniki).  For high-resolution images of the artist’s work, contact info@kalfayangalleries.com

“The Market Will Save the World”
25 January – 8 March 2013
10:00 am - 5:00 pm, closed Sundays
Sabancı University Kasa Galeri
Bankalar Cad. No: 2 Karaköy Istanbul

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