Given this year in the field of culture and arts, the Vehbi Koç Foundation 10th Vehbi Koç Prize was awarded to Sabancı University faculty member Filiz Ali, the founder of the Ayvalık International Music Academy.

The 10th Vehbi Koç Prize was given at an awards ceremony held at the İş Sanat Istanbul Hall at İş Towers, Levent, Istanbul.  The award and the prize of USD 100,000 were given by the Vehbi Koç Foundation Board of Directors Chair Semahat Arsel and the Koç Holding President Mustafa Koç to Filiz Ali, the founder of the Ayvalık International Music Academy (AIMA).

Filiz Ali said that her excitement did not abate even though she knew she was chosen for the award, and thanked the Board of Directors and the panel for granting her the award.

Ali said, “I am just as excited as I am happy to receive this prize.  You have empowered our future efforts.  I will do my best to live up to this award.”

Wouldn’t you want to have a step in this run?

The SU Scholarship Fund Team will be participating in the 6th Runtalya Marathon on March 06, 2011, in Antalya. We would like to invite all of you in supporting our initiative…

Through the SU Scholarship Fund Support Runs our University students in financial need have received 4.148 TRY in support. With your help, we could increase these numbers…

Small gifts can create big effects…
•    100 gifts of 20 TRY fund one student’s annual transportation expenses
•    10 gifts of 55 TRY fund one student’s monthly meal expenses
•    7 gifts of 100 TRY fund one student’s annual book expenses

How to make a gift…

To show your support by taking part in this initiative, you can choose to make your gift via credit card, or bank wire transfer/EFT through the Institutional Development’s secure giving webpage at http://giving.sabanciuniv.edu/en/giving.

Whether paying by credit card or wire transfer/EFT, please select “SU Scholarship Fund” and type in “2011 Runtalya Marathon” in the notes section of the form. When making your gift via wire transfer/EFT, please also include this information in the “comments/notes” section.

If you have questions regarding this initiative, or you would like to learn about other ways to support Sabancı University, please contact Zeliha Yaşar:

zyasar@sabanciuniv.edu

0216 483 9353

http://giving.sabanciuniv.edu

Thank you for your support!
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SU Scholarship Fund Team

Half Marathon

Burcu Taşoluk
(FMAN-Faculty Member)

Berker Taşoluk

Tevhide Altekin
(FMAN-Faculty Member)

10 km.

Aziz Şimşir
(FMAN-Faculty Member)

Nihat Kasap
(FMAN-Faculty Member)

Şule Yalçın
(Alumni Relations and Career Development Manager)

Ülkü Köknel
(FMAN Programs and Administrative Affairs Manager)

The “Ships off Sarayburnu” painting of Davit Çıraciyan (1839-1907?), a part of the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum Collection, is available for viewing at the Information Center.

This 1895 painting is a naïve, elegant, almost photographic depiction of the view from the coast of Sarayburnu, a common inspiration of Western artists at the time.  It is different from the –mainly Parisian– style of the time in that it depicts Istanbul from a documentary perspective.

The painting will be available for viewing at the Information Center between February 28th and May 27th, 2011.

To be held by the Sabancı University MBA Club for the first time this year, the Social Media Summit will discuss social media, the use of social media in the business world, and the importance of social media for businesses.

The event will take place on February 26, 2011 at the Sabancı University campus in Tuzla, and will feature speakers who represent industry-leading companies in Turkey and around the world.

The Sabancı University MBA Club will have a Social Media Summit on Saturday, February 26th, 2011 at the Sabancı Universit campus in Tuzla to discuss the most important communication tool of the information age.  This will be the first summit to be held by the Sabancı University MBA Club, and aims to share the use of social media in the business world, and the importance of social media for businesses.

Speaking at the Social Media Summit will be The Coca-Cola Company Interactive Marketing Director Yüce Zerey, Google Regional Marketing Director (Turkey, Middle East and Africa) Mustafa İçil, Promoqube Digital Marketing Strategist Hasan Başusta, dekatlon buzz Founding Partner Mesut Karakaş, Philips Company Internet Manager Pınar Küçüktepe, Grupanya Founder and Marketing Director Alemşah Öztürk, İKSV Social Media Associate Emre Erbirer and İKSV Marketing Director Tuba Tortop.

Discussions will be based on how social media works for businesses, and examples will be provided from the use of social media by businesses and the efforts of social media agencies.

Agenda:

Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011
Place: Sabancı University Faculty of Management Lecture Hall, Tuzla

• 10.00 - 10.50    Yüce Zerey - The Coca-Cola Company Interactive Marketing Director
• 10.50 - 11.00    Coffee Break
• 11.00 - 11.50    Mustafa İçil - Google Regional Marketing Director (Turkey, Middle East and Africa)
• 11.50 - 12.00    Coffee Break
• 12.00 - 12.50    Hasan Başusta - Promoqube Digital Marketing Strategist
• 12.50 - 14.00    Lunch
• 14.00 - 14.50    Mesut Karakaş-dekatlon buzz Founding Partner & Pınar Küçüktepe - Philips Company Internet Manager
• 14.50 - 15.00    Coffee Break
• 15.00 - 15.50    Alemşah Öztürk - Grupanya Founder and Marketing Director
• 15.50 - 16.00    Coffee Break
• 16.00 - 16.50    Emre Erbirer - İKSV Social Media Associate & Tuba Tortop - İKSV Marketing Director

 

The “Tea Conversations with CEOs” team was featured in the Strait Times, one of the leading dailies in Singapore, with the Singapore event they held recently. 

ALFRED NOBEL’S PLANET CHARITY FUND (UKRAINE)
ALFRED NOBEL DNIPROPETROVSK UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW (UKRAINE)

International Contest of Young Scholars and Students in honor of the 110th Anniversary of Simon Kuznets, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences

We invite students, post-graduates and young researchers to participate in the International Contest in honor of the 110th anniversary of Simon Kuznets, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences.

Taking into account an exclusive authority of the Nobel Prize Laureates in society, such a Contest is an urgent need of time, as it is aimed at popularization, in-depth study and practical use of their academic achievements in our rapidly changing world, public opinion and global economy. These are the Nobel ideas, which have passed the time test, can accelerate the fundamental changes in the economy and society.

The main objective of the Contest is promotion, in-depth study and practical implementation of scientific heritage by Simon Kuznets, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, and the promotion of research activity among young scholars and students which favor the maturing of the new type specialists.

Detailes:

International Contest of Young Scholars and Students

Virtual Session International Nobel Economic Forum

The first Career Process Assessment Meeting was held by Sabancı University.  Held on the 8th of February, the meeting provided an opportunity to assess career processes and share best practices.

Career consultants from 13 private universities (Arel, Bahçeşehir, Bilgi, Bilkent, Doğuş, Fatih, Istanbul Commerce, Koç, Maltepe, Okan, Özyeğin and Yeditepe) and 1 state university (Istanbul Technical University) attended the meeting.

The discussions provided a chance to establish a strong network among the career centers of universities, and details were shared about the career center structures of various universities and their future plans.

Sabancı University Career Office Director Şule Yalçın commented that the attending universities viewed Sabancı University’s hosting the event favorably, and said that the following action points were established as a result of the meeting:

1.    Gaining insight into different career service offerings;
2.    Establishing the common issues and proposing solutions;
3.    Determining alternative communication methods to share career services with different stakeholders;
4.    Gathering knowledge about career courses given in some universities and implementing similar programs;
5.    Involving different stakeholders every year and continuing to share best practices to ensure the sustainability of the event;
6.    Establishing newsgroups / online forums among career centers to share recent developments and discuss issues in an open environment.

Applications for exchange programs in the 2011-2012 academic year began for students who want to get to know other cultures more closely, make friends from all over the world, and experience education at different universities.  Applications may be submitted between the 1st and 28th of February.  The Sabancı University International Relations Office is a good source of information for aspiring exchange students, and helps them make informed choices. Burak Arıkan, director of the International Relations Office, explains the benefits of exchange programs: Parallel to the dizzying rate at which technology and communication develop nowadays, school and student profiles change at every stage of education.  This change is a requirement.  Today’s individuals are expected to be multifaceted, and embrace ongoing change and development in a multicultural, wide range of interests and abilities. Contemporary concepts like “international” “intercultural” “interdisciplinary” and “interpersonal” are all based on interaction, and are the stepping stones to success in higher education and professional life alike.  The international relations offices of universities play a key role here.  Students should know that one of the key experiences which support the wide perspective these concepts bring upon students and the ability to empathize and think differently – abilities that will help them regardless of the field they will work in the future – is exchange programs.  Thanks to international mobility, students live and learn how life, education and human relations are different in other countries.  This is very significant in making them more knowledgeable, productive and tolerant.  As Sabancı University, we view internationalization as key to our future policy, and strive to increase the number of international cooperation agreements, currently at 300, for higher numbers of incoming and outgoing exchange students every year. Please click below for comments by previous exchange students:http://iro.sabanciuniv.edu/students/exchange/outgoing/sharing-experiences

Sabancı University Civic Involvement Projects Hatay “Discover Yourself” Semester Project brought together 19 volunteer university students with almost 200 students of the Hatay Altınözü İnönü Primary School and the Erdem Special Rehabilitation Center between January 31st and February 7th. The focus of the Discover Yourself projects has been preserving cultural heritage for the last 2 years.  This year’s project helped the youth gain a closer understanding of the multicultural land they are living in, and helped younger students gain further awareness of the issue.  Children in Hatay who took part in the project attended workshops led by their brothers and sisters in university to understand the culture they live in and how they can preserve this heritage.Also implemented as part of the Civic Involvement Projects for two years, the “Let’s Live Together” project aims to establish rapport and empathy between primary school students and children with special needs.  This project accompanied the Discover Yourself project in Hatay.Similar to the Discover Yourself projects of  the last 11 years, children engaged in musical and artistic activities that improve their creativity, self-esteem and expression, and exercises designed to improve verbal and mathematical skills, all leading to an enriching experience.75 university students from 14 universities applied to the project, and the selected 19 students spent their semester break with 200 primary school students in Hatay.The eleventh year of Discover Yourself projectsIn addition to the projects conducted within the academic year, Civic Involvement Projects continues its presence in semester and summer breaks with the Discover Yourself projects held outside Istanbul. Discover Yourself projects are being conducted by Sabancı University students since 2000, and have taken place in Mardin, Van, Şanlıurfa, Siirt, Diyarbakır-Silvan, Kars-Sarıkamış, Erzurum, Giresun, İzmir-Dikili and Balıkesir- Ayvalık, Hatay, Sinop and Ardahan.  Students from universities other than Sabancı University can apply to and volunteer in Discover Yourself projects.

Sabancı University Faculty of Management’s Masters in Finance students will represent Turkey in the European leg of the Global Investment Research Challenge.  The Global Investment Research Challenge is held to support the transition of successful students to professional life.  The Sabancı University team ranking first in the Turkey leg of the competition consists of MiF students Ümit Kaf, Nihan Özulu, Sema Ersan and Aziz Alper Üstünışık.

The Sabancı University team will represent Turkey at the regional GIRC (Global Investment Research Challenge) finals to be held in Madrid on March 3rd, 2011.  The winner of the regional finals will compete in the GIRC world finals to be held in Ohama, Nebraska in April.

Garanti Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. will provide internship opportunities to the Sabancı University Masters in Finance students for their success in the challenge.

Projects were assessed by a jury of leading figures in finance
Held by the CFA Society of Istanbul in association with Garanti Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., the Global Investment Research Challenge Turkey required teams from Bilgi, Bilkent, Sabancı and Istanbul Technical Universities submitted an investment report on Trakya Cam to a jury panel composed of investment experts and executives in the sector.  Members of the jury were Credit Suisse Turkey General Manager Uğur Bayar, Libera Portfolio Manager Didem Gorbon and Garanti Yatırım Research Department Vice President Mahmut Kaya.

The Sabancı University team analyzed market situation, company structure and financial techniques
The team of Sabancı University Masters in Finance students met with Trakya Cam executives to gather information about the company.  Then they used the financial tables of the company and the forecasts they prepared in the light of the data they gathered to create theoretical financial tables for the future years of the company.  Based on these tables and financial valuation methods, they calculated the ideal current trading price for Trakya Cam securities.  The study included qualitative assessments of market situation and company structure, and quantitative assessments based on financial techniques.

Global Investment Research Challenge
Held by the CFA Institute, the Global Investment Research Challenge gathers students, investment industry professionals, publicly traded companies, and corporate sponsors together locally, regionally, and globally for a real world competition.  Students are required to act as financial analysts to collect information, evaluate data and prepare reports based on their findings about a selected company.  The local organizer is the CFA Society of Istanbul, which organizes the competition and appoints mentors to the competing students.

The competition is important because it enables students to undertake a full-scale company valuation project and to apply the theoretical knowledge they gain in class.  In accordance with the requirements of the competition, students are allowed to receive minimal assistance from their professors or other sources outside the school.