Orientation Day Excitement at GTU

GTU recently held an orientation program for the preparatory class and the freshman year students enrolled for 2017-2018 Academic Year. The orientation sessions took place in the lecture halls of the Department of Electronics Engineering and Prof. Haluk Görgün, Rector, GTU; Şermin Keleşoğlu, Director, Office of Student Affairs; Prof. Işıl Kurnaz, Coordinator, Erasmus Programme; and Hamit Yıldırım, Director, Office of Health, Culture and Sports shared information with students. The sessions were also attended by Vice Rectors Prof. Babür Özçelik and Prof. Hasan Aslan; members of the academic and administrative staff, and the students’ families.

In the speeches he made during the sessions, Prof. Haluk Görgün stated that he is aware that the students have recently come out of a marathon to study at a privileged university and that GTU is the exactly that place, with its social and academic opportunities that will help the students leave behind the stress of the marathon. Görgün also reminded the students that nearly half of the GTU students are able to find jobs even before they graduate and that GTU has provided and will continue to provide administrative, legal and financial support to its students who are willing to start their own business.

Following Prof. Görgün, Şermin Keleşoğlu provided students with information on the student affairs information system, registration, course selection and the grading system. After Keleşoğlu, Prof. Işıl Kurnaz took the floor and introduced the study abroad opportunities and the actitivities of the GTU International Relations Office. The program ended with Hamit Yıldırım's talk about the social facilities at GTU. Students then toured the photography exhibition “Turkish Divers Club Marmara Underworld Photographs" that opened in the building hall, and later on, had fun time outdoors at the barbecue party given in their honor.