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The “Glocalzone”, an online marketing platform established by the entrepreneurial students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) to help people order products from other countries, which are hard to find in their country via travelers, received support from academics. Faculty Members Taylan Özgür Demirkaya and Serdar Savaşan provided seed funding worth of 1 million TL for the entrepreneurial students. Academicians’ support increased environment of trust in students’ venture.

The experts warn about staying away from desserts that increase blood sugar quickly as people get ready to prepare desserts for the sugar feast with the Ramadan ending. They point out that the dessert consumption will increase, and that the body turns excess glucose into fat.

The collective exhibition of students of Department of Visual Communication Design (VCD), Faculty of Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), is opened at Mavibahçe Shopping Center. The slogan for the exhibition, which is open until June 25, is “VCD Çok Güzel, Gelsene (VCD is nice, Come Be a Part of It)".

Students, who sucecssfully passed the “Kangaroo Math Contest” organized by the Advisory Board of Kangaroo Mathematics Turkey, received their awards at a ceremony held at Izmir University of Economics (IUE). The International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest originated in France in 1991 and quickly became very popular with students all over the globe. Several years later the International Association “Kangourou Sans Frontières” was founded, which is now responsible for organizing the world-wide event  to promote mathematical thinking and stimulate an interest in math.

Third year students of Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) exhibited projects they designed as part of “Product Design and Management” course, coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Deniz Deniz and Asst. Prof. Onur Mengi of IUE Department of Industrial Design. Prof. Dr. Ender Yazgan Bulgun, Dean of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Interior Design and Visual Design Team of IKEA Izmir, lecturers and students attended the “Sustainable Living” themed exhibition held in collaboration with Izmir IKEA.

Comfort and elegance is getting ready to make debut in Europe with Turkish textile products. The designs, made from organic cotton and linen, created by Jörn Fröhlich, Lecturer at Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), will be sold in European countries via Kristin Wolf – Ciga, founder of TURENGLIFESTYLE.COM.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) ranked seventh among the most successful universities in 2017 e-YDS English (electronic foreign language exam) evaluation conducted by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM). Izmir University of Economics ranked among the top ten universities with its students and graduates who scored 70 and above according to the evaluation report by OSYM based on the analysis of results of English language exam conducted at electronic exam place at 10 different times.   

Almost 18 million students in pre-schools, elementary, middle, and high schools are going to receive their report cards. The experts strongly argue that parents should not focus on the grades, that a report card is a good source for children in terms of informing them about areas that need to be improved. They also recommend that parents need to make a holiday list with their children in order to get their children away from becoming slaves to technology during long summer break.

Seniors of Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), completed their education journey with a graduation fashion show.

The photographs, taken as part of the project titled, “See like a Kid”, developed by the students of Faculty of Communication, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), captured the happiness of refugee children. IUE communicators, who want to stop negative discourse about refugee children, displayed the photographs of Syrian children taken at various events throughout the year. Over 50 photographs taken by 18 students of IUE Faculty of Communication are being exhibited at Agora Shopping Mall until June 6.