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The university youth is getting together at the 1^st Rabarba Theater Festival. Theater groups of IUE, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, and Physical Therapy, Ege University School of Medicine, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Yaşar, Izmir, and Kâtip Çelebi Universities came together at the first festival hosted by Izmir University of Economics.  Actor and Director Haldun Dormen, the first guest of the festival who shared his experiences with the audience, said, “Work as much as you can like me, then you won’t find time to get old.” 

Students of IUE Faculty of Law visited the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. Students, who got information about the courts’ processes, also listened to the presentations of judges, reporters at Grand Chamber Hearing room and Debate room. 

His love for anime motivated İlke Karademir, Junior at IUE Department of Visual Communication Design, to learn and take Japanese as a second foreign language, and brought him championship at the Japanese speech contest. Karademir attended the ‘Japan from My Window: Introducing Japan and Japanese Speech Contest’ held by JIKAD-Japan Izmir Intercultural Friendship Association, and delivered a presentation titled “Japan and Metal Music” and ranked in first place.

Students of Izmir University of Economics took the first steps towards their future in the career days. 22 companies with 52 specialists guided the students who will enter the business world at the Career Days and Career Fair held by IUE Career Guidance Centre. Officials of leading national and international companies in Turkey shared their experiences with the students at the event that took place at IUE Conference Hall. Students got a chance to have job interviews and apply for internships. 

Izmir University of Economics hosted the 1^st Children's and Young Adults Literature Day organized by Aegean Contemporary Education Foundation (ECEV). Berrin Ertürk, CEO of ECEV, stated that they aimed to motivate children and youth to read and get interested in literature, and develop their skills to be able to choose the right books to read. She remarked that more than 300 teachers, authors and literature lovers attended the daylong event.

Nejat Güner, a Freshman at IUE Department of Culinary Arts and Management, came in second place in the category of “Modern Turkish Cuisine” at the 13^th International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival held by the Cooks and Chefs Federation of Turkey. Güner also came in third place with his Artichoke Pizza at “Student Chefs Pizza Contest”. Güner was awarded 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the contest held at Istanbul TUYAP Fair.

High School student chefs will awaken their cookie monsters at the “Gastronomy Contest” organized by Izmir University of Economics- Department of Culinary Arts and Management.  High school students in Izmir will be able to attend the contest with a cookie recipe which did not receive any awards in any other contest before. The deadline for the contest is April 3, and the jury will do the tasting on April 11, 2015. 

Actor Mert Fırat stated that people did not prefer to go to the award winning movies in Turkey, receiving awards meant sense of humiliation and insult, and the cinema had a changing and thought provoking effect in addition to entertainment. ‘Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş’ (Once Upon a Time) film team was the guest of IUE students. Director İlksen Başarır, Producer Hazan Dut, and Actor Mert Fırat answered the questions of the students at the ‘Current Issues of Turkish Film Industry” titled panel co-organized by IUE Faculty of Communication and IUE Promotion and Corporate Marketing Communication Directorate. It was stated that producing community based films got more difficult lately.

Özgecan Aslan’s name will live on at Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Psychology. IUE Department of Psychology, Neuroscience of Mind and Behavioral Research Laboratory is named after Özgecan to honor her memory.
IUE lecturers and students discussed the violence against women at the memorial ceremony that took place at the Conference Hall. They pointed out the fact that violence against women increased day by day, and that they wanted Özgecan’s name to be known by future generations.

Businesswomen of Izmir participated in a chocolate workshop at Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Culinary Arts and Management with French Chefs Joseph Viola and Sebastien Bouillet on International Working Women's Day. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Rector, visited the women presidents at the workshop where they learned the small kitchen secrets from Viola and Bouillet.