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Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, who indicated that 10 million people graduate from universities worldwide each year, stated that they trained the children of the digital world and that the youth, who produced knowledge and made a difference, existed.  President Ekrem Demirtaş, IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Consultant and Lecturer of National University of Singapore Seeram Ramakrishna, and Visiting Scholar Prof. Dr. Philip Kitchen, deans and members of board of trustees attended the 3^rd International Advisory Board Meeting. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), started enrollments for master’s and Ph.D. programs for spring semester for youth and professionals who want to hold a graduate diploma and choose a different path for their careers. Students will get a chance to improve themselves on a wide variety of subjects from electronics engineering to finance, from logistics management to health institutions management offered with thesis or non-thesis options as well as distance learning.

Digital game sector’s most important game development organization Global Game Jam’s (GGJ) Izmir leg will gather software developers and members of computer world together at Izmir University of Economics (IUE). The event with 100 participants will begin on January 23 at IUE Conference Hall. Software developers and designers will develop ‘tomorrow’s’ computer games in 48 hours.

The audience was delighted at the mandolin concert that was performed at Izmir University of Economics with collaboration of State Theatre, Opera, and Ballet Employees Benefit Foundation (TOBAV) in order to promote mandolin, a musical instrument used to play various types of music. 

It has been stated that Cairo and Damascus, considered as the capitals of Middle Eastern culture industry, became dysfunctional due to the Arab spring and civil war issues.  Asst. Prof. Dr. Zafer Yörük, Head of IUE Department of Cinema and Digital Media, stated that Turkish TV series offered a modernization realm that fit Middle East societies. 

As Turkey is experiencing cold weather and precipitation coming from the Balkans and the Black Sea region, the experts reported that people preferred cheap and unhealthy methods for heating. It was stated that people used wood, coal, fuel-oil and natural gas for heating, and good insulation of the buildings was necessary for an affordable heating.  

A protocol was signed between Mustafa Kuvvet, Chairman of Uşak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, Rector of Izmir University of Economics, for the future of Uşak students. First degree blood relatives of members of Uşak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and district chambers qualified for 15% education discount at IUE as part of the protocol.

A protocol was signed between Akif Arıcan, Chairman of Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, Rector of Izmir University of Economics, for Fethiye students. First degree blood relatives of members of Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry qualified for education discount at IUE as part of the protocol. Along with Arıcan and Prof. Dr. Esen, Burhanettin Tuna, Vice Chairman of Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended the protocol ceremony that took place in Fethiye.

İbrahim Altıtaş, Judge at Izmir Juvenile High Criminal Court, stated that juvenile courts were special fields and their primary purpose was to protect the child rather than prosecuting and penalizing. Altıtaş also stated that drug related crimes, where children were abused, increased 5 times.

Felt and chocolate came together and became hope for disabled children. Handmade felt hats by students of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design got glamourized with chocolate decorations prepared by students of IUE Department of Culinary Arts and Management. The proceedings went to Buca Municipality for the construction of playground for disabled children.  Students of both departments shared the happiness of disabled children as part of the project co-conducted by ‘İçimdeki Çocuk’ Association.