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Picnic Welcomes New International Faculty to Campus
The International Center started off the new academic year with its Welcome Picnic, which took place on September 24 at the university’s festival area. The annual event offers incoming international faculty members and their
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BTO Seeking New Student Guides
Bilkent’s Information Office for Prospective Students (Bilgi ve Tanıtım Ofisi/BTO) is seeking new volunteers for its Student Guides Team. This team of Bilkent students plays a major role in providing high school students and
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MAN Graduate Gizem Yalçın Awarded Erasmus University Prize
BY EKİN ÇELİKKAN (EE/III) With the opening of the 2017-2018 academic year, Bilkent University graduate Gizem Yalçın received the Professor G. W. J. Bruins Prize, given annually by Erasmus University Rotterdam to recognize outstanding
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Architecture Department Hosts Lecture by Hsieh Ying-Chun
On September 20, Taiwanese architect Hsieh Ying-Chun delivered a lecture at the Department of Architecture on the topic “Action or Actionless.” First gaining international notice for his reconstruction project for a tribal community following
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Turkish Courses for International Faculty
The Turkish Teaching Unit will be offering Turkish language courses at two levels for international faculty and their family members during the fall semester. If you are interested, please pick up an application form
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Register Now for “Sports as a Way of Life” Tournaments
If you’d like to compete in the basketball, football or volleyball tournaments that the Sports Center is organizing as part of the “Sports as a Way of Life” program this fall, now is the
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The International Chronicles
BY NAUSHERWAN AZIZ (MAN/II) Name: Claire McIntosh Department: Communications and Design/II Country of Origin: Canada 1. What do you like best about Turkey? It is a very beautiful country and it has a very
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A Word From the Wise: Seniors’ Advice to Freshmen
BY ALİ HAİDER (ARCH/IV) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through
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