Personal Development Days Continue

PHOTOGRAPHS BY: MURAT CAN YILDIZ (MAN/III)

The Career Center's eighth annual Personal Development Days event is continuing to offer Bilkent students the opportunity to interact with professionals from all walks of life. As part of the event, Ali Nasuh Mahruki, a founder of the Search and Rescue Organization (AKUT) and a 1992 graduate of Bilkent's Department of Management, visited the campus on February 22. Mahruki, who was the first individual from Turkey to climb Mount Everest, gave a talk as part of the program.

On February 23, another speech, entitled "Ethics in Work and Social Life," was given by Prof. Mahmut Arslan of Hacettepe University in memory of Prof. Ümit Berkman, our beloved former vice-rector and teacher whom we lost two months ago. Prof. Arslan ended his speech with a memorable quote, saying, "Success, as is the case with Prof. Ümit Berkman, is to be spoken of highly, even after leaving this earth."

Personal Development Days has much more to offer in the days ahead. Please see the calendar below.