Appointment of New Rector
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Beginning of Spring Semester at New Campus CONFERENCE: The Roots of Tolerance in Bosnia INTERVIEW with the new president of IUS Student Council Mr. Fuat Kelesoglu 11th Edition - January February 2010 IUS-the biggest foundation University in Bosnia-Herzegovina A Message from the Editorial Board: Appointment of New Rector The Editorial Board is happy to present to you the 11th issue of IUS Newsletter for months of January and Feb- As of February 8, 2010, Prof. Dr. Hilmi ruary 2010. Several events marked this period. IUS Stu- Ünlü became new Rector of the Inter- dents started Spring Semester in the premises on newly national University of Sarajevo. Prof. Dr. built Campus in Ilidža. A campus equipped with the latest Ünlü took over this position from former modern technologies as such offers to students excellent study environment unique in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Rector Prof. Dr. B. Gültekin Çetiner. To mark this occasion, special Hand-over Then, Prof. Dr. Hilmi Ünlü has been appointed new Rec- Ceremony was organized on February tor of the University. Prof. Dr. Ünlü has broad internation- 8, 2010 at the IUS Conference Hall. al experience in teaching and research. He has worked Ceremony was attended by a large number of staff, students and guests. The at Istanbul Technical University (Turkey), University of event included speeches by both incoming and out going Rector. Miami (USA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign (USA) and University of Minnesota at Twin Cities Min- neapolis (USA). More information on the new Rector and First to speak at the ceremony was Prof. Dr. Çetiner who thanked staff for all hand-over ceremony can be found inside the Newslet- the support and expressed his pride of being a part of the IUS family. He also ter. Following the student elections, we bring you the announced that he will continue to work at IUS as a lecturer. As Prof. Dr. Çetiner interview with Mr. Fuat Keleşoğlu from Faculty of Engi- finished his short address, Prof. Dr. Ünlü came on stage and expressed his fu- neering and Natural Sciences, who is newly appointed ture plans in accordance to University’s vision and mission. “We have a mission President of IUS Student Council. As always, Editorial Board invites all those interested to take an active part in here - to make IUS as a research university that provides high quality teaching creating IUS Newsletter, by sending us your comments and research in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to become the leading research and suggestions, as well as, providing us with interesting university in the Balkan’s region“ stated Prof. Dr. Ünlü. He then expressed his news. Therefore, please do not hesitate to contact us and satisfaction with the fact the IUS will start with the Spring Semester in the new express your views at [email protected]. Campus premises in Ilidza. Beginning of Spring Semester INTERVIEW at New Campus with the new president of IUS Student Council Mr. Fuat Kelesoglu The University is more than happy to announce that the first phase of IUS Campus in As of December 2009, new president of IUS Student Council is Mr. Fuat Keleşoğlu, senior student at the Faculty of Engineering and Ilidža has been completed. Having this in mind, IUS Students were able to start their Natural Sciences (FENS), department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Mr. Keleşoğlu has been elected at the elections held Spring Semester courses of Academic Year 2009/2010 in the newly built, modern on December 3, 2009 as the FENS representative, and chosen later on as the President of the Student Council. He will stay at this Campus premises on March 8, 2010. position for one year. Campus, whose construction was finally officiated in September 2006, is located on Wishing to bring Student Council’s work closer to students, in this issue of Newsletter we bring you the interview with Mr. Keleşoğlu. 72,5 square hectare land. It is expected that, when all phases of construction are finished, Campus will be comprised of 20 buildings, including dormitories for female First of all congratulations on being elected. We extend our sincerest wishes for success in your future work. Can you please explain and male students, library, shopping centre, labs, sport terrains, etc. Around 50 mil- what this position means to you and University? lion EURO will be invested in the Campus Construction, what makes it one of the biggest investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This issue of IUS Newsletter brings I am very happy and proud to be elected as the President of Student Council of International University of Sarajevo. This position means a lot to you short photo-history of Campus construction. me, especially having in mind that it shows that students have entrusted me to represent them at the University. Indeed it is a big responsibility. Being president of Student Council means helping students and reflecting their voices, caring about their needs and creating environment where their needs are fulfilled, as well as protecting and promoting student rights and responsibilities. I promise to act and speak in the interest of every Scout Seminar student, as the Student council is like a bridge that connects University with its students. And in this way we aim at helping both students and University. Following the signing of the agreement of cooperation between the International Could you please explain how students can benefit from the University of Sarajevo and Scout Federation of Turkey in September 2009, three Student Council? member delegation of Turkish scouts visited our University in the period from Janu- ary 14th to 17th 2010. Student Council is formed by the representatives from the University. the Council is divided into Board of Trustees, which has nine mem- The delegation was comprised of the Head of the Federation Mr. Hasan Dinçer bers – three from each faculty, and Faculty representatives, which Subaşi, Head of the education department of the Federation Mr. Türker Özay and are currently three – Mr. Fuat Keleşoğlu from FENS, Mr. Musa Köse Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Tacgin, former IUS Rector. The reason of the visit was Scout from FEBA and Miss. Nadia Elnour from FASS. Faculty representa- leader education seminar that was organized jointly by the IUS Scout Club and tives meet once in two weeks and in case of urgency. Scout Federation of Turkey. During the seminar IUS students had the opportunity to learn more about the scouting, what it means, what are its aims, hierarchy, Our aim is to prepare suggestions on the formulation of the policies, methods in scouting education, different scout songs, games, etc. Mr. Hüseyin rules and regulations of University. We also express our views about Hayri Nuroğlu, the coordinator of the IUS Scout Club commented “some types of courses offered. Currently we have proposed non-credit courses education can not be given by schools or parents and in these modern times youth are separated from the nature. In scouting we aim to such as Bosnian and Turkish language as it is very important for our give that kind of education to youth, an education that will make them good citizens in their countries.” students to learn foreign languages. We have also discussed the need for the students to be better informed by their academic advi- At the end of the seminar, all those who passed the final scouting exam were given certificate by the Scout Federation of Turkey which sors about the courses and their prerequisites. We want to minimize allows them to attend all activities organized by this federation. Mr. Nuroğlu furthermore stated that IUS Scout Club will continue with its the possibilities of students making wrong decisions, as we would like our students to take relevant and marketable courses. activities in the following semester. It is envisaged that the Scout Club establish cooperation with BH primary schools with an aim of making scout clubs for pupils. Activities like hiking, scout camps are also planned for the up-coming spring and summer. I would like to use this opportunity to call upon students to discuss with us and to propose how we can serve their interests and how can we improve our University. Indeed, the University including the Rector to General Secretary and Senate members are willing to listen and cooperate with student representatives. CONFERENCE: The Roots of Tolerance in Bosnia And how can students contact you? And what are the issues students ask you the most about? Students can contact us via phone (numbers can be found on announcement boards around the University building), our official e-mail ius-sc@ Prof. Dr. Mehmet Can from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences held a confer- ius.edu.ba or via our Facebook page, and we can always talk face-to-face. So students can feel free to contact us whenever they want to and ence „The Roots of Tolerance in Bosnia“ on January 14, 2010. The Conference dealt with when they have suggestions, offers or problems. At the moment students are mostly interested in moving to new campus. the question of tolerance during the times of Bosnian Church, the Ottomans and today Bos- nia-Herzegovina. Prof. Dr. Can opened „Tolerance tradition in the times of Bosnian Church“ What are your plans for the Student Council? with the explanation of the Bosnian Church and its hierarchy, as well as description and meaning of „stećak“ – medieval tombstones that lie scattered all over Bosnia-Herzegovina. In order to make studying at IUS better for all students, we have many plans. For example, we plan to put suggestion box at our University, which we would open once in a month to be analyzed and discussed at the Senate meeting.