04.10.2013 Ankara
The TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETÜ) 2012-2013 graduation ceremony and the initiation of the 2013-2014 academic year ceremony was held with TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu hosting the event.
Speaking at the
ceremony which took place at the TOBB ETÜ Sports Hall, TOBB Board of Trustees
Chairman Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Our graduates are starting business lives a step
ahead of all the graduates of other universities. I am quite proud of them.”
Reminding that he is
both the TOBB President and the university’s Board of Trustees Chairman,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Sometimes when I’m asked if I would prefer one over the
other, my answer is always Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Do you know why?
Because the future of Turkey is here. The more I see the things we do here, the
prouder I become.”
Addressing the new
students of the university, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Those of you
just beginning your time here, you’ve entered into a large community but not an
easy school. You’ve come to a very difficult school. I’ve always told my
teachers to say during registration, ‘Don’t say it’s an easy school, don’t tell
them they’ll pass. Tell the truth from the start. You have to have a good grasp
of the English language in this school. Tell them all of these things.’ That is
why you’re in one of the most difficult universities in Turkey. That is why I
see so many of my young friends in good positions or at the head of their own
business after they graduate. I am so proud of these.”
Providing advice to
the graduating students, the TOBB President stated that a new life was starting
for them and that they will stand by them from this point on and urged them to
become members of the TOBB ETÜ Alumni Association.
TOBB ETÜ Rector Necip
Camuşcu stated that they are proud to be training the workforce the business
world needs and reported that the number of students they have is gradually
increasing.
During the ceremony
attended by the students and their families, students graduating with honors
received their presents and diplomas. Students celebrated by throwing their
caps into the air.