25.05.2015 Niğde
The foundation for the Faculty of Communication which will be built for the Niğde University by TOBB has been laid. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that every business endeavor has its risks; however, investment into education can never result in a loss.
Attending the Niğde UniversityTOBB Faculty of
Communication Foundation Laying Ceremony were TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu, Niğde Governor Necmettin Kılıç, Niğde Mayor Faruk Akdoğan,
Niğde Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chair Şevket Katırcıoğlu, Bor Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Chair Nurettin Eriç, TOBB High Consultative Council
Member Erdoğan Özegen, Niğde University Rector Prof. Dr. Adnan Görür, chamber
and exchange presidents from nearby province and counties, council members,
students and academics.
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said in his speech during the
foundation laying ceremony that the Niğde Municipal Council had granted him an
Honorary Fellow Townsman Charter last year, making him feel truly a citizen of
Niğde. Hisarcıklıoğlu also stated that he is the proud recipient of an honorary
doctorate from Niğde University.
- Praise for residents of Niğde
and Özegen
Stating that he has had contact with many people from Niğde in his
business life and as a part of the TOBB community, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I’ve
never met a bad person from Niğde. I’ve always been met with loyalty and
kindness. Pointing out TOBB High Consultative Council Member Erdoğan Özegen as
one of these people, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that they’ve traveled hundreds of
thousands of kilometers with Özegen who is also an important part of TOBB’s
brain team. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu called Erdoğan Özegen, “a loyal and
true friend.”
- Greatest treasure is a trained
workforce
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they are overjoyed to be laying the
foundations for the TOBB Communications Faculty, the protocol for which was
signed last year. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We businessmen regard everything in
terms of profit and loss. Know this though: In education, there is no
investment which can be considered a loss.”
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu underlined the fact that the
greatest treasure today is a well trained workforce. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The
faculty which will be built here will play an important role in the prosperity
and future of Niğde. This faculty will produce worldly communications graduates
who are multilingual.”
- Erdoğan Özegen
TOBB Strategy Development High Council Member Erdoğan Özegen stated that
he has learned much from TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu during their
time working together in the last 8 years and that he is happy to have met him.
He went on to thank the Konya National Assembly Representative Kerim Özkul and
Niğde University Rector Prof. Dr. Adnan Görür.
Stating that, “Turkey may not have petroleum or natural gas, but it does
have great entrepreneurial spirit,” Özegen stated that university students and
the academics who teach them are of the greatest value for the future of the
country.