While IHU Social Sciences Winter School for High School was held on January 21-25, Foreign Language Program was held between January 28 and February 1. In the School of Social Sciences, where 50 high school students were accepted out of a high number of applications and through a rigorous selection process, the students experienced university life between January 21 and 25 with a fruitful 5 days program. Students, who took courses in the fields of Media and Communication, History, Law, Philosophy, International Relations, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Psychological Counselling and Guidance, Business Administration, and Islamic Studies, had the opportunity to live one-to-one campus life with social-cultural activities.
High school students who have received trainings by qualified academicians to guide themselves through every moment of the life have already attained an overview to university education with these courses. The students had the opportunity to learn and find answers to their questions about the air transportation by visiting Turkish Airlines; what to do in disasters and emergency with AFAD trip. Through trips of “Dialogue in the Darkness” and “Silence Dialogue,” they managed to learn new perspectives in seeing and hearing.
On the last day of the School of Social Sciences, news presenter for ATV, Cem Öğretir, gave a presentation on effective public speaking and effective communication. Öğretir stressed on the importance for the students to be able to communicate effectively regardless of their department or their career life. He also explained with examples how to use the body language and tone of voice correctly. Cem Öğretir who stated that effective communication gives people time and respect, performed several songs at the end of his speech with his guitar. Social Sciences Program of Ibn Haldun University’s Winter School for High School ended with handing over the certificates of participation to the students by our President Professor Recep Şentürk and our General Secretary Mr. Erkam Tüzgen.
High school students who came from all over Turkey experienced a full university life, became more familiar with universities and the departments of the bachelor degree and hanged around Istanbul in 5 days long visit. IHU Winter School, which included illuminating and effective presentations done by our President and academic staff, widened the horizons of High school students and qualified them to make the right choice. The IHU Winter School for High school ended with good memories which touched the hearts of the future social sciences.
