Came to Turkey from 11 thousand kilometres away and graduated with a first class honours
Mudrik Muhammed Haji who came from Tanzania which is 11 thousand 431 kilometres away from Turkey in order to study in university, completed the academic year in Bahcesehir University (BAU) at the first rank this year. 25-year-old Haji who came to Turkey thanks to advices of his friends felt joyful over with his relatives at the online graduation, and Prof. Elizabeth K. Kiondo, the Ambassador of Tanzania in Turkey, received his diploma.
Bahçeşehir University 2019-2020 academic year graduation ceremony was held online. The students, wearing their caps and graduation gowns in front of the computer screen, attended the ceremony via video conference. During the ceremony, the most memorable frames and graduation cap photos of the students were reflected on barcovision during the year-round events.
AMBASSADOR OF TANZANIA RECEIVED THE DIPLOMA
Mudrik Muhammed Haji, a student of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, who came to Istanbul from Tanzania, 11 thousand 431 kilometres away from his home country, in order to study at the university, was proud of graduating from Bahçeşehir University in the first place. The diploma of Haji, who attended the graduation ceremony from his country due to the pandemic, and the 'golden brain', the symbol of outstanding achievement given to the students who graduated ranking first every year by the university, were presented by Enver Yücel, the President of BAU Global, and Prof. Dr. By Şirin Karadeniz, the President of the University, to the Prof. Elizabeth K. Kiondo, the Ambassador of Tanzania.
“MY AIM IS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN MY COUNTRY”
Mudrik Muhammed Haji, born in Zanzibar Island, stated that he preferred Turkey in order to have university education thanks to advice of his friends. Haji, the firstborn of the family with three children, stated that he studied at the university by getting a scholarship. Stating that he had a very good school life, Haji said the following; “I met many people from different countries. I learned many things about their country, culture and language. I've had an experience that I will be pleased with in my life. My goal is to bring about change to my country. I think the experiences I have learned will help me do what I want.”
"SET GREAT GOALS, WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS”
Sharing his feelings at the ceremony, Haji thanked his family for their support in making his dreams come true and said the following;
“You have sacrificed a lot for me. During my childhood period, I didn’t understand why my father worked every day of the week, including weekends, and came home so late. Now that I have grown up, I understand that all we do is to ensure that we have a better life in the future and that we succeed. And my mother… I've met many professors, but you are the best because you taught me everything I know today, and I am very grateful to my aunt who played a major role for raising me. If I could gave you the world, it wouldn't be enough for the sacrifices you made. In any case, never give up and I’ve learned to be patient because everything is temporary and has a time limit. In any case, look ahead and set bigger goals and work hard to achieve your goals. I thank the Turkish people for hosting international students in their beautiful country. I would also like to thank all academicians and administrative staff of Bahçeşehir University. Wish all the best!
YUCEL: “WE ARE TAKING EXCELLENT STEPS FOR BECOMING A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY”
Stating that we are an example for many universities in the world in distance education, Enver Yucel, the President of BAU Global said the following; “Bahçeşehir University is growing and developing day by day. We make effort to grow deeply in terms of quality because the role of the university should be in a structure that researches, contributes to science and technology, beyond just giving the student a diploma. Our work is progressing with excellent steps for becoming a research university every day. The ranking of our university in the world ranking makes us proud, and I thank my academician friends and our staff for their efforts.”
“WE LEAD THE NEW GENERATION UNIVERSTY CONCEPT”
Emphasizing that we have provided a great culture to the students, Yucel stated the following; “ We brought the understanding of being a global person. Because when our university were founded, we said 'we will be an international university'. You also brought the academia and the sector together and taught theoretical courses in practice. We lead the new generation university concept in the world. We will take these studies further. We will do better work. Whatever work you do, wherever you are, do not break the relations and connections with each other and the university. You have many international friends. It will open great doors and provide great opportunities to you in the business world. Wish all the best thing in your future.”
FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTS GRADUATED
Prof. Dr. Sirin Karadeniz stated the following; “We are very excited. Our five thousand students graduated. We held hybrid graduation ceremony due to pandemic. An online ceremony will be held and then we will hold a face-to-face ceremony within the framework of coronavirus measures specifically for faculty and department. 43 thousand students from 124 countries graduated from our university so far. All of our graduates have gained many competences and qualifications. From now on, they will have to adapt to the rapidly changing and developing business life, but they have already gained these competencies and qualifications at the university. They agreed on the online study process with online education during the pandemic period. During this period, they also continued online internships. They need to feel confident in the business world, it is useful for them to create a good CV. Business life is a dynamic process, it will be useful for them to understand this.”
“INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BECOME FELLOWSHIP AMBASSADORS OF OUR COUNTRY”
Prof. Dr. Karadeniz, stated the following; “Our international students are the fellowship ambassadors of our country, this is also very important for our country. It made us very happy that our highest ranked students is from Tanzania this year. With the education he received from our university, he will continue his education by joining our network. Congratulations to his family and the Tanzanian education system. It is not easy to come to another country, study, graduate at the first rank. From now on, we need to increase the number of international students from different countries and our qualifications day by day.”
Students who received distance education in the last four months of the school due to the pandemic graduated by throwing their graduation caps at the end of the graduation ceremony.
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