Bahçeşehir University Hosts Yale University Alumni in Türkiye

Bahçeşehir University hosted Yale University alumni, who had been in Türkiye for 2 weeks for Yalegale (Yale Global Alumni Leadership), a detailed event on "university-alumni relations" held on Sunday, 18 July, at a dinner on the university terrace on the evening of Wednesday, 21 July.

The biggest surprise of the evening was a bulldog named "Korsan," the special guest of Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer, himself a Yale University graduate. The Yale University alumni, whose university's special symbol is the bulldog, were very touched by this great gesture.

At the dinner, after his welcome speech as both President and a Yale University graduate, Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer presented Yalegale President Kathy Edersheim with a reproduction of Piri Reis's world map, commissioned by the Bahçeşehir University Center for Civilization Studies, as a memento.

The guests said goodbye, looking forward to meeting again at the event to be held again in June 2011.

Bahçeşehir University also took part, together with its alumni, in the University-Alumni Relations Conference held on 18 July.