2024-2025 Academic Year Postgraduate Graduation Ceremony of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University(BEUN) was held with great enthusiasm and pride at Sezai Karakoç Cultural Center.
BEUN Rector, Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer, Vice Rectors, Prof. Dr. Şenol Hakan Kutoğlu and Prof. Dr. Bekir Hakan Bakkal, Secretary General Prof. Dr. Zehra Safi Öz, senate members, academic and administrative personnel, graduating students, and their families attended the ceremony.
Following the moment of silence and singing of the National Anthem, the students of the State Conservatory held a musical performance. PhD graduate in Civil Engineering from the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Research Assistant Dilek Cansu Bozacıoğlu delivered a speech on behalf of all graduates.
Research Asst. Dr. Cansu Bozacıoğlu said the following in her speech, “We are here for the graduation ceremony organized to celebrate the years of effort, perseverance, and determination. We took different routes; some of us feel the pride of being an expert completing the master’s degree, while some of us achieved the title of ‘doctor’. We not only celebrate our graduation here today but also take pride in walking towards the future guided by the ever-shining light of our scientific journey. We extend our gratitude to our professors, who have always inspired and guided us, sharing their valuable experiences. I also extend my gratitude to the Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer for his continuous support. I would like to thank our Faculty and Graduate School for their valuable contributions.”
Following Bozacıoğlu’s speech, the Director of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Fikret Gölgeleyen, delivered a speech, stating that the Graduate School of Science began its academic activities in the 1993-1994 academic year. He expressed his thanks to the BEUN Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer, who has always supported the development of the school, and wished success to all the academic and administrative staff, as well as the graduate schools in their academic lives.
The Director of the Graduate School of Health Sciences, Asst. Prof. Dr. Müge Seval gave a presentation on the administrative and academic structure of the school following Gölgeleyen’s speech. She stated that the school is a preferred institution among the academic community with its well-established researchers of the future and its International Higher Education and Science, Western Black Sea, and Türkiye Diabetics and Obesity Journals, which are signs of qualified academic studies. At the end of her presentation, she extended her gratitude to Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer, who has always supported us in significant academic studies, the academic staff who add value to the academic community by making scientific studies, and wished continuous success to BEUN graduates in their academic lives.
Stating that they always aim to raise the scientists of the future with its strong academic staff, the Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Prof. Dr. Yücel Namal, said that they take an active role in the academic world with the Journal of Karaelmas Social Sciences (KARES), which started to be published under the graduate school in 2023. At the end of his speech, he thanked the Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer, who has always supported the development of the school and all administrative and staff. He also wished success for all the graduates.
Rector Özölçer: “We are the Representatives of a Civilization Which Glorifies Science and Art”
Following the speeches of the directors, BEUN Rector Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer stated the following:
“I commemorate the founder of our Republic, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, on the 87th year of his passing with respect and gratitude before my speech. I am glad and proud to be here with you in the 2024-2025 Academic Year Graduation Ceremony. The wise quotation of Avicenna, the scientist and thinker from Buhara, “Science and art migrate from where they are not appreciated,” summarizes why we are here together today. We are representatives of an understanding that appreciates knowledge, effort, and success. The success of our graduates is the fruit of this understanding. Our university opened its doors with the name “Zonguldak School of Mining Engineering” 101 years ago. It pioneered the development of our country with its engineering education and left its mark on the future of the country. By widening our educational spectrum from education and art to sports and all other fields, we continue to raise individuals who will serve our country and humanity with due merit. We are proud to be able to provide the scientific world with individuals who are aware of this learning. I would like to extend my thanks to the families of the graduates and our professors who prepared our students for the future. I wholeheartedly congratulate our student and wish the continuation of their success.”
The certificate presentation ceremony was held following the speech of the Rector, Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Özölçer. The ceremony concluded with all graduates throwing their caps and taking a commemorative photo.
