Note: The statistics belong to May 13 - 16.00.

The COVID-19 Pandemic affected us all, and still continues to do. Things that were done with pleasure at the beginning have become distasteful right now. At this point, mental health is as important as physical health. The correct behaviors of people are very effective in shaping the pandemic.

When many evaluations were examined, they show that human behaviours is really important in shaping the pandemics.

The feeling of anxiety about the illness or death of ourselves or our relatives is a feeling that applies to all of us on such days. It should be remembered that there are psychological phenomena, as well as physical treatments that manage and control the pandemic.

Özgenur Bingöl, Sergen Ortakaya, Erva Arslantürk, Aleyna Sena Övündür and Ayça Terazi, one of the students of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, contacted the Municipalities and Mukhtars to help our disabled citizens in the pandemic process that affected the world within the scope of the "Design for Disabled" course.

The students of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design prepared projects named “Ses-Siz Kültür” within the scope of the Design course for the Disabled. Our students, who carry out their studies with the slogan of staying at home is not an obstacle, aim to support and raise awareness about the difficulties experienced by our hearing-impaired citizens during the pandemic that affects the world. Our students, who started their work with the videos they took on social media, aim to continue supporting the disabled people.

Istanbul Kültür University Vocational School organized an e-seminar titled “Loyalty Programs in Luxury Hotels” at 14:00 on Friday, May 8, 2020. The Ritz-Carlton Istanbul Assistant Front Office Manager Murat Yıldız attended the event as a speaker; He talked about the importance of making guest relationships and satisfaction, the functioning of customer loyalty programs and making them say "Wow".

IKU Awareness Club organized an e-conversation titled “New Normally Third Wave Coffee” at 13:00 on Wednesday, May 13. Sam Ceviköz, Co-Founder Partner of Federal Coffee Co., started his coffee adventure in Australia and 38 years of professional experience. During the event, which was moderated by İKÜ Awareness of the Academic Coordinator Ömür Kınay, topics such as the history of coffee, its types, brewing methods, what is "Barista", Barista trainings and internship opportunities were discussed. Ceviköz, who also conveyed the measures to be taken and hygiene issues, answered the questions that came to him.

İstanbul Kültür University Radio, Television and Cinema Department held an evaluation meeting regarding the distance education process with the participation of instructors from DSÜ who are experts in their fields. In the meeting, where opinions and suggestions about the changing teaching style of the lessons were shared with distance education, the methods to be applied for the students to benefit from the lessons were discussed.

Digital Marketing and Transformation Specialist Kamil Mehmet Özkan was the third guest of the “Internet Webinar Series with Good and Bad” organized by IKU Kültür Point. In the webinar titled “The Crime World of Digital Transformation”, which was carried out via Adobe Connect Virtual Classroom Application on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, Özkan mentioned that digital transformation has entered our lives much earlier than the pandemic and its history. Özkan did not recognize the fundamentals of digital transformation and the transformation of people and society as the disruption of memorization.

The faculty members of the Radio, Television and Cinema Department held online evaluation meetings on “Student Satisfaction” to share their views on the distance education process and the spring semester. Our faculty members listened to the evaluations of students from all classes by listening to their thoughts on the distance education process. The meeting emphasized the importance of the active participation of students in this new educational experience.

Head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department Assist. Prof. Perihan Taş Öz attended the "Culture 2000 College Online Parent Workshops" and held a seminar titled "Small Ideas, Big Journeys: Writing Process with Children". In the seminar that was organized for parents of primary and secondary school students, Taş Öz; "How should we direct our children to turn small ideas into big journeys?", "What are the ways to make them discover their creativity?" She pointed out the importance of developing creativity at a young age around his questions.

The "2019-2020 Academic Year Graduate Mentoring Program" has been completed in cooperation with the Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) and the SoUP agency. The announcements of the program, which was carried out on the basis of sharing experiences with our senior students and at least 3 years of graduates with the mentor-mentee relationship, were made on November 26, 2019 and applications were collected. 89 mentee candidates from Istanbul Kültür University and 97 mentor candidates from Istanbul Kültür University applied to the program. As a result of the interviews conducted between 27-29 November 2019, 49 mentor-mentee matches were made. On December 10, 2019, 49 ‘mentee received a training on the subject by the SoUP agency. A meeting was held on December 11, 2019, in order to meet and mingle with the matching mentee and mentors. Our mentors and mentors have met the requirements of the program by conducting interviews at times that suit them. The program process continued on 13 February 2020 with an interim evaluation meeting and surveys. Various documents were delivered to the mentors and mentors to assist throughout the program. The “2019-2020 Academic Year Graduate Mentoring Program” was completed with the “Closing Program” held online on Monday, May 4, 2020 due to the transition to a remote working order during the COVID-19 period.

The last guest of the events organized by the Department of Communication Arts and where the sector managers shared their experiences with students was İlker Müftüoğlu, President of the Advertising Agency of “aklı fikri”. Müftüoğlu, who met the students of the Department of Communication Arts at the event titled "Be the Head of Your Own Agency - Behind the Screen of Digital Advertising" held on May 13, 2020 at 15:00 on the Adobe Connect Virtual Classroom Application; He shared his experiences on many subjects from education life to career journey.

“Feel Free to Do Internship”

İlker Müftüoğlu, who started his speech by saying that he loves his job, stated that he has not had anything other than advertising in his mind since his university education. Müftüoğlu, who explained that he started his career as an intern in an agency, like every young person who started his career, advised students to do internships in large advertising agencies. İlker Müftüoğlu emphasized that it is also important to work as FreeLance, describing internship as a first but important step in his career journey, especially in big advertising agencies. Mentioning that working in this way has attractive aspects such as being the boss of your own business, Müftüoğlu also emphasized that you should take care of all kinds of work in freelance discipline. Müftüoğlu answered the question marks in the minds of the students on this subject by saying “You have a certain duty while working in an agency. If you are a copywriter, you are only responsible for that job, but when you set up your own agency, you will have to do both the job of the creative team and the customer representative at the same time. ”

"The Original Boss Is The Advertiser”

Ilker Müftüoğlu talked about the processes experienced in advertising agencies, and explained the dialogues between the advertiser customer and the advertising agency through advertising examples, stressing that advertising is a creative business, but no matter how much creative ideas you find, the last word is shaped by the requests of the advertiser. Advertising for traditional media is longer-term creation processes, but with the spread of social media digital ads come to the fore, Muftuoglu said, ads in these media are consumed quickly, so much creativity is not required to turn to ads, he said. Müftüoğlu emphasized that advertisements promoting products for people to make consumption become a commodity consumed with social media, and answered questions from students at the end of the program.

Entrepreneurship Department lecturers and students who will be the first graduates of the department met on Wednesday, May 13 at 21.00.

A new post of one of the academics of Department of Radio, Television and Film Research Assistant Berkay Şatır, in filmloverss.com of Turkey's most important independent cinema platform has been released. In the analysis, the common points of the quarantine days we experienced during the coronavirus pandemic and the story of “Groundhog Day”, one of the famous films of the 90s, were highlighted.

Adaptation of "Traditional Turkish Shadow Play Karagöz Hacivat" in Turkish Cinema presented by Bilgehan Ece Şakrak, one of our academicians from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, at the "19th GUN MUSIC DANCE International 19th Folklore Symposium" organized by the Motif Foundation and Gaziantep University Turkish Music State Conservatory. “Re-Representing the Screen: The Film of Hacivat ve Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?” was included in the book of proceedings in full text.

Definite cases: Turkey (143.114), World (4.371.611)

Death:             Turkey (3.952), World (297.682)

WHO Risk Assessment: Global level - Very High