A survey of more than 2,000 students in the Global Network for Advanced Management released recently finds that business students are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis and want sustainability to be more integrated into their education and their professional lives.

CEMS Club Istanbul's Student Board Representative Natan Saraf organized the CEMS Club Conference with two other Global Student Board members. The Conference took place on 8-10 October in Bocconi University, Milan. The CEMS Club Conference is organized once per semester by the CEMS Student Board to allow Presidents from all 32 CEMS Clubs to meet, discuss current issues and develop cooperative initiatives in order to improve the CEMS experience at their respective schools, as well as internationally. The conference also allows presidents to gain a deeper insight into the different stakeholders of the CEMS network and thus better align their clubs with global trends within CEMS. CEMS Club Istanbul's president Julia Schrammel represented our university during the conference. In addition to president discussions, an alumni talk session with the participation of 2 local CEMS alumni was organized. During the weekend, the CEMS Club Awards also took place with the participation of 3 consultants from the awards ceremony sponsor Zeb Consulting, where the top 3 CEMS Clubs were rewarded for their best practices in each of the 6 different categories and an overall category.

We congratulate our students Aleksander Tomala, Ece Mercan Yüksel, Özge Hamamcıoğlu and Saygın Tutaş to their contribution to the global #SpeedUpTalent initiative within the framework of their CEMS Business Project under the academic supervision of Professor Melike Mermercioğlu and with coaching from volunteers from McKinsey & Company. We thank the volunteers from McKinsey & Company for their precious support and the academic growth opportunity, particularly in the field of diversity.

The Koç University College of Administrative Sciences and Economics and Graduate School of Business have been granted accreditation by the global accreditation institution AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). Having previously attained AMBA and EQUIS accreditations, Koç University has become the first and only academic institution in Türkiye to have the “Triple Crown” of the three most prestigious accreditations in this field.

Yeni dönem liderlerinin sahip olması gereken iki değer: Empati ve değişimle başa çıkabilme becerisi. CEMS programı hakkında ve CEMS kapsamında yapılan araştırma ve sonuçları üzerine, Dünya Gazetesi’den Didem Eryar Ünlü’nün, İşletme Enstitüsü Yönetici Direktörü Nida Bektaş ile gerçekleştirdiği röportaj için tıklayabilirsiniz. https://www.dunya.com/genc-dunya/yeni-donem-liderlerinin-sahip-olmasi-gereken-iki-deger-empati-ve-degisimle-basa-cikabilme-becerisi-haberi-618968

Marenostrum ("Our Sea" in Latin) was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. Today, it is amongst the most important regional Business Forums organised by CEMS students from four top business schools in the Mediterranean Region: Bocconi University, ESADE Business School, Koç University, and Nova School of Business and Economics.

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MSc in International Management students are organising a virtual coffee talk session with Selçuk Karalar, Head of Finance in Unilever for Middle East, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Markets. The main topic of this session will be about the effect of COVID on the food industry and company's response and actions undertaken.

Koç GSB was ranked 49th in the global EMBA ranking. Alumni who have successfully completed the EMBA Program at Koç University Graduate School of Business have had a 63% salary increase on average within the last three years. You can see the European Business School Rankings via: http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2020