An agreement has been signed between the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Rector’s Office and EMU Academic Staff Union (EMU-SEN) for the opening of an education center within the university. The signing ceremony of the said agreement took place on Friday, 1 July, 2022 at 11:00 am in EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Aykut Hocanın's office. Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. Hocanın and EMU-SEN President Ulaş Gökçe signed the aforesaid agreement which specifies the principles for the operation and use of one of the sections in EMU Mechanical Engineering Department Building in return for the investment to be made by EMU-SEN. EMU Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Hasan Demirel and Vice Rector for Administrative and Technical Affairs Prof. Dr. Serhan Şensoy and EMU-SEN Executive Board Members also attended the signing ceremony. The education center to be opened aims to raise awareness on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In addition to being a center that EMU staff and Famagusta residents can use, the education center also aims to increase cooperation between the university and non-governmental organizations in the city.
Speaking at the ceremony, EMU-SEN President Ulaş Gökçe stated that the agreement will serve for a very good purpose and stated that they will create a place to be proud of from the resources that EMU-SEN members pay every month. Stating that this common area will be both a recreational and a meeting area, Gökçe thanked Rector Prof. Dr. Hocanın and Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Şensoy for their support. Gökçe wished the facility, planned to be opened at the beginning of the new academic year, to be beneficial for EMU.
EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Aykut Hocanın also stated that the center to be built could be the common meeting point of EMU and conveyed his satisfaction to the union that its design has been carried out with a consideration of the efficiency in this period of economic difficulties. Expressing that the center will be a beneficial initiative for EMU, Prof. Dr. Hocanın emphasised that the university’s effective and solution-oriented communication with the unions will continue.