Diversity and Leadership Workshop
" Real leaders are ordinary individuals with extraordinary determination."
" Diversity... The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are..."
Embracing diversity and showing leadership are the two attributes for building a great team. Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a well-communicated vision, building trust among others, and executing to realize your own potential. Diversity is about empowering people and promoting the human spirit. More specifically, it is about understanding, valuing, and appreciating the individual differences. Diversity and leadership are what make an organization effective and successful. We, Drexel TSA, appreciate the value of leadership and diversity and want to promote their essence with a workshop given by the subject-matter expert.
Drexel Turkish Student Associations presents the Diversity and Leadership Workshop.
Speaker Profile:
John L. Gronski, Senior Management Consultant,
Greencastle Associates Consulting
"Brigadier general and former brigade commander in Iraq"
Please mark your calendar:
Date: August 28, 2008
Time: 18:30 - 19:45
Location: Room 709, 7th Floor, Bossone Enterprise Center
3120 Market Street, Philadelphia (between 31st and 32nd Streets)
Lecture by Bruce Fein
Upenn and Drexel Turkish Student Associations present: Lecture by Bruce Fein
* Turkey, PKK and Northern Iraq: A Fragile Triangle
* The Ill-conceived Armenian Genocide Resolution
Sponsored by Turkish Coalition of America
Bruce Fein is a resident scholar at the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA).
An honors graduate from Harvard Law School, Mr. Fein brings to his Turkish and
Turkish-American scholarship a nationally acclaimed expertise in constitutional and
international law. Over the past decade, Mr. Fein has written and spoken extensively on
Turkish-American relations; the PKK; the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Annan
Plan; the Armenian genocide narrative and the politics of congressional Armenian resolutions;
Turkish constitutional reform; Turkey's blossoming democracy; and, Turkey's anxieties over
Northern Iraq, including Kirkuk.
Program:
18:00 - 18:45: Turkey, PKK and Northern Iraq: A Fragile Triangle
18:45 - 19:00: Coffee break
19:00 - 19:45: The Ill-conceived Armenian Genocide Resolution
Abstracts:
PKK Issue:The Marxist-Leninist terrorist PKK is regularly and falsely represented in the media and by their advocates as popular freedom fighters seeking greater autonomy and civil rights for Turkey's Kurds. That image turns truth on its head. The PKK enjoys support from a tiny fraction of Kurds. Six out of seven vote for mainstream Turkish political parties. A majority of the PKK's victims are Kurds. The PKK raises money not through voluntary donations, but by drug trafficking, human smuggling, and sister illegalities. The PKK manifesto demands a separate Kurdish nation, not autonomy within Turkey. Turkey's democratic dispensation has been responsive to Kurdish political concerns. Kurds are equal under the law, and are represented in proportion to their numbers in Parliament, business, education, the professions, and the arts. The Kurdish language is permissible in broadcasting; and, private instruction in Kurdish is permitted, although private schools have closed for lack of demand. The sole demerit in Turkey's political dispensation that the PKK trumpets to justify its responsibility for the killings of more than 35,000 Turks and Kurds is the absence of public school instruction in Kurdish as well as Turkish. The tacit support the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq gives to the PKK is inexcusable.
The Ill-conceived Armenian Genocide Resolution: The Armenian Genocide claim is as false as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The Genocide Convention of 1948 establishes the definition of the crime of genocide: government sponsored killings based on religion, nationality, race ,or ethnicity with the specific intent of exterminating a group, as such. The Armenians died during World War I from three discrete causes. First, probably the predominate number died from starvation, disease, or epidemics that equally afflicted Ottoman Muslims during a mass relocation and resettlement necessitated by an Armenian revolt and widespread espionage and sabotage against the Ottoman government; and, by fleeing with Russian armies retreating from Eastern Anatolia afte Russia withdrew from the war. Second, approximately 150,000 Armenians fought on behalf of the enemy and many died while engaged in hostilities. Third, an indeterminate number died from unauthorized war crimes perpetrated by Kurdish irregulars, deserters from the Turkish armed forces, and ill-trained or recruited gendarmes. These crimes were condemned by the Ottoman government, and approximately 1,400 prosecutions ensued. There is virtually no evidence that a single Armenian was killed because of a genocidal intent harbored or endorsed by the Ottoman government.
Please mark your calendar:
Date: March 31, 2008
Time: 18:00 - 19:45
Location: Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Enterprise Center
3120 Market Street, Philadelphia (between 31st and 32nd Streets)
World Culture Family Day : Turkish Delight!
Join us for a day-long celebration of the rich culture of Turkey, a land with a magnificent
past, and vestiges of more than a dozen successive civilizations spanning 10,000 years!
Come explore the "Grand Bazaar," enjoy traditional folk dance by Kardelen Turkish Dance
Ensemble, sample Turkish cuisine and experience the many wonders that Turkey has to offer.
The day is co-sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation, the Turkish American Friendship
Society of the U.S. (TAFSUS), the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and
the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. Free with Museum admission donation.
Please mark your calendar:
Date: May 3, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Location: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia PA
Information: 215-898-4890
2008 TASSA Annual Conference
The 4th Annual Conference of TASSA (Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association)
will be held on April 11-13, 2008 at Harvard University, Boston, USA. We wish to extend
to you a personal invitation to join us.
This year's conference theme is "Innovation as Driver for Social Transformation and
Economic Growth."
Annual TASSA conference creates a unique opportunity for all students to meet
distinguished professors, notable researchers, high ranking officers from industry
and university presidents from Turkey.
The objective is to create a dynamic platform for many young and experienced
American, Turkish, and Turkish-American scientists and scholars to develop and
explore new collaborative initiatives. Please visit
TASSA's website for more information.
Please mark your calendar:
Date: April 11-13, 2008
Location: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Recruitment Workshop
Facing up recruitment challenge?
Don't know what to put into your resume?
Don't know what to speak during interview?
Join our workshop and get some tips!
Recruitment Workshop Schedule:
17:30 - 17:40: Introduction
17:40 - 18:00: Sibel Aras, Kenexa Staffing Consultant (Slides)
18:00 - 18:20: Fercan Yalinkilic, Wharton Research Services Analyst (Slides)
18:20 - 18:40: Batuhan Yukselen, SAP Intern
18:40 - 19:00: Question & Answer Session
Please mark your calendar:
Date: March 21, 2008
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Bossone Research Center, 7th Floor
A Night On The Mediterranean
Join us for A Night On The Meditarrenean to celebrate the cultures of
Italy, Sicily, Israel, and Turkey.
Experience the smells, sounds, and sights of the Mediterranean with a
buffet dinner and musical and visual entertainment.
Sponsored by Hillel, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Turkish Student Association, Italian Students Organization
Please mark your calendar:
Date: March 13, 2008
Time:19:00 - 22:00
Location:Behrakis Grand Hall
Tickets: $15 each
RSVP Form
Grassroots Networking Meeting in Philadelphia at Drexel
ATAA as part of its Public Outreach Program will hold another
Grassroots Networking Meeting in Philadelphia at Drexel University on March 8, 2008 in cooperation
with TAFSUS.
This is part of a series of meetings organized by ATAA called "Turkish Americans Gaining
Power through Grassroots" which is planned for more than 30 cities across the United States.
The purpose of the meeting is to activate Turkish American Community on how to become
civically active citizens. ATAA's grassroots activities are sponsored by a grant from
Turkish Coalition of America (TCA)
Tentative Schedule:
14:00-16:00: Grassroots Program by Allison Block, Advocacy Director, ATAA
16:00-17:00: Second Generation Scholarship program by Lincoln McCurdy, President, TCA
17:00-19:00: Reception
Please mark your calendar:
Date: March 8, 2008
Time:14:00 - 19:00
Location:Bossone Auditorium, Drexel University (31st Market St, 19104)
Contact and RSVP: Ibrahim Onaral, 215-606-8499, ibrahimonaral@hotmail.com
International Ball 2008
Drexel University's Second International Ball will be held on January 19, 2008 at the Main Building Lobby. As part of the event a cultural showcase will be hosted including several cultural organizations from Drexel. Turkish Student Association will be represented in this showcase with a performance by Ece Gumus.
Please mark your calendar:
Date: January 19, 2008
Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Location: Main Building Lobby, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia PA
Festival of Nations 2007
**UPDATE: Drexel TSA won the 2nd place in the BEST TABLE competition..
Drexel TSA prepared a table to represent Turkiye at Festival of Nations organized by ISSS.
Date: April 11, 2007
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Location: Creese Student Center, Drexel University (32nd Chestnut St, 19104)
Turkish Night 2007
UPenn and Drexel TSA invite you to the annual TURKISH NIGHT
Come and join us for great Turkish food, drinks and entertainment.
Please mark your calendar:
Date: April 7, 2007
Time: 19:00
Location: Behrakis Hall, Drexel University (32nd Chestnut St, 19104)
2007 TASSA Annual Conference
2007 TASSA Annual Conference at Yale University
Date: March 24-25, 2007
Location: Yale University - Law School (New Haven, CT 06520)
Ski Trip 2007
UPenn and Drexel TSA invite you to a SKI TRIP :)
Date: March 3, 2007
Location: Blue Mountain, Poconos
Ticket: $55/person
Lecture by Justin McCarthy at Lehigh University
Lehigh TSA invites you to the lecture by
Dr. Justin McCarthy
Author and Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences
Department of History
University of Louisville, KY
Why were the Armenians moved?
Reception: at 7:00 PM
Lecture: at 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Location:
Whitaker Laboratory WH303
5 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Republic Day 2006
Drexel and Upenn TSA welcomes you to the Turkish Republic Day Celebrations...
Date/Time: October 27, 2006 - 5pm
Location: Bossone 3rd floor (Drexel University, between 31st and 32nd Market St)
Program:
5:00-5:30pm Reception - (video show and free food)
5:30-5:50pm Welcoming remarks
Hasan Ayaz, President of Drexel TSA
Serdar Turkarslan, President of Upenn TSA
Dr. Banu Onaral, Director of School of Biomedical Eng. Science and Health Systems
Dr. Selcuk Guceri, Dean of the College of Engineering
5:50-6:10pm Role of Women in Turkey - Dr. Ulku Oktem, Upenn Wharton School of Bussiness
6:10-6:30pm Images of Turkiye - Video/Photography
6:30-7:00pm Americans in Turkiye - Panel Discussion
Ramazan Bayrami (Eid) Lucheon 2006
Drexel TSA welcomes you to a lunch with professors, students and friends to get together for happy eid
Date: October 25, 2006
Time: noon - 1pm
Location: Creese Student Center Student Cafeteria (32 Chestnut St)
Ticket: $7.5/person
Welcome Back 2006 - Activities Unlimited
Representatives from more than 100 student organizations attended the event. Drexel TSA was represented by 10 members with large posters, hand-outs and lokum treats.
Date: September 27, 2006
Time: noon-2pm
Location: DAC Outside Quad, Drexel University (34 Chestnut St, 19104)
Turkish Victory Day 2006
Drexel TSA invites you to join Turkish Victory Day Commemoration kicks off with a reception serving various foods from Turkish cusines and a photo slide show of beautiful scenes from Turkiye. A presentation about the historical notion of day follows by a question/answer session.
Date: August 30, 2006
Time: 17:30-18:30pm
Location: International House 1st floor lounge(37th Chestnut St, 19104)