Yayınlanma Tarihi: 04 October 2016 Tuesday

Bicycle Handover Ceremony in Our University

Within the framework of Healthy Nutrition and Active Life Program of Turkey cooperated by the Ministry of Health and our University, 250 bicycles were given to our University by the Ministry of Health with the aim of promoting physical activities and developing physical activity opportunities of our students in the ceremony.

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nurcan Baykam, Provincial Health Director Dr. İsmail Yücel, Head of Çorum Public Health Center Dr. Ahmet Barış, academic staff and students of our university attended the ceremony held in front of Rectorate building.

Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan said, “It is pleasing to gather here for healthy life. As you may know, our primary aim is to carry out educational activities. However, we believe that universities should serve as models in all manners in the society. We designated a bicycle road and walking trail in our North Campus. We work to certify our North Campus as green campus. We generate our own electricity; meet our heating and cooling needs. We plan our projects considering 50-100 years later. Life with bicycle is a very important project as a model of environmentalism.  Therefore, we thank the Ministry of Health very much for the support. These studies are the continuation of “Transformation in Health Project” in the Premiership of Dear President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. I owe primarily Dear President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Recep Akdağ, Governor Necmettin Kılıç, Provincial Health Director Dr. İsmail Yücel, Head of Çorum Public Health Center Dr. Ahmet Barış and all those contributed debt of gratitude.

Head of Çorum Public Health Center Dr. Ahmet Barış said, “Hitit University is an institutionalized university with its social opportunities as well as academic opportunities. As the Ministry of Health, we organize various activities to develop healthy life culture. We have the most positive feedback from university among all the institutions provided bicycle support in terms of the principal aim of the project. I thank Rector for his sensitivity to this issue.”

Provincial Health Director Dr. İsmail Yücel said, “Universities are so important in socialization of our youth in addition to scientific education. With the contributions of Rector Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan, Hitit University has covered a lot of ground in recent years. Having bicycle road and walking trail in Rectorate is very important.”

After the speeches, bicycle handover ceremony continued with the bicycle tour of our academic staff and students.


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