Theme: Simplify

Celebrating the power of ideas in professors and students within our university. Sharing ideas that can make all the difference to students here at the university and the people in our online community.

Culture and Congress Center
Eastern Mediterranean University
Famagusta, Ammochostos
Cyprus

Chipo Faith-Grace Biti

Chipo is a computer engineering student at Eastern Mediterranean University. She’s an avid reader, writer, poet and blogger. Her blog is dedicated to encouraging women (and men) through fictional stories, motivational letters and poetry. Her first book is being published and soon to be available in print.

Nse Ikpe-Etim

Nse Ikpe-Etim is a Nigerian multiple award winning female actor. Her first movie 'Reloaded' earned her a nomination in the African Movie Academy Awards. Her career soared right after reloaded became a hit. The amazing and versatile actor takes her time to internalize her role and become her character. Little wonder why she is dearly loved in the film industry. She has described herself as 'an ardent student of Stanislavski'. In her spare time, she loves to read, write, cook, watch football and play scrabble. Nse Ikpe-Etim is an actress, a writer, professional chef and a lover of arts.

Phoenix Sinistra

Phoenix Sinistra is a Mathematician, Lecturer and Engineer with Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Space Engineering. He is also a Filmmaker and creates short films and documentaries with philosophical themes about science, society and environment so the public can ponder on issues that concern the future of humanity. His interests include cosmology, psychoanalysis and philosophy and he does computer programming, creating music and photography as hobbies.

Şükrü Tüzmen

Şükrü Tüzmen is a molecular biologist, with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics. He has spent more than 26 years in multi-disciplinary research integrating studies of the molecular basis of human diseases, including cancer genetics. Previously, as a PhD scholar, Dr. Tüzmen was involved with nationwide screening and prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia in the Turkish population using state-of-the-art molecular biology techniques and has participated in the development of a Nationwide Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Bosphorus University. Dr. Tüzmen has been invited to deliver talks in many National and International settings, and he has served on many expert panels including The Research Grant Council, Hong Kong, China.

Takunda Aaron Chimutashu

Takunda is a 2nd year Mechatronic Engineering student at EMU. Takunda is a short story writer who is working on a book. He currently manages a Facebook page aimed at providing career guidance and inspiration. As a former Junior Mayor in his home country, Zimbabwe, he started a media campaign which the general public held at higher standards than their local newspapers. He has also been part of a unification project between Zimbabwean Junior Councils and South African Youth Intercouncil Action Network. He is the youth ambassador for Education and sport for the Zimbabwe Youth Global Network.

Turhan Kaymak

Prof. Kaymak is an associate professor of strategic management. He has a research interest in good governance and corruption. He was an external consultant for the Procter & Gamble Exemplar Analysis Project. He interviewed vice presidents of the corporation’s largest customers on issues pertaining to their strategic partnership with P&G. He also participated in the coding and analysis of the data. He has been awarded the dean’s excellence in teaching award, Area of Management, College of Business Administration in Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. He is a keen observer of political, economic and global affairs.

Uyai Ikpe-Etim

Uyai is a Radio, Television & Film student. She’s a writer and aspiring filmmaker. She has been writing film scripts for Nigerian filmmakers for about 5 years. She has interests in film, communication, body language and language as a whole.