I am Reading and Interpret Club

Hello, I am Hamza Ağdeniz and I am a senior student at the Department of Economics at Erzurum Technical University. Today I'm here to give you some information about the Oku/Yorum (Read/Review) Development Club. Our Group was founded in 2015 to support the personal development of our students. One of our purposes is that students complete their personal development during their university education. We usually gather in the central library on campus since the club is founded by the Library and Documentation Department and we have a club room there. Usually we conduct our meetings there and we use the seminar halls there. We have nearly 125 members, 25 of whom are active. Those students who want to contribute to the library, books and to personal development want to become members of our club. In our activities throughout the year, we have personal development activities organized in order to help our students contribute to their university practices. Other than that, we carry out activities focused on reading because as a club we think that the route to personal development is through reading. We think that a society that does not read won’t develop very much. The most comprehensive event we had during the year for personal development was the Effective Communication Seminar with Professor Dr. Halit Dursunoğlu. Our activity drew a lot of attention and we gave our students a certificate of participation in terms of contributing to their own progress. Our club is open to everyone who is a student at the university and we are not seeking a specific participation requirement. They only need to fill out a form before joining our club so we can communicate with them. Taking part in this club really assisted my personal development. Namely, I have developed self confidence. I was not a person who could express himself that well before I started my student life. If you are interested in reading and want to contribute to your personal development, we will be happy to see you in our club.