Faydasıçok Foundation is also visiting high schools in 2019 within the scope of the” Pearls in Pearl” project and bringing female students together with engineers.
On March 8, International Women’s Day, Selcen Faydasıçok, chairman of the board of directors of the Faydasıçok Foundation and Gülay Faydasıçok, vice chairman of the board of directors at Izmir MEV College and Private Bornova Mektebim Anatolian High School, metallurgical and materials engineer Banu Taneren told about his experiences in business life, Ceyda Koç, one of the Pearl in Pearl scholarship holders, how he decided to become a computer engineer, Murat Yıldız, the directors of Faydasıçok Holding, about the transformation of engineering in the near future. Finally, Hanife Fişek, who is a Professional Coach, talked about the prejudices encountered in choosing a profession.
On February 19, Izmit Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School and Sakarya Güneşler Anatolian High School were visited. It started with presentations by Selcen Faydasıçok, chairman of the board of directors of the Faydasıçok Foundation, and Gülay Faydasıçok, vice chairman of the board, and they told the stories of mechanical engineer Esra Yelkenci, computer engineer Özlem Sarıkaya, and metallurgical and materials engineer Ekrem Özdemir, who works at Faydasıçok Holding. In the continuation, Sedef Er industrial engineering, one of the Pearl in Pearl scholarship holders, Sibel Soyak Eşder, a chemical engineer who works as a Project Manager at the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, talked about her business life experiences.
The Faydasıçok Foundation provides scholarships, mentorships, internships, and business support to young women studying in engineering departments with the Pearls in Pearl Project and supports the personal development of students with the academy program.
