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Message from the President |
| Happenings | |
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| Chairs' Corner | |
| Faculty News | |
| The Meeting Place | |
| Students' Corner | |
| Careerwire | |
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Dear ACT Members, There is good news to report in this first 2007 issue of ACT Vision. Specifically, I want to flag for you three areas which are most encouraging to me...(read more) |
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COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE TIPPIE
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The signature ceremony for the new three-year agreement between the ACT MBA and the Tippie School of the University of Iowa took place in the president's office on February 12. This groundbreaking agreement results in great part from the encouragement and support of Trustee John Pappajohn to both institutions. The Tippie School, consistently ranked among the top 50 MBA programs, will cooperate with ACT on a range of activities within 10 areas itemized in the agreement. Almost immediately, results will be seen in the arrival on campus this semester of Tippie School Associate Dean Gary Gaeth, Executive Director David Hensley of the University’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurship Center, and, during May, a group of 30 Tippie School MBA students accompanied by faculty. |
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DUKAKIS VISITING INTERN During the Fall 2006 semester, ACT hosted German scholar Timo Lange as a Dukakis Visiting Intern. Mr. Lange, a German Ph.D. student, engaged in research on hiring procedures in the EU, the OSCE, and NATO. The fruit of his labor is a series of bound booklets on employment in these organizations, available now in the Office of Business Liaison and Career Services. |
STUDY AT ACT AS A BORJAN TANEVSKI SCHOLAR Another Borjan Tanevski Scholar to study at ACT will be named this year. The scholarship carries an award of 1500 euro from the Borjan Tanevski Fund and another 800 euro kindly donated by ACT alumnus Gert Peshkatari. The topic of the 2007 competition is "Foreign Direct Investment: Curse or Blessing" (submission date was February 20th). The winner and selected other authors will present their papers at an international student conference in Skopje in May. Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Vincent Mueller.
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STUDENT INITIATIVE LEADS TO QUICK ACTION Late last year, students from Nenad Sebek’s Politics 235 class (Civil Society in SE Europe) initiated an effort to make ACT’s campus more safely accessible, especially for people with disabilities. The class goal was to improve our immediate surroundings through a civil society project. The 6 students, led by Chris Sfetsios, suggested that improvements be made to help make access to the campus easier for disabled individuals. More specifically, they pointed to the need for a railing on the stairs leading from the south to the north campus (behind Stephens Hall). The need for such railing had been recognized before, but this initiative presented the administration with a clear opportunity to act. A petition requesting the railing was signed by 150 people on campus and the Student Government granted its support. ACT’s administration was very open to the idea and with the invaluable help of Anatolia’s buildings and grounds crew, the railing was up in no time. ACT welcomed students into the spring semester with the railing in place. Happy about the speedy response and effective solution, Chris Sfetsios says “Greece does not have a great record on dealing with disability issues, so ACT has a unique opportunity to serve as a positive and progressive example.” Congratulations to the students involved, ACT’s administration and crew
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VARSITY PRACTICES Varsity practices have started. For the first time ever, the women’s varsity soccer team (5 aside), is preparing for the trip to Athens, in order to participate in the DEREE Invitational Sports Tournament, March 14-17, 2007. |
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FIELD TRIP Field Trip (sponsored by the Field Trip Club). Pilio – Volos/Makrynitsa March 10-11, 2007. In charge of the field trip is Art History instructor, Ms. Daphne Lamprou. For more info, please see Ms Lamprou or Mr Partemian. |
SKI TRIP A ski trip for March 24-25, 2007 is organized by the ACT SGA. Stay tuned for the SGA announcement for further details, or contact any of the SGA members. |
ALUMNI VASILOPITA CUTTING The super winner for the night was ACT's beloved professor and strong supporter of association activities, Mr. Stepan Partemian, who won the “FLOURI” and thus the spa weekend for two, kindly sponsored ...(read more) |
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A blood drive is being organized by the SGA for March 21. The drive will take place in the New Building from 4-7 pm. All ACT students, faculty and staff members are welcome to donate 10 minutes of their time and maybe save a life.
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March will be a busy month at ACT. On March 6th, retired US FSO John Brady Kiesling will host a Master Class on diplomacy for seniors in IR and then deliver a Dukakis lecture on current US foreign policy. On March 23rd, Jennifer Neils, Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and a leading authority on the Parthenon, will give a Dukakis lecture on "The Parthenon and the Politics of Perikles." Finally, Peter Bien of the Modern Greek Studies Association, will give a Dukakis lecture on "Modern Greek Identity" on March 29th. Looking ahead, Michael Dukakis himself will occupy the chair in his name for ten days in late April. Among other things, Governor Dukakis will participate in digital teleconference sessions with students at Boston College and the University of Iowa, deliver a Dukakis lecture, and conduct a Master Class in government for ACT seniors. |
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DUKAKIS GALA DINNER
One of the series of events planned in honor of Governor Dukakis' upcoming spring visit is a Gala Dinner scheduled for Monday, April 23. The dinner will take place in the Grand Ballroom at Hyatt Regency Hotel. This formal dress event will begin at 8:30 p.m. and is being kindly sponsored by the Anatolia College Alumni Association. Proceeds from the event will support the renovation of the Anatolia Gymnasium. Please note that places will
be reserved on a first-come first served basis (please respond by April 20).
Invitations and Information can be obtained from:
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DIGITAL TELECONFERENCE SESSIONS & SIMULATIONS ACT will hold a series of digital teleconference sessions with faculty and students from Marymount Manhattan College this semester. The sessions will take place in the context of a jointly taught course on Media and Globalization taught by ACT's Holger Briel and MMC's M.J.Robinson, the latter of whom was on the production team of the long-running US series "Law and Order." Topics will include overviews of Greek and American television broadcasting, the EU mediascape, and the production of an episode of an American TV series. ACT students will have an opportunity to participate in a European Youth Parliament simulation in April, while we will do a simulation of the UN Security Council in May. Further details on these and other events organized throughout the spring 2007 semester are available from Dr. David Wisner. |
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE PROFESSOR VISITS ACT Marymount Manhattan College Professor of Communication Arts, Dr. David Linton, will be visiting ACT during the period of March 12-23, 2007. Dr. Linton has been on the faculty of MMC for nearly twenty years. He serves as Chair of the Humanities Division and is a Professor of Communications Arts. He teaches courses in communications theory, film, and public speaking. Details of Dr. Linton’s visit will become available as the date of his visit draws nearer. |
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JOHN PAPPAJOHN BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION Applications for this year’s Pappajohn Business Plan Competition should be submited on Monday, February 26, 2007. Application forms for the competition are still available at the Business Office, Faculty Office L7, in the Stavros S. Niarchos Technology Center in the basement of the Bissell Library. Business
Plan Submission Date for: Undergraduate Students: Friday,
June 1, 2007 For any questions concerning topics, please contact Dr. Kourkoumelis and for application forms, Ms. Eleni Montiadou |
NEW SGA MEMBERS The new ACT Student Government Association board, for the Spring 2007 semester, is as follows:
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MOODLE? WHAT'S A MOODLE? NITLE encourages faculty members to find out! Moodle is a course management system (CMS) like Blackboard. However, unlike Blackboard, Moodle is a free, Open Source software package although it too claims to have been designed using sound pedagogical principles to help educators create effective online learning communities. NITLE (National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education) has created a Moodle Exchange which is a collaborative user community focused on the use of Moodle in liberal educational contexts The Exchange allows Moodle-using or Moodle-interested campuses to share strategies and ask and answer questions about implementation, evaluation, migration, customization, and other topics, sharing ideas and best practices and exchanging assistance with troubleshooting technical or use issues. Any Moodle-related topic may be discussed at the Exchange but NITLE is especially interested in these three topics at this time: Moodle newbies: evaluating, migrating to and/or getting started with
Moodle Read more at NITLE, or go directly to the Exchange. Once there, if you do not already have an account on the NITLE Moodle, please take a minute to create one. Questions about the NITLE Moodle Exchange may be directed to David Barber, the Exchange facilitator. ACT is a member of NITLE and is participating in a feasibility study
on multi-point videoconferencing (see the last issue of ACT Vision).
The study is using Moodle for support materials. Dr. Panos Vlachos is
coordinating ACT’s participation in the study and Library Director Karen
Bohrer is the NITLE campus liaison. |
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PRINT PERIODICALS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE BISSELL LIBRARY! In addition
to the hard copy magazines, newspapers and journals for which the Library
has paid subscriptions (several of which are paid by donors),
there a more than a few periodicals the Library carries that can be
subscribed to for free.
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GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS PRACTICUM Every year, Ohio University students join ACT Business students in a very successful educational experience in managing multi-disciplinary real world projects in multi-cultural environments. This year, the GCP course is offered again as a summer course... click here to see the course description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BLACKBOARD UPGRADE AND TRAINING SESSIONS The upgrade from Blackboard 6.0 to Blackboard 7.1 has been completed successfully. A workshop that was held on Feb. 8th was very well attended by faculty from all divisions. During the 1 ½-hour session, faculty members had the opportunity to become acquainted with all the new features and improvements in version 7.1. A second workshop is being scheduled for faculty members who have no experience with using Blackboard. More information, including the exact date and time, will be provided shortly. |
ONCE AGAIN, A RECORD NUMBER OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS AT ACT It seems to be a streak of some kind: another semester, another record. This spring, 84 students from 30 colleges and universities across the U.S. are attending ACT. Coming from UCLA to Boston College, from University of South Florida to University of Utah, they'll definitely enrich the learning environment at ACT. We trust that all of you will greet them warmly and make them feel right at home! These students participated in a 3-day
Orientation February 7-9. On February 9th, they visited the Royal Tombs
at Vergina, escorted by Manolis Maou and Stepan Partemian. Upon their
return to Thessaloniki, they were given a short tour around the
city. A brief stop by the "Old Town" gave them the chance to see the
city from above (sea, port, Aristotle University campus, International
Fair, soccer stadiums, etc.). The full day ended with a visit to the
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| Chairs' Corner | |
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Dr. Nikos Kourkoumelis |
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| The new semester began on a very high note with a visit by, Dr. Terry Heinichen, the Director, MBA for Professionals and Managers program at the Tippie School of Management, at the University of Iowa. Dr. Heinichen brought with her an extensive cooperation agreement, which was signed on Monday, February 12th, in President Jackson's office. The agreement, between the Anatolia School of Business at the American College of Thessaloniki and the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, includes the exchange of students and faculty, joint research projects and conferences, Ph.D. programs for our faculty, study abroad programs, guest lectures, and the promotion of the entrepreneurial curiculum. The business division is excited about all the possible synergies between the two schools. In addition, the Dean of Sabanci University, Dr. Nakiye Boyacigiller, will visit us on Monday, March 12th. She will address our MBA class and we will discuss potential cooperation agreements between our schools. These terrific opportunities go a long way in enriching the learning experience of our students. | |
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Dr. David Wisner
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I had a rather pleasant surprise a little over a year ago. I received an email message from an unknown pair of colleagues in Germany who were frantically searching for me to invite me to a conference more or less in honor of a book I had published way back in 1997 (the conference will take place in May 2007). All of us who engage in research and endeavor to publish our findings hope for the day that we are the objects of such recognition. I have to admit nonetheless that I was a little surprised that anyone would be reading my book ten years later. Regardless, thanks to the emphasis our senior administration is now placing on the college's research profile, I believe that such accomplishments will be more and more common at ACT. What better moment to introduce the larger ACT community (alumni and students especially) to the types of research some of our faculty are currently undertaking...(read more) |
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MARIA KYRIAKIDOU & HER BOOK ENTITLED "THE GENDERING OF THE SOUL" Congratulations
to Dr. Maria Kyriakidou, who has published a book entitled "The
Gendering of the Soul" with Metaichmio Press in Athens. The book
is based on original research relating to the female members of municipal
councils in Thessaloniki. Maria was hosted by former Nicosia mayoral
candidate Anna Marangou for a public presentation of her book on February
5th at the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies in Nicosia on
the premises of Intercollege Cyprus. |
MR. MAOU REPRESENTS ACT AT MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE Manolis Maou has been selected to represent the Division of Technology & Science in the faculty exchange program with the Marymount Manhattan College. Mr. Maou will spend two weeks at MMC where he will have the opportunity to observe classes, give a lecture and interact with faculty. |
ACT WELCOMES DR. HOLGER BRIEL & EVGENIA SIFAKI This semester
ACT welcomes back two instructors who have been active mainly
during summer sessions. Dr. Holger Briel will teach Humanities 215.
Dr. Briel
holds degrees from the Universities of Michigan and Massachusetts,
and has published several books on modern philosophy, critical theory,
media, and comparative
literature. Meanwhile, Dr. Evgenia Sifaki returns to teach an independent
study section of English 211. Dr. Sifaki holds degrees from Aristotle
University of
Thessaloniki and King’s College London, and is a Lecturer at the Greek
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DPsych AWARDED TO TATIANA TAIRI Congratulations also to Tatiana Tairi, who was awarded a DPsych
at City University in
London
in January
2007. The title of her thesis was “Cognitive Errors in Adolescence:
Possible linkages between negative cognitive errors and anxious and depressive
symptoms.” Dr. Tairi had been the recipient of a full sponsorship for
tuition fees from NELMHT NHS Trust. |
SOTIRIS SERBOS' LECTURE In December 2006, Sotiris Serbos delivered a lecture
entitled “Europe and Turkey: Political and Economic Challenges and
Threats,” at
an event
organized
by the Department of Political Science at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. |
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DR. VINCENT MUELLER PRESENTS PAPER AT ATHENS UNIVERSITY Vincent Mueller will attend a conference on digital systems at the University of Athens on March 12th, where he will present a paper entitled "Digital States and Digital Systems." DR. DAVID WISNER TO TAKE PART IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CONFERENCE David Wisner will participate in a conference in Athens on "Organizational Change for Citizen-Centric eGovernment." Some eighty conferees from throughout Europe will take part in the conference, which is co-sponsored by ECOTEC, TheObservatory for the Greek Information Society, and the Tavistock Institute, and funded by the European Union. |
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| The Meeting Place | ||
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| SPECIAL FEATURE: CLASS OF 2002 - "HAS IT BEEN 5 YEARS ALREADY?" | ||
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2007 marks 5 years since the graduation of the class of '02. With this in mind, we recently asked '02 graduates to send us updates on what they've been up to in these past 5 years. Graduate studies, careers, engagements, marriages, kids....it's all here. READ THE FULL FEATURE STORY. | |
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In the next issue of Vision, we'll be covering the class of 1997 which will be celebrating its 10 year graduation anniversary. If you are an '97 alum, please drop a short note to vision@act.edu to let us know what you've been doing in these 10 years. |
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Stavros S. Niarchos Grant to two Greek students for a 2 + 2 year program in Psychology or English with Marymount Manhattan College (MMC). ACT offers the possibility of a 2+2 year program in Psychology or English to one eligible Greek student (nationality criterion set by the Niarchos Foundation), in collaboration with Marymount Manhattan College, in Fall 2007. The grant (through the generous support of the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation) will cover travel, room & board, insurance, books, fees, and the difference between the MMC and ACT tuitions for eligible Greek students. In other words, the cost to selected students will be only the amount of ACT tuition, and the students will receive their B.A. degree from MMC. Any student
who is completing at least 60 credit hours at the end of the Spring 2007
semester and is
interested in getting a degree in Psychology
or English by spending 2 years (2007-2009) at Marymount Manhattan College,
should contact the Office of Academic & Student Affairs, New Building
and fill out an application by April 16th . |
FOUR-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Interested ACT students may apply for attending a four-week, 3-credit course (July 8-August 4, 2007) in “Introduction to Global Studies: People, Place, and Culture”. The Program cost stands at $2,950 (transportation to and from CSU-Fresno not included). Interested applicants must have: (i) a 3.3 overall minimum GPA, For more information and applications, please consult the Office of Academic & Student Affairs and International Programs at the New Building Gound Floor. All applications need to go through this office. Application deadline: March 26, 2007. |
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Careerwire >> Contributed by Lena Giakoumopoulou, Career Services Director, 2310 398 202, lenag@act.edu | |
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MESSAGE FOR ACT SENIORS
Attention all seniors! This is the last and perhaps the most important semester of your academic career! For those who will be seeking employment and have not contacted the BLCS, please do so immediately. Act now so you will be one step closer to being employed after graduation. March 20-22, 2007: ACT’s annual Career Fair is right around the corner! This year, for the first time, the Career Fair will be conducted in the Bissell Library. Interviewing sessions will be conducted on each day from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Students and alumni interested in participating in the interviews must contact the BLCS to register prior to the event. The master calendar of participating companies and interviewing times will be available in the BLCS in the beginning of March. Save the dates. |
CAREER DAYS FAIR HOSTED
BY KARIERA
March 10-11, 2007: Kariera is once again hosting the Career Days Fair in the Thessaloniki Port Authority, Warehouse C. The event is under the aegis of the Prefecture of Thessaloniki and will take place on March 10 and 11, 2007. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates to circulate CVs and network, network, network. Further information can be found at Kariera or at the BLCS Office. 10 SIGNS YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR JOB by
Norma Mushkat Gaffin Is it
time to move on? Or should you stay where you are? If you see your
situation in these 10 signs, perhaps it's time to settle into your job
rather than look to leave JOB SEARCH AND CAREER NETWORKING TIPS HERE You can certainly find a new job using any number of Web resources, the key is that the Web should be just one part of your job search strategy. |
| There’s no time like the present to get a jump start on your career. More details in the next issue. | |
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Alumni Association News
>> contributed by Eliza Salpisti,‘02, Secretary of ACT Alumni Association |
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ALUMNI
CAREER NETWORK ONLINE We are happy to introduce you to a new category on our website, the Alumni Career Network. This newly introduced link allows alumni to present their enterprises and/or individual business activities online. Subcategories include the industry designations of car, marine, food & beverage, tourism & travel, hospitality industries as well as internet services, wholesale/retail, imports/exports etc. Alumni are kindly requested to submit their texts (preferably in both English & Greek), along with contact information and company logo or private business cards in jpeg format to careernet@actalumni.gr. Mr. Haris Giannakis ('96) and Mrs. Denise Haitoglou ('03) have already done so! Have a look at the Food & Beverage Industry and Wholesale/Retail Imports & Exports subcategories! Follow their example and submit your data now! Our aim is to fully enrich this link while providing the opportunity to all alumni for online advertising and access to all the attendant benefits. If you wish to propose additional subcategories, please do so. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Post your online advertisement on www.actalumni.gr and let alumni chose YOU from among the competition! Eliza
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ELECTIONS FOR THE ALUMNI BOARD IN MAY Dear Alumni, The two-year term of the 2005-2007 Alumni Board is coming to an end. Save the date of Saturday May 5, 2007 to join fellow alumni to vote for the members of the next Alumni Board. Elections will take place in the Niarchos Technology Center in the Bissell Library on the ACT campus. Alumni who are interested in being candidates for positions on the Alumni Board should notify to Lena Katsarika, no later than April 5, 2007. A full presentation of the work of the current alumni board will appear in the next issue of ACT Vision and will also be available on Election Day. Another alumni project is close to being completed and will be announced publicly soon. Best
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION THANKS GENEROUS
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