April 2, 2007

• BISSELL LIBRARY ON THE COVER OF CHOICE: 
  Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is a well-known, highly regarded collection ... (read the story)

• 2 ACT CHAIRS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: 
  Meet Dr. Vlahos and Dr. Wisner... (read the stories)

• GEORGE GIAKOUMAKIS '99:
  A tourist in his own city talks about Thessaloniki, being a lab supervisor and his work for the EU ... (read the story)

• OLTA MANJANI '06:
  A fresh-out-of-college alum talks about getting up at 7am and the challenge of teaching ... (read the story)

• SPECIAL FEATURE: CLASS OF 1997- "TEN YEARS LATER"
  READ THE FULL FEATURE STORY.

Dear ACT Students, Faculty and Alumni,

As this issue of ACT Vision comes out, I will be in the United States doing my best to raise funds for needed projects at both ACT and Anatolia and to update our Trustees on developments both on campus and in the changing educational environment around us...(read more)

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LECTURE GIVEN BY DR. APOSTOLOS A. AIGIPTIADIS

On Monday, March 19th, Dr. Apostolos A. Aigiptiadis, from the National Bank of Greece gave a most informative lecture to a joint session of our undergraduate and MBA classes concerning “The Expansion of the Greek Banking Industry in S.E. Europe”

THE DEAN OF SABANCI UNIVERSITY VISITS ACT

Dr. Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller, Dean, Faculty of Management, Sabanci University was our guest on March 12th.

She was a guest lecturer in the MBA Strategic Management class and also participated in discussions concerning potential research projects between the two business schools.

DAVID LINTON'S VISIT AT ACT

Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) Communication Arts Professor David Linton visited ACT March 12-24, a participant in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation-supported faculty exchange program between ACT and MMC.

Among other activities, Professor Linton met with faculty, students and members of the city’s advertising community, visited a number of classes and gave lectures to students and faculty on such topics as “The Role of the Menstrual Period in Shaping Gender Identity”, “Luddites-How Did They Get That Bad Reputation?”, and “The Symbolic Significance of the Book in Representations of the Annunciation”, was the moderator in a round table/panel discussion on “Dimensions of Information Technology”, and participated in the teleconference session of the joint ACT/MMC course “Comparative Global Media”.

Dr. Jenifer Neils, Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University, presented a lecture on "The Parthenon Sculpture and Periklean Politics" at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) on March 23 under the aegis of the Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy.

Dr. Neils presented evidence for a radically new interpretation of the Parthenon frieze which situates the different sculptural sections, traditionally viewed as representing mythological scenes, within the larger context of the Periklean post-Persian War political program.  Her interpretation focuses especially on sculptural elements which depict scene which were novel to Greek art at the time.

The lecture was attended by over 50 students currently enrolled in ACT's Hellenic Studies program, as well as faculty and guests and was moderated by Dr. Maria Kyriakidou, ACT's resident expert in Greek history.

• April 23-May 30, Soccer Tournament
• April 28-May 1, Trip to Mykonos
  Organized by the Student Government Association
• May 4-6, Regional Beach Volleyball Tournament
  Organized by ACT and the Greek Volleyball Federation
• May 5-6, Trips to Halkidiki and Western Macedonia for Rafting
• May 10-12, the “ACT Invitational Sports Tournament”.

ACT & “DEREE COLLEGE SPORTS FESTIVAL”

It has been a tradition for ACT Varsity Teams to visit Athens and participate in the Annual Sports Festival hosted by DEREE College.

This year the ACT delegation consisted of 42 students, 3 coaches and an escort and ACT was represented by the men’s soccer, volleyball, basketball and table tennis and women’s volleyball and soccer teams. Participating institutions, besides ACT and the American College of Greece with two teams (DEREE & JUNIOR Colleges), were the American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), the College of William and Mary (USA) and Pantios School (Kapodistrian University of Athens)...(read more)

BLOOD DRIVE AT ACT

The ACT Blood Drive (Monday April 26th) was supported by the Hospital of "Aghios Pavlos" and was a good opportunity for ACT students to become part of a major cause, like blood donation.

After the session was over, nine (9) units were selected while about seven (7) were rejected for various reasons (not enough rest, piercing, medicine, etc).

The concentrated blood was added to the existing ANATOLIA blood "bank" and will support the needs of the ACT students and their relatives.

The following students deserve to be acknowledged:

NUNEZ RIVERA, Raul
SERDARIS, Stergios
KIPROUIKI, Malamati
BODINAKU, Kitiana
MARTORELLI, Joanna
SIORAS, Athanasios
BRUMBACK, Brandi and
BAKIR, Fares

The next ACT Blood Drive will be organized and implemented together with the ANATOLIA high school Blood Drive in a few months.

THE FIELD TRIP CLUB

The Field Trip Club has visited two sites so far this semester:

The first trip took place on the weekend of February 24-25 and a group of 47 ACT students accompanied by the field trip club advisor, Daphne Lamprou, visited the area of the Meteora. The group left on Saturday morning and first arrived in the city of Trikala, where the students were guided to the site of the old city, saw the ancient Asklepieion and had some time to wander around the city. Late afternoon, the group arrived in Kalabaka where they spent the night and, the next morning, they visited the rocks of the Meteora. The monasteries of St. Stephanos and the Great Meteoron were visited where the students had the chance to see the churches, the museums, get an idea about the monastic life and enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Meteora.

The second trip took place on March 10th and 11th and the area visited was the city of Volos and two of the villages of Mt.Pilio. The group of 24 students, along with the club advisor, left on Saturday morning for Volos. There they were toured the archaeological museum of the city and had lunch in one of the famous " tsipouradika ". The group
spent the evening in the village of Makrinitsa, one of the most representative villages of Mount Pilio, famous for its natural beauty, where students spent the night in an old mansion that had been converted into a hotel. The next morning the group visited the folk museum of Pilio, had time to explore the village and finally had lunch at Portaria, another nearby village. The group arrived in Thessaloniki early in the evening on Sunday, clearly pleased by what they had seen during the weekend.

There are three more forays to the city remaining for the Spring ‘07 semester. On Saturday, March 24th, the Field Trip Club will visit the monument of the Rotonda, the Arch of Galerius and the Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki. Following the Spring/Easter Break, they will visit the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and the last event will be a visit to the Macedonian Museum of Modern Art.

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Former Massachusetts Governor, Michael S. Dukakis is returning to Anatolia and to the American College of Thessaloniki for a ten-day visit April 14-26 accompanied by his wife Kitty Dukakis. He will spend time on campus and will be briefed on recent campus additions and will meet with Anatolia and ACT faculty and students from Greece, the US and the Balkans.

On Monday, April 16, 2007 Mr. Dukakis will participate among a panel of esteemed guests in a significant  Symposium on U.S.-Greek relations that will be held at the new Raphael Hall on  Anatolia's campus.  The panel will include Mr. Evripides Stylianides, Deputy Foreign Minister; Mr. Nick Gage, world renowned author; and Dr. Dimitris Keridis, Associate Professor and occupant of the Constantine Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Governor Dukakis’ visit to Thessaloniki will end with a Gala Dinner organized in his honor by Anatolia and the American College of Thessaloniki, and the Anatolia College Alumni Association.   The dinner will be held on Monday, April 23, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Grand Ballroom.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MBA STUDENTS AT ACT

From May 1-10, the University of Iowa School of Management will be sending 30 MBA students plus faculty and guests to ACT to participate in an International Business class. They will be coming to Thessaloniki to develop an understanding of how international markets operate. Our MBA faculty will be assisting them by traveling with them to a number of local businesses, and providing in-class presentations.

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