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May 17, 2007 | |
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Message from the President |
| Happenings | |
| Upcoming Events | |
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| Faculty News | |
| The Meeting Place | |
| Students' Corner | |
| Careerwire | |
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| Message from the President | ||
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Dear ACT Students, Faculty and Staff, I hope that all of you had a chance to interact with Governor and Mrs. Dukakis and were as inspired by them as I was. Certainly, Mike Dukakis put in as long hours and as much plain hard work as any of the holders of ACT’s Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service have during the first seven years of the chair’s existence...(read more) |
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PRINCIPLES OF TOURISM CLASS VISITS GEROVASILIOU VINEYARD Chris Grammenos and his students from Management 271—Principles of Tourism (including several study abroad students) visited a privately-owned, 200-acre vineyard where carefully selected Greek and international varieties of vines flourish. Within the estate there are state-of-the-art wine production facilities and underground cellars for aging red wines. The visit started with a tour of the vineyards, continued with a look
at the museum of viticultural craft, then passing through the underground
cellars and ended with wine tasting in the specially designed halls of
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The students were enthusiastic about the trip and the hospitality that was extended by the Gerovasiliou estate. The pictures speak for themselves. |
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DUKAKIS VISIT WRAP-UP Michael
Dukakis and his travel party resided on campus for two weeks last month
under the auspices of the Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service.
Governor
Dukakis participated in numerous events on and off campus, including
a For ACT,
the immediate impact of Governor Dukakis’ visit has been two-fold.
First, he reaffirmed that the central mission of the Chair is to motivate
youth
to get involved in public service. Second, he personally inspired more
than Thanks to everyone at ACT who helped contribute to making the visit of Governor Dukakis a resounding success. For a student's recap of the Dukakis events on campus, click here. |
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| AMERICAN STUDIES SEMINAR
ACT
instructors Linda Manney and David Wisner participated in this year’s
American Studies Seminar at the Thessaloniki Municipal Library. Dr. Manney
presented a paper on “International English,” while Dr. Wisner delivered
a lecture on This year marked the tenth anniversary of the seminar's founding. ACT instructors regularly take part in the annual event, which is co-sponsored by the University of Macedonia and the US Consulate General of Thessaloniki. This year, ACT student Theodora Sofroniadou attended the week-long seminar (April 23-27) and received a certificate for her performance. |
 EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT AT ACT Thanks to the diligence of a group of freshmen IR majors, ACT hosted its first ever simulation of the European Youth Parliament. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Dukakis Chair, the ACT Student Government, and the Hellenic National Committee of the European Youth Parliament, featured six committees and ran from May 16-18. Ambassador
Leonidas Evangelidis returned
to ACT on May 17th to deliver the EYP ACTion Keynote Address on
the future of the European Constitution. |
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BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
After last year’s successful event, the 2007 backgammon tournament is
scheduled for May 21st and 23rd. Sponsored by the Hotel Rigas in Athytos,
Halkidiki (offering a night for 2) and “Eli-Eli” (offering 3 bottles
of the preferred drink,) the event is expected to gather the attention
of many ACT students, staff and faculty. Registration deadline was May
16th. The first round will take place on Monday, May 21st at 5:00 pm
and the final on Wednesday May 23rd at 5:00 pm. |
1st CORPORATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT The 1st Corporate Soccer Tournament organized and hosted by ACT began on April 23rd with a 4-4 tie game between ACT and The Coca Cola -3E soccer teams. 7 teams have registered for the 8-aside tournament. Besides ACT and The Coca Cola – 3E, the others are Athenian Brewery, Cream Team LTD, “Argo” Therapeutic Community, FORD Vrohidis-Hatzis and Mamidakis-Jet Oil. The results as of this writing are: Athenian Brewery - Cream Team LTD, 9-1 and “Argo” Therapeutic Community - FORD Vrohidis-Hatzis, 9-6. The 1st stage of the tournament ended on May 15th with semi-finals and finals still to come. The tournament is sponsored by “Korpi Water” and “TOP Chicken”.
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
The
“1st Beach Volleyball Juniors Open”, with more than 50 men and women
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STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS VISIT ATHENS April 20-22 It’s a tradition for the American Study Abroad students to visit Athens and go on a tour of the Acropolis, Cape Sounio and the Archaeological Museum. Dinner at Plaka and free time for shopping completed the 3-day trip to the Greek capital for a group of 77 students. The two photos show the ACT group in front of the Acropolis and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio. |
MYKONOS: MORE POPULAR THAN EVER The largest group of ACT students to date (72) visited the island of Mykonos from April 28th to May 1st. The trip was organized by the ACT Student Government Association and began on Friday at 9:00 pm with a bus ride to Rafina for the ferry-boat ride to Mykonos. From the moment when the group set foot on the island, the fun started and continued into the wee hours of the morning. Swimming in the sea and the hotel’s pool and visiting the numerous bars and cafés that make the island so famous, will be among the memories that the participants will cherish. They all came back thinking of their next visit next year (or even sooner!).
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| Inauguration of
the Performing Arts Center in Raphael Hall The inauguration of the New Performing Arts Center in Raphael Hall will take place on Friday, May 18, at 7:30 pm. The event is open to all, and will include performances by the acclaimed chorale of the Anatolia Alumni Association, as well as those of the Elementary and High School of Anatolia. In addition, scenes from the theatrical productions of “Assemblywomen” and “The Abridged Works of William Shakespeare” will be performed by the Greek Theatre and Drama Clubs of Anatolia. The Performing Arts Center in Raphael Hall is a testament to Anatolia’s dedication to the continuous development of the arts and its commitment to the support of its students’ extracurricular activities. The center was designed by Anatolia alumnus and architect Mr. Petros Makridis, and was made possible with the kind support of USAID. With a very flexible design and seating for 250 guests, the Performing Arts Center can host a broad variety of events ranging from theatrical productions to conferences and concerts. For information or reservations, please contact Mrs. Georgia Tsiouri at 2310.398.310
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UPCOMING DUKAKIS LECTURE: Professor Michael Herzfeld at ACT On Friday May 18th, at 6:00 pm, Michael Herzfeld, professor of Anthropology at Harvard University will give a lecture on “Reflections on/of Crypto-Colonialism: A view of Greece from Bangkok and Rome”. The speaker, here on an invitation from ACT and the Hellenic Semiotic Society, will be introduced by Peter Allen, Professor of Anthropology at Rhode Island College and a Trustee of Anatolia College. Dr. Herzfeld received his B.A. from Cambridge University, his M.A. from the University of Birmingham, and his Doctorate from Oxford University. Before joining the faculty at Harvard, he taught at Vassar College and Indiana University. His extensive ethnographic research has focused for many years on Greece and, more recently, on Italy (Rome) and Thailand. He has published numerous books and articles on Greece, including the now classic Ours Once More: Folklore, Ideology, and the Making of Modern Greece, The Poetics of Manhood: Contest and Identity in a Cretan Mountain Village and Anthropology Through the Looking Glass: Critical Ethnography in the Margins of Europe. Michael Herzfeld will speak in English, and Michalis Herzfeld will summarize in Greek. Let’s listen to them both! |
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STRATEGY FORMULATION CONFERENCE In today’s highly competitive environment, enterprises change and considerably adapt their strategies, adopting pioneering practices that strengthen their extraversion and promote exports. Addressing the need for export awareness and the implementation of a successful export strategy, the Anatolia Institute for Management Leadership of the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), in collaboration with the Exporters Association of Northern Greece (S.E.V.E), is organizing the conference Exports: Strategy Formulation The aim of the conference is to present an overview of export activities in Greece and present those strategies that allow companies to build on their success and take advantage of any future opportunities to enter new markets. The language for the event is Greek and participants will have the opportunity to pose questions to the distinguished panelists:
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| FOOD FESTIVAL
The 1st ACT Food Festival is being organized by the ACT Student Government Association for Wednesday May 23rd at 5:00 pm in the ACT cafeteria. ACT students will present foods and tastes from their countries of origin and everyone expects a really interesting event. The ACT SGA invites students, staff, faculty, alumni and their friends to visit the school on that day and promises that they will leave with the most “tasteful” memories. |
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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS PRACTICUM SUMMER 2007 For the fifth
consecutive year, ACT students are teaming up with their counterparts
from Ohio University in a cooperative education program entitled Global
Competitiveness
Practicum (Bus 399)...read more |
NEW COURSE This fall,
ACT instructor Aigli Brouskou will offer a new course, Anthropology
222: “Greek Folklore.” Ms. Brouskou is widely recognized in the field
as a leading expert on Greece. She anticipates the course will be of
interest to ACT
degree seeking candidates and study abroad students alike. The course
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scheduled for MWF 4:00-5:00 pm. |
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REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2007 Registration for the Fall 2007 semester will take place between Monday, May 21st and Friday, May 25th at the Registrar’s Office (Ground Floor of the New Building). Registration will take place daily between 9:30 am and 3:00 pm. Pre-registration advising is taking place between Monday, May 14th and Monday, May 18th. Here’s a short list of important steps to be followed in order to make registration as frustration-free as possible:
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT OUR "COVER LIBRARY" By now, you’ve probably noticed that the book collection of the Bissell Library has grown large enough to begin to fill the previously empty bookstacks on the second floor. While the breadth and range of our digital resources continue to expand with e-journals and e-books, the printed book collection is no less important. Recently, the library staff have undertaken two vast and detailed projects with the goals of making sure the library’s collection supports the research needs of students and faculty and that the resources are easy for all to locate. The first project, which followed the adoption of a revised collection development policy, sought to assess and analyze the collection by subject and involved determining the level of subject coverage in each division and also benchmarking with library collections in similar institutions. With this project completed, the collection growth can be targeted. |
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The second project, which is still in progress, consists of an inventory, thorough “shelf-reading” (making sure the books are where they should be!), checking and updating the information in the online catalogue and checking the physical condition of and labels on the books themselves. This project involves all library staff, including our dedicated student assistants, without whom it simply could not be done. You know that the library staff are there to help you with your research. Projects like these that go on “behind the scenes” also strive to ensure that the Bissell Library can provide the information resources you need and help make them easily accessible. |
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COMMENCEMENT
2007 Any graduating seniors who did not have measurements taken for caps & gowns should contact Mrs. Hasioti, Nikiforou Foka 11 (near the White Tower), tel.# 2310-224453. |
STAVROS NIARCHOS FACULTY EXCHANGE Art History
Professor Adrienne Bell will be visiting ACT during the period of May
21-June 1 as part of the Stavros Niarchos faculty exchange program.
Dr. Bell will be visiting a number of classes and will give an open
presentation to faculty and students. Details will be sent out to all
faculty and students as Dr. Bell’s visit draws nearer. |
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ACT WELCOMES ELLI KONSTANTINOU
AS ITS NEW DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT
Ms. Konstantinou, who comes to ACT with over 15 years of professional experience was, until recently, International Affairs Senior Officer at City College, Thessaloniki. She served as Director of International Marketing and Student Recruitment, also at City College, which is an affiliated institution of the University of Sheffield. Prior to that, she was employed by North College in Thessaloniki, where she held a number of different positions, including Head of Academic Seivices. Ms. Konstantinou holds an MBA from the University of Glamorgan, UK, a Diploma in Management Sudies from the Polytechnic of Wales, UK and an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from The Association of Business Executives (ABE) also in the UK. Her desk is in the Admissions Office and she can be reached at 2310.398.238 and elli@act.edu. |
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MBA RECRUITING TRANSITION: A MESSAGE FROM DR. PANOS KANELLIS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT With Elli's
arrival, Bill Blatsas will be transitioning the recruiting responsibility
for the MBA program to her. The transition should be complete by July when
Elli will undertake the role in full. Bill will of course continue to teach
and coordinate ACT's undergraduate Business program. I wanted to personally
extend my deepest appreciation to Bill for his willingness to assist the
school in this critical post over the last 4 years. I also want to take
this opportunity to urge all, faculty and staff and alumni and even students
to work with Elli to continue to build the strongest possible, academically
and in quality, attendance for our MBA program. |
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INTRODUCING CHANGE On Saturday, March 10, 2007, Dr. Linda Manney gave a talk entitled “Introducing
Change: from Exams-based to Standards-based Curriculum,” at the 28th
Annual TESOL Greece Convention in central Athens. In her presentation,
Dr. Manney first presented a model of curriculum development and renewal.
She then discussed changes in the English language curriculum which she
recently introduced in the local international secondary school. Finally,
she led the audience through some representative classroom activities
from a standards-based English language program. |
FROM LEARNING DISABILITIES TO PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS Poppy Lampa is currently involved in a survey run by the Greek Ministry of Education regarding the evaluation of specialized centers of diagnosis and support of children with special education needs (from learning disabilities to physical and emotional disorders). The survey is in the form of questionnaires and they have already been sent to all centers in Greece. The team hopes to finish the collection of the questionnaires and the analysis of the results by late August 2007. The results will be published in a small booklet under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. |
MIGRANT WOMEN IN NORTHERN GREECE A four-member
team in the Humanities and Social Sciences division (Aigli Brouskou,
Serap
Kayatekin, Anna-Maria Konsta and Maria Kyriakidou) received
internal funding from ACT to initiate a research project regarding migrant
women in Northern Greece. Their first aim is to identify migrant women’s
organisations in the wider Thessaloniki area and contact their members
through personal
interviews. Then, they will be working documenting the presence of migrant
women and the realities of their lives in the region. The collected primary
material will be studied in the light of secondary sources by a thorough
review of relevant bibliography. The project will be interdisciplinary,
engaging anthropology, history and sociology, as well as law and political
economy,
thus drawing from the strengths of the different faculty members. The
project also has benefits for students in a variety of ways. The student
body at
ACT
is unique within the area, with representatives from all the countries
of the Balkans. This gives the College, among other things, a distinct
linguistic advantage in communicating with the immigrants. Finally, and
most importantly,
the team believes that the project should be used as a way of raising
consciousness about the plight of immigrants in general, and of female
immigrants in
particular.
To this end, they envision organizing workshops with immigrant organizations
as well as other possible activities, such as conference presentations.
This project, which should be considered a starting point, has the potential
to
raise the academic profile of ACT in Thessaloniki, as well as in the
broader region and Greece in general. |
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THE INTEGRATION OF MINORITIES AS A GUARANTEE OF ETHNIC PEACE David Wisner
was been invited to attend a conference in Konstanz, Germany,
organized by the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, May
3-5, and a seminar on “The Integration of the Minorities as a Guarantee
of Ethnic
Peace,” organized by the Institute for Democracy and Stability in South-East
Europe in
Sofia, Bulgaria, May 9-11. |
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY EU-TURKISH RELATIONS Sotiris Serbos
will deliver a paper entitled “Security Considerations in
Contemporary EU-Turkish Relations,” at the CISS International Conference
(International Studies Association) in Bucaco, Portugal, in June 2007. |
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| The Meeting Place | ||
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Name: Daniel Spirov read more about Daniel |
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SLAVICA
SASOJEVIC '04 Dr. Wisner recently received this letter from alum Slavica Sasojevic, class of 2004. Slavica Sasojevic ’04 ACT alum is now married and is based in Luxembourg! Slavica shares her news with us and gives us a quick update on the latest developments in her life... read more about Slavica |
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STAVROS
S. NIARCHOS GRANT Any student who is completing at least 60 credit hours by 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 form by May 25th. |
A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE OF the Visit of Michael Dukakis By Nick Maragos Throughout
the week of April 15-19, 2007, the students of Anatolia had the wonderful
opportunity to welcome former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis
as he returned to the American College of Thessaloniki. Governor Dukakis’
last visit to the school in 1999 served to inaugurate the Michael S.
Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service...read
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STUDY ABROAD STUDENT TESTIMONIAL From Molly Krans “…I miss Greece, definitely. Studying abroad was truly a life-changing experience that I recommend to everyone that I share my story with. I have a friend from college who I told about my experience and this summer she is studying in Greece!! Thank you for making my study abroad experience so great.” |
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CAREER SERVICES OFFICE Dear ACT Community, With my departure, career services will be provided by Ms. Elena Charalabides. You may contact her through e-mail or at 398.215 or 398.202.
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ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS! There are currently internship programs available at the following organizations: U.S. Consulate (Foreign National Student Intern Program), the Center for Democracy & Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, Intellectum Socio-Political Journal and the Gama Advertising agency. Please be reminded that only full-time students may apply. If you are interested in finding out more details regarding these internships, please get in touch with the BLCS as soon as possible. |
| 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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SUMMER PARTY TO WELCOME THE CLASS OF 2007 Save the date: Thursday May 31, 2007! The ACT Alumni Board invites all students and alumni to the Welcoming Party for the Class of 2007, at Times Food Bar, Tsimiski 136 (YMCA area), on Thursday, May 31st at 21:30. Entrance
fee: 12€, which includes a drink.
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MESSAGE FROM THE ALUMNI PRESIDENT Dear Alumni Board Members of 2005 - 2007, As we approach the end of this two-year term, I would like to express a special thank to all of you, for your voluntary initiatives and work. It has been almost two years since we gathered around a table and decided to offer our time to the ACT Alumni Association. We completed the launching of the Alumni website, seven social events-- including a Homecoming, and a six times over increase in the treasury. Moreover, lobbying for recognition of degrees was top on the list of priorities. Given the opportunity now, I wish to thank you for making the vision a reality and creating a reference point for future ACT Alumni Boards. Best regards to all and lots of success for the future, Iphigenia
Paparoussi |
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