SURVEY ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

The first research project of the Environmental Studies Fund sponsored by Anatolia trustee Mr. Kulukundis has been completed by Professor Grekinis. A national survey was conducted for the first time by ACT on “Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences in Greece.” The survey was completed in late August. The findings of the survey will be published in spring 2009.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

The first project of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Program sponsored by Anatolia trustee Mr. John Pappajohn has been completed by Finance instructor Mr. Chrysanthakes. The project focused on preparing a feasibility study aimed at creating an entrepreneurial center at ACT.

VISITING FACULTY

ACT will welcome two visiting faculty March 9-20 from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as part of a faculty exchange agreement. The two are Dr. D'Arcy Becker, CPA, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Accounting and Finance, and Dr. William A. Ogden Jr., Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance.

Information regarding their specific itineraries will be made available closer to the visit.

Anatolia Library Director Teresa Grenot arrived at Anatolia from Los Angeles in September 2008. She heads the Bissell and Eleftheriades Libraries and library staffs. She holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and conducted her doctoral studies in Educational Technology at Pepperdine University, also in California. Dr. Grenot and the Bissell Library staff work closely with ACT students and faculty to provide 21st century library resources, access, and services.

TWO NEW BISSELL LIBRARY MOODLE MODULES

Two new Bissell Library Moodle modules are now available to current ACT students and staff on our ACT Moodle course management system website. They feature information about library resources and services. There you can also see the latest library brochure listing our resources, hours, and alumni and membership information. The Bissell Library Information Literacy Moodle module in spring 2009 will support an eight-week ACT course called Library Information Literacy, taught in collaboration with English 101.

BISSELL LIBRARY FEATURED AT THE GOETHE INSTITUTE

In December 2008, the Bissell Library was featured at the grand opening in Thessaloniki of Library Architecture: From Vision to Reality, a conference sponsored by the Goethe Institute’s Committee for the Support of Libraries.  Anatolia Library Director Teresa Grenot and Bissell librarian Stella Asderi presented at the conference and shared with the audience information about ACT, Anatolia, and the Bissell Library. Professor Emmanuel Maou of  ACT’s Multimedia Department presented a Flash presentation highlighting the architectural features of the Bissell Library to over 100 conference attendees, including students, librarians, and library directors from Greece and Germany.  The ACT Marketing Department provided refreshments, information, and brochures on the Bissell Library and ACT.  At our invitation, Anatolia alumnus and award-winning Bissell Library architect Petros Makridis attended the presentation.

Teresa Grenot,
Anatolia Libraries Director

Bissell Library Staff

In fall 2008, the Bissell Library was “home away from home” for Northeastern University in Greece (NUIn) students and program staff. Several NUIn students also selected the Bissell Library for their community service program hours and assisted our library staff with assigned projects. We enjoyed providing this learning opportunity to students and collaborating with NUIn staff.

The Bissell Library participated in the international ACT, NITLE, CLAC & Oberlin Group Webinar Videoconference—Campus Cost Cutting Measures: What Can We Do?—in December 2008. It was held in the Stavros Niarchos Teleconference Center. Bissell Library’s participation made this an international Webinar. Bissell participated online with academic libraries in the United States, including Carlton College, Gettysburg, Gustavus, Millsaps, Smith, Swarthmore, the University of Puget Sound, and Vassar. The timely discussion focused on helping institutions cut costs in the near term.

Our congratulations and thanks to Bissell Library administrative assistant Liza Vachtsevanou for her excellent work locating and scanning historical photographs for the re-publication of the book The Morning Cometh: 45 Years with Anatolia College, Supplemented by Carl Compton’s UNRRA Letters to his Wife Ruth, by Carl Compton. Ms. Vachtsevanou is noted in the acknowledgements.

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Dr. Nikolaos Kourkoumelis
Director of MBA and Chairman of Business Programs
nikolaos@act.edu

Dr. David Wisner
Chair of Humanities & Social Sciences
drd@act.edu

NEW VENTURE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

Sponsored by John Pappajohn and Equity Dynamics Inc., the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition is intended for ACT college students with an interest in starting their own business. Plans will be judged based on their a) content and b) viability. Two (2) seed grants in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded (one at the undergraduate level and one at the MBA level) to the top two business plans submitted....(read more)

EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAM - UNIQUE

In early July, an auditing team visited ACT as part of our involvement in the European University Quality in e-Learning (UNIQUE) program.

The 2-day audit was completed successfully and ACT academics and administrators had the opportunity to discuss with the auditors various aspects of quality in education.

The auditing team has already submitted their report and we are looking forward to receiving the recommendation of the commission to be awarded a quality label for excellent service in teaching and learning.

ELECTION FEVER AT ACT!

True to form, students and faculty at the American College were enthusiastic about, if not actively involved in, the 2008 US Presidential Election.

Senior Kristin Harms caucused for Barack Obama in Iowa last January, in what was the beginning of the President’s successful campaign to gain the nomination of the Democratic Party. (Kristin tells us that a fellow Iowan who spent the fall 2007 semester as a study abroad student at ACT caucused actively for Hillary Clinton.)...(read more)