On February 24, 2022, the Dukakis Center opened a virtual exhibition of banners and posters, as an integral part of this year’s Civil Society Forum.
Entitled “Banner Days” and designed and installed by current ACT senior Arsa Sota, in concert with Dukakis Center Executive Director David Wisner, the exhibition features some sixteen objects created by Sandra Chatzikyriakou and Theodoros Papanestoros, of the Anatolia College Marketing Department.
The items on display were created for events the Dukakis Center has hosted since November 2011, the date of the Center's formal transformation from an endowed chair to a collegiate center.
Ms Sota set her display up on the ArtSteps virtual platform, which is accessible to the general public at this link.
The exhibition will remain open throughout the remainder of the 2021-22 academic year, and will close on June 1, 2022
The Dukakis Center at ACT - American College of Thessaloniki hosted the Fourth Annual Thessaloniki Civil Society Forum, "Civic Spaces and Civil Society: Skills and Predispositions," on February 24-25, 2022.
The two-day event featured seven distinguished ACT alumni who are working currently in civil society or the public sector. They were joined by keynote speakers Beth Noveck of Northeastern University, Efi Stefopoulou of the Hellenic Ministry of Public Administration and e-Government, and Polly Mackenzie of Demos, a London-based cross-party think tank.
The event had a two-fold focus. On day one, three panels discussed the skills and training the public sector and civil society professionals will require in the twenty-first century. The point of departure for the discussion was an article on skills and training in the federal workforce published in the journal Democracy by Professor Noveck, who also serves as the Director of GovLab and is the Chief Innovation Officer for the State of New Jersey.
Day two was dubbed as a Mini Summit for Democracy, conceived as a local and regional follow-up to the Global Summit for Democracy hosted in December 2021 by US President Joe Biden. The keynote session featured Polly Mackenzie, who had served as a senior aide to Nick Clegg, former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom, and ACT alumna Ilda Zhulali (Class of 2001), currently Advisor on European Integration to the President of the Republic of Albania.
Panelists included Sotiris Themistokleous (2007), Director of Strategic Development, Center for Social Innovation, Cyprus; Danai Tsapikidou (2000), Partner, Schuman Associates, Brussels; Ermal Vila (2011), Governance Specialist, World Bank; Marinela Tserepi (2016), Management Assistant, European Parliament; Nemanja Grgic (2010), Technical Cooperation Manager, Agribusiness, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London; Erisa Lame (2006), Programme Officer in Political Affairs and Democracy, Embassy of Switzerland in Albania, Tirana; and Nicole Morgret (2007), Human Rights Analyst, C4ADS, Washington, DC.
The Forum was dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. James McGann, the founder and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McGann spoke at the first forum, in Athens, in May 2019. Two subsequent forums, in 2020 and 2021, were organized to coincide with Dr. McGann’s annual global think tank summit. Dr. McGann passed away suddenly, without warning, in December 2021.
Supplementing day 2 of the Forum was the premiere on YouTube of Dr. McGann’s 2019 lecture.
To coincide with the Forum the Dukakis Center also opened a virtual exhibition of posters and banners for Dukakis Center events in 2011-2021. The exhibition, designed by current ACT senior Arsa Sota, is entitled “Banner Days” and can be found on the Artsteps platform.
The forum and the mini summit were both webcast on the Anixneusis Web TV channel to a pan-Hellenic audience. Video from the sessions is available here and here.
More than 30 experts from Greece and abroad participated in the Light Hub event organized by the Chamber of Evros from February 18th to 20th.
George Kokkas, the Director of the ACT Entrepreneurship Hub, represented ACT at the event which was held at the Alexandroupoli Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Thraki.
The Light Hub is a Chamber of Evros initiatives that acts as an incubator for startups that supports teams and new business ideas from the local region and Northern Greece.
The meeting attracted distinguished entrepreneurs, investors, senior management, business executives, and academics who offered to mentor the teams supported by the Light Hub. During the meeting, the mentors evaluated the candidate teams to determine which would be included in the incubator and proceed within the program. ACT is proud to promote such efforts that aim to create a new and promising entrepreneurial ecosystem in Northern Greece.
The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service is pleased to announce that the Fourth Annual Thessaloniki Civil Society Forum will take place virtually on Thursday-Friday, February 24-25, 2022.
The purpose of this year's event is to examine the skills and training needed in civil society and the public sector today. Regional practitioners from both domains will share their experience and insight with our keynote experts, Beth Simone Noveck of Northeastern University, Chief Innovation Officer for the State of New Jersey, formerly of the Obama Administration, and Efi Stefopoulou, of the Hellenic Ministry of Public Administration Reform and eGovernment.
Participants will consider the following questions:
What particular challenges do professionals in various public sectors face currently, beyond the constraints imposed by the public response to COVID-19?
What specific skills are currently most in-demand in these same sectors?
Beyond one’s undergraduate and postgraduate education, in what ways can civil society and public sector professionals meet the demands of their work?
How does one best "tackle existing challenges and... train public servants to solve problems more effectively,” in the words of Beth Simone Noveck
The Forum will be augmented this year with the Thessaloniki Mini Summit for Democracy, following up on the international Summit for Democracy hosted by President Joe Biden in December 2021.
The keynote session will feature Polly MacKenzie, Chief Executive of Demos in London and former aide to Nick Clegg, and Ilda Zhulali, Advisor on European Integration to the President of the Albanian Republic.
Topics to be put up for consideration in the mini-summit will concern the status of democratic governance in Europe and throughout the world, the role of civil society in democracy promotion, and the skills and predispositions ordinary citizens need in a healthy democratic polity.
Confirmed panelists will join the discussion from Brussels, London, Tirana, Skopje, Pristina, Nikosia, Strasbourg, Washington, DC, and Thessaloniki. Several participants are alumni of ACT -- the American College of Thessaloniki, the post-secondary division of Anatolia College.
The forum will be moderated by David Wisner, Professor of International Relations at ACT, and Executive Director of the Dukakis Center.
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See the full program below:
Fourth Annual Thessaloniki Civil Society Forum
"Civic Spaces and Civil Society: Skills and Predispositions"
Thursday-Friday, February 24-25
Day 1 - Thursday, February 24
Keynote session 1
17:00 - 17:45
Keynote session speakers:
Beth Simone Noveck, Northeastern University
Efi Stefopoulou, Hellenic Ministry of Public Administration
Session 1: Skills – Public Sector
18:00 - 18:45
Ermal Vila (ACT ‘11), Governance Specialist, World Bank
Marilena Tserepi (ACT ‘16), Management Assistant, European Parliament
Nemanja Grgic (ACT ‘10), Technical Cooperation Manager, Agribusiness, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Session 2: Skills - Civil Society
19:00 - 19:45
Sotiris Themistokleous (ACT ‘07), Director of Strategic Development, Center for Social Innovation, Cyprus
Chris Sfetsios (ACT ‘07), Senior Program Specialist, The RESOLVE Network, Washington, DC
Opening of Banner Days: Virtual Exhibition of Dukakis Center Banners and Posters 2011-2021
Watch the lifestreaming of the event below
Day 2 - Friday, February 25
Mini Summit for Democracy
18:00- 19:00
Erisa Lame (ACT ‘06), Programme Officer in Political Affairs and Democracy, Embassy of Switzerland in Albania
Alexandar Jovanoski (ACT ‘05), Project Coordinator, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Skopje (TBC)
Nicole Morgret (ACT ‘07), Human Rights Analyst, C4ADS, Washington, DC (TBC)
Fjolla Raifi (ACT ‘12), Project Lead, UNDP, Kosovo
Keynote session 2
19:00-20:30
Keynote session speakers:
Polly MacKenzie, Chief Executive, Demos
Ilda Zhulali (ACT ‘01), Advisor to the President of the Republic, Albania
20:00-21:00
Screening of the May 2019 Athens Dukakis Lecture by Jim McGann (†) of the University of Pennsylvania (YouTube premier)
Watch the lifestreaming of the event below
Speakers’ short bios
Beth Simone Noveck is a professor at Northeastern University with joint appointments in the Department of Communication Studies, School of Law, College of Engineering, and College of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as Director of the Burnes Center for Social Change and Impact. She also directs the Governance Lab and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy appointed her as the State’s first Chief Innovation Officer and head of the state’s Future of Work Task Force. She served on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Digital Council. Beth also served in the White House as the first United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer and director of the White House Open Government Initiative under President Obama. A graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, she is a member of the Scholars Council of the Library of Congress and the Research Advisory Council of the Partnership for Public Service. Her most recent book, Solving Public Problems: How to Fix Our Government and Change Our World, appeared with Yale Press in 2021.
Efi Stefopoulou is a Policy Analyst at the Department of Public Administration Reform Strategic Planning, Hellenic Ministry of Public Administration Reform, and eGovernment. She specializes in public administration reform and regulatory reform initiatives. She has worked on measuring and reducing administrative burdens as well as human resource management in the public sector. She has collaborated with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the European Union, the Serbian National Assembly. She advised To Potami, a centrist political formation, on administrative reform issues in the 2010s. She is a Lecturer at the National School of Public Administration, has taught at the European Institute of Public Administration, and is a researcher at the Center for Liberal Studies in Athens.
Polly MacKenzie is the Chief Executive of Demos. She started her career as a business journalist. In 2004 she became a Policy Adviser on housing and local government for Edward Davey MP. She then worked for Nick Clegg from 2006 to 2015, helping to write the 2010 Coalition Agreement, and serving as Director of Policy to the Deputy Prime Minister from 2010-15. After leaving Government, Polly established the operations of the Women’s Equality Party and then went on to found the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, a charity working to break the link between financial difficulty and mental health problems. She lives in South East London and has three children.
Ilda Zhulali is Advisor for European Integration of the President of the Republic of Albania. Previously she had held the position of Political Advisor of the President. She has broad experience in foreign affairs, and her area of expertise includes European integration and the Western Balkans region. She has worked as a career diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holding different positions, such as an expert in regional affairs, Director, and Director-General for European Affairs. She studied at ACT -- the American College of Thessaloniki, and at the University of Oxford, graduating with distinction from both institutions. She was the recipient in 2003-2004 of the Chevening Albania Scholarship.
Having studied at ACT, I always knew that for the students coming from abroad, Thessaloniki would leave an important mark on them. I never really understood exactly why, after all, I don’t come from abroad. This weekend, I got a glimpse as to why, and it was simpler than I previously thought. They spend time with people they would not have otherwise.
by Dionysis Goga*
Attending the same school is not enough. Living together is not enough. You need an extra push for that. And here comes the Athens – Delphi trip. Like other ACT trips, it served its purpose. To create an aura of community, familiarity, and comfort. Among the various exciting trips ACT offers, the Athens – Delphi trip is I believe the most beautiful one of a kind. This trip invites people to express themselves in a way that they would otherwise not have done.
Study Abroad students about to enjoy a coffee at Stathmo Larissis – urban Athens
Ironically the most beautiful part of the trip for me was one that someone may have expected me to suffer the most. That is, the long bus drive and the long walks! However, it was an extraordinary, beautiful experience. Why? you may ask. Because you get to discover unexplored areas with people you have only known for a month! Besides this, the Athens – Delphi trip is great because it serves its purpose. To create an aura of community. Being part of the ACT International Programs Office, I saw first-hand all the effort that is put into taking students to a whole different region of the world where, not only they don’t speak the local language, but most importantly, don’t surround themselves with the same people as always. This is the opportunity for everyone to express themselves openly, like never done. An opportunity to make friendships you otherwise would not have. These trips are an essential part of the self-discovery and friend-creation process each one aspires to achieve and have in their lifetimes! Athens, of course, is a huge, lively, and electrifying city. It sticks to students' memories like no other city. Karaoke, delicious food, nice views from the hotel, young and old people, crazy taxi drivers, they all serve this common striking experience.
But... but, listen to the best part about this trip. After getting a good feel of Athenian culture and nightlife, you get to experience something peculiar. A strange feeling. A feeling you will not get to experience anywhere else. And that is... Delphi. Being an ancient region, it definitely provides visitors with an ancient aura. An aura of myths, important decisions that shaped the ancient world, and an aura of fatalism. An amazing view indeed, it gave us a glimpse of how life, architecture, and philosophy were constructed back in ancient times. Isn’t it so beautiful to witness something ancient and modern at the same time?
The Ancient – Modern archetype. Global Quest students enjoying Delphi while getting some Pythia aura, Photo was taken by Lena Samantzopoyloy
Both places serve as a tool for community building. A community that will be forever marked into students' memories. A community where students are able to reconstruct their ideas, self-perceptions, and make new friendships that will last forever. I was lucky enough to have my younger sister join me in this experience. She is a bit tough to satisfy, but guess what, she was extremely satisfied.
Rozi and Dio after a wonderful guided tour of the Acropolis Museum
*Dionysis Goga is a live-in resident assistant for the Study Abroad students.
A Two-Week Journey to Greece to Connect with your Roots
The Heritage Greece Program is an unforgettable educational and cultural immersion experience. Heritage Greece connects Greek American and Greek Canadian College & University-age students to their Hellenic roots by allowing them to spend two intense weeks exploring Greece in all its facets.
A FREE program for North American students of Hellenic heritage. Program fees and accommodation are generously covered by the National Hellenic Society. Students need only cover their plane ticket to Greece and personal expenses.
Enroll in our 5 credit college course "Methods and Practices of Archaeological Excavation" at ACT - The American College of Thessaloniki in Greece.
A thematic course exploring methodological approaches and an emphasis on excavation practices, supplemented by site visits in various locations around Thessaloniki and Athens.
The program is offered during the Summer semester and will consist of three weeks of in-class lectures and discussions and two weeks of fieldwork at the archaeological site of Toumba.
Η μεγάλη ανάπτυξη στην αγορά ακινήτων αλλά και η είσοδος επιπλέον μεγάλων εταιρειών με αντικείμενο το Real Estate στην Ελλάδα, έπειτα από την περίοδο της κρίσης δημιουργεί ξανά εντονότερες συνθήκες ανταγωνισμού στην αγορά αλλά και σε όλα τα επαγγέλματα με έμφαση στην αγορά ακινήτων. Διάφορες μεταρρυθμίσεις όπως το άνοιγμα των βραχυχρόνιων μισθώσεων, η ανάπτυξη της Golden Visa και γενικότερα η αγορά ακινήτων από επενδυτές του εξωτερικού, ανεβάζουν τον ανταγωνισμό μεταξύ των επαγγελματιών του κλάδου.
Το Real Estate Valuation & Investment είναι ένα εξειδικευμένο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα το οποίο έχει σκοπό στην εισαγωγική εκπαίδευση ενδιαφερομένων στην αγορά ακινήτων σε ότι αφορά τα αντικείμενα της εκτιμητικής και των επενδύσεων.
Στο σεμινάριο θα μάθετε για:
Ελληνική αγορά Οικιστικών & Επαγγελματικών Ακινήτων
Εισαγωγή στην Οικονομική θεωρία & ανάλυση στην αγορά ακινήτων
Εισαγωγή στην Εκτίμηση ακινήτων
Μικροοικονομική θεωρία και κύκλοι της αγοράς ακινήτων
Ελληνική αγορά Οικιστικών & Επαγγελματικών Ακινήτων
Αυτή η ενότητα του προγράμματος εισάγει κάθε εκπαιδευόμενο στην οργάνωση της ελληνικής αγοράς ακινήτων τόσο σε οικιστικά όσο και σε επαγγελματικά ακίνητα. Αναφερόμαστε στις σημαντικές διαστάσεις που ξεχωρίζουν τα ακίνητα και τη σημασία των χαρακτηριστικών τους κάθε φορά που βρίσκονται στην αγορά. Αναλύουμε την οργάνωση της Ελληνικής αγοράς και τα οικονομικά χαρακτηριστικά κάθε κατηγορίας, με αναφορές σε διαθέσιμα στατιστικά στοιχεία. Η εισαγωγική αυτή ενότητα στοχεύει στην ενημέρωση του εκπαιδευόμενου, ως προς την πολυδιάστατη και διαφοροποιημένη αγορά των ακινήτων.
Εισαγωγή, προσέγγιση και ανάλυση βασικών μεθόδων στην Εκτίμηση ακινήτων
Στην ενότητα αυτή αναπτύσσεται η κεντρική ιδέα του σεμιναρίου και γίνεται η εισαγωγή στις βασικές μεθόδους εκτίμησης ακινήτων που χρησιμοποιούνται στην αγορά. Σκοπός είναι η δημιουργία αντίληψης πάνω στο στόχο και τη χρησιμότητα της εκτιμητικής στην καθημερινότητα ενός επαγγελματία ή επενδυτή στην αγορά ακινήτων. Θα γίνει ανάλυση των 3 βασικών εκτιμητικών μεθόδων, ενώ θα δοθούν βασικά παραδείγματα με σκοπό την κατανόηση και χρήση των μεθόδων.
Σε αυτή την ενότητα συνεχίζουμε με μια εισαγωγή σε στατιστικές μεθόδους ανάλυσης βραχυπρόθεσμων και μεσοπρόθεσμων τάσεων στα στοιχεία αγοράς ακινήτων. Η ανάλυση αποτελεί μία σημαντική διαδικασία στο σχεδιασμό επενδυτικών και εκτιμητικών αναλύσεων. Οι γνώσεις τεχνικών πρόγνωσης αναπτύσσει τις βασικές σας δεξιότητες στην καλύτερη και αρτιότερη τεχνική εκτίμησης ενός ακινήτου.
Επενδύσεις Ακινήτων
Στην ενότητα αυτή ο εκπαιδευόμενος πλαισιώνει τις γνώσεις του χωρίζοντας την αγορά ακινήτων σε συγκεκριμένες αγορές με άξονα διάφορα στοιχεία όπως, τοποθεσία, ζήτηση, αξίες κτλ. Αναπτύσσει μοντέλα αποφάσεων με στοιχεία μικροοικονομικής θεωρίας, αντιλαμβάνεται την πορεία της αγοράς, συνδυάζει την τεχνικές εκτίμησης και πρόγνωσης αξίας ακινήτων με σκοπό την καλύτερη και αποδοτικότερη απόφαση.
Εισηγητής
Ο Στέφανος Βαγιάνος είναι οικονομολόγος με πτυχίο οικονομικών από το Sussex University του Brighton στη Μ. Βρετανία. Με δεκαπενταετή επαγγελματική εμπειρία έχει εργαστεί σε πολυεθνικές επιχειρήσεις σε Αθήνα και Θεσσαλονίκη στους τομείς των Οικονομικών, του Marketing και του Human Resources. Έχει απασχοληθεί ως Σύμβουλος Ανάπτυξης Επιχειρήσεων και Εκπαιδευτής, αναλαμβάνοντας τη διαχείριση έργων Ε.Σ.Π.Α και Ο.Α.Ε.Δ για πάνω από 500 επιχειρήσεις στην Ελλάδα. Από το 2012 έχει δημιουργήσει την εταιρεία Spaces 3D με αντικείμενο το Marketing και τη Ανάπτυξη μικρών επιχειρήσεων στον τομέα του Real Estate και του Τουρισμού.
Early bird (για εγγραφές εως ): -20% (192€) Απόφοιτοι Anatolia High School & ACT: -10%
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Δικαίωμα αθροιστικής έκπτωσης μέχρι 20%, εφόσον τηρούνται οι παραπάνω προϋποθέσεις.
Μετά την αποστολή της αίτησης συμμετοχής, ένας εκπρόσωπος του Lifelong Learning Center του ACT θα επικοινωνήσει μαζί σας για τη διαδικασία της εγγραφής σας στο πρόγραμμα και την πληρωμή.
Μετά την ολοκλήρωση του προγράμματος, οι συμμετέχοντες θα λάβουν ένα πιστοποιητικό παρακολούθησης από το ACT.
Περισσότερες Πληροφορίες
Η διδασκαλία των προγραμμάτων του Lifelong Learning Center πραγματοποιείται δια ζώσης με ταυτόχρονη online σύγχρονη διδασκαλία,σε ζωντανό χρόνο (live streaming).
Μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε με το ACT Lifelong Learning Center στο τηλέφωνο 2310 398 430 ή μέσω email στο This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. με την ένδειξη "Real Estate".
Pindaro Demertzoglou ‘95 was class valedictorian, an active and serious student who regards ACT as a game-changer for his life. He received a full scholarship to study at ACT where he received a BA in Business Administration (Finance) graduating with an overall GPA of 3.8 out of 4.0. He went on to pursue an MBA in Entrepreneurship and an MA in Management Information Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, before achieving his Ph.D. in Information Science at SUNY Albany in 2007. He is a Business Analytics and Database Specialist, who from 2018 to 2021 was the Director, Program of Business Analytics, Lally School of Management, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Over the last three years, he has worked with Johnson & Johnson, deFacto Global, United Aircraft Technologies, Inc, and IPPSEC (ippsecpro.com). He has recently left the United States and returned to Greece, where he plans to open a publishing house.
You were born in Alexandroupoli, in Northern Greece. How did you decide to pursue to study in Thessaloniki at ACT in the specific field?
I was very interested in Management Information Systems and ACT had provided a tour of its computer lab back then. I was ecstatic and I made the decision right there that I wanted to pursue an education at ACT. It is a decision I have never regretted after 30 years from that moment!
What do you remember most of your years as a student at ACT?
I remember a very demanding curriculum that required daily work on a constant basis. The faculty would never leave any slack and the workweek was full of homework, projects, presentations, and assignments. Especially during the first semester, it was a demanding familiarization process. Everyone was inspiring, it was the type of educational environment I was looking for. When I say everyone, I mean everybody from the registrar, the faculty, the staff, the librarians, the gardeners, and even the president’s office. The president’s office at ACT was and I am sure is, by far more responsive than presidential offices in some of the universities I am aware of in the States.
You were also a scholarship recipient - how did this aid shape your future and opportunities?
The scholarship received from the ACT was an extremely important factor for my studies. I was able to complete my studies on time and actually, it was a scholarship that allowed me to continue my studies in the US. Not only was I a scholarship recipient, I was also working as a work-study helper at the library.
What are the core values that you got from your education experience at ACT? How would you describe ACT in a few words?
The values I remember very well were integrity, ethics, methodical work, critical thinking, and hard work. There are others, but these are what I remember well.
How did ACT prepare you for your advanced studies and the American environment?
When I went for postgraduate studies to one of the highest-ranked universities in the States, I realized that at ACT the faculty and administration were doing an amazing job in educating students. ACT is at the equivalent or higher educational level than any University in the US. There were many students from around the globe in my class and I once more achieved valedictorian status for the MBA degree. Consequently, ACT prepared me in the best possible way for top performance in industry and postgraduate studies.
Do you have a favorite project among the ones you have worked on as a researcher or during your collaborations with major multinational companies?
I have worked with more than fifteen companies and everything was extremely interesting and challenging. One very interesting project I remember was with Johnson & Johnson, working with cloud-based data for an analytics project.
What are the essential components of a good professor in your field?
He or she should have hands-on experience in the industry to be a successful professor in the field of corporate analytics.
What are the future trends in the design and application of business analytics models and decision support systems?
The field of business analytics will continue to grow extensively for a significant period of time because its methods and models have a tangible impact on the efficiency of the business that possesses these models giving it a definite competitive advantage over its competitors.
How can we make the best use of Artificial intelligence in the decision support systems?
Developing processes, methods, and models that involve AI and help the corporation is not the same as utilizing a piece of technology. It will take time and effort by the data scientists to develop and fine-tune these models, such as prediction models, and this effort will be needed on a continuous basis.
What would you advise the students who wish to pursue studies in this field?
I would say that it is well worth it, they should apply to Universities in the US, and participate in internships while they study. It is a field without limits and they can work on analytics for businesses or cyber security analytics at NASA.
And the Greek academics and entrepreneurial community?
My top advice to both is to collaborate more; that is, businesses should make an effort to hire more interns and professors to participate in hands-on projects with businesses.
This past summer, two new science laboratories, one for Physics and the other for Biology, were added to the Science Wing of Constantinidis Hall with a Lab for Organic Chemistry slated to be finished during the spring semester of 2022. These new labs were constructed to support expanding demand of our undergraduates as well as to service the growing number of Study Abroad students seeking majors in sciences.
The labs at ACT are equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory instruments and devices in order to carry out molecular, biochemical, and physiological analyses. These include qualitative and quantitative determination of gene expression, the study of metabolic pathways, and investigation of physiological parameters under stressful conditions. The laboratory facilities give students access to an impressive array of technologies, equipment, and apparatuses. Combined with the expertise of the faculty members who run the labs and carry out numerous research projects, students have the space and support to grow scientifically and become part of a flourishing academic community.
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Ο Στέφανος Βαγιάνος είναι οικονομολόγος με πτυχίο οικονομικών από το Sussex University του Brighton στη Μ. Βρετανία. Με δεκαπενταετή επαγγελματική εμπειρία έχει εργαστεί σε πολυεθνικές επιχειρήσεις σε Αθήνα και Θεσσαλονίκη στους τομείς των Οικονομικών, του Marketing και του Human Resources. Έχει απασχοληθεί ως Σύμβουλος Ανάπτυξης Επιχειρήσεων και Εκπαιδευτής, αναλαμβάνοντας τη διαχείριση έργων Ε.Σ.Π.Α και Ο.Α.Ε.Δ για πάνω από 500 επιχειρήσεις στην Ελλάδα. Από το 2012 έχει δημιουργήσει την εταιρεία Spaces 3D με αντικείμενο το Marketing και τη Ανάπτυξη μικρών επιχειρήσεων στον τομέα του Real Estate και του Τουρισμού.
