When:
May 16, 2022 | 09:00-17:00
May 17, 2022 | 09:00-16:00
May 18, 2022 | 09:00-14:30

Where: ACG Events Hall, the American College of Greece

Organized by: Deree-The American College of Greece
With the support of the Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, and the European Citizens Association,
Under the auspices of the European Security and Defense College

About the event

This masterclass is addressed to senior-level decision-makers and experts -both civilian & military- from EU Member States, relevant EU institutions and agencies, as well as from third countries. The aim is to familiarize participants with the concept of Climate Diplomacy, by offering different perspectives and analyzing its significance at the national and global level. The course will address current and future challenges and will assess the EU policies in this field. The ultimate goal is to foster the development of a network of civilian and military experts that will collaborate on mitigation/adaptation policy development and implementation.

 

This is a closed event so for further information, please contact Dr. Nikolaos Lampas at [email protected]

You may see the agenda here.

 

Two-day Student Seminar with the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Ethics”

When: 12-13 May 2022 | 16:00 – 20:00

Where: ACG Events Hall, Deree – The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias street, Aghia Paraskevi 15342

Organized by:
Applied Philosophy Research Lab (NKUA)
Department of Philosophy (Philosophy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece)

 

About the event

The “Me and AI Student Session 2022” addresses the contemporary issues raised as technology intertwines with philosophy, with emphasis on artificial intelligence. Students at both the graduate and undergraduate level will examine topics, such as the moral implications of robotics, the use of algorithms in human resource analytics and how this affects our privacy, how certain philosophical theories from antiquity to the present day can assist our understanding of artificial intelligence, the impact of technology on communication, and the consequences of technological advancement on human affairs, to name a few. Both the student presentations and the discussion to follow will raise awareness of fundamental questions and concerns as derived from the use of technology today, and they will attempt possible solutions or suggestions for a constructive symbiosis of human and artificial intelligence in the 21^st century.

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For further information, please visit: meandai.gr

See the program here.

Online lecture

by Dr. James Nemiroff
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Kalamazoo College

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG
in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

When: Thursday, May 12, 2022 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

The event is free and open to the public.

Bio of the Speaker

Dr. James Nemiroff, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Kalamazoo College

James Nemiroff is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish at Kalamazoo College. He earned his Ph.D from the University of Chicago in Romance Languages and Literatures as well as Masters degrees from the University of Chicago and the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid Spain.  His scholarship analyzes the representation of Judaism in 16th and 17th century Spanish literature. More specifically, his research investigates to what degree Jewish religious identities are categories of performance that helped not only shape Early Modern Spanish drama but also shaped historiographical debates about the relationships between Jews and Christians that persist today. Based off of his dissertation, which explores to what degree characters Judaize or perform Judaism on stage in certain Spanish dramas, he is working on a book entitled Lope’s Forgeries: Lope’s Toledan Comedias as Early Modern Fake News. He has also published essays in such journals as E-humanista and in collections edited through Iberoamericana and the University of Chicago Press.

As a teacher-scholar, he has taught courses on Early Modern and Contemporary Spanish literature and film. Dr. Nemiroff incorporates educational technologies to teach his research interests to undergraduate students. For example, in a course exploring how certain Anti-Judaic and Islamophobic tropes date back to Early Modern Spain, students created augmented reality posters that taught them to recognize and productively fight against the Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia they encounter each day on their social media feeds.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

When:
Monday, May 9, 2022 | 09:00-17:30
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 | 09:45 – 17:30

Where: The American College of Greece, ACG Events Hall

 

PAINLESS (“Energy-autonomous portable access points for infrastructure-less networks”) is a collaborative research project funded by the European’s Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program. It was launched in 2018 as a European Training Network, with the visionary aim to establish a training and research platform to pioneer green, energy-autonomous portable network nodes which are self-subsistent and limitlessly-scalable, to satisfy future demands with minimal infrastructure. PAINLESS aims at producing the first generation of experts in a radically new wave of energy autonomous networks that will revolutionize the wireless networking technology landscape and the plethora of associated vertical business sectors. For more information about PAINLESS, please visit painless-itn.com.

For the 2-day program, please click here

 

For more information contact Professor C. Papadias at +30 210 6009800 ext. 1240.

 

Required for entrance:
ID card and a Certificate of Covid-19, as per the latest Greek public health regulations.
The use of a protective mask is mandatory during the entire duration of the event and social distancing (1,5m) must be kept at all times.

ACG is a smoke-free & a plastic-free campus

The Visual Arts program presents

Senior Projects 2022

When:
Opening: Tuesday April 12, 18:00-22:00
Duration: April 12-15, May 3-6 | 15:00 – 19:00

Where: ACG Gallery, Deree – The American College of Greece

Open to all, with free admission

 

An exhibition featuring the work of graduating students:
Maria E Allen, Alexia Celia Peza, Alex Rokadakis, Petros Tatsiopoulos and Nori Tsouloucha

Additional works by students in the Visual Arts will be exhibited in the Art Center gallery, AC ground floor.

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For more information, please contact Niki Kladakis at 210 600 9800 ext. 1456, or at [email protected]

Thinking of an online MSc in Data Science?

Join us in a virtual Information Session and meet the Program Coordinator on

Wednesday 13 April 2022, 18:30 (EET)

 

This webinar is designed to help you:

• Learn more about the online master’s in Data Science and the offered pathways
• Discover the advantages of online studying at Deree
• Find out about how to apply
• Ask your questions and get insights on the job market outlook

To book your seat in this interactive session fill in the form below:

The Visual Arts program presents

Senior Projects 2022

When:
Opening: Tuesday April 12, 18:00-22:00
Duration: April 12-15, May 3-6 | 15:00 – 19:00

Where: ACG Gallery, Deree – The American College of Greece

Open to all, with free admission

 

An exhibition featuring the work of graduating students:
Maria E Allen, Alexia Celia Peza, Alex Rokadakis, Petros Tatsiopoulos and Nori Tsouloucha

Additional works by students in the Visual Arts will be exhibited in the Art Center gallery, AC ground floor.

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For more information, please contact Niki Kladakis at 210 600 9800 ext. 1456, or at [email protected]

When: Friday, April 8, 2022 | 14:30 – 15:20

Where: Arts Center Auditorium

Organized by: the Art History Society

 

Abstract of the presentation

In 1920 Marcel Duchamp moved to the invention of a female alter ego named Rrose Sélavy. Rrose Sélavy would make her first appearances in a series of photographs by Man Ray in 1921. Incarnated by Duchamp in drag, these now iconic photographs have often overshadowed Rrose Sélavy’s role in Duchamp’s life and work. Yet, there is a significance to Sélavy beyond her existence as mere photographic image: her less acknowledged dimension as a creative subject. In fact, already from the early 1920s, Sélavy emerges as the creator of a variety of Duchamp’s artworks, becoming eventually a persistent authorial figure throughout the artist’s career. Examining her presence in Duchamp’s oeuvre as well as her encounters with the artist’s Dadaist and Surrealist peers, this lecture will explore Sélavy’s position within Duchamp’s creative process, his strategies of authorship, and how her invention relates to cultural connotations of masculinity and femininity in the modern era. 

Bio of the speaker

Dr. Christos Asomatos is an art historian and researcher based in Athens, Greece. He received his MA, MLitt, and PhD in History of Art from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. His research focuses on the relationship between the political and the aesthetic in the modern and the contemporary era, with emphasis on the politicization of fine art practice since the 1990s. He is also a founding member and editor for the independent literary publishing house Hyperidean Press.

Dimitris Papanikolaou
Former Greek Basketball Player

When: Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 18:15-19:30
Where: AC Auditorium, Deree-The American College of Greece

Organized by: Inside Autism, Deree Student Club
Supported by: Office of Student Affairs, The American College of Greece

The event is free and open to ACG Students, Faculty & Staff

 

About the event

The well-known Greek former international basketball player Dimitris Papanikolaou opens up about his Asperger’s diagnosis and joins us for a meaningful discussion about autism. Mr. Papanikolaou has dedicated his efforts in raising awareness on the issue of autism, supporting people on the spectrum, and promoting diversity and inclusion. Because everyone is unique!

When:
Thursday, April 7 | 14:10 – 15:10

Where: ACG J.S. Bailey Library Events Hall

Organized by: the Art History Society 

 

About the event

For this year’s Art History Week, we will be inviting three guest conservators who will give lectures and live demonstrations on artworks of the ACG Art Collection. The lectures will include a small presentation of conservation principles followed by a demonstration of conservation procedures. The conservators will be Maria Petrou (sculptures), Dessy Griva (paper), Elina Kavalieratou (paintings).

Tuesday, April 7, 14:10-15:10 – Maria Petrou

Dr Chara Tziouvara
President, Médecins du Monde Greece

Ms Angeliki Mavrikou (D’91)
Volunteers and Fundraising Dpt., Médecins du Monde Greece

When: Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 14:00-15:10 (activity hour)
Where: 6th Level Auditorium, Deree-The American College of Greece

Organized by: International Honors Society, Deree-ACG
Supported by: Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

The event is free and open to ACG Students, Faculty & Staff

 

About the event

Have you ever wondered what it means to be an active volunteer, going beyond fundraising and attending charity events? Dr Chara Tziouvara and Ms Angeliki Mavrikou will be reflecting on their life course as volunteers and presenting their work with the Greek chapter of Médecins du Monde.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected].

Because ACG Cares!

When: Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 12:00 – 18:00
Where: Main Corridor & Student Lounge, Deree-The American College of Greece

Organized by: DSA and INERTIA
Supported by: Office of Student Affairs, The American College of Greece

 

About the event

An art and talent exhibition full of music and art shows organized by Deree students. A fest to say goodbye to Spring semester and celebrate the unique talents of our students.

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 18:30 – 20:00

Where: You may watch it here
Online event free and open to the public. The event will be held in Greek.

Organized by:
Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece

About the event

Οι απόψεις, οι στάσεις και οι συμπεριφορές στα θέματα της υγείας εμπεδώνονται κατά τη διάρκεια την παιδικών χρόνων και ιδιαίτερα στην προ εφηβική ηλικία. Ως εκ τούτου, τα εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα της Αγωγής Υγείας είναι πολύ πιο αποτελεσματικά όταν παρέχονται στα νέα παιδιά στο οργανωμένο πλαίσιο του σχολείου. Η ανάγκη περαιτέρω ανάπτυξης της Αγωγής υγείας στη χώρα μας είναι επιτακτική εξαιτίας κυρίως των θλιβερών πρωτείων που κατέχουμε μεταξύ των χωρών της ΕΕ στο κάπνισμα και στην παχυσαρκία. Τα προγράμματα για την πρόληψη του καπνίσματος, της σωστής διατροφής, της φυσικής άσκησης, της σεξουαλικής αγωγής, κ.ά. δεν πρέπει να γίνονται αποσπασματικά, αλλά να εντάσσονται σε έναν ευρύτερο βιωματικό σχεδιασμό, ο οποίος να επικεντρώνεται στη συνειδητοποίηση των παιδιών σε ό,τι αφορά τον καθοριστικό ρόλο των επιλογών τους στην υγεία τους και κυρίως στη σωματική, ψυχολογική και κοινωνική τους ευεξία.

Ποιοι είναι οι στόχοι, οι μέθοδοι, τα χαρακτηριστικά και η θεματολογία της Αγωγής Υγείας; Πώς μπορεί η Αγωγή Υγείας να καταστεί μέσο γνώσεων, αξιών και δεξιοτήτων για το παιδί και τον έφηβο; Πώς μπορεί να καθιερωθεί το πρόγραμμα Αγωγής Υγείας σε όλα τα σχολεία της χώρας, με τη συνεργασία των υπουργείων και της τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης; Σε ποιο στάδιο βρισκόμαστε, ποιες ενέργειες έχουν γίνει και ποια η συνδρομή του Ινστιτούτου Εκπαιδευτικής Πολιτικής ως προς την εφαρμογή της Αγωγής Υγείας στο εκπαιδευτικό σύστημα της χώρας;

 

ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΤΗΣ

ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΜΠΕΧΡΑΚΗΣ
Διευθυντής, Ινστιτούτο Δημόσιας Υγείας, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος

ΕΙΣΗΓΗΣΕΙΣ

Η Αγωγή Υγείας στα Σχολεία, Ασπίδα για την Υγεία των Παιδιών

Γιάννης Τούντας
Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κοινωνικής & Προληπτικής Ιατρικής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ 

 

Αγωγή Υγείας στο Ελληνικό Εκπαιδευτικό Σύστημα

Γιάννης Αντωνίου
Πρόεδρος Ινστιτούτου Εκπαιδευτικής Πολιτικής

When: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 17:00-18:30

Where: Deree Faculty Lounge, The American College of Greece

 

About the event

Loren J. Samons II, Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer, The American College of Greece and the ACG 150-unit leaders enjoyed presenting the work of the units in the introductory webinar on the ACG150 strategic plan, held earlier this semester.

To continue that discussion and to encourage members of the community to consider joining these efforts, SVP Samons holds a cocktail reception, hosted by the ACG 150 team in the Deree Faculty Lounge on April 6, from 17:00 to 18:30.

 

The invitation is addressed to ACG Faculty members.

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The ACG 150 team is pleased to announce the brand-new website. For more info please click here and to discover the ACG 150 Strategic Plan here.

When: Wednesday, April 6 | 16:00-16:45

Where: Online

Organized by: the Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Libra Group

 

Interested in applying to Libra’s Winter 2023 Internship Program? Register for a virtual information session below. You will receive an email from EventBrite with the Zoom details closer to the event date.

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

Please register for the online session using your ACG email.

 

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, accounting, hotel operations and more.

The Winter 2023 application deadline is April 29, 2022 5:00 pm EST.

A Day at Deree
Σάββατο, 2 Απριλίου | 10:00-14:00

Το Deree ανοίγει και πάλι το campus του και σας καλεί να ανακαλύψετε από κοντά όλα όσα το καθιστούν κορυφαία επιλογή σπουδών!
Δηλώστε συμμετοχή και κλείστε θέση για “Μία Μέρα στο Deree!”

Γίνε φοιτητής για μία ώρα!

Μπείτε σε τάξη ή εργαστήριο και παρακολουθήστε ένα μάθημα της επιλογής σας ανακαλύπτοντας παράλληλα τις μοναδικές εγκαταστάσεις μας:

• Την αίθουσα Χρηματοπιστωτικών Συναλλαγών (STR) όπου οι φοιτητές μας εκπαιδεύονται ως traders σε πραγματικές συνθήκες χρηματιστηρίου
• Το Εργαστήριο Βιολογίας, όπου οι φοιτητές μας μαθαίνουν τα πάντα για το ανθρώπινο σώμα πάνω στο Τραπέζι Ανατομίας (Anatomy Table), ένα τελευταίας τεχνολογίας απόκτημα του Κολλεγίου
• Τα σύγχρονα αμφιθέατρα
• Τη μοναδική βιβλιοθήκη
• Τις υπερσύγχρονες αθλητικές εγκαταστάσεις και πολλά άλλα!

Η φοίτηση στο Deree δεν είναι μόνο μάθημα!

“Μία Μέρα στο Deree” δεν είναι αρκετή για να γνωρίσετε την πληθώρα των clubs & societies μέσα από τα οποία οι φοιτητές μας ανακαλύπτουν και καλλιεργούν τα ταλέντα και τις κλίσεις τους. Θα πάρετε όμως μία πολύ καλή γεύση του τι σημαίνει να είσαι #Futureproof!

Ποιο πρόγραμμα σπουδών να διαλέξω;

Οι σύμβουλοι Καριέρας και Εγγραφών του Deree θα είναι στη διάθεσή σας εκείνη τη μέρα για να σας βοηθήσουν να διαλέξετε εκείνο το πρόγραμμα σπουδών, που, όχι μόνο θα ταιριάζει στις ανάγκες σας, αλλά θα είναι αυτή επιλογή που θα σας οδηγήσει σε ένα επιτυχημένο μέλλον!

Ακόμη θα ανακαλύψετε:

• Τα 32 σύγχρονα προγράμματα σπουδών, 6 προγράμματα σε συνεργασία με το πανεπιστήμιο Clarkson και 55 υποειδικότητες
• Το πρόγραμμα Παράλληλων Σπουδών, για φοιτητές των δημόσιων εκπαιδευτικών ιδρυμάτων
• Τις ευκαιρίες για Πρακτική άσκηση σε κορυφαίες εταιρείες σε Ελλάδα και εξωτερικό
• Το πρόγραμμα Study Abroad
• Τις υποτροφίες μας

Δείτε το πρόγραμμα της εκδήλωσης εδώ.

Συμπληρώστε τη φόρμα συμμετοχής που ακολουθεί και κλείστε τη θέση σας για “Μία Μέρα στο Deree” που θα σας μείνει αξέχαστη!
(περιορισμένος αριθμός θέσεων!)

Για την είσοδο: Ταυτότητα και έγκυρο πιστοποιητικό εμβολιασμού ή νόσησης για την COVID-19, σύμφωνα με τους τελευταίους κανονισμούς δημόσιας υγείας.
Η χρήση προστατευτικής μάσκας είναι υποχρεωτική σε όλη τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσης ενώ οι κοινωνικές αποστάσεις (1,5μ.) πρέπει να τηρούνται σε κάθε περίσταση.

A lecture by Dr George Manginis
Academic director of the Benaki Museum

When: Thursday, March 31 | 14:10 – 15:20

Where: 6^th Level Auditorium

Organized by: the Art History Society 

 

About the event

A beautifully painted yet somewhat saccharine portrait of young Queen Olga of Greece has been hanging for over seventy years at the Benaki Museum. It was donated by Mary Karolou, daughter-in-law of the Queen’s private secretary and biographer Julia Karolou. Heretofore, the artist’s signature on the portrait had remained undeciphered. Thanks to the portrait’s inclusion in a recent exhibition, an attribution was made possible. This lecture will introduce the exciting life of the artist who painted the rosy-cheeked Queen and will weave together the lives of four women between the 1870s and the 1950s.

When: March 31, April 1 & 2, 2022

Where: Hybrid: Online & Deree ACG Events Hall (March 31 & April 1)

Co-organized by:
ActiveMedia Group & Sports Management Society, School of Business & Economics, The American College of Greece

Supported by:
Centre of Excellence in Food, Tourism & Leisure, The American College of Greece

 

About the event

Front Runners in Sports Management 4.0 is a free-to-attend conference organized by the experienced team of ActiveMedia Group, the multi-awarded sports marketing agency in Greece and the Sports Management Society, School of Business & Economics. It takes place on Thursday, March 31, Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, 2022.

This year the conference will be delivered in a hybrid mode. It will host over 50 esteemed speakers, from national and international sports organizations, who will share insightful information relevant to the various fields of the ever-growing sport industry.

The first day will focus on sports tourism, the second day on fan engagement and the third one on the sports industry.

Apart from updating their knowledge, participants will have the opportunity to develop their professional network in the field of sports management.

 

For more information visit the conference website front-runners.gr

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 | 18:30

Where: You may watch it here

Online event free and open to the public. The event will be held in Greek.

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

About the event

Η κυρία Σαββάκη θα επιχειρήσει να ιχνηλατήσει το ιστορικό της εξέλιξης των γνώσεών μας στην ανάπτυξη και την ωρίμανση του εγκεφάλου, ειδικότερα όσον αφορά στη διαμόρφωση των γνωστικών λειτουργιών, στην επικοινωνία με το περιβάλλον και στην επεξεργασία των αισθητηριακών ερεθισμάτων. Παράλληλα, θα παρουσιάσει κριτικά τους τρόπους με τους οποίους διαφορετικές επιστήμες (νευρολογία, ψυχιατρική κ.ά.) επηρεάζουν τη συνεχή μετεξέλιξη των αλλαγών στις διαγνώσεις, σε σχέση πάντοτε με το πολιτισμικό πλαίσιο στο οποίο αυτές διεξάγονται. Η κυρία Σαββάκη, τέλος, θα διατυπώσει μερικές σκέψεις που μπορούν να οδηγήσουν γονείς, δασκάλους και ειδικούς σε μία σφαιρικότερη κατανόηση των εν λόγω διαταραχών και δυσκολιών.

 

ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΤΗΣ

ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΜΠΕΧΡΑΚΗΣ
Διευθυντής, Ινστιτούτο Δημόσιας Υγείας, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος

ΕΙΣΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ

ΜΑΡΙΑ ΣΑΒΒΑΚΗ
τ. Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Πανεπιστήμιου Κρήτης
Διευθύντρια Μονάδας Δυσλεξίας & Διαταραχών Λόγου, Μάθησης & Συμπεριφοράς
Πανεπιστημιακό Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Ηρακλείου

When: Tuesday, March 29 | 14:10 – 15:10 (activity hour)

Where: 6th level Auditorium

Organized by: Communication, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences

 

About the event

The scope of the lecture relates to migration and specifically the presentation of a toolkit named “Reframing Migration Narratives”. The toolkit aims at informing practitioners working on migration to develop and run campaigns designed to counter anti-migration narratives and help put diversity and inclusion back on the agenda and try a value-based approach to messaging. Although the presentation will be useful to students in the fields of communication and sociology, the event is open to anyone who wants to enrich their knowledge on campaign management and specifically to learn how to have a positive impact on target audiences. More information on the toolkit can be found out here.

When: March 29-31, 2022

Where: Deree Main Corridor, Arts Center Auditorium, Arts Gallery

Organized by: ACG Health and Wellness Center

Supported by: Arts and Crafts Club, Fashion Club and Diversity and Inclusion Club

Body Positive – Vibrant at Every Size is an awareness campaign intended for individuals of all gender identities, races, ethnicities, ages and sizes. It is not limited to disordered eating and preoccupation with body shape, instead addresses unintentional bias as well as outright discrimination and stigmatization related with body shape. The campaign also offers the opportunity for the ACG Community to learn that the pursuit of health is not limited to weight loss or gain or achieving a certain body size or shape. Our message: We are diverse and wonderfully beautiful the way we are; “One size does not fit all”.

Find the program here.

Meet the Speakers

When:
Monday, March 28 | 14:30 – 15:30
Tuesday, March 29 | 14:10 – 15:10 (canceled)
Wednesday, March 30 | 14:30 – 15:30

Where: ACG J.S. Bailey Library Events Hall

Organized by: the Art History Society 

 

About the event

For this year’s Art History Week, we will be inviting three guest conservators who will give lectures and live demonstrations on artworks of the ACG Art Collection. The lectures will include a small presentation of conservation principles followed by a demonstration of conservation procedures. The conservators will be Maria Petrou (sculptures), Dessy Griva (paper), Elina Kavalieratou (paintings).

Monday, March 28, 14:30-15:30 –  Dessy Griva
Tuesday, March 29, 14:10-15:10 – Maria Petrou (canceled)
Wednesday, March 30, 14:30-15:30 – Elina Kavalieratou

BLOOD DRIVE in support of NIMTS Public Hospital and Aretaieio University Hospital

When:
Thursday, March 24, 2022 | 09:00 – 13:30

Where: Deree Student Lounge

Co-organized by
Office of Public Affairs
“Aimodosia 365”

Supported by
Office of Student Affairs
ACG Health & Wellness Center
Deree Student Association (DSA)
Deree S.E.R.F. (Student Emergency Response Force)

Under the auspices of
ACG Institute of Public Health

When: Wednesday March 23, 14:30-15:30
Where: Deree Student Lounge
Organized by: ACG Counselling Center and ACG Health & Wellness Center

 

When: Tuesday, March 22 | 16:00-16:45

Where: Online

Organized by: the Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Libra Group

 

Interested in applying to Libra’s Winter 2023 Internship Program? Register for a virtual information session below. You will receive an email from EventBrite with the Zoom details closer to the event date.

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

Please register for the online session using your ACG email.

 

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, accounting, hotel operations and more.

The Winter 2023 application deadline is April 29, 2022 5:00 pm EST.

When: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | 14:15 – 15:30 

Where: Outside the ACG J.S. Bailey Library

Organized by: Deree Ambassadors

 

Compete as a team and test your global trivia!

 

For more info: [email protected]

 

by collecting pharmaceutical products & medical supplies

When: From Monday, March 21 until Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Where: There will be two collection points during the hours 12:00 – 16:00
Aghia Paraskevi campus: Deree main corridor
Alba campus: Alba lobby

 

Dear members of the ACG Community,

Staying true to its motto “to serve and not to be served”, The American College of Greece joins forces with the NGO “Doctors of the World” to offer humanitarian aid to Ukraine. “Doctors of the World” have been active in the wider area since the 1990s and know the local community’s needs. Their current call for support is mainly for the people of Mariupol, a city with a very large Greek community.

You are kindly encouraged to contribute to this initiative by offering any quantity of the items listed below. All items collected will be delivered by the “Doctors of the World” to the people in Ukraine during an upcoming mission to the area.

The items needed are:

• Sterile Gauze and Gloves
• Alcohol Solution
• Saline
• Serums
• Painkillers
• Liquid medicines for children (Children’s syrups)
• Antitussive
• Insulin Syringes 5ml & 10ml
• Nebulizing Masks
• Baby Diapers No. 3, 4 or 5

The items to be received must have a minimum of six (6) months of use before expiring.

A small monetary donation of a maximum of 5 euros is also welcomed.

For more info or to deliver goods at a different time during working hours, please contact the Office of Public Affairs at: [email protected] or +30 210 600 9800 ext 1107, 1509.

Because ACG Cares!

Online lecture

by Dr. Luis Fleischman
Professor of Sociology at Palm Beach State College, Florida, USA

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG
in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

When: Friday, March 18, 2022 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

The event is free and open to the public.

Bio of the Speaker

Dr. Luis Fleischman
Dr. Luis Fleischman, Professor of Sociology at Palm Beach State College, Florida, USA

Luis Fleischman is a political sociologist and a sociologist of international relations. He is currently a professor of Sociology at Palm Beach State College and the founding co-chair of the Palm Beach Center for Democracy, a think-tank based in South Florida.

Previously he has worked for the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Florida and Central New Jersey for more than two decades as Executive Director for community and political relations. In that capacity, he has worked extensively on issues related to the Middle East and national security, serving as a liaison between these organizations and members of Congress, foreign consuls, the media, and the local community at large.

Fleischman holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the New School for Social Research in New York City, an M.A degree from the New School, and a B.A in Political Science and Labor Studies from Tel Aviv University.

He is the author of the book The Middle East Riddle” A Study of the Middle East Process and Israeli-Arab Relations in Changing Times (New Academia 2021) and Latin America in the Post Chavez Era: A Threat to U.S Security (Potomac Books, 2013). He has written an extensive number of academic and journalistic articles on issues related to the Middle East, Democracy, Latin America and National Security.

Fleischman is also a frequent guest of TV and radio programs in Spanish on issues related to the Middle East and international affairs in outlets such as CNN Spanish, NTN24, Newsmax, MegaTV, NTN 24 and other networks across the United States and Latin America. His opinion pieces s have been published in the Chicago Tribune, Newsmax, Palm Beach Post, the Sun-Sentinel, El Nuevo Herald, Infobae (Argentina), El Correo (Peru), El Pais (Uruguay), El Observador (Uruguay), La Republica (Ecuador), El Universal and El Nacional (Venezuela).

Fleischman was also part of the tam of foreign policy advisors on Latin American affairs for the 2012 “Romney for President” campaign.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

ΤΟ DEREE ΕΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟ!

Παρασκευή 18, Σάββατο 19 & Κυριακή 20 Μαρτίου, 2022

Οι σύμβουλοι του Deree θα βρίσκονται για 3 ημέρες στο Ηράκλειο, όπου θα πραγματοποιήσουν προσωπικά ραντεβού με τους ενδιαφερομένους και θα απαντήσουν στα ερωτήματά τους για όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζουν για τις σπουδές στο Deree.

• Τι κάνει το Deree κορυφαία εκπαιδευτική επιλογή;
• Ποια ακαδημαϊκά προγράμματα προσφέρει;
• Τι είναι τα soft skills; Γιατί είναι περιζήτητα στην αγορά εργασίας;
• Δικαιούμαι υποτροφία για τις σπουδές μου στο Deree;
• Πώς μπορώ να συνδυάσω τις σπουδές μου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο με έναν δεύτερο κύκλο σπουδών στο Deree;

Απαντήσεις σε όλα τα παραπάνω και ακόμα περισσότερα ερωτήματα στις 18, 19 & 20 Μαρτίου στο The GDM Megaron Historical Monument Hotel (Δ. Μποφώρ 9, Ηράκλειο)

Δηλώστε τώρα συμμετοχή!

Keep moving towards the future! 

Συμπληρώστε τη φόρμα συμμετοχής ή επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας στο 210 600 9800 εσωτ. 1254 ή στο [email protected]

Deree. #Futureproof

Accelerating the Cycle from Recovery to Prosperity

When: March 15-18, 2022

Where: ACG Events Hall

Organized by:
School of Business and Economics

 

About Deree Business Week

Deree Business Week is an annual forum organized by the Student Academic Societies of the School of Business & Economics of Deree – The American College of Greece. It aims at bringing together ACG business students, faculty and alumni with distinguished industry professionals while fostering the sharing of ideas and best practices between them.

In its 15th edition, Business Week will focus on Accelerating the Business Cycle to achieve prosperity.

The approach to the theme involves both individual and corporate aspects of resilience and tools to enhance recovery, notably venture capital.

Find the program here.

 

Deree Business Week is organized by the Academic Societies of the School of Business & Economics.
All speakers will be introduced by representatives of the respective host societies.

For the Biomedical Sciences & Environmental Studies Students

When: Monday, March 14, 14:30 – 15:20

Where: 7^th level Auditorium

Organized by:
The Biomedical Sciences Program, the Environmental Studies Program – Department of Science and Mathematics and the Office of Career Services

Supported by:
The Biomedical Sciences Society & Environmental Studies Society

 

Information Session

Join us to discover internship, graduate study and career opportunities relevant to biomedical sciences and environmental studies students. Learn about the support and resources available to Deree students to pursue opportunities. Explore graduate studies at Salus University!

Presenters

Paraskevi Papadopoulou, Head, Department of Science and Mathematics, and the Biomedical Sciences Program, Deree-ACG

Stella Apostolaki, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator, Deree-ACG

Marina Perantonaki, Senior Manager, Office of Career Services, Deree-ACG

Guest Speaker

Rebecca L. Heinz, M.S., Assistant Director of Admissions, Salus University, Pennsylvania, Office of Admissions

 

When: Friday March 11, 2:30 – 3:20 (student activity hour)

Where: 6^th level Auditorium

 

Students, faculty & staff are invited to an open conversation on the Ukraine crisis with Deree IREA professors:

Dr. Constantinos Filis, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA)

Dr. Constantine Papadopoulos, member of the IGA Academic Advisory Board

Dr. Nikolaos Lampas, member of the IGA Academic Advisory Board

Join us and share your thoughts and concerns in this troubling moment in history.

For info: [email protected]

When: March 2022 | 17:30 – 20:00 (Greece)
Where: Deree Faculty Lounge

Organized by:
Office of Public Affairs
ACG Institute of Global Affairs (IGA)

 

About the IGA Distinguished Fellows Series Masterclass

This exclusive Masterclass, is addressed to Deree students of all majors. Priority will be given to students majoring in International Relations & European Affairs at Deree and have completed 60 credits and above, as well as Deree parallel study students of International Relations or Law, in their 3rd of 4th year of study at the public university.

Scope:

This masterclass aims at leading students to understand how current challenges and crises, especially in the broader European area and neighborhood, shape a new world order. Through the presentation of different perspectives and insights, as well as through thought-provoking dialogue, it aims at enabling students to further understand key global trends and dynamics, while developing their critical thinking.

The Masterclass will be offered free of charge and attendance to all four lectures is strongly recommended – A certificate of attendance will be issued for participants who attend all lectures.

• Applicants must express their interest at: [email protected]
  Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis
• Required for participation: Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination or Covid-19 Disease Certificate, as per the latest public health regulations.

 

Lecture 1 of 4 – Wednesday, March 9

Speaker:

Dr. Emmanuella Doussis
Senior Policy Advisor; Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, European Integration, European environmental policy, Climate change

Emmanuella Doussis is a Professor of International Institutions at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, director of the Institute of European Integration and Policy and UNESCO chairholder on climate diplomacy.

She has studied political science and law at the University of Athens and at the Sorbonne in Paris (Paris I). After a first Master’s in Public International Law, she completed a second one in Environmental Law and a phd in International Law. She has been visiting professor at the Universities of Bourgogne, Grenoble-Alpes and Aix-Marseille, and visiting fellow at the University of Geneva and the European University Institute in Florence. She is a member of the ILA Committee on the role of international law in sustainable management of natural resources and the Greek National Committee for Adaptation on Climate Change. She has published alone or in collaboration with other authors ten books, and numerous articles in peer-review international journals.

Her research interests include international and European environmental policy, the role of international institutions in the promotion of sustainable development, climate diplomacy, including the EU climate diplomacy, international settlement of disputes. Her more recent book concerns the role of international law in effectively managing climate change.

You may find here a detailed CV.

 

Lecture 2 of 4 – Monday, March 21

Speaker:

Konstantinos Tsimonis
Lecturer in Chinese Society, King’s College London

Konstantinos Tsimonis is a Lecturer in Chinese Society at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. He has a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies where he also taught courses on Chinese, East Asian and comparative politics.

His articles have appeared in the Journal of Youth Studies, Modern China and the Chinese Journal of International Politics, among others. His upcoming monograph titled “The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization” will be published by Amsterdam University Press. Konstantinos is currently working on a British Academy funded research project on China’s “Balkan Corridor

You may find here a detailed CV.

 

Lecture 3 of 4 – Wednesday March 23

Speaker:

Sotiris Roussos
Associate Professor of International relations and religion in Middle East and the Mediterranean, Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Peloponnese and Head of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS)

He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Peloponnese and Head of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS). He has also taught Middle East Politics and International Relations at the Department of International and European Studies of Panteion University, Athens. He obtained a BA in History at the University of Athens and an MA in Near and Middle East Area Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. In 1991 he was awarded with the Scholarship of Alexander S. Onassis Foundation and, in 1994, he obtained a Doctorate in Modern History of the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has served as a Senior Middle East Expert at the Greek Foreign Ministry since 1997. He was member of the Task Force for the Palestinian Refugees and Water Issues of the EU Special Represenative Amb. M. Moratinos and of the International Informal Group on the Status of Jerusalem. He has been one of the main organisers of the Peace Inititiave «Athens Meetings» between Israelis and Palestinians in the period 1997 – 2000 as well as of the Middle East Regional Forum of Local and Regional Women Entrepreneurs, held in Athens, in June 2008. Sotiris Roussos was, in 2009, appointed Personal Envoy for the Mediterranean Partners of the President – in – Office of the OSCE. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2012.

Lecture 4 of 4 – Wednesday, March 30

Speaker:

Thanos Dokos
National Security Advisor

Thanos P. Dokos received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University and has held research posts at HSFK (Frankfurt, 1989-90) and the Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA) at Harvard University (1990-91). He served as the Director for Research, Strategic Studies Division, Hellenic Ministry of National Defence (1996-98) and as an Advisor on NATO issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-1999). He served as the Director-General of ELIAMEP. He has taught at the Universities of Athens and Piraeus, the Hellenic National Defence College, the Diplomatic Academy and the Hellenic National Security School. His research interests include global trends, international security, Greek-Turkish relations & Mediterranean security.

 

For more information, please contact Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] or +30 210 6009800, ext. 1509

“Strategy meets Creativity”
with the MA in Advertising Communications at Deree

Join our Info Session to learn all about the MA in Advertising Communications at Deree!

When: Wednesday, March 2 at 18:30

 

This webinar is designed to help you:

• Discover the advantages of pursuing a Master’s Degree at Deree
• See if you are eligible for a scholarship
• Meet the Program Coordinator, ask your questions and get insights on the market
  
  

Fill in the form below to book your seat!

A lecture by Dr Ioanna Christoforaki
Assistant Research Fellow at the Center of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art of the Academy of Athens

When: Tuesday March 1, 2022 | 14:10 – 15:20 

Where: AC Auditorium

Organized by: the Art History Society 

 

About the event

Although the Eastern Roman Empire, better known as Byzantium, may be relatively neglected or even ignored in many western academic curricula—especially in comparison to its more illustrious predecessor—its legacy lives on and still influences many aspects of everyday life in the modern world. This lecture will explore the multi-faceted survival of Byzantine heritage today, and will assess its impact on various contemporary notions and practices. It will also focus on the significance and management of Byzantine monuments, both in Greece and abroad. Lively debate to follow!

February 25 | 17:30 – 18:30 GR

ACG Alumni Webinars | Creativity: little moments, big ideas

MORE INFO: Alumni Webinars

 

The Return Beat – Interfacing with Our Interface

When: Friday 25, Saturday 26 & Sunday 27, February
Where: The American College of Greece, Black Box Theatre (and online)

Organized by:
The Makings of the Actor, Athens, Dr Olu Taiwo, Senior Lecturer, Department in Performing Arts, University of Winchester and the Labanarium, London.
The Conference is hosted by:
The Theatre Arts and Dance Department of The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts-The American College of Greece, with the support of Dr Kiki Selioni, Post-doctoral Researcher, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

 

About the event

This conference is part of a series of international events under the auspices of The Makings of the Actor Project. The mission of The Makings of the Actor is to gather international practitioners and researchers from diverse fields of performance practice and scholarship, to develop and disseminate, through conferences and workshops, an evolving performance pedagogy that addresses the needs of present and future actors. The Makings of the Actor Project is organizing a series of conferences based on books from international research practitioners discussing in theory and presenting in practice their works.

In his book ‘The Return Beat- Interfacing with Our Interface, A Spiritual Approach to the Golden Triangle’, Dr. Olu Taiwo coined the term Return Beat referring to a metaphysical experience of West African Rhythm from a performer-centered approach. This approach draws attention to modes of rhythmic perceptions that highlight certain shared resonant experiences in a group that are cyclical in nature. The Golden triangle refers to the use of rhythm through: Song/spoken word, dance/movement, percussion/drumming. It postulates that performances produced with this awareness means that the performer will have to be rhythmically intuitive and display a high degree of self-coordinating intelligence.

Taking The Return Beat – Interfacing with Our Interface as both a framework and provocation, this conference will delve into its various themes and practices, offering a platform for practitioners and scholars to share and reflect on their perspectives on, and insights into, rhythm within acting and performance. Through presentations, work demonstrations and discussions, we will explore common themes and differing understandings and approaches to rhythm in this field.

The event will be held as a Blended (Hybrid) Conference. In recognition of both the global reach of this theme and the expansive network of interested practitioners and scholars, as well as the impact of the current pandemic, participants are invited to take part either in person or virtually. Conference proceedings will be live-streamed; papers, and, where appropriate, workshops and demonstrations, can be presented remotely.

 

Paper Presentations, Teaching Demonstrations and Workshops will take place at two venues:

Friday 25 February and Saturday 26 February
The American College of Greece, Black Box Theatre, 6 Gravias Street GR-153 42, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

Note
Required for entrance: ID card and a valid Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination or valid Covid-19 Disease Certificate, as per the latest public health regulations.
The use of a protective mask is mandatory during the entire duration of the event and social distancing (1,5m) must be observed at all times.

Saturday 26 February and Sunday 27 February
University of Winchester, Sparkford Road Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR Enter Paul Chamberlain Studios

 

The event will also be available Online from the 25^th until 27^th of February.

For the complete Conference program, please contact:

[email protected] and [email protected]

 

Conference Registration fees
All those attending the conference will be given a discount code for use when ordering their own copy of Return Beat.

Paper presentations fees: 120€

Teaching Demonstration fees:

• 90 min. 200€
• 120 min. 220€
• 150 min. 250€

Attendance fees: 70€

Student & unwaged fees: 50€

 

Workshop fees

Participant fees: €70 student & unwaged: €50

Online attendee fees: €50

 

The whole event is free to the entire Theatre Arts and Dance Faculty and students. Alumni are eligible for 50% discount.

 

For info and booking, please contact:

[email protected] and [email protected]

Online lecture

by Dr. David Nussbaum, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough (retired)
ISGAP Senior Research Fellow

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG
in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

When: Friday, February 18, 2022 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

 

The event is free and open to the public.

Bio of the Speaker

Prof. David Nussbaum, Ph. D., C. Psych.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough (retired); ISGAP Senior Research Fellow

Prof. Nussbaum was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) between 2005 and 2013. Prior to his position at UTSC, he was an Adjunct Professor at York University from 1984 to 2004. More recently from 2011 through 2020, Prof. Nussbaum held a series of renewed Guest (Visiting) Professorships at the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China. Originally setting out to be a clinical psychologist, he instead followed a radically different approach to understanding behavior that was afforded by a third-year undergraduate course entitled “Molecular Psychobiology”. Following graduate school, he retrained as a clinician and worked within forensic settings doing both clinical work and research.  Prof. Nussbaum was continuously struck by the absence of behavioral neuroscience in the forensic area and conducted both his clinical practice and empirical research within a behavioral neuroscience framework. An elected Fellow of both the Canadian (CPA) and American Psychological Associations, he was awarded Professor of the Year (Psychology) at UTSC in 2011. He served as Chair of the CPA Sections on Criminal Justice (7 years), Psychopharmacology (23 years), and Extremism and Terrorism (6 years.) Prof. Nussbaum has also served as a Psychology Member of the Ontario Review Board since 1997. He has lectured internationally including Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Israel, Kenya, Sweden, and the United States.  His research interests span Behavioral Neuroscience, Epistemology of Psychology, Violent Risk Prediction and Extremism & Terrorism.  He has published 45 peer reviewed papers, and delivered over 125 peer reviewed talks at professional and scientific meetings and conferences.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

We visit your city!

ΤΟ DEREE ΕΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ!

Παρασκευή 18, Σάββατο 19 & Κυριακή 20 Φεβρουαρίου 2022

To Deree συνεχίζει το ταξίδι του στην Ελλάδα, με επόμενο προορισμό την Καλαμάτα. 

Οι σύμβουλοι του Deree θα βρίσκονται για 3 ημέρες στην Καλαμάτα όπου θα πραγματοποιήσουν προσωπικά ραντεβού με τους ενδιαφερόμενους και θα απαντήσουν στα ερωτήματά τους για όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζουν για τις σπουδές στο Deree.

• Τι κάνει το Deree κορυφαία εκπαιδευτική επιλογή;
• Ποια ακαδημαϊκά προγράμματα προσφέρει; Τι είναι τα soft skills;
• Γιατί είναι περιζήτητα στην αγορά εργασίας; Τι υποτροφία δικαιούμαι;
• Πώς μπορώ να συνδυάσω τις σπουδές μου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο με έναν δεύτερο κύκλο σπουδών στο Deree;

Απαντήσεις σε όλα τα παραπάνω και ακόμα περισσότερα ερωτήματα στις 18, 19 & 20 Φεβρουαρίου, στο Elite Hotel, Ναυαρίνου 237, Καλαμάτα 24100.

Δηλώστε τώρα συμμετοχή!

Keep moving towards the future! 

Συμπληρώστε τη φόρμα συμμετοχής ή επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας στο 210 600 9800 εσωτ. 1317, 1410 ή στο [email protected]

Deree. #Futureproof

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 | 18:30 – 20:00

Where: You may watch it here
Online event free and open to the public. The event will be held in Greek.

Co-organized by:
Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece
Center of Excellence in Food, Tourism & Leisure, The American College of Greece

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About the event

Ο εξαιρετικά ζωτικός ρόλος που διαδραματίζει η υγιεινή διατροφή και η άσκηση στη ζωή μας θα βρεθεί στο επίκεντρο της διαδικτυακής συζήτησης που διοργανώνει το Ινστιτούτο Δημόσιας Υγείας και το Center of Excellence in Food, Tourism & Leisure του Αμερικανικού Κολλεγίου Ελλάδος, με τίτλο «Υγιεινή Διατροφή στη Σύγχρονη Ελλάδα», που θα μεταδοθεί live, μέσω της σελίδας του Ινστιτούτου Δημόσιας Υγείας, στο YouTube / Facebook, την Τετάρτη 16 Φεβρουαρίου 2022, 18:30 – 20:00.

Πώς αντιλαμβάνονται οι Έλληνες την έννοια και την πρακτική της «υγιεινής διατροφής»; Πόσο ενημερωμένοι είναι σχετικά με τη θρεπτική αξία των τροφίμων; Τη στιγμή που μεγάλη μερίδα του κοινού στέκεται με καχυποψία ή απορρίπτει εντελώς τη σημασία της σωστής διατροφής, ένα άλλο κομμάτι του πληθυσμού επιβεβαιώνει τη θετική επίδρασή της –σε συνδυασμό με την άσκηση— στη διατήρηση και την αύξηση της σωματικής και ψυχικής υγείας μας. Δίνοντας έμφαση στις δύο αυτές παραμέτρους, θα μπορέσουμε ως κοινότητα (σε επίπεδο, θεσμών, εκπαίδευσης, οικογένειας κ.ά.) να καταπολεμήσουμε τα ποσοστά παιδικής παχυσαρκίας στην Ελλάδα που είναι τα υψηλότερα στην Ευρώπη.

Η συζήτηση θα βασιστεί στα ευρήματα πανελλαδικής έρευνας καταναλωτή που εκπονήθηκε στα τέλη Νοεμβρίου 2021.

 

ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΤΗΣ

ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΜΠΕΧΡΑΚΗΣ
Διευθυντής, Ινστιτούτο Δημόσιας Υγείας, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος

ΕΙΣΗΓΗΣΕΙΣ

ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΚΗΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΗ ΖΩΗ
ΤΙ ΥΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΣΥΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΙΣΧΥΕΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ

Mελπομένη Πέππα, MD, PhD,
Αν. Καθηγήτρια Ενδοκρινολογίας ΕΚΠΑ,
Β’ Προπαιδευτική Παθολογική Κλινική & Μονάδα ‘Έρευνας Π.Γ.Ν. “ΑΤΤΙΚΟΝ”

 

ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΚΗΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ ΗΛΙΚΙΑ
ΤΙ ΥΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΣΥΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΙΣΧΥΕΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ

Γιάννης Β. Μανιός, M.Med.Sc., M.Phil, PhD
Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επιστήμης Διαιτολογίας-Διατροφής, Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο

 

ΚΑΤΑΝΟΗΣΗ, ΑΝΤΙΛΗΨΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΩΝ
ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΣΤΟ ΖΗΤΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΥΓΙΕΙΝΗΣ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗΣ

Αθανάσιος Κρυστάλλης, PhD,
Εκτελεστικός Διευθυντής, Κέντρο Αριστείας για τη Διατροφή τον Τουρισμό και την Αναψυχή
Αν. Καθηγητής, Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος

Study Abroad at the Largest American Educational Institution In Europe!

 

Webinars are open to high school students, transfer students, students who’ve never attended college, and their guests.

by Angelina Giovani
Art Historian and Provenance Researcher

When: Monday, February 14, 2022 | 18:00 – 19:00 

Where: Zoom Meeting

Organized by: the Art History Society 

 

About the event

The Art History Alumni Talk is an event that helps current students learn about their field of study through previous students of the department that are now professionals. For this talk, our speaker is Angelina Giovani. She is an art historian and provenance researcher who works with private collectors, museums, and the art trade to help them reconstruct the artworks’ narratives. She also is an Art Business Mentor for Finito. She has been appointed as a Provenance Research Specialist at CAfA (Court of Arbitration for Art), and recently, she launched the Collections Provenance Rating, an innovative tool that helps assess the state of documentation of a collection and offers recommendations based on the risk level identified. More details on her work.

Online event

When: Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 14:10 to 15:10 (student activity hour)

Where: To join the webinar click here

 

About the event

The ACG 150 strategic plan created a group of Institutes, Centers of Excellence and the Research, Technology & Innovation Network.

Jay Samons, Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer, Executive Director, Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts invites ACG students, faculty and staff to an online presentation and discussion about the ACG 150 strategic plan, introduces the unit leaders and shares current and future initiatives.

As SVP Samons states: “Many ACG faculty are already contributing to these units as Members or Fellows, but I am very keen to see even more faculty as well as students, involved in these efforts. ACG150 has been designed to bring academia together with the public and private sectors in order to have a positive impact on the Greek economy and society. The ACG 150 units provide additional ways for our faculty and students to enrich their academic experience, while strengthening ACG’s role, based on our motto “to serve, not to be served.”

Looking forward to welcoming you to this informative, interactive session!

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 18:30-19:30 (Greece)

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

The lecture will be held in Greek.

You can watch it here

 

Information: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

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Speaker’s bio

Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos

Hematologist – Oncologist
Professor and Rector of the National & Kapodistrian, University of Athens

Meletios A. Dimopoulos, MD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Clinical Therapeutics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. He has been elected Vice Dean of the Medical School for the academic years 2007-2011 and Dean for the academic years 2011-2015. In February 2015 he was elected Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for a 4-year term. He obtained his medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1985, completed a residency in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Dr. Dimopoulos is a member of numerous scientific societies and has authored more than 1200 publications (October 2021) in peer-reviewed journals, as well as numerous abstracts and several textbook chapters primarily focusing on plasma cell dyscrasias and genitourinary and gynecologic cancers. He has more than 79,000 citations and his h-index is 125 (Scopus) and more than 68,000 citations and an h-index 115 (ISI). He is a journal reviewer for several journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Haematologica, Leukemia, Cancer, European Journal of Haematology, Leukemia and Lymphoma etc. Dr. Dimopoulos was Associate Editor of the European Journal of Internal Medicine (2001-2007), is an Associate Editor of Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports and is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (2005-2008), of Haematologica, of Leukemia and Lymphoma, of Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia (2018), of Expert Review of Hematology and of Blood Advances. Dr. Dimopoulos was an elected member of the Board of the International Myeloma Society (2013-2017).

Dr. Dimopoulos serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the International Myeloma Foundation, of the International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation and he is a member of the Board of the European Myeloma Network. Dr. Dimopoulos organized the XIth International Myeloma Workshop and the IVrth International Workshop on Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (Kos Island, Greece June 2007). In March 2013 Dr. Dimopoulos was elected as a member of the Board of the International Myeloma Society. Currently he is the chairman of the Greek Myeloma Study Group and of the Balkan Myeloma Study Group.

He is a recipient of the Robert A. Kyle Award for outstanding contributions to Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (May 2003), a recipient of Waldenstrom’s award for Myeloma Research of the International Myeloma Society (March 2017), recipient of the CoMy Excellence Award (May 2017) and of the Robert Kyle Life Achievement Award (June 2019). In August 2017 he was given the title “Officier dans l’ Ordre des Palmes academiques” (Republique Francaise, Ministere de l’ Education Nationale). In May 2018 he was elected as membre associe etranger of the National Academy of Medecine of France. In January 2020 he received the MD Anderson Distinguished Alumnus Award. In February 2020 he was awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic with the medal of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix. Currently he is the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation of “Julia and Alexander N. Diomedes Botanic Garden” and he is a member of the Board of the National Greek Committee for UNESCO.

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 18:30-19:30 (Greece)

Where: You can watch it here.
The lecture will be held in Greek.

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

Novel Clinical Applications of Human Genetics in Diagnosis & Therapy of Hereditary Cancer

Drakoulis Yannoukakos
Director of Research – Human Genetics Field,
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory INRASTES,
National Centre for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS, Athens

 

For more information, please contact: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

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Speaker’s bio

 

Drakoulis Yannoukakos
Director of Research – Human Genetics Field,
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory INRASTES,
National Centre for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS, Athens

Dr. Drakoulis Yannoukakos is Director of Research in the field of Human Genetics at the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy & Safety (INRASTES), NCSR “Demokritos”. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1984. He then completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Enzymology at Paris XI and his Doctorate in Biochemistry at Paris XII (1987-1991). He worked as a post-doctoral associate in the Molecular Medicine Department of the Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School (1991-94) and then in the field of Molecular Pharmacology of the Medical School, New York University (1994-95). He was appointed to NCSR “Demokritos” as an Assistant Researcher in 1995, while he created the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in 1998, which later developed as a reference laboratory in the field of Cancer Genetics in Greece. He is visiting Professor in the following Post-graduate Programs: Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics, Dept. of Biology, Athens University (2007-today), Human Genetics, Medical School, University of Thessaly (2014-today), Oncology: From Oncogenesis to Therapy, Medical School, University of Crete-NHRF (2019-today) and Human Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace (2018). His research focuses on the analysis of Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes and Rare Diseases. He has published more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been reviewer in international journals and funding institutions. He has supervised 13 PhD theses in the field of Cancer Genetics. He has received research funding from the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, the European Union, the Hellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer “Alma Zois”, the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Companies. He participates in major international consortia on Cancer Genetics (Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 – CIMBA, Breast Cancer Association Consortium – BCAC, Evidence-based Network for the Interpretation of Germline Mutant Alleles – ENIGMA, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium – OCAC, The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium- TNBCC, and The PALB2 Consortium).

Online lecture

by Dr. Per Anders Rudling
Associate Professor, Wallenberg Academy Fellow (2019-2024), Department of History, Lund University, Sweden

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG

in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

 

When: Monday, January 17, 2022 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

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Bio of the Speaker

Dr. Per Anders Rudling
Associate Professor, Wallenberg Academy Fellow (2019-2024), Department of History, Lund University, Sweden

An Associate Professor of History at Lund University, Per Anders Rudling is Wallenberg Academy Fellow, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Alberta, Canada (2009) as well as MA degrees in history from San Diego State University, US (2003) and Slavic studies from Uppsala University, Sweden (1998). Following postdoctoral fellowships at the universities of Greifswald and Lund, he was a visiting professor at the University of Vienna and Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He is currently leading a research project on memory and long-distance nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015, his book The Rise and Fall of Belarusian Nationalism, 1906-1931 (Pittsburgh UP, 2014) won the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies from the Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).

 

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

 

photo: Lviv pogrom of 1941. Photo courtesy of David Lee Preston’s collection

A lecture by

Dr. George Paxinos
Scientia Professor AO DSc FASSA FAA (Dist)FRSN FAHMS
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia,
one of the 63-scientists identified in the study “1821-2021 – Greek Pioneers in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences”, by ARISTEiA and ACG

Organized by
The Biomedical Sciences Program and the Environmental Studies Program, Department of Science and Mathematics, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece

When: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 | 14:10-15:10

Where: ACG Events Hall

In-person event for a limited number of first-come, first-served attendees.

To secure a seat, please register please register here.

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Panel

Dr. Paraskevi Papadopoulou
Head, Department of Science and Mathematics & Biomedical Sciences Program

Dr. Lena Pateraki
Head, Department of Psychology

Dr. Stella Apostolaki
Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program
Executive Director, Center of Excellence in Sustainability

Dr. Michail Fragkos
Molecular Biologist, Department of Science and Mathematics

 

Excerpts of the book will be read by the following students: 

Georgia Sarakinou, ES/BMS student
Iliana Papadopoulous,  BMS student
Iro Tsoutsa Del Rio, ES student
Zeid Rizkalla, ES student  

 

Students assisting in the event: 

Maria Veisllari, BMS student
Evangelia Papathanasiou, BMS student
Hayley Turner, ES student

 

About the event

Psychology lost its soul in the 1930s.

The concept of “soul” is not needed to either understand or modify behavior. Our brain is the riverbed that holds and channels our stream of consciousness (Koch, 2012). It is molded by family and culture. Experience sculpts our character from the genetic material we are granted as Phidias sculpted Apollo from a block of Parian marble. Alzheimer’s disease will pay an unwelcome visit to many of us at end of life. It will disrupt the internal structure of our neurons and we will be living evidence the mind is the product of the brain and has no influence on it. Which one of us would not like to discard our depression, anxieties, obsessions, compulsions, our unrequited love? It seems the puppet is free only in as much as it loves its strings (Harris, 2012).

Professor Paxinos will speak on the neuroscience behind A River Divided, a novel in the environmental genre that broke a record in the time it took him to complete–21 years. He will speak of the neuroscience principles on the formation of heroes of the novel, giving a historical account of the origin of ideas of the mind, the soul, free will and consciousness.

 

Required for entrance: ID card and a valid Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination or valid Covid-19 Disease Certificate, as per the latest public health regulations.

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Bio of the Speaker

Scientia Professor George Paxinos
AO DSc FASSA FAA (Dist)FRSN FAHMS
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia,
139 Barker St Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031 Australia
NeuRA
contact at: +61293991094, mob: +61414305220

 

George Paxinos studied at Berkeley, McGill and Yale. He has discovered more brain regions than anyone in history and has published 58 books––his first, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, has been the third most cited scientific book of all time, and his Atlas of the Human Brain has received awards from the Association of American Publishers and the British Medical Association.

Prof. Paxinos was included in the 63-scientists identified in the study “1821-2021 – Greek Pioneers in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,” by ARISTEiA and ACG.

After a 21-year effort, Prof. Paxinos wrote a novel A River Divided: Orwellian in its encapsulation of the quintessential moral and social dilemmas of the 21^st century, A River Divided shows Paxinos to be a storyteller. Cloned ancient genes skip two thousand years to produce identical twins who are raised apart, unaware of the other’s existence, but destined to clash in an almighty battle for the Amazon.

A River Divided can be obtained as an ebook or hard copy from (if you are outside of Australia and wish a hard copy, use the bookdepository site) Booktopia.com.au, or Amazon.com.au

 

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] or 210-6009800, ext. 1570.

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 18:30-20:30 (Greece)

Where: You may join the event online here.
The lecture will be held in Greek.

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Patient Autonomy – Doctor-Patient Confidentiality and Sensitive Personal Data – Mandatory Vaccination – Euthanasia
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Christos Yannaras
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Behrakis
Pulmonologist – Intensivist
Director, Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece

Marianna Karamanou
Professor of Epistemology, History & Ethics of Medicine, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Gerasimos Rigatos
Pathologist – Oncologist

 

For more information, please contact: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

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Speakers’ bios

 

Christos Yannaras
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Christos Yannaras is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, in Athens. Born in Athens, he studied at the Universities of Athens, Bonn (Germany) and Paris (France). He holds doctorates from Paris (Sorbonne) and Thessalonica – Dr Honoris causa from Athens (Kapodistrian Univ.), New York (St Vladimir’s Seminary), Univ. of Beograd, Greek Orthodox Faculty of Theology, Boston Mass. He is author of more than twenty books that have been translated into a number of languages.

 

Panagiotis Behrakis
Pulmonologist, Intensivist MD, PhD (McGill), FCCP
Director of the Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece

Professor Panagiotis Behrakis is a Pulmonologist-Intensivist, board certified in three specialties, Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. He earned his Medical Degree from the School of Medicine of Athens University, and two PHDs, from the School of Medicine of Athens University and the Department of Experimental Medicine of McGill University.

Full bio here.

 

Marianna Karamanou
Professor of Epistemology, History & Ethics of Medicine, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Marianna Karamanou, MD, PhD is a dermatologist-venereologist, Professor of Epistemology, History and Ethics of Medicine at the Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She holds a diploma in History of Medicine from the Medical School, Claude Bernard University, Lyon 1, France and a PhD in History of Medicine from the History of Medicine Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Currently she is Research Associate at the Institute of the Humanities in Medicine, University of Lausanne and Affiliated Investigator at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens. Her research work covers the whole spectrum of the history of medicine and all time periods. Prof. Karamanou has a special research interest in the history of medicine of 18th, 19th and 20th century. Her research activity is reflected by publications in international peer-review journals (> 250 papers), communications and lectures in Greek and International conferences and book chapters. Part of the research scientific work has received national and international awards. Prof. Karamanou is a member of the International Academy of the History of Pharmacy, the French Society of History of Medicine and the President of the Hellenic Department of the Balkan Medical Union.

 

Gerasimos Rigatos
Pathologist – Oncologist

Gerasimos A. Rigatos has been working in hospitals for 40 years, 26 of which as Head of the Department of Internal Medicine-Oncology. He is Honorary Assistant Professor at the Medical Department of the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been engaged in Continuing Medical Education through his involvement in scientific societies and medical journals. Besides his scientific work he has also published substantial and significant work in the areas of History, Folklore and Culture of Medicine as well as Prose. 48 out of his 74 books are concerned with these topics. For the above he has been granted the title of Honorary President of the Hellenic Society of Medical Litterateurs. He was also honored with a scholarship by the program of Hellenic Studies of Princeton University, a first-class award by the Athens Academy, the “Markos Avgeris” Prize, the Gold Metal “Grigorios Xenopoulos”, and the “Agis Theros” award of the Hellenic Society of Litterateurs. Special editions of literary journals have been dedicated to him. A major distinction was his appointment as doctor honoris causa by the Pedagogic Department of the Kapodistrian University of Athens.

December 10 | 18:00 – 19:00 GR

ACG Alumni Webinars: Everything or almost everything you must know about wine!

Co-organized with the Pierce Parents Association

MORE INFO: Alumni Webinars

 

Online lecture

by Dr. Jaroslaw Suchoples
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG
in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

When: Thursday, December 9, 2021 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

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Bio of the Speaker:

Dr. Jaroslaw Suchoples
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Jarosław Suchoples received his MA from the University of Gdańsk, Poland, in 1993. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Helsinki (2000). In 2000-2001, he was an Analyst of the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw, Poland. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Political Science of the University of California, Berkeley. Between 2003 and 2013, he lectured at the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies in Wrocław, Poland, the Nordeuropa-Institut of Humboldt University in Berlin and Free University Berlin, Germany, and at the universities in Olsztyn and Szczecin in Poland. In 2013-2015, he was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Malaysian and International Affairs (IKMAS) of the National University of Malaysia (UKM). In 2017, he returned to Finland, this time as Ambassador of Poland. Currently Dr. Suchoples is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is involved in a variety of projects on the History and Memory of World War I, World War II and the Cold War.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

Οι Παράλληλες Σπουδές στο Deree θωρακίζουν τους νέους για κάθε μέλλον!

Ποια είναι τα επαγγέλματα του μέλλοντος;

Ποιος συνδυασμός σπουδών θα σε οδηγήσει σε αυτά;

Θέλεις να δώσεις επιπλέον αξία στις σπουδές σου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο;

Είσαι φοιτητής στη Νομική και θέλεις να συνδυάσεις τις σπουδές σου με Οικονομικά ή Ναυτιλιακά; Το Πολυτεχνείο ήταν η πρώτη σου επιλογή, αλλά θα ήθελες να σπουδάσεις και ΙΤ, Graphic Design ή Business;

Με το Πρόγραμμα Παράλληλης Φοίτησης στο Deree, ο συνδυασμός δύο διαφορετικών πτυχίων δεν είναι απλά μία επιλογή.
Είναι ο δρόμος που θα σε οδηγήσει στο επάγγελμα του μέλλοντος και θα σε κάνει …#FutureProof!

Δήλωσε σήμερα συμμετοχή στο μοναδικό online Info Session του Deree “#Futureproof επαγγέλματα του 2030” στις 8 Δεκεμβρίου, και κάνε τους συνδυασμούς σπουδών που θα σε βοηθήσουν να χτίσεις το μέλλον σου όπως εσύ το θέλεις!

Η ενέργεια πραγματοποιείται από το Deree και τους συμβούλους σταδιοδρομίας της Orientum.

 

 

 

When: December 3, 2021, 10:00-17:00

Where: Biology Lab, Room 615

On the occasion of World AIDS Day, is December1, the Biomedical Sciences (BMS) program faculty and staff, the BMS society and the ES Society, Department of Science and Mathematics, are organizing an informative seminar to raise awareness about this important subject.

Starting point: Anatomage Table

Ask Yourself: STIs vs STDs: What’s the Difference?

Receive Update on: Risk Factors & Transmission, Causes & Symptoms, Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment

End Point: Human Health & Wellness as Linked to Degree of Awareness

 

For more information: [email protected]

When: Thursday, December 2, 19:00 Athens (17:00 UK)

Where: Online (MS Teams) – Please Register HERE

Organized by
The City of Sparta, the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts of the American College of Greece, in commemoration of the 2500-year anniversary of the end of the Persian Wars.

 

About the lecture

Seen through the lens of the famous Peloponnesian War, Sparta and Athens are sometimes treated as inveterate enemies, representing not only different Greek dialects, but also disparate political systems and approaches to life in general. Yet Sparta and Athens in fact enjoyed a complicated relationship that stretched over centuries and produced alliance as often as hostility. Seen in this larger context, rather than as a prelude to the frequent strife that followed in the later fifth century, Herodotos’ account of the battle of Plataia takes on a different complexion. Exactly 2,500 years after the battle, we may now be in a better position to assess the account than were Herodotos’ own readers.

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Bio of the Speaker:

Professor Loren J. Samons II
Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer of The American College of Greece and Executive Director of ACG’s Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts
Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University

Professor Loren J. (Jay) Samons specializes in the history of Greece in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., with particular interests in Athenian politics and imperialism. His current research focuses on the figures of Perikles and Kimon, Athenian foreign policy, and the composition of Herodotus’ and Thucydides’ histories. He also has interests in the later Roman empire, ancient warfare, and the classical tradition.

Professor Samons is the author or editor of numerous works on Greek History, including “Pericles and the Conquest of History: A Political Biography” (Cambridge University Press, 2016), “The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles” (editor and contributor; Cambridge University Press, 2007), “What’s Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship” (University of California Press, 2004; paperback, 2007), and “Empire of the Owl” (Athenian Imperial Finance), Historia Einzelschriften 142 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2000). He is currently writing a new book on “Kimon and the Creation of Classical Athens” (under contract for Cambridge University Press).

 

A concert lecture organized under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee on the occasion of the bicentennial celebration of the Greek War of Independence (1821-2021), highlighting the role and world legacy of Greek music and songs that empowered the spirit of liberation in the years before and during the Greek Revolution.

Research Oversight
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, Concert-pianist & Musicologist, Assist. Professor, Music Department
Frances Rich School of Fine & Performing Arts, The American College of Greece

Performing Artists
Panagiotis Petrakis (vocal soloist, narrator), Vassilis Dramountanis (vocal soloist, mandolinist), Achilleas Hahamis (vocal soloist), Tatiana Papageorgiou (piano), Aris Koukos (tambouras, bouzouki), George Kontoyannis (lyra), Dionyssis Theodosis (clarinet), Teo Lazarou (contrabass, guitar), Vassilis Gavvaris (percussion)

Accompanied by
Deree Vocal Ensemble

Organized by: Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts,
the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts and
the Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece,
under the auspices of the “Greece 2021” Committee.

When: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | 19:00-20:30

Where: Pierce Theater, The American College of Greece

Event Format: Hybrid
Free and open to the public

 

To secure a seat, please register HERE.

Parking upon availability.

Required for entrance to ACG premises:
ID card and Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination (valid 14 days after completion of vaccination – for guests over 60 the vaccination certificate is valid for 7 months) or Covid-19 Disease Certificate (valid for 6 months after the diagnosis).

The event will be livestreamed from ACG’s Pierce Theater on this page.

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About the Event

The celebration of the 200 years since the Greek Revolution of 1821 is a landmark event of historical importance and an opportunity not only to learn from the past, but to divulge the impact of the revolution in the world, revisit current national challenges and draw a roadmap for Greece’s future.

This lecture-concert is one of a series of events organized by ACG under the auspices of the Committee Greece 2021 in honor and celebration of the revolution’s bicentenary.

 

Lecture-concert Abstract

A concert lecture that introduces the idiomatic style and empowering role of music and songs in the years before and during the Greek Revolution of 1821, illustrated live on stage with selections from the original repertoire performed by distinguished guest musicians on traditional instruments and Tatiana Papageorgiou at the piano. Spectators will deepen their listening experience through the live presentation and explanations on the music, lyrics, dance rhythms and original instrumentation, supported by a projection of historical documents and images.

 

PROGRAM

19:00 | Opening Remarks
President David G. Horner, President, The American College of Greece

19:05-19:35 | Lecture “The Empowering Role of Music in the 1821 War of Independence”
Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, concert-pianist & musicologist, Assist. Professor, Music Department, ACG Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts

19:35-20:30 | Concert

Part I
Traditional historical and Klephtic songs, preceded by short introductions referring to poetic texts and rhythms. Singers: Achilleas Hahamis and Vassilis Dramountanis

Part II
The contribution of art music composers and their inspiration from heroic figures and historical events. Performance of “O Yero Dimos,” folk song aria by Pavlos Carrer. Singer: Panagiotis Petrakis

Part III
Emblematic poetic texts about the 1821 Revolution, set to music by leading modern Greek composers: Mikis Theodorakis, Yannis Markopoulos, Christos Leontis, Stavros Kouyoumtzis, (“Thourios” by Rigas Ferraios, “Free Besieged’ by Dionyssios Solomos, and “Freedom requires Virtue and Boldness” by Andreas Kalvos).  Singers: Panagiotis Petrakis and Vassilis Dramountanis

20:30 | Closing

 

For more information: College Events – Public Affairs Office, 210-6009800 (1380 and 1570) or [email protected].

 

Image credits: Peter von Hess (1792-1871), Rigas rousing the Greeks to fight for freedom, lithograph, 28×21 cm, Benaki Museum 24094, Copy of Hess Peter von, Befreiung Griechenlands in 39 Bildern entworfen …, Kohler und Comp, Μunich. ©2021, Benaki Museum, Athens

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Speaker’s bio

Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou is a concert pianist, musicologist, arranger and educator with diverse professional activity. She holds both academic and performance degrees in music from the Athens Conservatoire, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and Birmingham City University, culminating in a PhD in Music which focused on Greek music. Her doctoral thesis addresses the question of Hellenicity and Internationalism in the classical music of Mikis Theodorakis, shedding light for the first time on his groundbreaking theory of ‘tetrachords’. Her close collaboration as pianist and researcher with Mikis Theodorakis for over twenty years, has resulted in the unearthing of unpublished, unknown works and their first performances, including Theodorakis’s Second Piano Concerto Helikon, and several of his piano works. As a piano soloist she has performed with orchestras around the world, including the London Philharmonic, the Moscow New Opera Symphony, the Beijing Symphony, the Kiev Opera Symphony, the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, the Sofia Amadeus Orchestra, and all the major Greek orchestras including the Athens and Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestras, the ERT National Symphony and the Camerata-Friends of Music Orchestra. She has performed extensively in prestigious concert halls around the world, in Europe, North and South America, Israel, Turkey, China and Australia. Her concert appearances, some together with Theodorakis on the podium, and her complete recordings of Theodorakis’s music, have been acclaimed by audiences and critics, rendering her as a leading interpreter of his symphonic music. Among her published works are the arrangements of forty Songs for Piano by the leading German music publisher Schott. Her doctoral thesis is currently in the process of being published in Greek. Tatiana Papageorgiou has been a full-time member of the Deree music faculty at the American College of Greece for over twenty years, teaching music theory, piano performance, film scoring and Greek music.

When: Wednesday, November 24 | 8.00 pm

Where: Deree Student Lounge

Organized by:
Organized by the Deree Student Activities Board, and supported by the Deree Student Association, and the Office of Student Affairs.

Cyber security is much more than a matter of IT

Join us for an insightful discussion with distinguished professionals on cyber security trends and concerns.

When: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 | 14:00-16:15

Where: Online Event | Join us here

Organized by:

Information Technology Society & Management Information Systems Society

 

PROGRAM

Main event 14:00-15:30

14:00-14.10 | Welcome note
Ms. Foteini Petropoulou (IT), Ms. Angeliki Paneri (MIS)

14:10-14.20
Mr. Pavos Kolios, Hack The Box
Mr. Thomas Toumpoulis, Workable

14:30-15.00
Mr. Traganis Apostolos, Netbull – MIS graduating senior student

15:00-15.30
Mr. Xernos Dimitris, Priority Quality Consultants

15:30-16.00
Mr. Soulos Panagiotis, Intrum Hellas

16:00-16.10 | Panel Discussion
Dr. Vavousis Konstantinos, Cybersecurity Consultant, TRUST-IT/ Deree
Mr. Xernos Dimitris, Technology Director, Priority Quality Consultants

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Speakers and Topics

 

Mr. Pavos Kolios, Delivery Manager, Hack The Box
Mr. Thomas Toumpoulis, Information Security Consultant / Penetration Tester, Workable

Topic: “GoCyber, the cybersecurity landscape of tomorrow”

 

Mr. Traganis Apostolos, Information Security Engineer, Netbull – MIS graduating senior student

Topic: “Integrating AI with Cybersecurity”

 

Mr. Xernos Dimitris, Technology Director, Priority Quality Consultants

Topic: “Social Engineering and Cybersecurity Attacks”

 

Mr. Soulos Panagiotis, Information Security Officer, Intrum Hellas

Topic: “Blue Team tactics against ENISA Threats 2021”

Online lecture

by Dr. David Nussbaum, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough (retired)
ISGAP Senior Research Fellow

Organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG
in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

When: Monday, November 22, 2021 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

PROGRAM

14:30-14:40  | Welcome remarks
Dr. Christoph Gassenschmidt, Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree – The American College of Greece

14:40-15:20  | Psychological Resonances between Extremist Ideologies and Their True Believers
Dr. David Nussbaum, Ph.D., C. Psych., Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough (retired); ISGAP Senior Research Fellow

15:20 | Q&A and Closing

The event is free and open to the public.

Bio of the Speaker

Prof. David Nussbaum, Ph. D., C. Psych.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough (retired); ISGAP Senior Research Fellow

Prof. Nussbaum was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) between 2005 and 2013. Prior to his position at UTSC, he was an Adjunct Professor at York University from 1984 to 2004. More recently from 2011 through 2020, Prof. Nussbaum held a series of renewed Guest (Visiting) Professorships at the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China. Originally setting out to be a clinical psychologist, he instead followed a radically different approach to understanding behavior that was afforded by a third-year undergraduate course entitled “Molecular Psychobiology”. Following graduate school, he retrained as a clinician and worked within forensic settings doing both clinical work and research.  Prof. Nussbaum was continuously struck by the absence of behavioral neuroscience in the forensic area and conducted both his clinical practice and empirical research within a behavioral neuroscience framework. An elected Fellow of both the Canadian (CPA) and American Psychological Associations, he was awarded Professor of the Year (Psychology) at UTSC in 2011. He served as Chair of the CPA Sections on Criminal Justice (7 years), Psychopharmacology (23 years), and Extremism and Terrorism (6 years.) Prof. Nussbaum has also served as a Psychology Member of the Ontario Review Board since 1997. He has lectured internationally including Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Israel, Kenya, Sweden, and the United States.  His research interests span Behavioral Neuroscience, Epistemology of Psychology, Violent Risk Prediction and Extremism & Terrorism.  He has published 45 peer reviewed papers, and delivered over 125 peer reviewed talks at professional and scientific meetings and conferences.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

We visit your city!

Το Deree ερχεται στην Πατρα!

Παρασκευή 19 & Σάββατο 20 Νοεμβρίου 2021

To Deree συνεχίζει το ταξίδι του στην Ελλάδα, με επόμενο προορισμό την Πάτρα. 

Οι σύμβουλοι του Deree θα βρίσκονται για 2 ημέρες στην Πάτρα όπου θα πραγματοποιήσουν προσωπικά ραντεβού με τους ενδιαφερόμενους και θα απαντήσουν στα ερωτήματά τους για όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζουν για τις σπουδές στο Deree.

Τι κάνει το Deree κορυφαία εκπαιδευτική επιλογή; Ποια ακαδημαϊκά προγράμματα προσφέρει; Τι είναι τα soft skills; Γιατί είναι περιζήτητα στην αγορά εργασίας; Τι υποτροφία δικαιούμαι; Πώς μπορώ να συνδυάσω τις σπουδές μου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο με έναν δεύτερο κύκλο σπουδών στο Deree;

Απαντήσεις σε όλα τα παραπάνω και ακόμα περισσότερα ερωτήματα στις 19 & 20 Νοεμβρίου, στο My Way Hotel & Events, Λεωφ. Όθωνος Αμαλίας 15, Πάτρα 26223.

Επίσης, οι 20 πρώτοι συμμετέχοντες που το επιθυμούν, θα επωφεληθούν από ένα τεστ επαγγελματικού προσανατολισμού της Orientum για να ανιχνεύσουν τις κλίσεις και τα ταλέντα τους.

Δηλώστε τώρα συμμετοχή!

Keep moving towards the future! 

Συμπληρώστε τη φόρμα συμμετοχής ή επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας στο 210 600 9800 εσωτ. 1317, 1410 ή στο [email protected]

Deree. #Futureproof

When: Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 14:10-15:10 (activity hour)

Where: Biology lab 615 (a tour to all labs will follow-Labs 615, 611, 710, and STEM Labs)

Organized by:
The Department of Science and Mathematics

 

For more information: [email protected]

When: November 17 – November 19, 2021 | 10:00-18:00

Where: Online / Virtual Career Fair hosted on the Career Portal

Organized by: The Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Office of Advancement.
With the support of the Deree Student Association.

 

Job & Internship Fair
Virtual event, real career networking!

Get interviewed by many company representatives in the Career Days Virtual Fair 2021. Find your internship (credit bearing or not) or a job.

Different organizations will be joining each day, so join all three days!

Career Days is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates (up to 5 years) of Deree – The American College of Greece to facilitate their successful transition to the workplace.

For more information and registration visit the Career Days Webpage

 

Career Days 2021

Join our 46th Career Days at Deree – The American College of Greece. November 17 – 19, 2021.

When: November 15, 11:30-12:30 | Student Lounge

Organized by
Management Society, Entrepreneurship Management Major, Office of Career Services

 

Be Your Own Boss Entrepreneurship Programme
Information Session at Deree – The American College of Greece

 A Career Days 2021 Parallel event

Deree students and faculty members are invited to a Presentation of the “Be Your Own Boss” Enterprise Program implemented in Greece by Corallia with the support of Prince’s Trust International. Through this presentation you will have the opportunity to get informed about all the stages of the Program from the development of a Business Idea to the Entrepreneurship Seminar and the personalized mentoring offered to each participant.

 

Presenter:
Evgenia Giama, Associate, Corallia / Be Your Own Boss Programme

Opening Remarks:
Katerina Voutsina, PhD, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship Area Coordinator in Entrepreneurship Management School of Business and Economics, The American College of Greece – Deree

Online lecture organized by
Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World
Deree-The American College of Greece

in collaboration with
ISGAP – Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

Lecture Speaker
Dr. Christoph Gassenschmidt
Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World
Deree-The American College of Greece

When: Thursday, November 11, 2021 | 14:30-15:30

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom) here

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Bio of the Speaker

Dr. Christoph Gassenschmidt
Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, Deree-ACG

MA (Magister Artium), Modern European History, East-European History and European Ethnology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; D.Phil, Modern European History, Oxford University

Christoph Gassenschmidt joined the History Department of the American College of Greece in 1996. He teaches various undergraduate courses in American and Russian History as well as thematic courses on the Enlightenment, Slaves and Slavery in the US and Modern European Antisemitism and the Holocaust. He is also engaged in the College’s Model United Nation’s (MUN) Club where he serves as the Academic Advisor. He is also running a lecture series in conjunction with ISGAP (Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy) and has become an ISGAP Research Fellow. His current research focuses on Modern Antisemitism and the Holocaust. Dr. Gassenschmidt has published and presented papers on various international conferences and seminars on American, Russian and German History and Holocaust Studies.

 

The online event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

 

photo: Mendel Beilis leaves a Kiev court holding his indictment on May 1913. Photo courtesy of Edmund Levin to Slate.com

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 18:30-19:30 (Greece)

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in children and adolescents

Evangelia Charmandari
Professor of Pediatric & Adolescents Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
First Department of Pediatrics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
“Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital

 

The lecture will be held in Greek.

You can watch it here

 

Information: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

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Bio of the Speaker

Evangelia Charmandari

MD, MSc, PhD, MRCP(UK), CCST(UK)
Professor of Pediatrics – Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece

Evangelia Charmandari graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School as a valedictorian of her class and completed her specialization in General Pediatrics in the UK. She was further subspecialized in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at the London Centre for Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College Hospital in London, UK. She is a certified Pediatrician and Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinologist by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, London, UK. She obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Pediatrics and a PhD in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, which were both awarded by the University College London (UCL), University of London, London, UK. She subsequently undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Endocrinology and Cellular Biology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA. She also worked as a Consultant in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at St. James’ University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.

In February 2011, Dr. Charmandari joined the faculty of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, as an Associate Professor, and became Full Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology in July 2015. She carries out her clinical, research, teaching and administrative work at the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital in Athens. She is also an Affiliated Investigator and the Scientific Supervisor of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.

She has 397 publications (131 articles in SCI journals, 10 in non-SCI journal, 1 book, 58 chapters in books, 144 in international conference proceedings, and 53 in national conference proceedings), which have a total impact factor of 800 and received 8330 citations (h-index=44, i10-index: 83). She was awarded the ‘Henning Andersen Prize’ of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (basic research), as well as several prizes of the Hellenic Endocrine Society, Hellenic Society of Adolescent Medicine and Health Business Awards. She has been an invited speaker in more than 130 National and International Meetings. Finally, she has attracted €2,477,000.00 research funding.

When: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 14:30-15:30

Where: Online lecture

Organized by:
The Institute of Global Affairs and the
International Relations & European Affairs Program,
Deree-The American College of Greece

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Speaker

Dr. Mary Bossis
Professor of International Security
Department of International and European Studies
University of Piraeus

Moderator

Dr. Nikolaos Lampas
Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Deree
The American College of Greece

 

You may join the event online (Zoom) HERE.

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

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BIO OF THE SPEAKER

Dr. Mary Bossis is a Professor of International Security at the University of Piraeus, Greece.

Her research interests focus on issues of International Security and Terrorism. During her carrier she has been a lecturer in a number of Academic Institutions and a researcher in prestigious Think Tanks and International Organizations. Further, she has worked as Special Advisor to the Minister in Ministries of the Greek Government. Her writing work includes significant books concerning security issues and a number of articles about International Relations.

When: November 9, 10:00-14:00 by appointment

 

Practice your online interview skills for the Virtual Career Fair by having a Mock (practice) interview a few days before!

Get feedback on your interview skills by an experienced recruiter on November 9.

Limited sessions available. Book your place now:

• Sign-in the Career Portal
• Go to “Jobs and Internships” Tab
• Search with Keyword “Mock Interview”
• Apply to one of the positions offered!

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BLOOD DRIVE in support of Evaggelismos and Agios Savvas Public Hospitals

When:
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 09:00-15:00
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | 09:00-14:00
Thursday, November 11, 2021 | 09:00-15:00

Where: Deree Student Lounge

Co-organized by
Office of Public Affairs
AURORA

Supported by
Office of Student Affairs
ACG Health & Wellness Center
Deree Student Association (DSA)
Deree S.E.R.F. (Student Emergency Response Force)

Under the auspices of
ACG Institute of Public Health

November 4 – 18:00 – 19:00 GR

ACG Alumni Webinars: My three secrets to successful trading

MORE INFO: Alumni Webinars

 

When: November 2-4, 09:30-16:00 by appointment

 

 Have your professional picture taken for your Virtual Career Fair Profile, LinkedIn and Internship Applications!

Individual appointments will last approximately 10 minutes. Reserve your session here.

Open to all Career Days 2021 participants. Registration will be on a first-come, first served basis.

Alumni are expected to present at the main gate their Covid-19 certificate of vaccination or disease certificate to access the campus.

When: Monday, November 1, 2021 | 16:00-17:00

Where: Online

Organized by: the Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Libra Group.

 

Interested in applying to Libra’s Summer 2022 Internship Program? Register for a virtual information session below. You will receive an email from EventBrite with the Zoom details closer to the event date.

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

Please register for the online session using your ACG email

 

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, accounting, hotel operations and more.

The Summer 2022 application deadline is November 29, 2021 5:00 pm EST.

When: Thursday, October 14, 2021 | 16:00-17:00

Where: Online

Organized by: the Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Libra Group.

 

Interested in applying to Libra’s Summer 2022 Internship Program? Register for a virtual information session below. You will receive an email from EventBrite with the Zoom details closer to the event date.

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

Please register for the online session using your ACG email

 

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, accounting, hotel operations and more.

The Summer 2022 application deadline is November 29, 2021 5:00 pm EST.

When: Thursday, October 14, 2021 | 14:00 – 15:30 (Greece)
Where: Deree Student Lounge & Deree Main Corridor

Organized by:
Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece
Boroume
Deipnosofistirion Catering

In collaboration with:
Center of Excellence in Sustainability at The American College of Greece

Supported by:
ACG Sustainability Leaders
ACG SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Student Hub
Deree Environmental Studies Society

 

About the event

Serving as the kick-off event to the campus-wide “ACG Food Waste Campaign: Reduce your FOODprint!”, this interactive discussion aims at raising awareness about the importance of reducing food waste and food loss at all stages of the supply chain (farmers, farmers’ markets, restaurants and catering, end consumer, etc.).

Parallel to the discussion, student volunteers from the ACG Sustainability Leaders, the ACG SDG Student Hub, and the Deree Environmental Studies Society will play homemade videos with tips on how to reduce food waste while cooking at home!

The event is organized by the Office of Public Affairs at The American College of Greece, Boroume – the pioneer NGO in the field of reducing food waste in Greece – and Deipnosofistirion Catering, and supported by the Center of Excellence in Sustainability at The American College of Greece.

This is a certified sustainable event.

 

ACG Food Waste Campaign: Reduce your FOODprint!

Did you know that 1/3 of all food globally goes to waste? Wasting food also means wasting the water used to produce the food and the land on which the food has been produced (28% of the world’s agricultural land), while 9.9% of the human population is undernourished. Due to food wastage billions of tons of CO2 emissions are released into Earth’s atmosphere, contributing greatly to climate change. (fao.org)

According to UN’s Food Waste Index Report 2021, Greek people waste on average 142 kg of food annually, one of the highest in the world.

ACG is dedicated to reducing food waste both on campus and in the broader community. Since November 2018, the College has been collaborating with the NGO Boroume. In the context of our collaboration, we have adopted a farmers’ market – the ACG Farmers’ Market – where students, staff, and faculty volunteer on a weekly basis and save food that would otherwise end up in the landfill. From November 2018 until now, our volunteers have saved over seven tons of food by offering 522 hours of community service!

As of October 2020, ACG is a member of the Alliance for the Reduction of Food Waste, a group of public authorities, well-known companies, food and service businesses from all areas of the supply chain, social impact organizations, and academic and research institutions, coming together to prevent and reduce food waste in Greece, aiming at raising awareness, educating the public, highlighting and disseminating best practices, exchanging knowledge and ideas, promoting research and innovation, promoting and donating any surplus food to social impact organizations, and, most importantly, advocating for public policy on preventing and reducing food waste and food loss in Greece.

This academic year, in tandem with the EU Directive 2018/851 and subsequent national law, we are taking it one step further by launching a campus-wide campaign on reducing and preventing food waste!

“The ACG Food Waste Campaign: Reduce your FOODprint!” aims at raising awareness about this critical issue and educating our community on best practices on how to save food.

 

PROGRAM

Main event 14:00-15:30, Deree Student Lounge

14:00-14.05 | Welcome Address
Claudia Carydis-Benopoulou
Vice President Public Affairs, ACG

14.05 -14.20 | Video
Boroume

14.20-15.15 | Interactive Discussion
Alexander Theodoridis, Chief Food Saving Warrior, Boroume
Dimitris Skarmoutsos, Executive Chef, Dipnosofistirion
Rania Assariotaki, Senior Manager for Sustainability, Office of Public Affairs, ACG
Μοderator: Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of Center of Excellence in Sustainability, The American College of Greece

Audience Q&A

15.15 | Video
Boroume with Chef Skarmoutsos

Parallel Activities 14.00-15.30, Deree Main Corridor

Booth #1: Deree students from the ACG Sustainability Leaders, the ACG SDG Student Hub and the Environmental Studies Society showcase already prepared foods made out of food scraps and/or very ripe fruits and veggies and videos from the cooking process!

Booth #2: NGO Boroume

 

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Bios of Speakers (in alphabetical order)

 

Stella Apostolaki, PhD
Chair of the Academic Advisory Board of the Centre of Excellence in Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program, Department of Science and Mathematics, Deree – ACG

Dr. Stella Apostolaki, is Chair of the Academic Advisory Board of the Centre of Excellence in Sustainability at The American College of Greece (ACG), Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program, Department of Science and Mathematics, Deree – the American College of Greece. She is teaching a variety of environmentally focused courses in the respective Program and in the Honours Program at Deree – ACG. She has prepared and delivered lectures, seminars and environmental awareness raising programs addressed to different audiences, including all educational levels and the wider public. She holds a BSc/(Hons) in Environmental Science, an MSc in Urban Water and Environmental Management and a PhD on sustainable urban drainage systems and river management options, obtained from the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland – U.K, under funding received by the Environment Agency for England & Wales, in collaboration with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and by HR Wallingford Consultants.

She has a wide research experience, she is expert evaluator of Call for Proposals for European Commission, has worked as a researcher in collaboration with Universities and Authorities in Greece and in the U.K., and has participated in numerous EU funded projects. She collaborates as external consultant with several entities such as the Green Fund of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy in the project LIFE-IP AdaptInGR – Boosting the implementation of adaptation policy across Greece, the ATHENA Research Centre, the UNSDSN Greece & Climate KIC Greece, the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy (Icre8), P.S.G Environmental Geo-Exploration Ltd. She is also an Expert under the Body of Knowledge of EIT Climate KIC & Food on Water Scarcity in Southern Europe. Her main research interests are on integrated water management and innovation, sustainable development, sustainable stormwater management, climate change, conservation of biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, public awareness – stakeholder engagement methods and public education, green urban planning with emphasis on amenity and biodiversity and on the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Rania Assariotaki
Senior Manager for Sustainability, Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Rania Assariotaki joined the American College of Greece in 2008. She currently holds the position of Senior Manager for Sustainability, Office Public Affairs. She has previously occupied the position of the first Sustainability Manager at ACG. Before joining ACG, she has served in the field of customer service. She holds an MSc in Marketing from ALBA at The American College of Greece. Since December 2020, serves as an ex-officio member in the Academic Advisory Board of the ACG Center of Excellence in Sustainability. Under her coordination, in 2020, ACG was awarded with the STARS Gold rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Since September 2020 she participates as a mentor for sustainability issues in the mentorship program of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). In February 2021, she was appointed by AASHE to serve as a member of the AASHE Advisory Council for her constant commitment and support to promoting sustainability best practices and culture on and off campus. The Advisory Council is an advisory body whose input often has a significant impact on staff and board decisions of AASHE. In February 2020 became a member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee of the American – Hellenic Chamber of Commerce. In 2015 she was certified as a GRI G4 reporter and in July 2016 received her certification as a Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner approved by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). Also, she has received certifications in: Carbon Reduction Strategy, Sustainability Reporting, Social Impact Assessment & SROI.  In August 1019, she has been certified as a Sustainability Management professional and on High Impact Leadership from the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge.

 

Mrs. Claudia Carydis Benopoulou
Vice President, Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Claudia Carydis Benopoulou is Vice President of Public Affairs at The American College of Greece (ACG) since June 2012. Her responsibilities include government relations and cultivating mutually beneficial relations with key stakeholders of both the private and public sector. She also supervises College Events and the work of two separate ACG entities: The Institute of Global Affairs and the Institute of Public Health. As part of her portfolio, Claudia oversees the reporting and implementation of sustainability best practices at ACG. Under her leadership, in 2020, ACG was awarded with the Gold STARS rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in recognition of sustainability best practices implemented in 5 categories (Academics, Operations, Planning & Administration, Social Engagement, Leadership & Innovation). Claudia has been working at ACG since 2005 and was initially head of Alumni Relations & College Events. Before joining ACG, Claudia worked in leading private companies as a marketing and communications executive. She also worked for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of European Affairs, for the period 1988-1992.

Claudia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Deree-The American College of Greece and a Master’s degree in International Relations & Communication from Boston University, US.

 

Dimitris Skarmoutsos
Executive chef

Globe-trotter and communicative, classic but modern, visionary and innovator, Dimitris Skarmoutsos is the chef who manages well in both Mediterranean and French cuisines, but also in sushi and street food. In every type of meal or cuisine, the starting point of his work is to create tasty and filling food.

Rather associated with «experimental» Greek cuisine, the chef introduces modern recipes, with respect to the Greek tradition, and focus on local ingredients, which he promotes with passion. In his hands, humble dishes like spinach with rice or a pumpkin pie go to the next level. Traditional dishes like moussaka seem innovative, while baked eggplants with lentils add an unexpected surprise to every meal.

Everything started while living in USA, where Dimitris Skarmoutsos completed his studies in economics from UCLA, and continued studying in the Culinary Institute of America. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, he apprenticed to world-class chefs, learned all the secrets for international cuisines and worked for top restaurants and hotels until 2000. In 2001, he returned back to Greece to focus on Greek cuisine. His move was faced with success considering the fact that while working as a chef in «Alatsi» he won the Golden Skoufos («Toques d’or») and Gourmet awards, leading to wider recognition.

His successful television career started in 2010, with prime time shows («Master Chef» and «Junior Master Chef», «Without Recipe», «Blind Taste»), establishing him as one of the most recognizable, familiar και popular personalities in Greek gastronomy.

 

Alexander Theodoridis
Co-Founder & CEO Boroume

Alexander is one of the co-founders and the director of NGO Boroume (“We Can”), a leading food saving organization of Greece which since 2012 has saved & offered more than 50 million portions of food from thousands of donors to over 600 charities all over Greece and has been awarded with the European Citizenship Award 2017 by the European Parliament.

He has extensive experience in both the private and public sector, is a Marshall Memorial Fund Fellow and has received scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). He has been a volunteer for various NGOs including the Hellenic Rescue Team, Junior Achievement Greece as well as a board member of Volunteer4Greece and Ethelon and a member of the advisory board of Vouliwatch.

He holds degrees from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (1996-2000, Magister Artium, Political Science, Economics, International Law) and the London School of Economics (2000-2001, MSc International Relations).

Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας στο Deree σε συνεργασία με την Orientum

14, 15 και 18 Οκτωβρίου 2021 | 10:00-17:00

Είσαι απόφοιτος λυκείου;
Αναζητάς τον κατάλληλο κλάδο σπουδών που θα σε οδηγήσει σε αυτό που ονειρεύεσαι;
Είσαι ανάμεσα σε δύο ή περισσότερες κατευθύνσεις σπουδών;
Θέλεις να δώσεις επιπλέον αξία στις σπουδές σου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο;

Σε όποια κατηγορία κι αν ανήκεις, τo Deree – The American College of Greece είναι εδώ με τις Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας, στις 14, 15 και 18 Οκτωβρίου, για να σε βοηθήσει να πάρεις τη σωστή απόφαση που θα αναδείξει τις κλίσεις και τα ταλέντα σου!

Η ενέργεια, που πραγματοποιείται ανάμεσα στο Deree και τους Συμβούλους Σταδιοδρομίας της Orientum, στοχεύει να βοηθήσει τους νέους να λάβουν όλα τα απαραίτητα εφόδια και τις γνώσεις για να  χαράξουν την κατάλληλη στρατηγική ώστε να πραγματοποιήσουν τα όνειρα και τους στόχους τους.

Οι συμμετέχοντες θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να συμπληρώσουν δωρεάν το “HORIZON” – το έγκυρο τεστ Επαγγελματικών Ενδιαφερόντων της Orientum. Το τεστ αποτελεί ένα ευρύ ψυχομετρικό εργαλείο που κατασκευάστηκε στη χώρα μας για τη μέτρηση των επαγγελματικών ενδιαφερόντων των Ελλήνων μαθητών και φοιτητών και θα παρέχεται δωρεάν σε όλους όσοι δηλώσουν συμμετοχή. Παράλληλα οι ενδιαφερόμενοι θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να συμμετάσχουν σε ατομικές συναντήσεις με εξειδικευμένους συμβούλους του Deree και της Orientum.

 

Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας από το Deree και την Orientum.  

Βάλε τις βάσεις για το μέλλον σου σήμερα!

Eleftherios Venizelos Chair Lecture 2021

Organized by The American College of Greece under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee, the event will honor and celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821.

Lecture Speaker:
Roderick Beaton
Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature
Department of Classics
King’s College London

Organized by: The American College of Greece, under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee

When: Monday, October 11, 2021 | 19:00-20:30 (Greece)
Where: ACG Events Hall

Event Format: Hybrid

REGISTER for in-person attendance

Required for entrance:
Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination (valid 14 days after completion of vaccination)
or Covid-19 Disease Certificate (no more than 6 months after the diagnosis)

REGISTER for online attendance

 

This lecture is one of a series of events organized by The American College of Greece under the auspices of the Committee Greece 2021 to celebrate the revolution’s bicentenary.

 

PROGRAM

19:00 | Welcome remarks
Dr. Katerina Thomas
Dean, Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts, The American College of Greece

19:05 | Introductory remarks
Dr. Haris Vlavianos
Professor of History and Politics, Deree, The American College of Greece

19:10 | Somebody Else’s War: European and American Philhellenes in the Greek Revolution of the 1820s
Dr. Roderick Beaton
Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature, Department of Classics, King’s College London

20:00 | Q&A & closing

 

Lecture Abstract

From the very beginning, the Greek Revolution was never a purely local affair, for Greeks alone. In April 1821 Petrobey Mavromichalis, who had raised the standard of revolution at Kalamata, issued a call for ‘the aid of all the civilized nations of Europe’. The call was answered, from just about every corner of the European continent and even from the still-new United States of America. The ‘philhellenes’, as they soon became known, were volunteers who risked and often lost their lives fighting in a war far from home. Many more were active back in their own countries, to stimulate public awareness through the press and pressure groups, and to influence policy-makers in their governments. In the USA, as early as 1824 Congress debated whether to recognise the independence of Greece – though in the event it would be three of the most conservative regimes in the Old World that would be the first to do so, in 1830. What motivated those volunteers to risk everything, and supporters of the cause to mobilise in so many different countries? Some have suggested that the philhellenic movement in the 1820s marked the beginning of what we now call ‘humanitarian intervention’. Others have seen the volunteers as deluded idealists, adventurers, or even spies. In this talk I argue that the philhellenes were prepared to risk their lives in somebody else’s war because they believed that they, too, had a stake in the conflict. The Ottomans stood in the way of an emerging new Europe, built on classical foundations that the philhellenes saw as their own. In the end, though, it was not by winning battles that the philhellenes influenced the outcome of the conflict, but rather as the wedge in the door that forced the governments of the European powers to take a hand. The involvement of the philhellenes, right from the beginning, ensured the internationalisation of the Greek struggle – and therefore, ultimately, its outcome in the creation of the independent Greek nation-state that we know today.

 

For more information: College Events – Public Affairs Office, 210-6009800 (1380) or [email protected].

 

Image credits: Frances Rich, Birds in flight, 1976
Installation view at The American College of Greece, Athens, 2021
Courtesy of The American College of Greece Art Collection

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Speaker’s bio

Roderick Beaton grew up in Edinburgh, before going on to Peterhouse, Cambridge, to graduate with a BA in English Literature and a PhD in Modern Greek. After a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Birmingham he embarked on a long career at King’s College London, first as Lecturer in Modern Greek Language and Literature (1981-88), then as Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature (1988-2018), and since then as Emeritus. From 2012 to 2018 he also served as Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at the same institution.

Roderick is the author of many books and articles about aspects of the Greek-speaking world from the twelfth century to the present day, including George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel. A Biography (2003); Byron’s War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (2013), both of which won the prestigious Runciman Award for best book on the Hellenic world, and Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation (2019, now a Penguin paperback). He is completing an overview of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution in 2021, to be published in 2021 with the title The Greeks: A Global History.

He is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA, 2013), a Fellow of King’s College (FKC, 2018) and Commander of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic, an award conferred on him by President Prokopios Pavlopoulos in September 2019.

When: Wednesday, October 6, 2021| 07:00 PM in Athens

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom)

Organized by: Consulate General of Greece in Boston, the Boston University Philhellenes and Department of Classical Studies, and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts at The American College of Greece.

 

About the Event

This event will be broadcast via Zoom as a commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War for Independence and the 2,500-year anniversary of the end of the Persian Wars. Exactly 2,500 years ago, in the years 480 and 479 B.C., the Persian forces invading Greece attacked and devastated the city of Athens. The destruction of the city at that time led to many developments, including construction on the Acropolis and, eventually, the Parthenon. Memories of these events and the remnants of that devastation, and the reconstruction that followed, arguably left a permanent mark on the physical and psychological image of Greece.

Event moderator:
Professor Loren J. Samons II
Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer
Executive Director, Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts
The American College of Greece
Professor of Classical Studies, Boston University

 

The event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, the Boston University Philhellenes and Department of Classical Studies, and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts at The American College of Greece.

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Meet the Speaker:

Professor John Camp is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College and since 1994 has served as Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

An Online Event

When: Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 18:30 – 20:30 (Greece)

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

Round Table Discussion: Important Post COVID-19 Implications

Introduction
Panagiotis Behrakis
Pulmonologist-Intensivist, Director, Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece

Post COVID-19 Lung Injury: Complications and Prognosis
Nikos Tzanakis
Professor of Pulmonology, School of Medicine, University of Crete

Post COVID-19 Neurological Disorders
Georgios Tsivgoulis
Professor & Chairman of Second Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece, President of the Hellenic Neurological Society

Post COVID-19 effect on Mental Health of Patients and Society
Pavlos Sakkas
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

The lecture will be held in Greek.

You can watch it here

 

Information: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

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Bio of the moderator 

Panagiotis Behrakis

Pulmonologist, Intensivist MD, PhD (McGill), FCCP
Director of the Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece 

Full bio here

 

 

Bios of the Speakers

Nikos Tzanakis

Professor of Pulmonology, School of Medicine, University of Crete

Professor Tzanakis graduated from the Medical School of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and received his Pulmonary Specialty at the “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens. He also holds a PhD from the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece. In 2016, he was elected Professor of Pulmonology in the Medical School of the University of Crete. He has taken part to several European and National research projects and has been author of numerous published scientific articles. He has 4.900 international citations and his h-index is 38.

 

George Tsivgoulis

Professor & Chairman of Second Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece, President of the Hellenic Neurological Society

Dr Georgios Tsivgoulis graduated with honors from the School of Medicine of Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki (1993-1999), completed his residency in the First Department of Neurology of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (2001-2005) and his PhD with honors in the School of Medicine of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (2002-2005).

He has completed a two-year Stroke/Neurosonology Fellowship in the Department of Neurology of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2006-2007). He currently serves as Professor of Neurology (2018-) and Chairman (2020-) in the Second Department of Neurology in National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine. He is also the Director of Neurosonology Laboratory, the Director of Resident Training and Cerebrovascular Fellowship Program in his Department. Dr Tsivgoulis is also a Visiting Professor of Neurology and Director of Stroke Research, in the Department of Neurology in The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN (2015-).

He is a Fellow of European Stroke Organization (ESO), European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and American Academy of Neurology (AAN). His research interests focus on acute reperfusion therapies in acute ischemic stroke, applications of neurosonology in cerebrovascular diseases, secondary stroke prevention, clinical trial methodology and application of meta-analyses on stroke therapeutics. Dr. Tsivgoulis currently serves as Vice-President of the European Stroke Organization (ESO). He is member of ESO Guideline Board and serves in ESO Education Committee. He has also served in the International Stroke Conference Scientific Program Committee, and European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) 2019 and ESOC 2020 educational committees. He is currently serving in ESOC 2021 and ESOC 2022 Program Committees. He has served in the International Stroke Conference Program Committee (2016-2019). He was a member of the writing group of ESO Stroke Action Plan 2018-2030 and ESO guidelines for intravenous thrombolysis and acute blood pressure management. He was a member of the writing group of American Society of Neuroimaging Guidelines on Transcranial Doppler applications in acute stroke. He is an Associate Editor in Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders and a Section Editor in “Stroke” Journal.

Dr. Tsivgoulis has served as Associate Editor in Journal of Neuroimaging. He is the Editor of Greek Journal “Nevrologia” and General Secretary of the Hellenic Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases. He currently serves as President of the Hellenic Neurological Society. He is also SITS and ANGELS National Coordinator for Greece. He has served as National Coordinator and International Steering Committee member in multiple phase II & III randomized-controlled clinical trials (RCTs) in acute stroke and in secondary stroke prevention. He has served and currently as Data Safety and Monitoring Board Chair in two phase II RCTs.

Dr Tsivgoulis has authored >550 papers and 16 book chapters. He has acted as Reviewer in >60 International Medical Journals presented 153 invited lectures in International Scientific Conferences and Institutions. His research has received >18.000 citations (Google Scholar) and his H-index is 66 (Google Scholar). Dr Tsivgoulis has been the recipient of international awards including the European Stroke Conference Young Investigator Award (2003), American Society of Neuroimaging McKinney Research Award (2007) in Neurosonology, European Stroke Organization Scientific Excellence Award (2021) and competitive grants from both academic institutions and industry. Dr Tsivgoulis has served as supervisor and as member of the Evaluation Committee in multiple (>20) PhD students in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and other national or international academic institutions. Dr. Tsivgoulis is married and has one daughter. He enjoys spending his free time with family at home.

 

Pavlos Sakkas

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Born in Athens, in 1951. In 1976 he got his Medical Degree from Athens University. Also, in 1983 he got the American ECFMG (Certificate for Foreign Medical Graduates). In 1980 he was nominated Neurologist and Psychiatrist, and in 1987 he was nominated Doctor from the Athens Medical School. His work was supported with a grand from the Onassis foundation. Since 1980, he is an active faculty member of Psychiatric clinic of University of Athens at the Eginition Hospital. During 1988 -1990 he was also Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, after being granted a fellowship from the Greek Government, to be specialized in Consultation – Liaison Psychiatry. Between 1990 and 1994, he became National coordinator of European Consultation Liaison Workgroup. He is member of 15 scientific societies, between them, founding member of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association and the European Association of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic.

Dr. Sakkas was also member of the organizing and scientific committees of over ten international congresses. Also, he was member of the board of directors of the Medical School of the University of Athens. Also, he is the author of two books on Psychiatry («Η Ψυχιατρική αλλιώς» 2014, και «Φάρμακα Ψυχής» 2019), the first translated in English entitled “Revealing Psychiatry” (paper book, e-book and audiobook). Furthermore, he has written numerous chapters in various scientific books. His research achievements are demonstrated in the authorship of over 100 papers published in International scientific journals. For these publications, P. Sakkas is referred over 500 times in the international medical literature.

When: October 5-9
Where: Deree Main Corridor, ACG Events Hall,
Studio 3 Gym, Deree Front Lawn or Student Lounge,
Acropolis Metro Station-Meditation site: “Vrahakia”

Organized by: ACG Health and Wellness Center

Personal issues, experiences and trials are continuously challenging and changing our lives. Join us in our 5-day fest and discover ways to overcome hurdles, build life skills and acquire resiliency tools to help you cope with confidence, move on and excel with resilience. The event will be held at various locations on campus as well as in downtown Athens.

Find the program here.

Meet the Speakers

For more information please contact: [email protected]

When: September – December 2021 | 17:30 – 20:00 (Greece)
Where: Deree Faculty Lounge

Organized by:
ACG Institute of Global Affairs (IGA)

 

About the IGA Distinguished Fellows Series Masterclass

This exclusive Masterclass, comprising 5 lectures, is addressed to Deree students of all majors who have an interest in the topic. Priority will be given to students majoring in International Relations & European Affairs at Deree and have completed 60 credits and above, as well as Deree parallel study students of International Relations or Law, in their 3rd or 4th year of study at the public university.

The Fall Semester Masterclass will take place from September – December 2021 (Wednesday, September 29 | Wednesday, October 13 | Monday, November 15 | Monday, November 29 | Friday, December 3).

Scope:

This masterclass aims at leading students to understand how diplomacy has evolved and how it is practiced today. It examines some of the most fundamental questions in modern diplomacy & international affairs, the role of diplomats in forging relationships when addressing intercountry or regional conflicts and explains how key states and international organizations operate. Through thought-provoking conversation, it aims at enabling students to further develop critical thinking, while understanding what a diplomatic career entails, especially if they are considering to follow it as a career path.

The Masterclass will be offered free of charge and attendance to all five lectures is strongly recommended – A certificate of attendance will be issued for participants who attend all lectures.

• Applicants must express their interest at: [email protected], by submitting a short paragraph (100-150 words) about why they want to attend and their CV.
• Deadline for applications: Thursday September 23, 2021, 5pm.
• Required for participation: Certificate of Covid-19 Vaccination (valid 14 days after completion of vaccination) or Covid-19 Disease Certificate (no more than 6 months after the diagnosis)

 

Lecture 1 of 5 – Wednesday, September 29

Speaker:

Dimitris Paraskevopoulos
Ambassador a.h.

Ambassador Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos was born in Athens, Greece. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens.

In 1979 he entered the Greek Diplomatic Service and served initially as Embassy Attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his career he served in the following missions:

• Secretary of Embassy – Counsellor of Embassy (Norway, Turkey, Netherlands), Service for Political Affairs – Thrace, Diplomatic Cabinet of the Foreign Minister (1981-1989)
• Plenipotentiary Minister, Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Foreign Minister (2000)
• Ambassador in Moscow (2002-2005)
• Ambassador in Paris (2005-2009)
• Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Prime Minister (2009-2012)
• Head of the Task Force for the organization of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU (2012-2013)
• Director General for Political Affairs (2013-2015)
• Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2019)

Ambassador Paraskevopoulos was awarded the Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Phoenix and has received decorations from Italy, France and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He speaks English and French.

Moderator:

Dr. Constantinos Filis
ACG IGA Director and Associate Professor at Deree – The American College of Greece
BA in Political Science and History, University of La Verne; MA in Global Governance, University of Reading; PhD in Russian Foreign Policy, University of Reading

Upon completing his PhD, Dr. Filis was elected Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College, Oxford University (2007-2009), and completed a research fellowship at Southeast European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), Oxford University (2008-2010). He heads the Russia, Eurasia and Southeast Europe Centre at Panteion University’s Institute of International Relations, of which he was formerly Executive Director (2019-2021) and Director of Research Programs (2012-2019). He is also board member of the Advisory Board at the same institute. He lectures at the Hellenic Naval Staff and Command College (since 2012), at the Hellenic National Defense College (since 2016), at the Hellenic War College (since 2020) and at the National Security School (since 2019). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Asset Management; the Greek-Turkish Forum; the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe; and the Delphi Economic Forum. He is also President of the Foundation of Thracian Art and Tradition and Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre and a member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee; energy and geoeconomics advisor to the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association and Advisory Board member of DiaNEOsis Research and Policy Institute.

Dr. Filis is the Director of the ACG Institute of Global Affairs and an Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, where he teaches courses in International Relations and European Affairs. His most recent books/monographs are: “Assertive Patriotism,” “Greece in its neighborhood,” “A Closer Look at Russia and its Influence in the World,” “Turkey, Islam, Erdogan,” and “Refugees, Europe, Insecurity.”

Discussant: Nefeli Syrmali
International Relations and European Affairs major, Deree – The American College of Greece

 

Lecture 2 of 5 – Wednesday, October 13

Speaker:

Alexander Philon
Ambassador a.h

Ambassador Philon was born in Athens in 1939.

He has graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences ( Science Po) as well as the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris.

He entered the Greek Diplomatic Service in 1965.During his career he served at the following missions:

• As secretary of Embassy at the United Nations Organisation in New York and at the Embassy in London.
• As Councillor, Consul General in Istanbul (1980-83) and then as head of the Task Force for the organization of the First Greek Presidency of the EEC.
• As Minister Plenipotentiary as Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington DC (1984-89)
• As Ambassador to New Delhi,India 1989-1993
• As Ambassador to Ankara,Turkey   1993-95
• Deputy and then Director General for Political Affairs 1995-96
• Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs    1997-98
• Ambassador to Washington DC  USA, 1998-2002.

After retiring from the Diplomatic Service he was appointed as Head of Analysis and Planning as well as Ambassador for Special Mission 2002-2011.

Ambassador Philon was awarded the Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Phoenix and has received equivalent decorations from Finland, France, Germany and Romania.

Moderator:

Prof. Constantine Papadopoulos
member of the IGA Academic Advisory Board
BA in Economics; University of Sussex; MA in Economics of Industry; University of Sussex; PhD in Economics, University of Sussex

Dr. Papadopoulos began his professional life as a career diplomat. For many years he specialized in EU affairs, and was directly involved, inter alia, in the negotiations that led to the EU’s 4th enlargement (1995) and the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). He then spent a year at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1997-8), conducting research and lecturing. He subsequently moved to the banking industry and Eurobank EFG where he worked for thirteen years as Advisor on European and Economic Affairs. In 2010-2012 he was Secretary-General for International Economic Relations & Development Cooperation at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of Greece’s economic relations with the rest of the world, as well as trade and investment promotion.

Dr. Papadopoulos has been a member of the Department of International Business & Economics since 2015 where he teaches the courses Business in the EU, International Business and Business Negotiation. Since 2019, he has also been teaching courses in the area of International Relations & European Affairs in the Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, namely, Modern European History & Politics, and Diplomacy.

Discussant: Angelos Latses
International Relations and European Affairs major, Deree – The American College of Greece

 

Lecture 3 of 5 – Monday, November 15

Speaker:

Ambassador Dimitri Azemopoulos
Director for the Training and Development of Human Resources at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dimitrios Azemopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1963. He studied Law and Political Science as well as International and European Studies at the University of Athens and went on to pursue further studies at the London School of Economics (LLM) in 1985 and at the Sorbonne in Paris (DEA) in 1986. In 1987, he joined the Athens Bar Association. After two further years of studies at the National School of Public Administration finishing first in his class, he began a diplomatic career in 1992.

He served successively in the diplomatic cabinets of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992-1993) and for the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Karamanlis (1993-1995). In September 1995, he was posted to the Embassy of Greece in Warsaw, where he served until December 1998, as Deputy Head of Mission. He was subsequently seconded to the Council of the EU, where he worked in the General Secretariat. In November 2002, he was appointed Member of the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for Employment and Equal Opportunities. He also served as a Member in the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for the Environment until the end of December 2004. Upon his return Greece in 2005, he served in the Diplomatic Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In January 2006, Ambassador Azemopoulos was appointed as Head of the Cabinet of the Director General for International Organizations and Security.

Subsequently, he served as Director in the Cabinet of the Secretary General of European Affairs until September 2007, when he was posted as Deputy Head of Mission to the Embassy of Greece in Norway, with parallel accreditation for Iceland. In February 2009, he was the Consul General of Greece in Toronto, Canada, where he served for five and a half years until July 2014. During his tenure at the Consulate General of Toronto, he was unanimously elected Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and President of the Toronto Consular Association. Ambassador Azemopoulos has been honored by a great number of Greek Canadian organizations and by the Greek Orthodox Church in Canada. His awards include the very prestigious AHEPA award for the promotion of the ideals and values of Hellenism in Canada. He has been honored both by the National Press and Media Council of Canada as well as by the Ontario Provincial Government for his role in promoting social justice, human rights, and democracy.

In 2017, the President of the Hellenic Republic awarded Dimitris Azemopoulos with the “Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix,” an honor bestowed on Greeks who have distinguished themselves in their field.

This same year, he was posted as Ambassador of Greece to Canada where he served for three years until October 2020. His extensive experience in diplomacy has led him to his current position as Director for the Training and Development of Human Resources at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador Azemopoulos has been awarded an honorary degree in Law by Deree-The American College of Greece.

Moderator:

Prof. Constantine Papadopoulos
member of the IGA Academic Advisory Board
BA in Economics; University of Sussex; MA in Economics of Industry; University of Sussex; PhD in Economics, University of Sussex

Dr. Papadopoulos began his professional life as a career diplomat. For many years he specialized in EU affairs, and was directly involved, inter alia, in the negotiations that led to the EU’s 4th enlargement (1995) and the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). He then spent a year at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1997-8), conducting research and lecturing. He subsequently moved to the banking industry and Eurobank EFG where he worked for thirteen years as Advisor on European and Economic Affairs. In 2010-2012 he was Secretary-General for International Economic Relations & Development Cooperation at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of Greece’s economic relations with the rest of the world, as well as trade and investment promotion.

Dr. Papadopoulos has been a member of the Department of International Business & Economics since 2015 where he teaches the courses Business in the EU, International Business and Business Negotiation. Since 2019, he has also been teaching courses in the area of International Relations & European Affairs in the Department of History, Philosophy and the Ancient World, namely, Modern European History & Politics, and Diplomacy.

Discussant: Spyridon Tsaparas
International Relations and European Affairs major, Deree – The American College of Greece

Lecture 4 of 5 – Monday, November 29

Speaker:

Dimitri Avramopoulos
former Commissioner

Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician and diplomat whose career in public service spans four decades.

He was the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship from 2014 until 2019.

Previously, Mr. Avramopoulos served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Defence (two terms), Minister of Tourism and Minister of Health and Social Solidarity of the Hellenic Republic, also having been elected MP several times. Before, Dimitris Avramopoulos served twice as Mayor of Athens (1995 to 2002).

Mr. Avramopoulos is Honorary Doctor of Adelphi University, Drexel University, Kingston University and Deree – The American College of Greece. He is also Honorary Professor of Peking University & the European College of Parma.

Mr. Avramopoulos has been bestowed awards and state decorations from more than 20  countries and has been presented with highest distinctions from more than 40 foreign and 40 Greek cities.

Dimitris Avramopoulos holds a BA degree in Political Science from the University of Athens and a MA degree in European Studies from the Université libre de Bruxelles. In 2003, he was Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

He is married to Vivian and is father of two sons, Filippos & Iason.

Moderator:

Prof. Nikolaos Lampas
member of the IGA Academic Advisory Board
BA in International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, MS in Strategic Studies, University of Aberdeen, PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Reading

Dr. Nikolaos Lampas is an Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Studies at Deree – The American College of Greece. He is teaching courses in International Relations, Modern European History and Politics, and Global Markets and Politics.

His research interests include American Foreign Policy, the Middle East, the nexus between terrorism and migration, and causes of threat perception towards refugees. He has published one book, US and Rogue States: Iraq, Iran and North Korea (in Greek) and several articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Mediterranean Quarterly. His most recent publication in the series “Jean Monnet Papers on Political Economy” deals with the impact of Turkish Refugee Flows on the EU-Turkey Agreement of March 2016.

Discussant: Katelyn Fuller
International Relations and Criminal Justice major, University of Delaware

 

Lecture 5 of 5 – Friday, December 3

Speaker:

Ambassador Eleni Sourani,
Head of the Prime Minister’s Diplomatic Office

Eleni Sourani was born in Thessaloniki in 1960. She is graduate of the School of Law of the University of Athens. She joined the diplomatic service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1984. Since then, she held various positions in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Athens and abroad:

At the Middle East Directorate (1985), at the Office of the Secretary-General (1986-1988), DCM and Consul in Embassy of Greece in Harare, Zimbabwe (1988-1992), Consul of Greece in Vancouver, Canada (1992-1996), at the Directorate of Security & NATO (1996-1998), DCM in the Embassy of Greece in Yerevan, Armenia (1998-2002), Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem (2002-2005), Deputy Head of Russia & CIS Department (2005), Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Foreign Minister (2006), Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Greek Permanent Mission to the OSCE, Vienna (2007-2011), Director of Arab Countries & Middle East Directorate (2011-2013), Ambassador of Greece to the Kingdom of Denmark (2013-2016), Ambassador of Greece to Albania (2016-2019), Director of the Directorate for Relations with Turkey (2019).

Since January 2020 she is the Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic.

She has been awarded with the decorations of Grand Officer, Order of Phoenix (Greece), Grand Officer, Order of the Ciders (Lebanon), Grand Cross of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark) and Knight of Scanderbeg Order (Albania).

She speaks English and French. She is married and has one son.

Moderator:

Dr. Constantinos Filis
ACG IGA Director and Associate Professor at Deree – The American College of Greece

BA in Political Science and History, University of La Verne; MA in Global Governance, University of Reading; PhD in Russian Foreign Policy, University of Reading

Upon completing his PhD, Dr. Filis was elected Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College, Oxford University (2007-2009), and completed a research fellowship at Southeast European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), Oxford University (2008-2010). He heads the Russia, Eurasia and Southeast Europe Centre at Panteion University’s Institute of International Relations, of which he was formerly Executive Director (2019-2021) and Director of Research Programs (2012-2019). He is also board member of the Advisory Board at the same institute. He lectures at the Hellenic Naval Staff and Command College (since 2012), at the Hellenic National Defense College (since 2016), at the Hellenic War College (since 2020) and at the National Security School (since 2019). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Asset Management; the Greek-Turkish Forum; the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe; and the Delphi Economic Forum. He is also President of the Foundation of Thracian Art and Tradition and Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre and a member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee; energy and geoeconomics advisor to the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association and Advisory Board member of DiaNEOsis Research and Policy Institute.

Dr. Filis is the Director of the ACG Institute of Global Affairs and an Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, where he teaches courses in International Relations and European Affairs. His most recent books/monographs are: “Assertive Patriotism,” “Greece in its neighborhood,” “A Closer Look at Russia and its Influence in the World,” “Turkey, Islam, Erdogan,” and “Refugees, Europe, Insecurity.”

Discussant: Yasmine Neri
International Relations and European Affairs major, Deree – The American College of Greece

 

 

For more information, please contact Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] or +30 210 6009800, ext. 1509

September 23, 17.30 – 18.30 GR

ACG Alumni Talks: A discussion with Dimitris Michopoulos (D ’93), Chairman & CEO at MullenLowe

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Online information session – discussion

Organized by
the Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

When: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | 18:30 – 20:00

Where: Online

The event will be held in Greek

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Speaker:
Professor Theodoros I. Vassilakopoulos
Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School

For more information, please contact College Events, [email protected], tel. 210 6009800 (ext. 1380, 1570)

 

Bio of the Speaker

Professor Theodoros I. Vassilakopoulos

Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School
Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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Bio of the Moderator

Professor Panagiotis Behrakis

Pulmonologist, Intensivist MD, PhD (McGill), FCCP
Director of the Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece

Full bio here

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When: Wednesday & Thursday, July 14-15, 2021 | 15:00 – 16:30 (Athens time)
Where: Online

Organized by:
The U.S. Mission to Greece
The Institute of International Relations of Panteion University
The Institute of Global Affairs of The American College of Greece
The University of Macedonia

 

About the Virtual American Studies Seminar Summer Edition

The U.S. Mission to Greece, the Institute of International Relations of Panteion University, the Institute of Global Affairs of The American College of Greece, and the University of Macedonia invite you to join a two-day webinar with keynote speaker Prof. Matthew Kroenig, Deputy Director for Strategy at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, and Professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Prof. Kroenig will be joined by Harry Papasotiriou, Professor of International Politics at Panteion University and Director of the Institute of International Relations, Constantinos Filis, Executive Director of the Institute of International Relations of Panteion University and Instructor at Deree – The American College of Greece, and Kalliope (Ilia) Chainoglou, Assistant Professor, Department of International and European Studies at the University of Macedonia. 

All lectures will be conducted in English. Registration is required.

 

For more information, please contact Office of Public Affairs, [email protected] or +30 210 6009800, ext. 1509

BLOOD DRIVE organized for Tzaneio Hospital

When:
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | 09:00-13:30
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | 09:00-13:30

Where: Pierce Theater Lobby

Co-organized by
Office of Public Affairs
ACG Health & Wellness Center
Office of Student Affairs – Deree

Supported by
Deree Health and Social Awareness Club
Deree Student Association (DSA)
Deree S.E.R.F.(Student Emergency Response Force)

Under the auspices of
ACG Institute of Public Health

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