Greek-English and English-Greek Electronic Dictionary Now Available for Mobile Devices
Edition Atmos of Verlag & Produktion Publishers in Germany has announced the availability of a Greek-English, English-Greek Electronic Lexicon for mobile devices. Running nearly 30 Euros in price, this program is an offshoot of the electronic version for desktop and laptop computers released within the last couple of years. E-lex, as the program is known, assists in the translation of words between English and Modern Greek (demotic). Read more.

Private Education in Limbo
While the mentality elsewhere in Europe, and certainly in America, is that private education is a good thing, there is a continued belief in Greece that, despite not inadequately achieving its purpose, public education should be the only form of instruction available at college level. The consequence is that the likes of ACT, Deree and Perrotis College exist within a legal limbo where their status could conceivably be challenged from one day to the next. Read more.

Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis Announces Creation of Performing Arts Academy
Prime minister Costas Karamanlis formally announced the foundation of an Academy of the Performing Arts, following a meeting Saturday with culture minister George Voulgarakis, education minister Marietta Yannakou, and the working committee of performing artists who took part in drawing up the relevant draft law. Yannakou explained that the graduates of the Academy of Arts will have access to the institutions of higher education (AEI), adding that the Academy would be staffed by Greek and foreign artists. She said the professors would be judged on their work. Read more.

Free Summer Courses Offered at the University of the Peloponnese in Kalamata
The University of the Peloponnese in Kalamata, in collaboration with the World Confederation of Messinians Abroad, the Pan-Messinian Federation of U.S.A. and Canada, and the Pan-Australian Federation of Messinian Organizations, is organizing for the second year in a row free summer courses for 50 students (ages 17-25) of Messinian descent and for 10 schoolteachers (student chaperones) from the U.S., Canada and/or Australia who teach in Greek schools. The duration of the summer course is approximately one month, from July 2-27, 2007. Read more.

Anatolia Gets the Word - and Image - Out
It's not enough for Anatolia to be a great school," says President Richard Jackson. "We need to let the world know we are a great school. We need a communications strategy that will allow us to compete with top schools every­where for students, faculty, and philanthropy - not just in Greece, but in Europe and the U.S. as well." To that end, Anatolia has recently embarked on a major upgrade of its public relations and communications effort. Read more.

AHEPA and the University of Indianapolis Launch "Journey to Greece" Program
AHEPA, the largest and oldest association of American citizens of Greek heritage and Philhellenes, and the University of Indianapolis, a top-tier NCA-accredited American University, have joined together to offer an unforgettable experience to young people at the University's Campus in Athens - the only wholly owned campus of a U.S.-based university in Greece. The program immerses young students in a wonderful learning experience celebrating Greek society and culture. The month-long 'Journey' incorporates a program of study introducing the students to modern and ancient Greece and on completion, provides them with transferable university credits. Read more.

Panchiaki Korais Awards Scholarships
Maria Skoulas and Irene Pappas of St. John's University were awarded scholarships for excellence in the Modern Greek Language and Literature Program on June 1st at the Center's hall. Both students are of Chian descent. Read more.

Happy Anniversaries Anatolia College!
One hundred-twenty years ago, Anatolia College was founded on the grounds of the theological seminary that had been established in the city of Merzifon in what is now north central Turkey. Finally, in 1981, more than
fifty years after Anatolia had relocated to Greece and become a junior and senior high school, it revived its college division, now known as the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), which is now in its twenty-fifth year. Read more.

The Odyssey Begins...AHEPA-Supported Greek Language Charter School Opens it's Door in Wilmington, DE
Gus J. James, II, President of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the nation’s leading association for American citizens of Greek heritage, announces the historic opening of Odyssey; Delaware’s first Greek language immersion and mathematics focused charter school. According to school officials, studies show that the method of teaching children in a language immersion program helps them develop a higher level of learning and problem-solving skills. Read more.

Hellenic Classical Charter School in Cooperation with HANC to Hold Symposium: "The Greek American Charter Schools: A Success Story"
HANC and distinguished Hellenic educators and scholars plan a symposium in April on the success of the Greek American charter schools. Click here for more details in English of program and list of prominent speakers. Read more--Greek version.

Pan-American Hellenic Federation of Teachers and Greek Teachers Association "Prometheus" Hold Annual Dinner Banquet
Two nationally prominent educational organizations jointly held a dinner banquet today, June 4, 2006, in New York. Meeting at the Chian Federation Headquarters in Astoria, the yearly event was dedicated to veteran teachers "who have worked for many years perpetuating the unforgettable ideals and democratic values of the Greek language and culture" and to other distinguished members of the community "for their support towards our schools and communities." Read more.

Loyalty to Hellenism Focus of Karpenisi Scholarship
In 2000, Syllogos Enosis Evritanon Amerikis "TO KARPENISI" was the first non-profit organization, through the influence of Stephen Cherpelis and community leader Kostas Katsanos, to establish an annual scholarship for St.John's University students who completed one year of excellence in the Modern Greek language. Read more.

Cephalonian Association AENOS Presents 3rd Annual Scholarships
On Thursday, May 11th, Cephalonian Association AENOS awarded three scholarships amounting to $1,500 to three St. John's University students of the Modern Greek Language and Literature Program. President Vasilios Kokkosis granted the awards to Fereniki Konstantatos, Polly Nikolovienis and Harilaos Thomatos. Read more.

Foundation for Modern Greek Studies Launches Campaign to Endow Second Greek Chair at University of Michigan
The Foundation for Modern Greek Studies (FMGS), in celebration of its 10-year anniversary, officially kicked off its campaign to endow in perpetuity a new Chair in Modern Greek History and Culture at the University of Michigan to complement the existing, and also endowed, C.P. Cavafy Chair in Modern Greek Language and Literature. FMGS enthusiastically presented its case to hundreds of its members and supporters from all over the world at a major event that took place on Saturday, April 1, 2006 in Dearborn, Michigan. Read more.

Dr. Gaetano Cipolla, Sicilian History Expert, Lectures at Pan-Macedonian Studies Center in New York
On February 24, 2006, Dr. Cipolla addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the Macedonian Center in New York on the early coloniziation of Sicily by Greeks. A St. John's University professor at the Languages and Literatures Department, he is the foremost Sicilian-American historian in the United States. Read more.

AHEPA/University of Indianapolis-Athens Announce Launch of Journey to Greece Program for Students
AHEPA and the University of Indianapolis, a top tier NCA accredited American University, have joined together to offer an unforgettable experience to young people at the University's Campus in Athens. The Journey to Greece program is uniquely designed to immerse young students in a wonderful learning experience celebrating Greek society and culture. The month-long 'Journey' starts July 20 and ends August 20, 2006. It incorporates a program of study introducing the students to modern and ancient Greece and on completion, provides them with transferable university credits. Read more.

AHEPA Educational Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients
The AHEPA National Educational Foundation awarded $65,500 to 101 undergraduate and graduate students in 2005-06, announced Chairman Dr. Michael Syropoulos. "Education is a cornerstone of. . . [the AHEPA] mission and an essential element of our value system as Hellenes," said Dr. Syropoulos. Recipients represent a broad geographic reach, residing in the U.S., Canada and Greece. They are traditional and non-traditional students, and a few are studying to become clergy at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary. In 2001, the foundation received a $1 million donation from the family of Mr. P.A. Margaronis, and in 2005, received a $500,000 donation from The Petroulas Family of New York. The AHEPA National Educational Foundation now has $2.7 million endowed. 2006 scholarship applications are available for download at www.ahepa.org.
Click here for complete list of scholarship recipients.

University of California at San Diego on Track to Become First U.S. University with Endowed Faculty Chairs in All Three Major Areas of Greek History
The University of California, San Diego is poised to become a world-class leader in Greek studies, thanks to the generosity of the local Greek community.The campus recently created the Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Chair in Ancient Greek History and the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair in Byzantine Greek History with donations totaling more than $1 million. Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas and Carol Vassiliadis each presented leadership gifts for the two UCSD endowed faculty chairs, while contributions from members of San Diego’s Greek community and cultural organizations provided the remainder of the funding. Read more.

Icon Workshop on Greek Island Lesvos
Internationally known artist Ann Welch and the Prosopon School of Iconology announce a summer workshop on the island Lesvos from 10 to 19 June 2005 with Russian master iconographer Sergei Taracyan. Participants will live and study in an authentic Greek mountain village. Price for 10 days is 1070 Euros (approx. 760 British pounds and 1500 U.S. dollars). View informational flyer. For more information contact Ann Welch: Tel. (U.K.) +44 01795 531684; ann@welch-wengraf.fsnet.co.uk; www.welch-wengraf.fsnet.co.uk

Summer Programs in Greece
PAIDEIA Study Abroad Programs are offered in Thessaloniki, and Rhodes in collaboration with Aristotle University, University of Macedonia, and University of Aegean.

PAIDEIA 2005 Summer Programs are offered in Thessaloniki, Dion, Sparta, Ikaria, Mytilini, and Rhodes in Intermediate Classical & Modern Greek, Culture, Oceanography, History, and Archaeology of Greece.

The program includes various summer concerts, visits to Archaeological sites and monuments of Greece depending on student interest and courses offered. A number of excursions to museums, galleries, churches and theaters.

The courses are intensive for periods of three weeks: May 16 to June 5, June 6 to June 26, June 20 to July 12, July 1 to July 21, July 22 to August 12. Read complete announcement.

The Rigours of Teaching in Greece
Reading a poignant letter, recently, regarding problems faced by non-EU teachers married to Greeks, reminded me of how all non-Greeks (before Greece joined the EU) had faced the same bureaucracy for years. The truth is the cards are well stacked against the foreign teacher in Greece. While school owners want at least one foreign teacher, concurrently they don’t want them obtaining any rights that might eventually lead to opening schools of their own; and whatever party is in power won’t risk losing votes from a sizable and vocal part of the community.Complete story.

Picture Bible of Mani Presents Stunning Pictorial Chronograph--Book Review
Editors Donald McPhail and George Dimakoyiannis of the periodical Mani: Yesterday, Today,Tomorrow have been granted permission by noted Greek photographer Yiannis Vourlitis to reproduce his historical collection of black-and-white photos of Mani. A native of this unique and dramatic land, Vourlitis had toured throughout the entire region from the 50s to the 80s, snapping shots of every aspect of local life and the rocky cradle of Maniot culture. The collection has been exhibited throughout Greece and Europe, having faithfully captured the essence of Mani before the region underwent many modern transformations. And it is the first time that such a significant, complete collection of works about Mani by a single artist has been reproduced in hardcover book format. This collection of over 400 images, therefore, represents the Mani of our heroic families, those whose forbears had led the charge to repel the Muslim Ottoman occupiers so many decades ago. Read entire review and accompanying materials.
Northeastern University Honors Pioneer Greek-American Educator
Since his student days at Northeastern University in the early seventies, George Chryssis wanted to find the right time to honor Hercules W. Geromanos, a pioneer dean and professor whose vision and innovative thinking established the university’s co-operative education model, thus greatly helping to elevate Northeastern as a world-renown institution of higher learning Read full text of release.

Battle Royal Over History Book
When the education ministry issued a new sixth-grade textbook on modern Greek history (1453 to the present) in September, few expected that an unprecedented intellectual and ideological war would break loose.Asia Minor Greeks charge that the burning of Smyrna and the killing and expulsion of the Greek population is silenced for the sake of political correctness. And Pontic Greeks complain that the massacre of their forebears by the Turks is omitted. Read more.

Greek-American Studies are Growing at North American Campuses
by Artemis Leontis, Ph.D.
Greek-American studies have been undergoing steady growth at institutions of higher learning in North America for the past decade. More and more undergraduates in American universities and colleges are finding opportunities to study the culture, history, and experiences of Greek Americans. Read more.

Cephalonian Association "AENOS" Presents Third Annual Scholarships
On Thursday, May 11th, the oldest island association, Cephalonian Association "AENOS," awarded three scholarships amounting to $1,500 to three St. John's University students of the Modern Greek Language and Literature Program. President Vasilios Kokkosis granted the awards to Fereniki Konstantatos, Polly Nikolovienis and Harilaos Thomatos, all students of Chian descent. Read more.

History Channel to Air Program about Ancient Greece and Apostle Paul--8 August 2006
Drive Thru History "Ancient Greece: Athens, the Philosophers, & Apostle Paul." This episode will focus on a man whose message would change the course of world history: the Apostle Paul. We'll survey his life from the time he was known as Saul, a notorious persecutor of Christians, to his radical conversion on the Damascus Road, to his world changing missionary campaigns. Bible maps come alive as we show a bird's eye view of his famous and sometimes perilous missionary journeys. Along the way, we'll further explore Athens and visit the Agora, and survey the revolutionary thought of the Athenian philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Then we climb to the top of the Areopagus, or Mars Hill, in the shadow of the Acropolis--the site of one of Paul's most famous speeches.

Third Annual NYPT Scholarship Awarded to St. John's Student
The Third Annual 2006 New York Physical Therapy Sports Rehabilitation Award was presented to Ann Marie Renaldo of the Modern Greek language and Literature Program of St. John's University in the Center at 162-14 45th Ave., Flushing, NY. Read more.

William Spyropoulos School PTA Dance Honors Past Presidents
PTA presidents reflect their generation of parents. The William Spyropoulos PTA of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Flushing, New York honored their past presidents on Friday, April 28th. The 29th Anniversary Dinner Dance was held at Terrace on the Park. Over three hundred persons attended. Read more.

Lilly Endowment Fund and HC/HC to Offer Third Year of CrossRoad, a Program in Boston for High School Juniors and Seniors
The Office of Vocation and Ministry (OVM) at Hellenic College is now accepting applications from high school juniors and seniors for its summer CrossRoad program, now in its third year. From June 23 through July 3, thirty Orthodox youth from the United States and Canada will take part in an exciting summer vocations exploration program designed to help students discern their life callings and match their personal gifts with the needs of the world. Read more.

Greece: Books and Writers--a Free Multipart Publication by the Greek Ministry of Culture
The National Book Centre brought togehter the wealth, the immense variety and the unbroken continuity of Greek literature in this special volume, which provides a comprehensive introduction to Greek literature and a chronicle of Greek history. Tthe history of Greece as seen from the perspective of its books and writers is the subject of this work, which seeks to combine scholarly analysis with narrative interest. Its principal aim is to guide the reader through the key moments in this literature and to acquaint him or her with the men and women who moulded the Greek language into literary form. It attempts to describe the special qualities of this literature, its moments of innovation and originality, as well as its place in the European literary tradition and in the major literary and intellectual currents that have shaped the modern world. Read more and downloads parts of book (4-part, large PDF files).

Lecture by Historican Dr. Speros Vryonis at Connecticut on Destruction of Greek  Community in Istanbul
Hellenic Society Paideia is pleased to announce an upcoming public lecture by renowned scholar Dr. Speros Vryonis at 7:30pm on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU-- Science Building 125, 181 White Street, in Danbury, CT). One of the Constantine S. Macricostas Lecture Series at WCSU, the title of Professor Vryonis's lecture will be "The Mechanism of Catastrophe; The Turkish Pogrom of September 6 - 7, 1955 and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul," named after his recent book. He will discuss "Septemvriana"; the Greek Krystallnacht that marked the beginning of the end of Istanbul's Hellenic community. The lecture is free; a reception hosted by Paideia will follow. Read more.

Radio Journalist Sophia Hall Motivates Students at St. John's Lecture
The baby boomer generation is now reaching retirement age. Marriages among all ethnic and racial groups are bringing about rapid assimilation in mainstream America. The Greek ethnic group is not an exception to this trend. Who is going to carry on our Hellenic heritage and religious traditions into the 21st century? St. John's University Modern Greek language Program of the Languages and Literatures Department presented its 2nd Annual Greek Independence Day lecture on Tuesday afternoon, February 28th. Sophia Hall, a third generation Greek-American radio Journalist from the mid-west was guest speaker. Read more.

Chryssis Scholarships Awarded at Northeastern University's College of Engineering
Northeastern University’s College of Engineering held its Engineering Scholarship luncheon recently on campus, an event designed to bring together alumni, who have established scholarships at the University, and current recipients of the awards. The recent event also marked the 15th consecutive year that the “George C. Chryssis Scholarship” awarded grants to qualified Greek-American students. George C. Chryssis, a graduate of Northeastern University and currently a member of its Board of Trustees, established the eponymous endowed scholarship with a substantial capital gift in 1990. Read more.

Columbia University Establishes Chair in Hellenic Studies with Gift from Kyriakos Tsakopoulos
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, a prominent businessman and attorney from Roseville, Calif., presented Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger a check for $1 million to establish a chair in Hellenic Studies. The donation was made as a tribute to Mr. Tsakopoulos' late grandfather -- for whom he is named -- and to focus study on the timeless relevance of the teachings of the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. The gift will establish the Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies in the Classics Department as well as an annual lecture series titled "Aristotle and the Moderns." Read more.

Hellenic Studies: Leaving Behind a Legacy
In recent years, American higher education has witnessed an increas in Hellenic Studies programs and chairs at a number of highly rated universities throughout the United States. An October 1, 2005 conference on Hellenic Studies in North, Central and South America, hosted by the Onassis Cultural Center on October 1, 2005, supported this assertion. Local Order of AHEPA chapters have helped to pave the way forward for at least two of these types of programs through crucial roles played in fundraising efforts at major universities. Examples include the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Read more.

Nikiforos Diamandouros Delivered the First Annual Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Memorial Lecture in the "Aristotle and the Moderns" Series at Columbia University
European Ombudsman Diamandouros gave a lecture titled "Rule of Law, Democracy and the Ombudsman in Contemporary Europe" at the President's Room of the Faculty House at Columbia University in November.It was the inaugural speech for a lecture series endowed by California real estate entrepreneur Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, a graduate of Columbia University. Named for Mr. Tsakopoulos' grandfather, the lectures will focus on the "importance and relevance of Aristotle’s teachings in today’s world, particularly with regard to his books, the Politics and the Nicomachean Ethics. 'Our notions of justice and the importance of the rule of law, the definition of what it is to be a good person and a good citizen, are most eloquently and accurately described by Aristotle in these two books,' Mr. Tsakopoulos affirmed at the time of the establishment of the series. The annual public lecture will consider contemporary debates in broadly conceived, innovative, and multidisciplinary ways." Click here to read more about the speaker. Click here to read more about the founder of the series.

The Gust Rakus Hellenic Studies Collection Unveiled
On October 18, 2005 the Gust Rakus Hellenic Studies Collection was unveiled at the University of Washington Special Collections Library. It was named for the late Brother Gust Rakus, a Past Supreme Treasurer and a 65-year member of AHEPA.The collection represents more than 65 years of AHEPA history in the Pacific Northwest as represented in old photos, AHEPA Mentors, memorabilia, and other Greek American papers and publications. The reception and special opening were hosted by Juan de Fuca Chapter 177 of Seattle and the Seattle AHEPA Family.

Hellenic Society Paideia Chapter RI Presents Sophocles Antigone

Fr. Robert Taft Delivers Manolis Lectures at Patriarch Athenagoras Institute
 Fr. Robert Taft, the world's leading expert on Byzantine liturgy and former Vice-Rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome delivered the Paul G. Manolis Distinguished Lecture Series Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 18-20, 2005. The three lectures were delivered at the large Chapel of the Pacific School of Religion on the campus of the Graduate Theological Union. Each evening the chapel was filled to hear Fr. Tafts's lectures: "Through their own eyes: Liturgy as the Byzantines saw it." Complete article.

Bishop Kallistos Ware to Deliver Orthodoxy in America Lecture at Fordham University
World-renowned Orthodox theologian and Oxford University lecturer, His Grace Bishop Kallistos Ware will deliver the next lecture in this seminal series on Orthodoxy in America: "Ecological Crisis, Ecological Hope: The Orthodox Vision of Creation." The lecture is open to the public and will be delivered at 6pm on Tuesday, 5 April, in Fordham University Church on the Rose Hill Campus. RSVP by phoning (718) 817-3012. For more information, visit the webpages of the lecture series at http://www.fordhamfrc.org/
chaplain/lectures.htm. The first lecturer for this distinguished series was His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios. Read entire text.

Hellenic Library and Historical Archive
The Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive (E.L.I.A.) is a cultural non-profit organisation (www.elia.org.gr). Its basic aim is to collect, preserve and classify 19th and 20th century archival and printed material, particularly that which relates to the modern history and culture of Greece. E.L.I.A. maintains an exceptional collection of archives (more than 800) of historical, literary, economic and artistic content. Besides, it has a remarkable library, containing more than 100,000 volumes of books, magazines, almanacs and newspapers of the above period, considered one of the most important and complete libraries in the country. Read entire announcement.

Arcadia, My Arcadia--Book Review
This is a wonderful historical novel about the indomitable Greek spirit of a young man from the mountains of Arcadia, the son of poor village farmers who succeeded against overwhelming odds. In the words of the author, Arcadia, My Arcadia "tells the story of one boy from the dusty poverty of his nameless village to the baffling life of the big city and beyond, as he tried to avoid the fate of his ancestors in the 1950s Arcadia." Superbly written, with a heroic central figure, the universality of the young boy's struggles—and great personal victories--will deeply touch Hellenic hearts. Arcadia, My Arcadia will help bring the trials of visionary Greek immigrants into sharp focus, offering us a clearer glimpse into the remarkable natures of our own extraordinary ancestors. Complete review and accompanying materials.




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