GREECE NEW IN 2009 Mark the Date! Letter from the Please refer regularly to the Executive Director website www.fulbright.gr for updates, on fulbright appli- FulbrightNews 60 Years Fulbright Greece at the Woodrow Wilson cation deadlines, new programs n this issue of Fulbright International Center for Scholars, Washington DC and special grants. News we invite you to Number 3, December 2008 www.fulbright.gr On 24 March 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson Southeast Europe SCHOLARSHIPS Icelebrate an important Minister of Education Evripides Stylianides joined by US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard and Fulbright Executive Director Artemis A. Zenetou greet Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009 Aikaterini Project will organize an event in Washington DC marking 60 years of educational and cultural exchanges milestone in the history of Ziotopoulou. Professor Emeritus Edmund Keeley. Fulbright Executive Director with Mr. Pavlos Ioannidis honorary Vice President of the Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis. FOR GREEK CITIZENS between Greece and the United States. Speakers will include distinguished alumni and leading figures of • Graduate Students: Educational and Cultural Ex- the political world. January 15, 2009 changes between the Unit- • Study of the U.S. Institutes ed States and Greece. In Recognizing Donors for Secondary Educators: 1948, the Fulbright Founda- January 29, 2009 tion was established in Greece. It is the oldest Ful- FULBRIGHT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEK EDUCATORS • Salzburg Seminar: Year-round Greek Teacher Professional Development Project bright Program in Europe and the second oldest Contact Sophia Cousoula, continuously operating program in the world. The The binational approach is the hallmark that distinguishes the Fulbright academic exchange program from most As of August 2009, 20 awards will be granted to elementary and secondary school educators of the Senior Program Officer Foundation’s objective is to broaden and strength- Humanities and Social Sciences to participate in a professional development program at George Mason i [email protected] others, either public or private. The continuity and growth of programs offered by the Foundation would not be en mutual understanding between Greece and the University, Washington, DC in partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools and the Hellenic Ministry possible without the support of the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hellenic Republic. SCHOLARSHIPS United States by offering educational and cultural of Education. The focus of the program is to familiarize participants with US-centered teaching methods, Since the late 1980s, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has engaged in an active fundraising campaign in order FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS exchange opportunities to Greek and American stu- creativity and technology in the classroom. The exchange program will offer an in-depth experience of to secure additional funds for its scholarship programs and educational activities. The Fulbright Foundation grate- • Graduate Students: May 1, dents, scholars, researchers, and artists. Since 1948, American life and culture. While the Greek participants will be the primary beneficiaries of the internship fully acknowledges the continued support and dedication of its donors: 2009 thru mid October 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free T experience, the US institutions and individuals involved in the program will also gain from the cultural • Greek Summer Seminar: advisory services for studies in the United States to and professional exchange. January 15, 2009 FOUNDATIONS ASSOCIATIONS & SCHOOLS thousands of individuals and has awarded grants to • Senior Scholars and Artists: John F. Costopoulos Foundation AHEPA Athens Chapter HJ1 more than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. August 1, 2009 John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Hellenic College of Thessaloniki • Intercountry Lecturing At sixty, the Fulbright exchange program has A.G. Leventis Foundation Awards: Year-round 60 Years in Greece matured into an international success story. From George P. Livanos Foundation INDIVIDUALS • Senior Specialists Program: Constantine K. Mitsotakis Foundation On Wednesday, June 25th 2008 more than 550 guests, including alumni, friends, and do- a modest program that brought 35 students and a 1955, Greek students aboard the Ιndepedence. 1960s, Fulbright teacher training seminar. Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong Year-round Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. Angelos Canellopoulos nors, gathered at the Peristilion, Zappeion Hall to celebrate the Fulbright Foundation’s 60th single professor to the United States in 1948 and Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Mr. Dimitrios Bakatselos - Union of Hellenic enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the strongest force available. June 25 2008, President of the Parliament of Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, Minister Contact Nicholas Tourides, anniversary. Guests were welcomed by the Executive Director Artemis Zenetou and event vol- sent 65 Americans abroad, the Fulbright has grown of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides and of the Ministry of Education Secretary General Chambers of Commerce and Industry Lilian Voudouris Foundation Senator J. William Fulbright Educational Advisor & unteers / Fulbright alumni Pavlos Antoniadis, Kalli Bezevengi, Vassiliki Dimitriadi, Dimitra Ioan- into the premier educational exchange program in Ambassador Dimitris Platis and Professor Athanasios Kyriazis. Michalis Katachanas, Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009. Mr. Raymond Matera 60 years Fulbright, Peristilio Zappeion Hall. ❝ American Program Coordina- nidou, Thodoris Zafeiropoulos and Irini Steirou, to the sounds of musician and Fulbright scholar i the world. To date, some 280,000 “Fulbrighters” – Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Menoudakos tor [email protected] CORPORATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Mr. Peter Myrian Michalis Katachanas improvising on his viola. Following her welcoming remarks, Artemis Zenetou 106,000 from the United States and 174,000 from A.G. Spanos Companies read a message by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, in which he asserted how pioneering initia- Professor Athanasios Tsevas STUDIES IN THE US other countries – have participated in the Program Coca Cola Hellas S.A. Fulbright Foundation Staff • 15th US University Fair tives such as the Fulbright Program are instrumental in meeting the challenges of a changing world. since its inception. The Fulbright Program awards Gigilinis Shipping Group Athens, October 13, 2009 The event was addressed by the President of the Parliament of the Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, the approximately 6,000 grants annually to scholars Hellenic Distribution Agency Ltd. US ALUMNI Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakoyianni (through a video-message), the Minister of Educa- from the United States and 155 other countries. Intracom Holdings Professor Peter Bien Contact Dimitris Doutis, tion and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stylianidis and the Ambassador of the United States Daniel V. Fulbright involves nearly every discipline in the Elias Paraskevas Attorneys at Law Mr. Ralph Esposito Educational Advisor Procter & Gamble Hellas S.A. Mr. Patrick Mc Faden i [email protected] Speckhard. Two generations of Fulbright alumni, represented by Edmund Keeley and Emmanuela arts and humanities, commerce and finance, sci- S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. Mr. Robert Ferguson Truli, shared their reminiscences. Professor Keeley arrived in Greece as a Fulbright scholar in 1949, ence and technology, education, journalism, media Thessaloniki International Trade Fair S.A. Mrs. Demetra Kassimis while Emanuela Truli traveled to the United States just before 9/11. The highlight of the evening and government. It counts among its alumni distin- Titan Cement Company S.A. Mrs. Mary J. Riley was the Fulbright Awards ceremony, during which 71 grants were presented to Greek and American guished men and women in almost every country. scholars. This was preceded by the acknowledgment of the Foundation’s donors for their invaluable They include poets and presidents, Nobel laureates, support of the Foundation’s Scholarship Program. The Executive Director presented the publication Pulitzer Prize winners, prime ministers and heads 60 Years in Greece, The Fulbright Foundation, which outlines the Foundation’s historic journey from of state, professors and scientists, ambassadors and 1948 to the present. The publication includes rare archival photos and essays. The evening con- artists, business leaders, economists, physicians, ac- Fulbright News cluded with the screening of the film 60 Years Fulbright, featuring American and Greek Fulbright tors, financiers, Supreme Court justices and com- alumni from then and now. Musician and Fulbright alumnus George Kaloudis composed the Top row: Fulbright News is an annual pany presidents. publication of the Fulbright Foundation film’s music score, “Swell.” Today, the Fulbright Foundation continues to Sophia Cousoula, in Greece. Senior Program Officer offer scholarships and educational advice to Greek 6 Vassilissis Sophias Avenue Angie Fotaki 106 74 Athens, Greece Assistant to the Executive Director and American scholars, while also introducing new Phone: 210 7241 811 Christina Paraskevopoulos initiatives to promote educational and cultural ex- Fax: 210 7226 510 Financial Administrator changes between the two countries. Bottom row: E-mail: [email protected] www.fulbright.gr Artemis A. Zenetou Nicholas Tourides Educational Advisor Writing | Artemis Zenetou & American Program Coordinator Copy Editing | Mary Kitroeff Dimitris Doutis Ph.D., Educational Advisor Design | WHITE Partnership (Thessaloniki Office) Education requires a continuing act of faith. The Fulbright Foundation in Greece gratefully acknowledges Raymond Matera for sponsoring the foundation’s newsletter. ❝Senator J. William Fulbright GREECE NEW IN 2009 Mark the Date! Letter from the Please refer regularly to the Executive Director website www.fulbright.gr for updates, on fulbright appli- FulbrightNews 60 Years Fulbright Greece at the Woodrow Wilson cation deadlines, new programs n this issue of Fulbright International Center for Scholars, Washington DC and special grants. News we invite you to Number 3, December 2008 www.fulbright.gr On 24 March 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson Southeast Europe SCHOLARSHIPS Icelebrate an important Minister of Education Evripides Stylianides joined by US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard and Fulbright Executive Director Artemis A. Zenetou greet Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009 Aikaterini Project will organize an event in Washington DC marking 60 years of educational and cultural exchanges milestone in the history of Ziotopoulou. Professor Emeritus Edmund Keeley. Fulbright Executive Director with Mr. Pavlos Ioannidis honorary Vice President of the Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis. FOR GREEK CITIZENS between Greece and the United States. Speakers will include distinguished alumni and leading figures of • Graduate Students: Educational and Cultural Ex- the political world. January 15, 2009 changes between the Unit- • Study of the U.S. Institutes ed States and Greece. In Recognizing Donors for Secondary Educators: 1948, the Fulbright Founda- January 29, 2009 tion was established in Greece. It is the oldest Ful- FULBRIGHT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEK EDUCATORS • Salzburg Seminar: Year-round Greek Teacher Professional Development Project bright Program in Europe and the second oldest Contact Sophia Cousoula, continuously operating program in the world. The The binational approach is the hallmark that distinguishes the Fulbright academic exchange program from most As of August 2009, 20 awards will be granted to elementary and secondary school educators of the Senior Program Officer Foundation’s objective is to broaden and strength- Humanities and Social Sciences to participate in a professional development program at George Mason i [email protected] others, either public or private. The continuity and growth of programs offered by the Foundation would not be en mutual understanding between Greece and the University, Washington, DC in partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools and the Hellenic Ministry possible without the support of the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hellenic Republic. SCHOLARSHIPS United States by offering educational and cultural of Education. The focus of the program is to familiarize participants with US-centered teaching methods, Since the late 1980s, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has engaged in an active fundraising campaign in order FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS exchange opportunities to Greek and American stu- creativity and technology in the classroom. The exchange program will offer an in-depth experience of to secure additional funds for its scholarship programs and educational activities. The Fulbright Foundation grate- • Graduate Students: May 1, dents, scholars, researchers, and artists. Since 1948, American life and culture. While the Greek participants will be the primary beneficiaries of the internship fully acknowledges the continued support and dedication of its donors: 2009 thru mid October 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free T experience, the US institutions and individuals involved in the program will also gain from the cultural • Greek Summer Seminar: advisory services for studies in the United States to and professional exchange. January 15, 2009 FOUNDATIONS ASSOCIATIONS & SCHOOLS thousands of individuals and has awarded grants to • Senior Scholars and Artists: John F. Costopoulos Foundation AHEPA Athens Chapter HJ1 more than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. August 1, 2009 John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Hellenic College of Thessaloniki • Intercountry Lecturing At sixty, the Fulbright exchange program has A.G. Leventis Foundation Awards: Year-round 60 Years in Greece matured into an international success story. From George P. Livanos Foundation INDIVIDUALS • Senior Specialists Program: Constantine K. Mitsotakis Foundation On Wednesday, June 25th 2008 more than 550 guests, including alumni, friends, and do- a modest program that brought 35 students and a 1955, Greek students aboard the Ιndepedence. 1960s, Fulbright teacher training seminar. Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong Year-round Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. Angelos Canellopoulos nors, gathered at the Peristilion, Zappeion Hall to celebrate the Fulbright Foundation’s 60th single professor to the United States in 1948 and Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Mr. Dimitrios Bakatselos - Union of Hellenic enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the strongest force available. June 25 2008, President of the Parliament of Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, Minister Contact Nicholas Tourides, anniversary. Guests were welcomed by the Executive Director Artemis Zenetou and event vol- sent 65 Americans abroad, the Fulbright has grown of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides and of the Ministry of Education Secretary General Chambers of Commerce and Industry Lilian Voudouris Foundation Senator J. William Fulbright Educational Advisor & unteers / Fulbright alumni Pavlos Antoniadis, Kalli Bezevengi, Vassiliki Dimitriadi, Dimitra Ioan- into the premier educational exchange program in Ambassador Dimitris Platis and Professor Athanasios Kyriazis. Michalis Katachanas, Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009. Mr. Raymond Matera 60 years Fulbright, Peristilio Zappeion Hall. ❝ American Program Coordina- nidou, Thodoris Zafeiropoulos and Irini Steirou, to the sounds of musician and Fulbright scholar i the world. To date, some 280,000 “Fulbrighters” – Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Menoudakos tor [email protected] CORPORATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Mr. Peter Myrian Michalis Katachanas improvising on his viola. Following her welcoming remarks, Artemis Zenetou 106,000 from the United States and 174,000 from A.G. Spanos Companies read a message by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, in which he asserted how pioneering initia- Professor Athanasios Tsevas STUDIES IN THE US other countries – have participated in the Program Coca Cola Hellas S.A. Fulbright Foundation Staff • 15th US University Fair tives such as the Fulbright Program are instrumental in meeting the challenges of a changing world. since its inception. The Fulbright Program awards Gigilinis Shipping Group Athens, October 13, 2009 The event was addressed by the President of the Parliament of the Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, the approximately 6,000 grants annually to scholars Hellenic Distribution Agency Ltd. US ALUMNI Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakoyianni (through a video-message), the Minister of Educa- from the United States and 155 other countries. Intracom Holdings Professor Peter Bien Contact Dimitris Doutis, tion and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stylianidis and the Ambassador of the United States Daniel V. Fulbright involves nearly every discipline in the Elias Paraskevas Attorneys at Law Mr. Ralph Esposito Educational Advisor Procter & Gamble Hellas S.A. Mr. Patrick Mc Faden i [email protected] Speckhard. Two generations of Fulbright alumni, represented by Edmund Keeley and Emmanuela arts and humanities, commerce and finance, sci- S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. Mr. Robert Ferguson Truli, shared their reminiscences. Professor Keeley arrived in Greece as a Fulbright scholar in 1949, ence and technology, education, journalism, media Thessaloniki International Trade Fair S.A. Mrs. Demetra Kassimis while Emanuela Truli traveled to the United States just before 9/11. The highlight of the evening and government. It counts among its alumni distin- Titan Cement Company S.A. Mrs. Mary J. Riley was the Fulbright Awards ceremony, during which 71 grants were presented to Greek and American guished men and women in almost every country. scholars. This was preceded by the acknowledgment of the Foundation’s donors for their invaluable They include poets and presidents, Nobel laureates, support of the Foundation’s Scholarship Program. The Executive Director presented the publication Pulitzer Prize winners, prime ministers and heads 60 Years in Greece, The Fulbright Foundation, which outlines the Foundation’s historic journey from of state, professors and scientists, ambassadors and 1948 to the present. The publication includes rare archival photos and essays. The evening con- artists, business leaders, economists, physicians, ac- Fulbright News cluded with the screening of the film 60 Years Fulbright, featuring American and Greek Fulbright tors, financiers, Supreme Court justices and com- alumni from then and now. Musician and Fulbright alumnus George Kaloudis composed the Top row: Fulbright News is an annual pany presidents. publication of the Fulbright Foundation film’s music score, “Swell.” Today, the Fulbright Foundation continues to Sophia Cousoula, in Greece. Senior Program Officer offer scholarships and educational advice to Greek 6 Vassilissis Sophias Avenue Angie Fotaki 106 74 Athens, Greece Assistant to the Executive Director and American scholars, while also introducing new Phone: 210 7241 811 Christina Paraskevopoulos initiatives to promote educational and cultural ex- Fax: 210 7226 510 Financial Administrator changes between the two countries. Bottom row: E-mail: [email protected] www.fulbright.gr Artemis A. Zenetou Nicholas Tourides Educational Advisor Writing | Artemis Zenetou & American Program Coordinator Copy Editing | Mary Kitroeff Dimitris Doutis Ph.D., Educational Advisor Design | WHITE Partnership (Thessaloniki Office) Education requires a continuing act of faith. The Fulbright Foundation in Greece gratefully acknowledges Raymond Matera for sponsoring the foundation’s newsletter. ❝Senator J. William Fulbright Educational Advising & Outreach Programs Initiatives to Promote Educational Building Bridges, Promoting Excellence American Scholars SENIOR SCHOLARS & ARTISTS & Cultural Exchanges NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholarships CARISTI, Dominic G. Comparing Greek & US Electronic Media Convergence Ball State University, Muncie, IN National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Social Sciences Department of Telecommunications Department of Communications and Media Studies Since 1948, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free advising services for studies GARDNER, Wilford Dana Distribution of Particulate Organic Carbon from Texas A&M University - College Station, Hellenic Center for Marine Research ach year, Fulbright recipients embark on trans-Atlantic exchanges that bring forth a world of new professional and scholarly Remote Sensing: Eastern Mediterranean Sea College Station, TX. Department of Oceanography in the United States to thousands of individuals and has awarded Fulbright grants to more opportunities and collaborations and that build bridges with other cultures and countries. We are grateful for the ongoing GIORDANO, Vincent Thomas The Jewish Community of Ioannina Independent Scholar, New York, NY The Jewish Museum of Greece Each year, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece develops new educational and cultural commitment and support of the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the United States of America KARIDES, Marina A New Movement or An Old Tradition: Florida Atlantic University-Davie, Davie, FL University of the Aegean, Mytilene than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. E Cooperatives and Globalization in Greece Department of Sociology Department of Sociology as well as the generosity of our donors in supporting the continuity and growth of our programs. programs to promote mutual understanding and creative collaborations between Greece LIPPE, Cort Real-Time Interactive Computer Music with Acoustic SUNY-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY National & Kapodistrian University of Athens S Instrumentation; Real-Time Processing in the Spectral Department of Music Department of Music and the United States of America. Domain Using the Discrete Fast Fourier Transform Greek Scholars LOPEZ, Debbie Lynn Alterity as Theme in American Realist University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Cultural Enrichment GRADUATE STUDENTS and Naturalist Fiction Department of English, Classics and Philosophy Department of American Literature & Culture Program for American NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY MANIS, Andrew Michael Religion, Race and Ethnicity in American Macon State College, Macon, GA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Presidential Elections Department of History Department of American Literature & Culture ASARIDOU, Salomi Savvatia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Neuroscience & Education Educators ROGERS, Catherine Writing (My) World History, Developing the Script Independent Scholar, New York, NY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki E CHATZIPANAGIOTOU, Matthilde National & Kapodistrian University of Athens New York University, New York, NY Law for Solo Performance Department of Translation & Intercultural Studies Greece was selected along with Bulgaria to orga- GREAT IDEAS CHONDRONIKOLA, Maria Harokopeion University New York University, New York, NY Nutrition/Dietetics National & Kapodistrian University of Athens nize a Fulbright-Hays seminar for American edu- Department of English Studies he “Great Ideas” series is an initiative of the Fulbright Foundation Ideas program offers lectures to the academic community and the general KALTSOUNI, Styliani Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Law SMITH, James MacGregor III Performance Modeling and Design of Manufacturing University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA University of Piraeus cators. The seminar offers a unique experience KATACHANAS, Michael Ionion University New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music to celebrate the 60 years of educational and cultural connection public in Athens and Thessaloniki. To date the program has included the and Service Networks Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Management & Technology of professional and personal enrichment, leading between Greece and the United States. The goal of the series is following topics and speakers: KOLIMENAKIS, Christos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Public Administration to a better understanding of Greece’s history, cul- T KOROPOULI, Eleftheria National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Neuroscience to bring noted American experts and artists to Greece to perform and to BIOMEDICAL ETHICS – Ruth R. Faden, Executive Director, John Hopkins SENIOR SPECIALISTS ture and people and acts as a forum for the devel- LEMOS, Araceli Athens University of Economics & Business California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts (Film) discuss topics of interest to the Greek and American public. The series is Berman Institute of Bioethics NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE opment of new international educational projects MASOUROS, Pavlos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Harvard University, Boston, MA Law organized with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the ARTS & CULTURE – Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York HISCHAK, Thomas S. American Musical Theater State University of New York, College at Cortland, NY University of Patras and collaborations. The objective of the seminar, NIKOLOPOULOU, Assimina-Ino Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY American Studies Department of Performing Arts Department of Theater Studies US Embassy in Athens and US Consular Office in Thessaloniki. The Great EDUCATION – Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University which took place in Greece between June 1-19, PAPANASTASIOU, Eleni National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture MARRANCA, Bonnie Contemporary American Theater The New School, New York, NY University of the Peloponnese School of Liberal Arts Department of Theater Studies 2008, was to provide an overview of Greece and PETALOTI, Eleni Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture STAVRAKAKIS, Emmanouil National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture Greek historyand culture, past and present. Par- THEODORIDOU, Natalia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Theater & Religion GRADUATE STUDENTS The US University Fair ticipants were introduced to the country’s history TZAKOU, Anna Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts Naropa University, Boulder, CO Theater & Performance Art NAME FIELD US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE and culture and experienced contemporary life Discovering a World of New Study Opportunities ZAFEIRI, Anthi National & Kapodistrian University of Athens University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Linguistics BOEHM, Ryan Anthony Archaeology University of California, Berkeley, CA American School of Classical Studies at Athens through visits to archaeological sites, schools, na- The 14th US University Fair was held on 8 October 2008 at the Athens Crowne Plaza. More COHEN, Shayna Meredith Agriculture At-Large, New York National Agricultural Research Foundation ture reserves, museums and cultural centers. Vis- than 500 students, parents, high school and university counselors attended the event. The Fair INTERNATIONAL FULBRIGHT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARD HARPER, Jessica Lea Biology University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center its were combined with lectures by professional offers prospective students the unique opportunity to meet American university representa- NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY KVAPIL, Lynne Allison Archaeology University of Cincinnati, OH American School of Classical Studies at Athens staff, which were tied in with the educational, tives and Fulbright advisors; to inquire about graduate and undergraduate degree programs, ZIOTOPOULOU, Aikaterini National Technical University of Athens University of California, Davis, CA Civil Engineering LaBUFF, Jeremy Brandon Zottola History University of Pennsylvania, PA American School of Classical Studies at Athens political, cultural and historical significance of admission requirements, program deadlines, and campus life at each institution; and to gather LEE, Toby Kim Anthropology Harvard University, MA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki the places visited. School of Architecture information about Fulbright scholarships and standardized admission tests. The event is free RESEARCH SCHOLARS In the questionnaires they filled out before RODITIS, Maria Leia Anthropology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki and open to the public and it is the only one of its kind in Greece. During this year’s Fair, NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF RESEARCH departing Greece for Bulgaria, the 16 educators SONG, Daniel Sung Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA University of the Aegean, Mytilene Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen P. Graffy and US Embassy Epaminondas Farmakis, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ilias Kouskouvelis, University of Macedonia, Dimitrios Bakatselos, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Richard Levin. BEZERIANOS, Anastasios University of Patras University of California, San Diego, CA Information Science Department of Geography who participated in the program expressed their Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, Dr. Richard Levin and Μinister of Finance George Αlogoskoufis. Glenn Lowry lecturing at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Professor Laboratory of Medical Physics Department of Bioengineering Counselor for Public Affairs and Chairman of the Fulbright Board of Directors Thomas Miller appreciation of the entire experience. On a guided tour of the museum with Thouli Misirloglou. DIMITROPOULOU, Lida Technical University of Crete University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Political Science met with students and university career counselors from Greek universities. Researcher Special Research Account & Department Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology Signal SUMMER SEMINAR AT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Image Processing Institute NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION GEORGAKOPOULOS, Dimitrios Agricultural University of Athens Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Agriculture CATALAN, Rosina E. Classics and Latin Teacher Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Department of Atmospheric Science DREHER, Laurel A. Art and English Teacher Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA International Education Week AN EVENING WITH OLGA BROUMAS PALLIS, Athanasios University of the Aegean, Chios Columbia University, New York, NY Business Administration Assistant Professor Department of Shipping Trade and Transport Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy EAST, Lola J. Latin Teacher St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate International Fulbright n 19 November 2008, award-winning poet and translator Olga PAGKRATIS, Gerasimos National&Kapodistrian University of Athens Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY American History JOHNSON, Natalie Elaine History Teacher Zuni High School, Zuni, NH the benefits of international education and exchange world- Science and Technology Broumas gave a reading entitled “Translation and Original: The Olga Broumas finished the Tositseion Arsakeion in Athens Greece Lecturer Department of Italian and Spanish Language Department of History MURRAY, William Francis English and Classics Teacher Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington, MA wide. The Fulbright Foundation organized the “Fulbright Open Journey of Poetry.” Fulbright alumna Broumas, treated a mes- and left for advanced study in the United States with the help of a POLITIS, Panagiotis Academy of Athens Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Biological Sciences Awards O Investigator-Lecturer Biomedical Research Foundation Department of Pathology House” in Athens and Thessaloniki. The Open House featured merized audience to an evening of poetry at the Gennadius Library of the Fulbright Fellowship in 1967. In 1977, her first collection of poems, SUMMER FULBRIGHT-HAYS CULTURAL ENRICHMENT SEMINAR Τhe International Fulbright Science and Tech- REVYTHIADOU, Anthoula University of the Aegean, Rhodes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Linguistics Fulbright staff and scholars who presented the US educational American School of Classical Studies. The event was jointly organized by Beginning with O, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, the first time Assistant Professor Department of Mediterranean Studies Department of Linguistics and Philosophy NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION system, the application process and Fulbright scholarship op- nology Awards are given to promising gradu- the Gennadius Library and the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. The read- a non-native speaker of English was so honored. Since then, she has SYKIOTI, Olga National Observatory of Athens University of Maryland, College Park, MD Environmental Sciences ACKERMAN, Ann Associate Professor Rivier College, Nashua, NH Researcher Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing Department of Physics portunities. Fulbright alumni discussed their experiences in ate students to undertake PhD study at top US ings were in Greek and English and included poems by Odysseus Elytis, published six more collections of poetry, collected in Rave in 2000, ANDERSEN, Amy Assistant Professor West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX VERGANELAKIS, Dimitrios Advanced Research and Therapeutic University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, PA Medical Sciences universities in the fields of science, technol- ANTONUCCI, Robert Librarian Sodus Middle and High School, Newark, NY US campuses and noted similarities and differences between Kiki Dimoula, Stanley Kunitz, W.C. Williams and Olga Broumas. and four books of translations of Odysseas Elytis, collected in Eros, MRI Physicist Institute Encephalos Department of Radiology student life in Greece and the United States. Participants and ogy or engineering. Approximately 40 awards Eros, Eros in 1999. A CD of her reciting from these books appeared in BRUNO, Paul Assistant Professor Framingham State College, Framingham, MA speakers stayed long after the program had ended, talking among themselves. are offered each year to graduate students 2001. She is currently working on the Selected Translations of Kiki ARTISTS & ART SCHOLARS ESPOSITO, Ralph Professor Carroll College, Helena, MT from around the world who demonstrate GARTLAND, Janna Teacher Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, IL Dimoula for Yale University Press, for the Margellos World Republic NAME PROFESSION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY • University Club, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 November 2008. HENN, Mark Lecturer University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH unique aptitude and innovation in scientific of Letters translations series. FRAGKOU, Maria Actress SITI Company, New York, NY Acting The event was coordinated by Sophia Cousoula, Fulbright Foundation. Speakers included JACKSON, Young Librarian Raymond Telles Academy, El Paso, TX fields, leadership potential and the ability to Olga Broumas’ work has been honored with fellowships from the PROIOS, Stergios Costume & Stage Designer Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY Theater (Scenic) Arts Fulbright alumni Professor James MacGregor Smith, Haris Apostolopoulos, Vassiliki Dimi- MARGETSON, Kristen Teacher Nequa Valley High School, Naperville, IL be a cultural ambassador of their country. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment RAMOPOULOU, Lorenda Piano Player & Teacher of Music New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music triadi, Markos Douridas, Toby Lee Kim and Evangelia Marouli. McMILLAN, Nora Professor San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX This year Greece is represented by Aikat- of the Arts, among others. She is the Director of Creative Writing at SKARAGKAS, Ioannis Author International Writing Program, Iowa, IA Creative Writing Greek Cultural Center, New York, NY POPPELL, Amelia Facilitator Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA • Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, 24 November 2008. The erini Ziotopoulou, a graduate of the Nation- Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts, and travels widely QUADROS-MEIS, Myra Teacher Mission High School, San Francisco, CA event was coordinated by Dimitris Doutis, PhD, Fulbright Foundation, and addressed by al Technical University of Athens, who is to present and perform her work. STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES SCARBROUGH, Anne Teacher Marlboro School, Los Angeles, CA studying Civil Engineering at the University Hoyt Yee, US Consul General. SORENSON, Kimberley Teacher The Waterford School, Sandy, UT NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY Speakers included: Wesley Teter, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator of California, Davis, CA. STAAB, Hope Administrator Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Poet Olga Broumas reading at the Gennadius Library. Olga Broumas with distinguished poet and PYRETZIDIS, Athanasios General Lyceum of Velestino, Magnisia Institute for Training and Development, Amherst, MA Study of the United States (EducationUSA), and Fulbright alumni Eleftheria Arapoglou, Akis Psygas and Maria Roditi. member of the Academy of Athens Kiki Dimoula. Teacher of English TILLMAN, Daniel V. Teacher Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY Educational Advising & Outreach Programs Initiatives to Promote Educational Building Bridges, Promoting Excellence American Scholars SENIOR SCHOLARS & ARTISTS & Cultural Exchanges NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholarships CARISTI, Dominic G. Comparing Greek & US Electronic Media Convergence Ball State University, Muncie, IN National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Social Sciences Department of Telecommunications Department of Communications and Media Studies Since 1948, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free advising services for studies GARDNER, Wilford Dana Distribution of Particulate Organic Carbon from Texas A&M University - College Station, Hellenic Center for Marine Research ach year, Fulbright recipients embark on trans-Atlantic exchanges that bring forth a world of new professional and scholarly Remote Sensing: Eastern Mediterranean Sea College Station, TX. Department of Oceanography in the United States to thousands of individuals and has awarded Fulbright grants to more opportunities and collaborations and that build bridges with other cultures and countries. We are grateful for the ongoing GIORDANO, Vincent Thomas The Jewish Community of Ioannina Independent Scholar, New York, NY The Jewish Museum of Greece Each year, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece develops new educational and cultural commitment and support of the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the United States of America KARIDES, Marina A New Movement or An Old Tradition: Florida Atlantic University-Davie, Davie, FL University of the Aegean, Mytilene than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. E Cooperatives and Globalization in Greece Department of Sociology Department of Sociology as well as the generosity of our donors in supporting the continuity and growth of our programs. programs to promote mutual understanding and creative collaborations between Greece LIPPE, Cort Real-Time Interactive Computer Music with Acoustic SUNY-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY National & Kapodistrian University of Athens S Instrumentation; Real-Time Processing in the Spectral Department of Music Department of Music and the United States of America. Domain Using the Discrete Fast Fourier Transform Greek Scholars LOPEZ, Debbie Lynn Alterity as Theme in American Realist University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Cultural Enrichment GRADUATE STUDENTS and Naturalist Fiction Department of English, Classics and Philosophy Department of American Literature & Culture Program for American NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY MANIS, Andrew Michael Religion, Race and Ethnicity in American Macon State College, Macon, GA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Presidential Elections Department of History Department of American Literature & Culture ASARIDOU, Salomi Savvatia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Neuroscience & Education Educators ROGERS, Catherine Writing (My) World History, Developing the Script Independent Scholar, New York, NY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki E CHATZIPANAGIOTOU, Matthilde National & Kapodistrian University of Athens New York University, New York, NY Law for Solo Performance Department of Translation & Intercultural Studies Greece was selected along with Bulgaria to orga- GREAT IDEAS CHONDRONIKOLA, Maria Harokopeion University New York University, New York, NY Nutrition/Dietetics National & Kapodistrian University of Athens nize a Fulbright-Hays seminar for American edu- Department of English Studies he “Great Ideas” series is an initiative of the Fulbright Foundation Ideas program offers lectures to the academic community and the general KALTSOUNI, Styliani Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Law SMITH, James MacGregor III Performance Modeling and Design of Manufacturing University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA University of Piraeus cators. The seminar offers a unique experience KATACHANAS, Michael Ionion University New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music to celebrate the 60 years of educational and cultural connection public in Athens and Thessaloniki. To date the program has included the and Service Networks Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Management & Technology of professional and personal enrichment, leading between Greece and the United States. The goal of the series is following topics and speakers: KOLIMENAKIS, Christos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Public Administration to a better understanding of Greece’s history, cul- T KOROPOULI, Eleftheria National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Neuroscience to bring noted American experts and artists to Greece to perform and to BIOMEDICAL ETHICS – Ruth R. Faden, Executive Director, John Hopkins SENIOR SPECIALISTS ture and people and acts as a forum for the devel- LEMOS, Araceli Athens University of Economics & Business California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts (Film) discuss topics of interest to the Greek and American public. The series is Berman Institute of Bioethics NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE opment of new international educational projects MASOUROS, Pavlos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Harvard University, Boston, MA Law organized with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the ARTS & CULTURE – Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York HISCHAK, Thomas S. American Musical Theater State University of New York, College at Cortland, NY University of Patras and collaborations. The objective of the seminar, NIKOLOPOULOU, Assimina-Ino Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY American Studies Department of Performing Arts Department of Theater Studies US Embassy in Athens and US Consular Office in Thessaloniki. The Great EDUCATION – Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University which took place in Greece between June 1-19, PAPANASTASIOU, Eleni National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture MARRANCA, Bonnie Contemporary American Theater The New School, New York, NY University of the Peloponnese School of Liberal Arts Department of Theater Studies 2008, was to provide an overview of Greece and PETALOTI, Eleni Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture STAVRAKAKIS, Emmanouil National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture Greek historyand culture, past and present. Par- THEODORIDOU, Natalia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Theater & Religion GRADUATE STUDENTS The US University Fair ticipants were introduced to the country’s history TZAKOU, Anna Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts Naropa University, Boulder, CO Theater & Performance Art NAME FIELD US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE and culture and experienced contemporary life Discovering a World of New Study Opportunities ZAFEIRI, Anthi National & Kapodistrian University of Athens University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Linguistics BOEHM, Ryan Anthony Archaeology University of California, Berkeley, CA American School of Classical Studies at Athens through visits to archaeological sites, schools, na- The 14th US University Fair was held on 8 October 2008 at the Athens Crowne Plaza. More COHEN, Shayna Meredith Agriculture At-Large, New York National Agricultural Research Foundation ture reserves, museums and cultural centers. Vis- than 500 students, parents, high school and university counselors attended the event. The Fair INTERNATIONAL FULBRIGHT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARD HARPER, Jessica Lea Biology University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center its were combined with lectures by professional offers prospective students the unique opportunity to meet American university representa- NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY KVAPIL, Lynne Allison Archaeology University of Cincinnati, OH American School of Classical Studies at Athens staff, which were tied in with the educational, tives and Fulbright advisors; to inquire about graduate and undergraduate degree programs, ZIOTOPOULOU, Aikaterini National Technical University of Athens University of California, Davis, CA Civil Engineering LaBUFF, Jeremy Brandon Zottola History University of Pennsylvania, PA American School of Classical Studies at Athens political, cultural and historical significance of admission requirements, program deadlines, and campus life at each institution; and to gather LEE, Toby Kim Anthropology Harvard University, MA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki the places visited. School of Architecture information about Fulbright scholarships and standardized admission tests. The event is free RESEARCH SCHOLARS In the questionnaires they filled out before RODITIS, Maria Leia Anthropology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki and open to the public and it is the only one of its kind in Greece. During this year’s Fair, NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF RESEARCH departing Greece for Bulgaria, the 16 educators SONG, Daniel Sung Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA University of the Aegean, Mytilene Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen P. Graffy and US Embassy Epaminondas Farmakis, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ilias Kouskouvelis, University of Macedonia, Dimitrios Bakatselos, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Richard Levin. BEZERIANOS, Anastasios University of Patras University of California, San Diego, CA Information Science Department of Geography who participated in the program expressed their Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, Dr. Richard Levin and Μinister of Finance George Αlogoskoufis. Glenn Lowry lecturing at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Professor Laboratory of Medical Physics Department of Bioengineering Counselor for Public Affairs and Chairman of the Fulbright Board of Directors Thomas Miller appreciation of the entire experience. On a guided tour of the museum with Thouli Misirloglou. DIMITROPOULOU, Lida Technical University of Crete University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Political Science met with students and university career counselors from Greek universities. Researcher Special Research Account & Department Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology Signal SUMMER SEMINAR AT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Image Processing Institute NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION GEORGAKOPOULOS, Dimitrios Agricultural University of Athens Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Agriculture CATALAN, Rosina E. Classics and Latin Teacher Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Department of Atmospheric Science DREHER, Laurel A. Art and English Teacher Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA International Education Week AN EVENING WITH OLGA BROUMAS PALLIS, Athanasios University of the Aegean, Chios Columbia University, New York, NY Business Administration Assistant Professor Department of Shipping Trade and Transport Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy EAST, Lola J. Latin Teacher St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate International Fulbright n 19 November 2008, award-winning poet and translator Olga PAGKRATIS, Gerasimos National&Kapodistrian University of Athens Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY American History JOHNSON, Natalie Elaine History Teacher Zuni High School, Zuni, NH the benefits of international education and exchange world- Science and Technology Broumas gave a reading entitled “Translation and Original: The Olga Broumas finished the Tositseion Arsakeion in Athens Greece Lecturer Department of Italian and Spanish Language Department of History MURRAY, William Francis English and Classics Teacher Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington, MA wide. The Fulbright Foundation organized the “Fulbright Open Journey of Poetry.” Fulbright alumna Broumas, treated a mes- and left for advanced study in the United States with the help of a POLITIS, Panagiotis Academy of Athens Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Biological Sciences Awards O Investigator-Lecturer Biomedical Research Foundation Department of Pathology House” in Athens and Thessaloniki. The Open House featured merized audience to an evening of poetry at the Gennadius Library of the Fulbright Fellowship in 1967. In 1977, her first collection of poems, SUMMER FULBRIGHT-HAYS CULTURAL ENRICHMENT SEMINAR Τhe International Fulbright Science and Tech- REVYTHIADOU, Anthoula University of the Aegean, Rhodes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Linguistics Fulbright staff and scholars who presented the US educational American School of Classical Studies. The event was jointly organized by Beginning with O, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, the first time Assistant Professor Department of Mediterranean Studies Department of Linguistics and Philosophy NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION system, the application process and Fulbright scholarship op- nology Awards are given to promising gradu- the Gennadius Library and the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. The read- a non-native speaker of English was so honored. Since then, she has SYKIOTI, Olga National Observatory of Athens University of Maryland, College Park, MD Environmental Sciences ACKERMAN, Ann Associate Professor Rivier College, Nashua, NH Researcher Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing Department of Physics portunities. Fulbright alumni discussed their experiences in ate students to undertake PhD study at top US ings were in Greek and English and included poems by Odysseus Elytis, published six more collections of poetry, collected in Rave in 2000, ANDERSEN, Amy Assistant Professor West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX VERGANELAKIS, Dimitrios Advanced Research and Therapeutic University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, PA Medical Sciences universities in the fields of science, technol- ANTONUCCI, Robert Librarian Sodus Middle and High School, Newark, NY US campuses and noted similarities and differences between Kiki Dimoula, Stanley Kunitz, W.C. Williams and Olga Broumas. and four books of translations of Odysseas Elytis, collected in Eros, MRI Physicist Institute Encephalos Department of Radiology student life in Greece and the United States. Participants and ogy or engineering. Approximately 40 awards Eros, Eros in 1999. A CD of her reciting from these books appeared in BRUNO, Paul Assistant Professor Framingham State College, Framingham, MA speakers stayed long after the program had ended, talking among themselves. are offered each year to graduate students 2001. She is currently working on the Selected Translations of Kiki ARTISTS & ART SCHOLARS ESPOSITO, Ralph Professor Carroll College, Helena, MT from around the world who demonstrate GARTLAND, Janna Teacher Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, IL Dimoula for Yale University Press, for the Margellos World Republic NAME PROFESSION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY • University Club, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 November 2008. HENN, Mark Lecturer University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH unique aptitude and innovation in scientific of Letters translations series. FRAGKOU, Maria Actress SITI Company, New York, NY Acting The event was coordinated by Sophia Cousoula, Fulbright Foundation. Speakers included JACKSON, Young Librarian Raymond Telles Academy, El Paso, TX fields, leadership potential and the ability to Olga Broumas’ work has been honored with fellowships from the PROIOS, Stergios Costume & Stage Designer Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY Theater (Scenic) Arts Fulbright alumni Professor James MacGregor Smith, Haris Apostolopoulos, Vassiliki Dimi- MARGETSON, Kristen Teacher Nequa Valley High School, Naperville, IL be a cultural ambassador of their country. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment RAMOPOULOU, Lorenda Piano Player & Teacher of Music New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music triadi, Markos Douridas, Toby Lee Kim and Evangelia Marouli. McMILLAN, Nora Professor San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX This year Greece is represented by Aikat- of the Arts, among others. She is the Director of Creative Writing at SKARAGKAS, Ioannis Author International Writing Program, Iowa, IA Creative Writing Greek Cultural Center, New York, NY POPPELL, Amelia Facilitator Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA • Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, 24 November 2008. The erini Ziotopoulou, a graduate of the Nation- Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts, and travels widely QUADROS-MEIS, Myra Teacher Mission High School, San Francisco, CA event was coordinated by Dimitris Doutis, PhD, Fulbright Foundation, and addressed by al Technical University of Athens, who is to present and perform her work. STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES SCARBROUGH, Anne Teacher Marlboro School, Los Angeles, CA studying Civil Engineering at the University Hoyt Yee, US Consul General. SORENSON, Kimberley Teacher The Waterford School, Sandy, UT NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY Speakers included: Wesley Teter, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator of California, Davis, CA. STAAB, Hope Administrator Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Poet Olga Broumas reading at the Gennadius Library. Olga Broumas with distinguished poet and PYRETZIDIS, Athanasios General Lyceum of Velestino, Magnisia Institute for Training and Development, Amherst, MA Study of the United States (EducationUSA), and Fulbright alumni Eleftheria Arapoglou, Akis Psygas and Maria Roditi. member of the Academy of Athens Kiki Dimoula. Teacher of English TILLMAN, Daniel V. Teacher Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY Educational Advising & Outreach Programs Initiatives to Promote Educational Building Bridges, Promoting Excellence American Scholars SENIOR SCHOLARS & ARTISTS & Cultural Exchanges NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholarships CARISTI, Dominic G. Comparing Greek & US Electronic Media Convergence Ball State University, Muncie, IN National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Social Sciences Department of Telecommunications Department of Communications and Media Studies Since 1948, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free advising services for studies GARDNER, Wilford Dana Distribution of Particulate Organic Carbon from Texas A&M University - College Station, Hellenic Center for Marine Research ach year, Fulbright recipients embark on trans-Atlantic exchanges that bring forth a world of new professional and scholarly Remote Sensing: Eastern Mediterranean Sea College Station, TX. Department of Oceanography in the United States to thousands of individuals and has awarded Fulbright grants to more opportunities and collaborations and that build bridges with other cultures and countries. We are grateful for the ongoing GIORDANO, Vincent Thomas The Jewish Community of Ioannina Independent Scholar, New York, NY The Jewish Museum of Greece Each year, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece develops new educational and cultural commitment and support of the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the United States of America KARIDES, Marina A New Movement or An Old Tradition: Florida Atlantic University-Davie, Davie, FL University of the Aegean, Mytilene than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. E Cooperatives and Globalization in Greece Department of Sociology Department of Sociology as well as the generosity of our donors in supporting the continuity and growth of our programs. programs to promote mutual understanding and creative collaborations between Greece LIPPE, Cort Real-Time Interactive Computer Music with Acoustic SUNY-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY National & Kapodistrian University of Athens S Instrumentation; Real-Time Processing in the Spectral Department of Music Department of Music and the United States of America. Domain Using the Discrete Fast Fourier Transform Greek Scholars LOPEZ, Debbie Lynn Alterity as Theme in American Realist University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Cultural Enrichment GRADUATE STUDENTS and Naturalist Fiction Department of English, Classics and Philosophy Department of American Literature & Culture Program for American NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY MANIS, Andrew Michael Religion, Race and Ethnicity in American Macon State College, Macon, GA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Presidential Elections Department of History Department of American Literature & Culture ASARIDOU, Salomi Savvatia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Neuroscience & Education Educators ROGERS, Catherine Writing (My) World History, Developing the Script Independent Scholar, New York, NY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki E CHATZIPANAGIOTOU, Matthilde National & Kapodistrian University of Athens New York University, New York, NY Law for Solo Performance Department of Translation & Intercultural Studies Greece was selected along with Bulgaria to orga- GREAT IDEAS CHONDRONIKOLA, Maria Harokopeion University New York University, New York, NY Nutrition/Dietetics National & Kapodistrian University of Athens nize a Fulbright-Hays seminar for American edu- Department of English Studies he “Great Ideas” series is an initiative of the Fulbright Foundation Ideas program offers lectures to the academic community and the general KALTSOUNI, Styliani Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Law SMITH, James MacGregor III Performance Modeling and Design of Manufacturing University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA University of Piraeus cators. The seminar offers a unique experience KATACHANAS, Michael Ionion University New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music to celebrate the 60 years of educational and cultural connection public in Athens and Thessaloniki. To date the program has included the and Service Networks Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Management & Technology of professional and personal enrichment, leading between Greece and the United States. The goal of the series is following topics and speakers: KOLIMENAKIS, Christos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Public Administration to a better understanding of Greece’s history, cul- T KOROPOULI, Eleftheria National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Neuroscience to bring noted American experts and artists to Greece to perform and to BIOMEDICAL ETHICS – Ruth R. Faden, Executive Director, John Hopkins SENIOR SPECIALISTS ture and people and acts as a forum for the devel- LEMOS, Araceli Athens University of Economics & Business California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts (Film) discuss topics of interest to the Greek and American public. The series is Berman Institute of Bioethics NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE opment of new international educational projects MASOUROS, Pavlos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Harvard University, Boston, MA Law organized with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the ARTS & CULTURE – Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York HISCHAK, Thomas S. American Musical Theater State University of New York, College at Cortland, NY University of Patras and collaborations. The objective of the seminar, NIKOLOPOULOU, Assimina-Ino Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY American Studies Department of Performing Arts Department of Theater Studies US Embassy in Athens and US Consular Office in Thessaloniki. The Great EDUCATION – Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University which took place in Greece between June 1-19, PAPANASTASIOU, Eleni National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture MARRANCA, Bonnie Contemporary American Theater The New School, New York, NY University of the Peloponnese School of Liberal Arts Department of Theater Studies 2008, was to provide an overview of Greece and PETALOTI, Eleni Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture STAVRAKAKIS, Emmanouil National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture Greek historyand culture, past and present. Par- THEODORIDOU, Natalia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Theater & Religion GRADUATE STUDENTS The US University Fair ticipants were introduced to the country’s history TZAKOU, Anna Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts Naropa University, Boulder, CO Theater & Performance Art NAME FIELD US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE and culture and experienced contemporary life Discovering a World of New Study Opportunities ZAFEIRI, Anthi National & Kapodistrian University of Athens University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Linguistics BOEHM, Ryan Anthony Archaeology University of California, Berkeley, CA American School of Classical Studies at Athens through visits to archaeological sites, schools, na- The 14th US University Fair was held on 8 October 2008 at the Athens Crowne Plaza. More COHEN, Shayna Meredith Agriculture At-Large, New York National Agricultural Research Foundation ture reserves, museums and cultural centers. Vis- than 500 students, parents, high school and university counselors attended the event. The Fair INTERNATIONAL FULBRIGHT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARD HARPER, Jessica Lea Biology University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center its were combined with lectures by professional offers prospective students the unique opportunity to meet American university representa- NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY KVAPIL, Lynne Allison Archaeology University of Cincinnati, OH American School of Classical Studies at Athens staff, which were tied in with the educational, tives and Fulbright advisors; to inquire about graduate and undergraduate degree programs, ZIOTOPOULOU, Aikaterini National Technical University of Athens University of California, Davis, CA Civil Engineering LaBUFF, Jeremy Brandon Zottola History University of Pennsylvania, PA American School of Classical Studies at Athens political, cultural and historical significance of admission requirements, program deadlines, and campus life at each institution; and to gather LEE, Toby Kim Anthropology Harvard University, MA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki the places visited. School of Architecture information about Fulbright scholarships and standardized admission tests. The event is free RESEARCH SCHOLARS In the questionnaires they filled out before RODITIS, Maria Leia Anthropology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki and open to the public and it is the only one of its kind in Greece. During this year’s Fair, NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF RESEARCH departing Greece for Bulgaria, the 16 educators SONG, Daniel Sung Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA University of the Aegean, Mytilene Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen P. Graffy and US Embassy Epaminondas Farmakis, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ilias Kouskouvelis, University of Macedonia, Dimitrios Bakatselos, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Richard Levin. BEZERIANOS, Anastasios University of Patras University of California, San Diego, CA Information Science Department of Geography who participated in the program expressed their Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, Dr. Richard Levin and Μinister of Finance George Αlogoskoufis. Glenn Lowry lecturing at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Professor Laboratory of Medical Physics Department of Bioengineering Counselor for Public Affairs and Chairman of the Fulbright Board of Directors Thomas Miller appreciation of the entire experience. On a guided tour of the museum with Thouli Misirloglou. DIMITROPOULOU, Lida Technical University of Crete University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Political Science met with students and university career counselors from Greek universities. Researcher Special Research Account & Department Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology Signal SUMMER SEMINAR AT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Image Processing Institute NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION GEORGAKOPOULOS, Dimitrios Agricultural University of Athens Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Agriculture CATALAN, Rosina E. Classics and Latin Teacher Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Department of Atmospheric Science DREHER, Laurel A. Art and English Teacher Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA International Education Week AN EVENING WITH OLGA BROUMAS PALLIS, Athanasios University of the Aegean, Chios Columbia University, New York, NY Business Administration Assistant Professor Department of Shipping Trade and Transport Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy EAST, Lola J. Latin Teacher St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate International Fulbright n 19 November 2008, award-winning poet and translator Olga PAGKRATIS, Gerasimos National&Kapodistrian University of Athens Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY American History JOHNSON, Natalie Elaine History Teacher Zuni High School, Zuni, NH the benefits of international education and exchange world- Science and Technology Broumas gave a reading entitled “Translation and Original: The Olga Broumas finished the Tositseion Arsakeion in Athens Greece Lecturer Department of Italian and Spanish Language Department of History MURRAY, William Francis English and Classics Teacher Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington, MA wide. The Fulbright Foundation organized the “Fulbright Open Journey of Poetry.” Fulbright alumna Broumas, treated a mes- and left for advanced study in the United States with the help of a POLITIS, Panagiotis Academy of Athens Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Biological Sciences Awards O Investigator-Lecturer Biomedical Research Foundation Department of Pathology House” in Athens and Thessaloniki. The Open House featured merized audience to an evening of poetry at the Gennadius Library of the Fulbright Fellowship in 1967. In 1977, her first collection of poems, SUMMER FULBRIGHT-HAYS CULTURAL ENRICHMENT SEMINAR Τhe International Fulbright Science and Tech- REVYTHIADOU, Anthoula University of the Aegean, Rhodes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Linguistics Fulbright staff and scholars who presented the US educational American School of Classical Studies. The event was jointly organized by Beginning with O, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, the first time Assistant Professor Department of Mediterranean Studies Department of Linguistics and Philosophy NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION system, the application process and Fulbright scholarship op- nology Awards are given to promising gradu- the Gennadius Library and the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. The read- a non-native speaker of English was so honored. Since then, she has SYKIOTI, Olga National Observatory of Athens University of Maryland, College Park, MD Environmental Sciences ACKERMAN, Ann Associate Professor Rivier College, Nashua, NH Researcher Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing Department of Physics portunities. Fulbright alumni discussed their experiences in ate students to undertake PhD study at top US ings were in Greek and English and included poems by Odysseus Elytis, published six more collections of poetry, collected in Rave in 2000, ANDERSEN, Amy Assistant Professor West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX VERGANELAKIS, Dimitrios Advanced Research and Therapeutic University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, PA Medical Sciences universities in the fields of science, technol- ANTONUCCI, Robert Librarian Sodus Middle and High School, Newark, NY US campuses and noted similarities and differences between Kiki Dimoula, Stanley Kunitz, W.C. Williams and Olga Broumas. and four books of translations of Odysseas Elytis, collected in Eros, MRI Physicist Institute Encephalos Department of Radiology student life in Greece and the United States. Participants and ogy or engineering. Approximately 40 awards Eros, Eros in 1999. A CD of her reciting from these books appeared in BRUNO, Paul Assistant Professor Framingham State College, Framingham, MA speakers stayed long after the program had ended, talking among themselves. are offered each year to graduate students 2001. She is currently working on the Selected Translations of Kiki ARTISTS & ART SCHOLARS ESPOSITO, Ralph Professor Carroll College, Helena, MT from around the world who demonstrate GARTLAND, Janna Teacher Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, IL Dimoula for Yale University Press, for the Margellos World Republic NAME PROFESSION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY • University Club, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 November 2008. HENN, Mark Lecturer University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH unique aptitude and innovation in scientific of Letters translations series. FRAGKOU, Maria Actress SITI Company, New York, NY Acting The event was coordinated by Sophia Cousoula, Fulbright Foundation. Speakers included JACKSON, Young Librarian Raymond Telles Academy, El Paso, TX fields, leadership potential and the ability to Olga Broumas’ work has been honored with fellowships from the PROIOS, Stergios Costume & Stage Designer Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY Theater (Scenic) Arts Fulbright alumni Professor James MacGregor Smith, Haris Apostolopoulos, Vassiliki Dimi- MARGETSON, Kristen Teacher Nequa Valley High School, Naperville, IL be a cultural ambassador of their country. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment RAMOPOULOU, Lorenda Piano Player & Teacher of Music New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music triadi, Markos Douridas, Toby Lee Kim and Evangelia Marouli. McMILLAN, Nora Professor San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX This year Greece is represented by Aikat- of the Arts, among others. She is the Director of Creative Writing at SKARAGKAS, Ioannis Author International Writing Program, Iowa, IA Creative Writing Greek Cultural Center, New York, NY POPPELL, Amelia Facilitator Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA • Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, 24 November 2008. The erini Ziotopoulou, a graduate of the Nation- Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts, and travels widely QUADROS-MEIS, Myra Teacher Mission High School, San Francisco, CA event was coordinated by Dimitris Doutis, PhD, Fulbright Foundation, and addressed by al Technical University of Athens, who is to present and perform her work. STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES SCARBROUGH, Anne Teacher Marlboro School, Los Angeles, CA studying Civil Engineering at the University Hoyt Yee, US Consul General. SORENSON, Kimberley Teacher The Waterford School, Sandy, UT NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY Speakers included: Wesley Teter, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator of California, Davis, CA. STAAB, Hope Administrator Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Poet Olga Broumas reading at the Gennadius Library. Olga Broumas with distinguished poet and PYRETZIDIS, Athanasios General Lyceum of Velestino, Magnisia Institute for Training and Development, Amherst, MA Study of the United States (EducationUSA), and Fulbright alumni Eleftheria Arapoglou, Akis Psygas and Maria Roditi. member of the Academy of Athens Kiki Dimoula. Teacher of English TILLMAN, Daniel V. Teacher Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY Educational Advising & Outreach Programs Initiatives to Promote Educational Building Bridges, Promoting Excellence American Scholars SENIOR SCHOLARS & ARTISTS & Cultural Exchanges NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholarships CARISTI, Dominic G. Comparing Greek & US Electronic Media Convergence Ball State University, Muncie, IN National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Social Sciences Department of Telecommunications Department of Communications and Media Studies Since 1948, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free advising services for studies GARDNER, Wilford Dana Distribution of Particulate Organic Carbon from Texas A&M University - College Station, Hellenic Center for Marine Research ach year, Fulbright recipients embark on trans-Atlantic exchanges that bring forth a world of new professional and scholarly Remote Sensing: Eastern Mediterranean Sea College Station, TX. Department of Oceanography in the United States to thousands of individuals and has awarded Fulbright grants to more opportunities and collaborations and that build bridges with other cultures and countries. We are grateful for the ongoing GIORDANO, Vincent Thomas The Jewish Community of Ioannina Independent Scholar, New York, NY The Jewish Museum of Greece Each year, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece develops new educational and cultural commitment and support of the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the United States of America KARIDES, Marina A New Movement or An Old Tradition: Florida Atlantic University-Davie, Davie, FL University of the Aegean, Mytilene than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. E Cooperatives and Globalization in Greece Department of Sociology Department of Sociology as well as the generosity of our donors in supporting the continuity and growth of our programs. programs to promote mutual understanding and creative collaborations between Greece LIPPE, Cort Real-Time Interactive Computer Music with Acoustic SUNY-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY National & Kapodistrian University of Athens S Instrumentation; Real-Time Processing in the Spectral Department of Music Department of Music and the United States of America. Domain Using the Discrete Fast Fourier Transform Greek Scholars LOPEZ, Debbie Lynn Alterity as Theme in American Realist University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Cultural Enrichment GRADUATE STUDENTS and Naturalist Fiction Department of English, Classics and Philosophy Department of American Literature & Culture Program for American NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY MANIS, Andrew Michael Religion, Race and Ethnicity in American Macon State College, Macon, GA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Presidential Elections Department of History Department of American Literature & Culture ASARIDOU, Salomi Savvatia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Neuroscience & Education Educators ROGERS, Catherine Writing (My) World History, Developing the Script Independent Scholar, New York, NY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki E CHATZIPANAGIOTOU, Matthilde National & Kapodistrian University of Athens New York University, New York, NY Law for Solo Performance Department of Translation & Intercultural Studies Greece was selected along with Bulgaria to orga- GREAT IDEAS CHONDRONIKOLA, Maria Harokopeion University New York University, New York, NY Nutrition/Dietetics National & Kapodistrian University of Athens nize a Fulbright-Hays seminar for American edu- Department of English Studies he “Great Ideas” series is an initiative of the Fulbright Foundation Ideas program offers lectures to the academic community and the general KALTSOUNI, Styliani Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Law SMITH, James MacGregor III Performance Modeling and Design of Manufacturing University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA University of Piraeus cators. The seminar offers a unique experience KATACHANAS, Michael Ionion University New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music to celebrate the 60 years of educational and cultural connection public in Athens and Thessaloniki. To date the program has included the and Service Networks Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Management & Technology of professional and personal enrichment, leading between Greece and the United States. The goal of the series is following topics and speakers: KOLIMENAKIS, Christos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Public Administration to a better understanding of Greece’s history, cul- T KOROPOULI, Eleftheria National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Neuroscience to bring noted American experts and artists to Greece to perform and to BIOMEDICAL ETHICS – Ruth R. Faden, Executive Director, John Hopkins SENIOR SPECIALISTS ture and people and acts as a forum for the devel- LEMOS, Araceli Athens University of Economics & Business California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts (Film) discuss topics of interest to the Greek and American public. The series is Berman Institute of Bioethics NAME PROJECT TITLE US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE opment of new international educational projects MASOUROS, Pavlos National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Harvard University, Boston, MA Law organized with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the ARTS & CULTURE – Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York HISCHAK, Thomas S. American Musical Theater State University of New York, College at Cortland, NY University of Patras and collaborations. The objective of the seminar, NIKOLOPOULOU, Assimina-Ino Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY American Studies Department of Performing Arts Department of Theater Studies US Embassy in Athens and US Consular Office in Thessaloniki. The Great EDUCATION – Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University which took place in Greece between June 1-19, PAPANASTASIOU, Eleni National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture MARRANCA, Bonnie Contemporary American Theater The New School, New York, NY University of the Peloponnese School of Liberal Arts Department of Theater Studies 2008, was to provide an overview of Greece and PETALOTI, Eleni Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture STAVRAKAKIS, Emmanouil National Technical University of Athens Columbia University, New York, NY Architecture Greek historyand culture, past and present. Par- THEODORIDOU, Natalia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Theater & Religion GRADUATE STUDENTS The US University Fair ticipants were introduced to the country’s history TZAKOU, Anna Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts Naropa University, Boulder, CO Theater & Performance Art NAME FIELD US INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN GREECE and culture and experienced contemporary life Discovering a World of New Study Opportunities ZAFEIRI, Anthi National & Kapodistrian University of Athens University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Linguistics BOEHM, Ryan Anthony Archaeology University of California, Berkeley, CA American School of Classical Studies at Athens through visits to archaeological sites, schools, na- The 14th US University Fair was held on 8 October 2008 at the Athens Crowne Plaza. More COHEN, Shayna Meredith Agriculture At-Large, New York National Agricultural Research Foundation ture reserves, museums and cultural centers. Vis- than 500 students, parents, high school and university counselors attended the event. The Fair INTERNATIONAL FULBRIGHT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARD HARPER, Jessica Lea Biology University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center its were combined with lectures by professional offers prospective students the unique opportunity to meet American university representa- NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY KVAPIL, Lynne Allison Archaeology University of Cincinnati, OH American School of Classical Studies at Athens staff, which were tied in with the educational, tives and Fulbright advisors; to inquire about graduate and undergraduate degree programs, ZIOTOPOULOU, Aikaterini National Technical University of Athens University of California, Davis, CA Civil Engineering LaBUFF, Jeremy Brandon Zottola History University of Pennsylvania, PA American School of Classical Studies at Athens political, cultural and historical significance of admission requirements, program deadlines, and campus life at each institution; and to gather LEE, Toby Kim Anthropology Harvard University, MA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki the places visited. School of Architecture information about Fulbright scholarships and standardized admission tests. The event is free RESEARCH SCHOLARS In the questionnaires they filled out before RODITIS, Maria Leia Anthropology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki and open to the public and it is the only one of its kind in Greece. During this year’s Fair, NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF RESEARCH departing Greece for Bulgaria, the 16 educators SONG, Daniel Sung Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA University of the Aegean, Mytilene Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen P. Graffy and US Embassy Epaminondas Farmakis, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ilias Kouskouvelis, University of Macedonia, Dimitrios Bakatselos, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Richard Levin. BEZERIANOS, Anastasios University of Patras University of California, San Diego, CA Information Science Department of Geography who participated in the program expressed their Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, Dr. Richard Levin and Μinister of Finance George Αlogoskoufis. Glenn Lowry lecturing at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Professor Laboratory of Medical Physics Department of Bioengineering Counselor for Public Affairs and Chairman of the Fulbright Board of Directors Thomas Miller appreciation of the entire experience. On a guided tour of the museum with Thouli Misirloglou. DIMITROPOULOU, Lida Technical University of Crete University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Political Science met with students and university career counselors from Greek universities. Researcher Special Research Account & Department Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology Signal SUMMER SEMINAR AT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Image Processing Institute NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION GEORGAKOPOULOS, Dimitrios Agricultural University of Athens Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Agriculture CATALAN, Rosina E. Classics and Latin Teacher Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Department of Atmospheric Science DREHER, Laurel A. Art and English Teacher Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA International Education Week AN EVENING WITH OLGA BROUMAS PALLIS, Athanasios University of the Aegean, Chios Columbia University, New York, NY Business Administration Assistant Professor Department of Shipping Trade and Transport Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy EAST, Lola J. Latin Teacher St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate International Fulbright n 19 November 2008, award-winning poet and translator Olga PAGKRATIS, Gerasimos National&Kapodistrian University of Athens Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY American History JOHNSON, Natalie Elaine History Teacher Zuni High School, Zuni, NH the benefits of international education and exchange world- Science and Technology Broumas gave a reading entitled “Translation and Original: The Olga Broumas finished the Tositseion Arsakeion in Athens Greece Lecturer Department of Italian and Spanish Language Department of History MURRAY, William Francis English and Classics Teacher Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington, MA wide. The Fulbright Foundation organized the “Fulbright Open Journey of Poetry.” Fulbright alumna Broumas, treated a mes- and left for advanced study in the United States with the help of a POLITIS, Panagiotis Academy of Athens Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Biological Sciences Awards O Investigator-Lecturer Biomedical Research Foundation Department of Pathology House” in Athens and Thessaloniki. The Open House featured merized audience to an evening of poetry at the Gennadius Library of the Fulbright Fellowship in 1967. In 1977, her first collection of poems, SUMMER FULBRIGHT-HAYS CULTURAL ENRICHMENT SEMINAR Τhe International Fulbright Science and Tech- REVYTHIADOU, Anthoula University of the Aegean, Rhodes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Linguistics Fulbright staff and scholars who presented the US educational American School of Classical Studies. The event was jointly organized by Beginning with O, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, the first time Assistant Professor Department of Mediterranean Studies Department of Linguistics and Philosophy NAME POSITION US INSTITUTION system, the application process and Fulbright scholarship op- nology Awards are given to promising gradu- the Gennadius Library and the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. The read- a non-native speaker of English was so honored. Since then, she has SYKIOTI, Olga National Observatory of Athens University of Maryland, College Park, MD Environmental Sciences ACKERMAN, Ann Associate Professor Rivier College, Nashua, NH Researcher Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing Department of Physics portunities. Fulbright alumni discussed their experiences in ate students to undertake PhD study at top US ings were in Greek and English and included poems by Odysseus Elytis, published six more collections of poetry, collected in Rave in 2000, ANDERSEN, Amy Assistant Professor West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX VERGANELAKIS, Dimitrios Advanced Research and Therapeutic University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, PA Medical Sciences universities in the fields of science, technol- ANTONUCCI, Robert Librarian Sodus Middle and High School, Newark, NY US campuses and noted similarities and differences between Kiki Dimoula, Stanley Kunitz, W.C. Williams and Olga Broumas. and four books of translations of Odysseas Elytis, collected in Eros, MRI Physicist Institute Encephalos Department of Radiology student life in Greece and the United States. Participants and ogy or engineering. Approximately 40 awards Eros, Eros in 1999. A CD of her reciting from these books appeared in BRUNO, Paul Assistant Professor Framingham State College, Framingham, MA speakers stayed long after the program had ended, talking among themselves. are offered each year to graduate students 2001. She is currently working on the Selected Translations of Kiki ARTISTS & ART SCHOLARS ESPOSITO, Ralph Professor Carroll College, Helena, MT from around the world who demonstrate GARTLAND, Janna Teacher Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, IL Dimoula for Yale University Press, for the Margellos World Republic NAME PROFESSION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY • University Club, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 November 2008. HENN, Mark Lecturer University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH unique aptitude and innovation in scientific of Letters translations series. FRAGKOU, Maria Actress SITI Company, New York, NY Acting The event was coordinated by Sophia Cousoula, Fulbright Foundation. Speakers included JACKSON, Young Librarian Raymond Telles Academy, El Paso, TX fields, leadership potential and the ability to Olga Broumas’ work has been honored with fellowships from the PROIOS, Stergios Costume & Stage Designer Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY Theater (Scenic) Arts Fulbright alumni Professor James MacGregor Smith, Haris Apostolopoulos, Vassiliki Dimi- MARGETSON, Kristen Teacher Nequa Valley High School, Naperville, IL be a cultural ambassador of their country. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment RAMOPOULOU, Lorenda Piano Player & Teacher of Music New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Music triadi, Markos Douridas, Toby Lee Kim and Evangelia Marouli. McMILLAN, Nora Professor San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX This year Greece is represented by Aikat- of the Arts, among others. She is the Director of Creative Writing at SKARAGKAS, Ioannis Author International Writing Program, Iowa, IA Creative Writing Greek Cultural Center, New York, NY POPPELL, Amelia Facilitator Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA • Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, 24 November 2008. The erini Ziotopoulou, a graduate of the Nation- Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts, and travels widely QUADROS-MEIS, Myra Teacher Mission High School, San Francisco, CA event was coordinated by Dimitris Doutis, PhD, Fulbright Foundation, and addressed by al Technical University of Athens, who is to present and perform her work. STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES SCARBROUGH, Anne Teacher Marlboro School, Los Angeles, CA studying Civil Engineering at the University Hoyt Yee, US Consul General. SORENSON, Kimberley Teacher The Waterford School, Sandy, UT NAME GREEK INSTITUTION AFFILIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FIELD OF STUDY Speakers included: Wesley Teter, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator of California, Davis, CA. STAAB, Hope Administrator Punahou School, Honolulu, HI Poet Olga Broumas reading at the Gennadius Library. Olga Broumas with distinguished poet and PYRETZIDIS, Athanasios General Lyceum of Velestino, Magnisia Institute for Training and Development, Amherst, MA Study of the United States (EducationUSA), and Fulbright alumni Eleftheria Arapoglou, Akis Psygas and Maria Roditi. member of the Academy of Athens Kiki Dimoula. Teacher of English TILLMAN, Daniel V. Teacher Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY GREECE NEW IN 2009 Mark the Date! Letter from the Please refer regularly to the Executive Director website www.fulbright.gr for updates, on fulbright appli- FulbrightNews 60 Years Fulbright Greece at the Woodrow Wilson cation deadlines, new programs n this issue of Fulbright International Center for Scholars, Washington DC and special grants. News we invite you to Number 3, December 2008 www.fulbright.gr On 24 March 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson Southeast Europe SCHOLARSHIPS Icelebrate an important Minister of Education Evripides Stylianides joined by US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard and Fulbright Executive Director Artemis A. Zenetou greet Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009 Aikaterini Project will organize an event in Washington DC marking 60 years of educational and cultural exchanges milestone in the history of Ziotopoulou. Professor Emeritus Edmund Keeley. Fulbright Executive Director with Mr. Pavlos Ioannidis honorary Vice President of the Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis. FOR GREEK CITIZENS between Greece and the United States. Speakers will include distinguished alumni and leading figures of • Graduate Students: Educational and Cultural Ex- the political world. January 15, 2009 changes between the Unit- • Study of the U.S. Institutes ed States and Greece. In Recognizing Donors for Secondary Educators: 1948, the Fulbright Founda- January 29, 2009 tion was established in Greece. It is the oldest Ful- FULBRIGHT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEK EDUCATORS • Salzburg Seminar: Year-round Greek Teacher Professional Development Project bright Program in Europe and the second oldest Contact Sophia Cousoula, continuously operating program in the world. The The binational approach is the hallmark that distinguishes the Fulbright academic exchange program from most As of August 2009, 20 awards will be granted to elementary and secondary school educators of the Senior Program Officer Foundation’s objective is to broaden and strength- Humanities and Social Sciences to participate in a professional development program at George Mason i [email protected] others, either public or private. The continuity and growth of programs offered by the Foundation would not be en mutual understanding between Greece and the University, Washington, DC in partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools and the Hellenic Ministry possible without the support of the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hellenic Republic. SCHOLARSHIPS United States by offering educational and cultural of Education. The focus of the program is to familiarize participants with US-centered teaching methods, Since the late 1980s, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has engaged in an active fundraising campaign in order FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS exchange opportunities to Greek and American stu- creativity and technology in the classroom. The exchange program will offer an in-depth experience of to secure additional funds for its scholarship programs and educational activities. The Fulbright Foundation grate- • Graduate Students: May 1, dents, scholars, researchers, and artists. Since 1948, American life and culture. While the Greek participants will be the primary beneficiaries of the internship fully acknowledges the continued support and dedication of its donors: 2009 thru mid October 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free T experience, the US institutions and individuals involved in the program will also gain from the cultural • Greek Summer Seminar: advisory services for studies in the United States to and professional exchange. January 15, 2009 FOUNDATIONS ASSOCIATIONS & SCHOOLS thousands of individuals and has awarded grants to • Senior Scholars and Artists: John F. Costopoulos Foundation AHEPA Athens Chapter HJ1 more than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. August 1, 2009 John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Hellenic College of Thessaloniki • Intercountry Lecturing At sixty, the Fulbright exchange program has A.G. Leventis Foundation Awards: Year-round 60 Years in Greece matured into an international success story. From George P. Livanos Foundation INDIVIDUALS • Senior Specialists Program: Constantine K. Mitsotakis Foundation On Wednesday, June 25th 2008 more than 550 guests, including alumni, friends, and do- a modest program that brought 35 students and a 1955, Greek students aboard the Ιndepedence. 1960s, Fulbright teacher training seminar. Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong Year-round Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. Angelos Canellopoulos nors, gathered at the Peristilion, Zappeion Hall to celebrate the Fulbright Foundation’s 60th single professor to the United States in 1948 and Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Mr. Dimitrios Bakatselos - Union of Hellenic enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the strongest force available. June 25 2008, President of the Parliament of Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, Minister Contact Nicholas Tourides, anniversary. Guests were welcomed by the Executive Director Artemis Zenetou and event vol- sent 65 Americans abroad, the Fulbright has grown of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides and of the Ministry of Education Secretary General Chambers of Commerce and Industry Lilian Voudouris Foundation Senator J. William Fulbright Educational Advisor & unteers / Fulbright alumni Pavlos Antoniadis, Kalli Bezevengi, Vassiliki Dimitriadi, Dimitra Ioan- into the premier educational exchange program in Ambassador Dimitris Platis and Professor Athanasios Kyriazis. Michalis Katachanas, Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009. Mr. Raymond Matera 60 years Fulbright, Peristilio Zappeion Hall. ❝ American Program Coordina- nidou, Thodoris Zafeiropoulos and Irini Steirou, to the sounds of musician and Fulbright scholar i the world. To date, some 280,000 “Fulbrighters” – Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Menoudakos tor [email protected] CORPORATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Mr. Peter Myrian Michalis Katachanas improvising on his viola. Following her welcoming remarks, Artemis Zenetou 106,000 from the United States and 174,000 from A.G. Spanos Companies read a message by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, in which he asserted how pioneering initia- Professor Athanasios Tsevas STUDIES IN THE US other countries – have participated in the Program Coca Cola Hellas S.A. Fulbright Foundation Staff • 15th US University Fair tives such as the Fulbright Program are instrumental in meeting the challenges of a changing world. since its inception. The Fulbright Program awards Gigilinis Shipping Group Athens, October 13, 2009 The event was addressed by the President of the Parliament of the Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, the approximately 6,000 grants annually to scholars Hellenic Distribution Agency Ltd. US ALUMNI Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakoyianni (through a video-message), the Minister of Educa- from the United States and 155 other countries. Intracom Holdings Professor Peter Bien Contact Dimitris Doutis, tion and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stylianidis and the Ambassador of the United States Daniel V. Fulbright involves nearly every discipline in the Elias Paraskevas Attorneys at Law Mr. Ralph Esposito Educational Advisor Procter & Gamble Hellas S.A. Mr. Patrick Mc Faden i [email protected] Speckhard. Two generations of Fulbright alumni, represented by Edmund Keeley and Emmanuela arts and humanities, commerce and finance, sci- S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. Mr. Robert Ferguson Truli, shared their reminiscences. Professor Keeley arrived in Greece as a Fulbright scholar in 1949, ence and technology, education, journalism, media Thessaloniki International Trade Fair S.A. Mrs. Demetra Kassimis while Emanuela Truli traveled to the United States just before 9/11. The highlight of the evening and government. It counts among its alumni distin- Titan Cement Company S.A. Mrs. Mary J. Riley was the Fulbright Awards ceremony, during which 71 grants were presented to Greek and American guished men and women in almost every country. scholars. This was preceded by the acknowledgment of the Foundation’s donors for their invaluable They include poets and presidents, Nobel laureates, support of the Foundation’s Scholarship Program. The Executive Director presented the publication Pulitzer Prize winners, prime ministers and heads 60 Years in Greece, The Fulbright Foundation, which outlines the Foundation’s historic journey from of state, professors and scientists, ambassadors and 1948 to the present. The publication includes rare archival photos and essays. The evening con- artists, business leaders, economists, physicians, ac- Fulbright News cluded with the screening of the film 60 Years Fulbright, featuring American and Greek Fulbright tors, financiers, Supreme Court justices and com- alumni from then and now. Musician and Fulbright alumnus George Kaloudis composed the Top row: Fulbright News is an annual pany presidents. publication of the Fulbright Foundation film’s music score, “Swell.” Today, the Fulbright Foundation continues to Sophia Cousoula, in Greece. Senior Program Officer offer scholarships and educational advice to Greek 6 Vassilissis Sophias Avenue Angie Fotaki 106 74 Athens, Greece Assistant to the Executive Director and American scholars, while also introducing new Phone: 210 7241 811 Christina Paraskevopoulos initiatives to promote educational and cultural ex- Fax: 210 7226 510 Financial Administrator changes between the two countries. Bottom row: E-mail: [email protected] www.fulbright.gr Artemis A. Zenetou Nicholas Tourides Educational Advisor Writing | Artemis Zenetou & American Program Coordinator Copy Editing | Mary Kitroeff Dimitris Doutis Ph.D., Educational Advisor Design | WHITE Partnership (Thessaloniki Office) Education requires a continuing act of faith. The Fulbright Foundation in Greece gratefully acknowledges Raymond Matera for sponsoring the foundation’s newsletter. ❝Senator J. William Fulbright GREECE NEW IN 2009 Mark the Date! Letter from the Please refer regularly to the Executive Director website www.fulbright.gr for updates, on fulbright appli- FulbrightNews 60 Years Fulbright Greece at the Woodrow Wilson cation deadlines, new programs n this issue of Fulbright International Center for Scholars, Washington DC and special grants. News we invite you to Number 3, December 2008 www.fulbright.gr On 24 March 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson Southeast Europe SCHOLARSHIPS Icelebrate an important Minister of Education Evripides Stylianides joined by US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard and Fulbright Executive Director Artemis A. Zenetou greet Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009 Aikaterini Project will organize an event in Washington DC marking 60 years of educational and cultural exchanges milestone in the history of Ziotopoulou. Professor Emeritus Edmund Keeley. Fulbright Executive Director with Mr. Pavlos Ioannidis honorary Vice President of the Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis. FOR GREEK CITIZENS between Greece and the United States. Speakers will include distinguished alumni and leading figures of • Graduate Students: Educational and Cultural Ex- the political world. January 15, 2009 changes between the Unit- • Study of the U.S. Institutes ed States and Greece. In Recognizing Donors for Secondary Educators: 1948, the Fulbright Founda- January 29, 2009 tion was established in Greece. It is the oldest Ful- FULBRIGHT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEK EDUCATORS • Salzburg Seminar: Year-round Greek Teacher Professional Development Project bright Program in Europe and the second oldest Contact Sophia Cousoula, continuously operating program in the world. The The binational approach is the hallmark that distinguishes the Fulbright academic exchange program from most As of August 2009, 20 awards will be granted to elementary and secondary school educators of the Senior Program Officer Foundation’s objective is to broaden and strength- Humanities and Social Sciences to participate in a professional development program at George Mason i [email protected] others, either public or private. The continuity and growth of programs offered by the Foundation would not be en mutual understanding between Greece and the University, Washington, DC in partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools and the Hellenic Ministry possible without the support of the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hellenic Republic. SCHOLARSHIPS United States by offering educational and cultural of Education. The focus of the program is to familiarize participants with US-centered teaching methods, Since the late 1980s, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has engaged in an active fundraising campaign in order FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS exchange opportunities to Greek and American stu- creativity and technology in the classroom. The exchange program will offer an in-depth experience of to secure additional funds for its scholarship programs and educational activities. The Fulbright Foundation grate- • Graduate Students: May 1, dents, scholars, researchers, and artists. Since 1948, American life and culture. While the Greek participants will be the primary beneficiaries of the internship fully acknowledges the continued support and dedication of its donors: 2009 thru mid October 2009 the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has offered free T experience, the US institutions and individuals involved in the program will also gain from the cultural • Greek Summer Seminar: advisory services for studies in the United States to and professional exchange. January 15, 2009 FOUNDATIONS ASSOCIATIONS & SCHOOLS thousands of individuals and has awarded grants to • Senior Scholars and Artists: John F. Costopoulos Foundation AHEPA Athens Chapter HJ1 more than 4,500 Greeks and Americans. August 1, 2009 John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Hellenic College of Thessaloniki • Intercountry Lecturing At sixty, the Fulbright exchange program has A.G. Leventis Foundation Awards: Year-round 60 Years in Greece matured into an international success story. From George P. Livanos Foundation INDIVIDUALS • Senior Specialists Program: Constantine K. Mitsotakis Foundation On Wednesday, June 25th 2008 more than 550 guests, including alumni, friends, and do- a modest program that brought 35 students and a 1955, Greek students aboard the Ιndepedence. 1960s, Fulbright teacher training seminar. Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong Year-round Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. Angelos Canellopoulos nors, gathered at the Peristilion, Zappeion Hall to celebrate the Fulbright Foundation’s 60th single professor to the United States in 1948 and Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Mr. Dimitrios Bakatselos - Union of Hellenic enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the strongest force available. June 25 2008, President of the Parliament of Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, Minister Contact Nicholas Tourides, anniversary. Guests were welcomed by the Executive Director Artemis Zenetou and event vol- sent 65 Americans abroad, the Fulbright has grown of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides and of the Ministry of Education Secretary General Chambers of Commerce and Industry Lilian Voudouris Foundation Senator J. William Fulbright Educational Advisor & unteers / Fulbright alumni Pavlos Antoniadis, Kalli Bezevengi, Vassiliki Dimitriadi, Dimitra Ioan- into the premier educational exchange program in Ambassador Dimitris Platis and Professor Athanasios Kyriazis. Michalis Katachanas, Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009. Mr. Raymond Matera 60 years Fulbright, Peristilio Zappeion Hall. ❝ American Program Coordina- nidou, Thodoris Zafeiropoulos and Irini Steirou, to the sounds of musician and Fulbright scholar i the world. To date, some 280,000 “Fulbrighters” – Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Menoudakos tor [email protected] CORPORATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Mr. Peter Myrian Michalis Katachanas improvising on his viola. Following her welcoming remarks, Artemis Zenetou 106,000 from the United States and 174,000 from A.G. Spanos Companies read a message by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, in which he asserted how pioneering initia- Professor Athanasios Tsevas STUDIES IN THE US other countries – have participated in the Program Coca Cola Hellas S.A. Fulbright Foundation Staff • 15th US University Fair tives such as the Fulbright Program are instrumental in meeting the challenges of a changing world. since its inception. The Fulbright Program awards Gigilinis Shipping Group Athens, October 13, 2009 The event was addressed by the President of the Parliament of the Hellenes Dimitris Sioufas, the approximately 6,000 grants annually to scholars Hellenic Distribution Agency Ltd. US ALUMNI Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakoyianni (through a video-message), the Minister of Educa- from the United States and 155 other countries. Intracom Holdings Professor Peter Bien Contact Dimitris Doutis, tion and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stylianidis and the Ambassador of the United States Daniel V. Fulbright involves nearly every discipline in the Elias Paraskevas Attorneys at Law Mr. Ralph Esposito Educational Advisor Procter & Gamble Hellas S.A. Mr. Patrick Mc Faden i [email protected] Speckhard. Two generations of Fulbright alumni, represented by Edmund Keeley and Emmanuela arts and humanities, commerce and finance, sci- S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. Mr. Robert Ferguson Truli, shared their reminiscences. Professor Keeley arrived in Greece as a Fulbright scholar in 1949, ence and technology, education, journalism, media Thessaloniki International Trade Fair S.A. Mrs. Demetra Kassimis while Emanuela Truli traveled to the United States just before 9/11. The highlight of the evening and government. It counts among its alumni distin- Titan Cement Company S.A. Mrs. Mary J. Riley was the Fulbright Awards ceremony, during which 71 grants were presented to Greek and American guished men and women in almost every country. scholars. This was preceded by the acknowledgment of the Foundation’s donors for their invaluable They include poets and presidents, Nobel laureates, support of the Foundation’s Scholarship Program. The Executive Director presented the publication Pulitzer Prize winners, prime ministers and heads 60 Years in Greece, The Fulbright Foundation, which outlines the Foundation’s historic journey from of state, professors and scientists, ambassadors and 1948 to the present. The publication includes rare archival photos and essays. The evening con- artists, business leaders, economists, physicians, ac-

PHOTO: P. ZOGRAFAKIS PHOTO: Fulbright News cluded with the screening of the film 60 Years Fulbright, featuring American and Greek Fulbright tors, financiers, Supreme Court justices and com- alumni from then and now. Musician and Fulbright alumnus George Kaloudis composed the Top row: Fulbright News is an annual pany presidents. publication of the Fulbright Foundation film’s music score, “Swell.” Today, the Fulbright Foundation continues to Sophia Cousoula, in Greece. Senior Program Officer offer scholarships and educational advice to Greek 6 Vassilissis Sophias Avenue Angie Fotaki 106 74 Athens, Greece Assistant to the Executive Director and American scholars, while also introducing new Phone: 210 7241 811 Christina Paraskevopoulos initiatives to promote educational and cultural ex- Fax: 210 7226 510 Financial Administrator changes between the two countries. Bottom row: E-mail: [email protected] www.fulbright.gr Artemis A. Zenetou Nicholas Tourides Educational Advisor Writing | Artemis Zenetou & American Program Coordinator Copy Editing | Mary Kitroeff Dimitris Doutis Ph.D., Educational Advisor Design | WHITE Partnership (Thessaloniki Office) Education requires a continuing act of faith. The Fulbright Foundation in Greece gratefully acknowledges Raymond Matera for sponsoring the foundation’s newsletter. ❝Senator J. William Fulbright