60 Years in Greece Matured Into an International Success Story
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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