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The participation and the great interest (more than 120 participants) featured the opening of the MITEF Greece startup Competition 2016 held at the Municipality of Thessaloniki on December 7, 2015.  The event was co-organized by MITEF Greece, Anatolia School of Business and Venture Garden.  During this special event, the participants had the unique opportunity to listen to Ms.

We all use digital systems to produce images, video, music or text ourselves, but actual physical objects are only made in professional manufacturing – so far. This is changing with new cheap devices that allow Do-It-Yourself printing in 3D, CNC milling, cutting, making your own electronics, printing biological tissue, designing a new DNA, and many more future developments. Enthusiastic ‘Makers’, creative designers and educators develop new tools and new uses every day. A Digital Do-It-Yourself (DiDIY) revolution is on its way.

Thanksgiving Day was a successful day at ACT. Our regular students, together with the American and the international students celebrated this annual event hosted by ACT.

We are collecting dry food.
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"This is my first visit to Thessaloniki. I am struck by the traces of French presence in the city.”
-- Jean Quatremer

Acclaimed Greek photojournalist Dimitris Bouras will conduct a Masterclass in Photojournalism at the Dukakis Center, in partnership with ACT's English undergraduate program, during the week of November 23-27, 2015.

The class, called "You won't be here tomorrow," will cover technical, aesthetic, practical, and moral considerations prevalent in contemporary photojournalism. Select participants will meet throughout the week and will do their own photo shoot, on the theme "What are you eating?"

The Dukakis Center for Public Service will host the distinguished French journalist Jean Quatremer for a Dukakis Lecture on Friday, November 20, at 7 PM at the Municipal Council of Thessaloniki. The event will be co-sponsored  by the French Institute of Thessaloniki and TV100, with further support from the Consulate General of France in Thessaloniki and the Journalists' Union of Macedonia & Thrace Daily Newspapers.

Εκδήλωση με θέμα «Doing More with Less – Αρχές Λιτής Διαχείρισης για τις Επιχειρήσεις» διοργανώνει την Τετάρτη 18 Νοεμβρίου 2015, στη Βιβλιοθήκη Bissell,  ο Σύνδεσμος Εξαγωγέων Βορείου Ελλάδος (ΣΕΒΕ) με την υποστήριξη του ACT – American College of Thessaloniki.

I am the fortunate child of an international family who grew up around the world, so visiting the US Consulate in Thessaloniki sounded very interesting. However, it couldn’t help but bring up my under lying thoughts about not being a “real” American...

The Princeton Tigerlilies, the famous university a cappella singing group will be visiting Thessaloniki and giving various performances.

During their visit, the group will also sing at ACT Effie Commons (NB) from 12:45-1:15 on November 5th. 

You are all welcome to stop by and enjoy!