Past Events

During the ACT commencement ceremony that took place on July 2nd , graduates celebrated the end of an exciting academic life at ACT, the turning of a page and the opening of a new chapter in their life.  

Keynote remarks were delivered by Vasilis Tsamis, Chief Operating & Co-Chief  Investment Officer of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation who underlined the exciting task the graduates have ahead of them, the task of doing things better, faster and smarter than were ever done before.

Thursday, June 20 • 19:00 p.m.
IANOS Bookstore (7, Aristotelous Str.)
The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service
Cordially welcomes you to a book panel

Harris Mylonas
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University

“The Politics of Nation-Building:
Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities”
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)

American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), a non-profit, private  post-secondary division of Anatolia College, announces a scholarship opportunity for qualifying students of Armenian descent.  Those interested in studying at ACT should kindly contact the Admissions office at 2310.398.398 or send an email to admissions@act.edu by May 20, 2013.

This cogent case study, analyzes the corporate governance of Anatolia College, a leading educational institution in Greece located in Thessaloniki. More generally, it is an introduction to the structure, composition, culture,
and challenges of the Boards of Trustees governing American nonprofit organizations (NPO’s). The focus is on how such boards are set up to best fulfill their oversight and fundraising responsibilities.

Dear Members of the Anatolia Community,

Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, was the featured speaker at the American College of Thessaloniki on April 17, with a humorous yet informative lecture on "Graffiti in ancient cities – Images and voices of daily life" in the Bissell Library, attended by a large and enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and staff, and friends of the college.

ACT hosts a workshop on Activism, Creative Participation and Democracy,

with a focus on anti-corruption and anti-racism.

Governments serve the public….right?  Rule of law and police forces protect the public….right?  But what if they don’t?

A government is more powerful that the individual, right?   The notion of a ‘social contract’ is just a theoretical ideal, isn’t it?

The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service of the American College of Thesaloniki will host the fifth ACT/SEESOX Salonica Seminar during the summer of 2013.
 
The Seminar is convened by Dr. Othon Anastasakis, Director of the European Studies Centre and South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and consists of a series of advanced undergraduate lectures on European integration and Aegean and Balkan affairs by scholars affiliated with SEESOX.
 

In a crowded Town Hall meeting, organized by the Tourism Association of Molyvos, on March 27, 2013, the MBA program, Anatolia School of Business presented the Strategic Marketing Plan and Rebranding recommendations for Molyvos/Mithimna and, by extension, the island of Lesvos. The project was completed by a select team of 5 MBA students, Elke Veenendaal, Irini Tserepi, Aleks Buda, Margaux Pauwels and Giorgos Kartaltzis, as part of an advanced marketing  course in the MBA program, led by the MBA Marketing professor,Mr.

The 24th Annual College Consortium for International Studies is held at the ACT between April 16th -19th.