Past Events

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.

The Dukakis Center is pleased to announce its schedule of events for November 2015, as follows. All events are on campus and in English unless otherwise noted.

Monday, November 16, 5-7 PM, New Building A-V Room

Republicans Abroad Greece and Democrats Abroad Greece
Screening of fourth Republican debate and of second Democratic debate

Friday, November 20, 7-9 PM, Municipality of Thessaloniki

Jean Quatremer, EU Correspondent, Libération

"Grèce, le jour d'après"

Δωρεάν εντατικό τριήμερο επιχειρηματικότητας διοργανώνει στην Καβάλα το VentureGarden, το πρόγραμμα  εκπαίδευσης και υποστήριξης νέων επιχειρηματιών που υλοποιείται από το Anatolia School of Business του ACT (American College of Thessaloniki) στη Θεσσαλονίκη και το ALBA Graduate Business School at the American College of Greece στην Αθήνα, με την υποστήριξη της Ελληνικής Πρωτοβουλίας (The Hellenic Initiative-THI). Η εκδήλωση του  GreenHouse φιλοξενείται από το Επιμελητήριο Καβάλας.
 

On October 20th, forty students from Northeastern University went to Elaiorema Park to weed and plant flowers and other florae under the supervision and instruction of agriculturists and gardeners.  Student Kyle Curtis described the experience as “an opportunity to volunteer your time in order to give back and show appreciation to our host city Thessaloniki".  When asked to describe the service-learning experience in one word or sentence, students said “rewarding”, “working for others”, and in a more humorous sense “mosquitos”! 
 

Mediation is a powerful and innovative tool that can be applied across a huge range of dispute and conflict situations.  ACT, in collaboration with ADRg Greece and the Thessaloniki Mediation Institute, co-organized the 2nd International Mediation Conference. The event, hosted at the ACT campus, posed an invaluable networking and learning opportunity for newly trained mediators and featured speeches from renowned professionals such as the President of the Thessaloniki Bar Association Nikos Valergakis, the Director of the School of International Arbitration Prof.

On October 17th, over thirty-five students from Northeastern University participated in the A21 Walk for Freedom, a global event bringing awareness to human trafficking with a site right here in Thessaloniki.  Students and locals walked slowly in a straight line for a mile, wearing black shirts with the A21 logo with tape over their mouths to symbolize the many voices of slaves that are not heard.  Some students held signs stating phrases like “#WalkForFreedom”.  Other students walked alongside or across the street from the line of and handed out flyers that stated alarming statistics about

Sunday, 18 October 2015, 10:00  - 19:00

The world in 2016 and beyond

Greece between Europe, Russia & the Middle East

www.thessalonikisymposium.org

Olympion, 10 Aristotelous Square

General admission: presale 5€ / at entrance 10€

Certificates of participation will be awarded.

The working language of the Symposium will be English.

Simultaneous translation in Greek will be available.

Σάββατο 10 Οκτωβρίου 2015, Θεσσαλονίκη.

Σε συνεργασία με το Ινστιτούτο Κατάρτισης Διαμεσολαβητών Θεσσαλονίκης.

Συνδιοργάνωση με το ACT - American College of Thessaloniki.

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