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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\AFGLC\PRESS1A.HTM</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> <TABLE> <TR> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <HR> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> The AFGLC announces the expected success of its Fourth Annual Educational Forum. The topic this year was: "CREATION AND SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS OF HELLENIC STUDIES </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> (1Q15)". The </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> Forum was open to </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> the </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> public and </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> was </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> held </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> at the </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> University of South Florida in Tampa, on March and 6th, </FONT> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Xerox Sans Serif Wide" COLOR="#000000"> <B><I>1999. </B></I> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> His grace the Bishop lakovos of Catania made the Invocation of the Forum 1999. Ms Betty Castor, President of the USF, brought her greetings from the University to the people attending the Forum, followed by Prof. S. David Stamps Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, at USF.<BR> A number of dignitaries and speakers from USA and Greece followed her<BR> </FONT> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <HR> greetings, with speeches relevant to our Foundation and our goal to establish the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies. Dr. Chris Tsokos Professor of the Department Of Mathematics, USF made the Opening Remarks and talked about "AFGLC and the ICHS Concept".<BR> Mr. Daniel Ruth, columnist of the Tampa Tribune talked about "Support of ICHS as a Center of Excellence at USF". For the "ICHS Programs and Plans" theme, moderator was Prof. John Balls. The title of the next speech was "Starting an ICHS at USF: Working from our Strengths", by Prof. William Murray. Prof. Suzanne P. Murray Dep. of Humanities USF, spoke about "Local Resources for a program in Classical Greek and Archeology". The speech of Prof. John Noonan, of the Dep. of Classics USF was based on "Teaching Classical Greek at USF". Provost Nick Billins, of the Tarpon Springs Center St. Petersburg Junior College, referred to "Hellenism. The Tarpon Springs Center at SPJC and the Potential for Cooperation with USF". Prof. James Strange of the Dep. of Religious Studies, USF spoke about "Hellenism in Israel and Jordan and USF's excavation in Sepphoris in Palestine". Prof. Stephen V. Tracy Prof. Of Greek, Ohio State University spoke on "The American School of Classical Studies:<BR> 118 years of Teaching Hellenism to American University students". The subject of Ms. Maria Daniels of the Visual Collections Curator, Tufts University was on "Teaching Hellenism with the Perseus Project Database:<BR> How it Might Work at USF". Prof. Nancy Wilkie, President of the Archeological Institute of America, Dep. of Classics Carleton College, referred to "One hundred years of Hellenism through Classical Archeology". Moderator for the afternoon session, was Prof. Andreas Paloumpis, President Emeritus of Hillsborough Community College. The following dignitaries from Greece participated in this Forum and presented Topics of our Mother Land, which impressed the audience. Ms<BR> </FONT> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <HR> Catherine Koumananou referred on "The Importance of Hellenic Studies and the AFGLC".<BR> Prof. George Roussas' speech, Dean of the College of Arts& Science, University of California at Davis was based "In Support of the Interdisciplinary Centers of Hellenic Studies".<BR> Prof. Agni Vlavlanos-Arvanltis, Preside of the Biopolitics-Bkculture spoke on "A new Renaissance Contribution to Hellenism". Dr. Fani-Maria Tsigakou Curator of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece urged the audience on "Rediscovery of Greece".<BR> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B><U>AFGI,C</U> <U>&</U> <U>TKE</U> <U>BONDING</U> <U>BETWEEP AMERICA</U> <U>&</U> <U>GREECE:</U> <U>IN PREPARATION</U> <U>FOR</U> <U>ThE</U> <U>NEXT</U><BR> </B> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B>~ </B> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> was the next day's topic. Prof. Thomas J. Tighe, Provost and Executive Vice President USF, brought his greetings to the Forum from the University of South Florida. Magnet Speaker this year in the Gala was the American Ambassador in Athens Greece, Mr. Nicholas Bums. In his speech Mr. Bums underlined the important role that AFGLC may play in the relationship between Greece and USA. Next dignitary was the Honorable Aiexios G. Christopoulos. Minister Deputy Chief of the Embassy of Greece to the United States. His speech was about 'The Interdisciplinary Center of Hellenic Studies at USF and the AFGLC". He was very Impressive as a speaker as well as a diplomat Both the American Ambassador in Greece as well as the Greek Ambassador in USA came especially to Florida, for the events of the AFGLC. The Honorable Mr. Gus Bilirakis of the Florida House of Representatives brought "Greetings from the State House". Next speaker was Mr. Chris Tomaras, President- Council of Hellenes abroad (SAE), North and South America, of Chicago, Illinois. The title of his speech was:<BR> "What Is Hellenism? The Diaspora Perspective". Last of the dignitaries who came from Greece especially for this event, was Dr. Constantinos Dalla Special Advisor to George Papandreou<BR> </FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <BR> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> <TABLE> <TR> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <HR> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B><U>FORUM &</U> <U>GALA 1999</U>.<BR> <BR> The </B> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> fourth educational Forum of </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times Roman" COLOR="#000000"> the </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> AFGLC was held at the University of South Florida in Tampa on March 5th and 6th. Our annual Gala followed on Saturday March 6th, '99. The theme of the AFGLC Forum was entitled "Creation and Support of the University-based Interdisciplinary Centers of Hellenic Studies </FONT> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Xerox Sans Serif Wide" COLOR="#000000"> <B><I>". </B></I> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> The Forum focused on the development realistic plans and approaches, support and/or enhancement of programs of the Greek language and culture within the American University structure.<BR> <BR> The format for the AFGLC included formal and brief presentation by participant speakers, followed by roundtable discussion. One of our keynote speakers was U.S. Ambassador to Greece, the Honorable Nicholas Burns, among other individuals from Greece and the United States.<BR> <BR> At our annual black-tie "AFGLC Gala<BR> Event '99" we honored Mr.<BR> Emmanuel John Elliott.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> The AFGLC announces the expected success of its Fourth Annual Educational Forum. The topic this year was: "CREATION AND SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY- BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS OF HELLENIC STUDIES (1Q15)". The Forum was open to the public and was held at the University of South Florida in Tampa, on March and </FONT> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <SUB>6th, </SUB> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> 1999. His grace the Bishop lakovos of Catania made the Invocation of the Forum 1999. Ms Betty Castor, President of the USF, brought her greetings from the University to the people attending the Forum, followed by Prof. S. David Stamps Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, at USF.<BR> A number of dignitaries and speakers from USA and Greece followed her<BR> </FONT> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <HR> greetings, with speeches relevant to our Foundation and our goal to establish the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies. Dr. Chris Tsokos Professor of the Department Of Mathematics, USF made the Opening Remarks and talked about "AFGLC and the ICHS Concept".<BR> Mr. Daniel Ruth, columnist of the Tampa Tribune talked about "Support of ICHS as a Center of Excellence at USF." For the "ICHS Programs and Plans" theme, moderator was Prof. John Balls. The title of the next speech was "Starting an ICHS at USF: Working from our Strengths", by Prof. William Murray. Prof. Suzanne P. Murray Dep. of Humanities USF, spoke about "Local Resources for a program in Classical Greek and Archeology". The speech of Prof. John Noonan, of the Dep. of Classics USF was based on "Teaching Classical Greek at USF". Provost Nick Billins, of the Tarpon Springs Center St. Petersburg Junior College, referred to "Hellenism. The Tarpon Springs Center at SPJC and the Potential for Cooperation with USF". Prof. James Strange of the Dep. of Religious Studies, USF spoke about "Hellenism in Israel and Jordan and USF's excavation in Sepphoris in Palestine". Prof. Stephen V. Tracy Prof. Of Greek, Ohio State University spoke on "The American School of Classical Studies:<BR> 118 years of Teaching Hellenism to American University students". The subject of Ms. Maria Daniels of the Visual Collections Curator, Tufts University was on "Teaching Hellenism with the Perseus Project Database:<BR> How it Might Work at USF". Prof. Nancy Wilkie, President of the Archeological Institute of America, Dep. of Classics Carleton College, referred to "One hundred years of Hellenism through Classical Archeology". Moderator for the afternoon session, was Prof. Andreas Paloumpis, President Emeritus of Hillsborough Community College. The following dignitaries from Greece participated in this Forum and presented Topics of our Mother Land, which impressed the audience. Ms<BR> </FONT> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <HR> Catherine Koumananou referred on "The Importance of Hellenic Studies and the AFGLC".<BR> Prof. George Roussas' speech, Dean of the College of Arts& Science, University of California at Davis was based "In Support of the Interdisciplinary Centers of Hellenic Studies".<BR> Prof. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Preside of the Biopolitics-Bioculture spoke on "A new Renaissance Contribution to Hellenism." Dr. Fani-Maria Tsigakou Curator of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece urged the audience on "Rediscovery of Greece".<BR> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B><U>AFGLC</U> <U>&</U> <U>TKE</U> <U>BONDING</U> <U>BETWEEN AMERICA</U> <U>&</U> <U>GREECE:</U> <U>IN PREPARATION</U> <U>FOR</U> <U>ThE</U> <U>NEXT</U><BR> </B> </FONT> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B>was the next day's topic. Prof. Thomas J. Ttghe, Provost and Executive Vice President USF, brought his greetings to the Forum from the University of South Florida. Magnet Speaker this year in the Gala was the American Ambassador in Athens Greece, Mr. Nicholas Burns. In his speech Mr. Bums underlined the important role that AFGLC may play in the relationship between Greece and USA. Next dignitary was the Honorable Alexios G. Christopoulos. Minister Deputy Chief of the Embassy of Greece to the United States. His speech was about 'The Interdisciplinary Center of Hellenic Studies at USF and the AFGLC." He was very Impressive as a speaker as well as a diplomat Both the American Ambassador in Greece as well as the Greek Ambassador in USA came especially to Florida, for the events of the AFGLC. The Honorable Mr. Gus Bilirakis of the Florida House of Representatives brought "Greetings from the State House". Next speaker was Mr. Chris Tomaras, President- Council of Hellenes abroad (SAE), North and South America, of Chicago, Illinois. The title of his speech was:<BR> "What Is Hellenism? The Diaspora Perspective". Last of the dignitaries who came from Greece especially for this event, was Dr. Constantinos Dalla Special Advisor to George Papandreou<BR> </B> </FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> <B><BR> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>