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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.6 [en] (Win98; U) [Netscape]"> <title>Gala '99 Press Release</title> </head> <body text="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#000099" link="#FFFF00" vlink="#FFCC33" alink="#FF9900"> <center><b><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=+2>PRESS RELEASE</font></font></b> <p><img SRC="colorbar.gif" height=1 width=600> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1> <b>FORUM & GALA 1999</b></font></font></center> <blockquote> <blockquote>The fourth educational Forum of the AFGLC was held at the University of South Florida in Tampa on March 5th and 6th. Our annual Gala followed on Saturday March 6th, 1999. The theme of the AFGLC Forum was entitled "Creation and Support of the University-based Interdisciplinary Centers of Hellenic Studies" (ICHS). The Forum focused on the deement velopment of realistic plans and approaches for the support and/or enhancof educational programs in Greek language and culture within the American University structure. The format for the Forum included formal, brief presentations by the participating speakers, followed by a roundtable discussion.</blockquote> <b><i><font color="#FFFF00">Highlights</font></i></b></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote>One of our keynote speakers was the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, the Honorable Nicholas Burns, among other individuals from Greece and the United States. At our annual black tie "AFGLC Gala Event '99" we honored Mr. Emmanuel John Elliott. Dr. Constantinos Dallas Special Advisor to George Papandreou, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Athens, Greece, announced the financial support by the Greek Government, through the AFGLC, towards the establishment of two academic positions in the ICHS at USF. This was the happy successful ending of the fourth Annual Forum and Gala 1999 of the AFGLC.</blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><b><i><font color="#FFFF00">Friday - March 5, 1999</font></i></b></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote>The AFGLC Forum 99 started following the Invocation made by His grace the Bishop lakovos of Catania. 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. A number of dignitaries and speakers from USA and Greece followed her greetings, with speeches relevant to our Foundation and our goal to establish the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies. Prof. Chris Tsokos, President of the AFGLC, made the Opening Remarks and talked about "AFGLC and the ICHS Concept." Mr. Daniel Ruth, columnist of the Tampa Tribune, talked about "Support of ICHS as a Center of Excellence at USF." For the first theme of Forum 99, "ICHS Programs and Plans" moderator was Prof. John Balis, Vice President of the AFGLC. 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 at 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 Billiris, 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: 118 years of Teaching Hellenism to American University Students". The subject of Ms. Maria Daniels, Visual Collections Curator, Tufts University, was on "Teaching Hellenism with the Perseus Project Database: 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 Catherine Koumananou referred on "The Importance of Hellenic Studies and the AFGLC."The speech of Prof. George Roussas, Dean of the College of Arts& Science, University of California at Davis, was "In Support of the Interdisciplinary Centers of Hellenic Studies." Prof. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, President 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". Active participants of the Round Table Discussions included Prof. Aristotle Michopoulos, Ms. Sophia Metsakis-Laslo and Prof. Ippokratis Kantzios. Prof. John Balis summarized the highlights of the Friday's sessions.</blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><b><i><font color="#FFFF00">Saturday - March 6, 1999</font></i></b> <blockquote>"AFGLC and the Bonding beteween America and Greece: In Preparation for the Next millennium" was the next day's cental theme. Prof. Thomas J. Tighe, Provost and Executive Vice President USF, brought his greetings to the Forum from the University. The American Ambassador to Greece, Mr. Nicholas Burns, underlined in a brilliant speech 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 to Greece and the Greek Ambassador to USA came to Florida specifically for the events of the AFGLC. During a Forum recess, the two Ambassadors responded to questions imposed by the audience. 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, Chicago, Illinois. The title of his inspiring speech was: "What Is Hellenism? The Diaspora Perspective". Dr. Constantinos Dallas made an informative presentation on the "New Perspectives for Greek Cultural Policy". Last of the dignitaries who came from Greece especially for this event, was Ms Catherine Ferguson, Grand President of the Daughters of Penelope USA; she spoke "On our Support of AFGLC Aims and Objectives". At the end of the Forum, Prof. Chris Tsokos summarized the "AFGLC Educational Forum '99- Conclusions". The same evening on Saturday March 6th '99 the AFGLC had its fourth GALA at the HYATT Regency Hotel in Tampa. The Person who was honored this year for his contribution to the Greek Community was the philanthropist Mr. E.J. Elliott. Mr. Elliott has been a valuable supporter of the AFGLC.</blockquote> </blockquote> <center> <p><br><img SRC="colorbar.gif" height=1 width=600> <p><a href="http://www.afglc.org/index.htm">Back to Home Page</a></center> </body> </html>