GREEK LANGUAGE FOR ADULTS CLASSESThe AHEPA Modern Greek Language Program for Adults will continue its 3rd year of an expanded program of Modern Greek Classes in 2008. Beginning February 6, 2010, AHEPA Vice-President Jim Giokas is organizing an intermediary Modern Greek II class that will be offered with another beginner’s class of Modern Greek I. The Ramapo Chapter of AHEPA has taken the lead on this wonderful initiative but the program is open to anyone in the greater Greek American community and AHEPA family that is interested in participating. For more details about upcoming classes and registration, please contact Jim Giokas at president@ahepa453.org or call 201- 664 -7002. JOURNEY TO GREECEAHEPA 453 will offer a scholarship of up to $2,000 in 2010. Application deadline to JTC is April 30, 2010- enrollees should forward their acceptance notice to AHEPA 453 to apply for scholarship.The Journey to Greece Program is a study tour that will provide students with six transferable university credits. The students will be given an opportunity to select courses from a list that includes: Modern Greek Language 1 and 2; Modern Greek History and Politics; The History of the Orthodox Church; History of the Greeks of America; Art and Archaeology and Plato and Aristotle. The course prospectus and application can be downloaded online at JOURNEY TO GREECE. Journey to Greece 2010 will have two sessions, commencing July 3 and July 10. The groups will be supervised by chaperones, led by AHEPA Past Supreme President Dr. James F. Dimitriou.The University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, is located at the foot of the Acropolis and is the only wholly owned branch campus of a U.S. university operating in Greece. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges, and is also a founding member of the Association of American Colleges in Greece. For more information about the University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, please visit www.uindy.gr.
AHEPAcademy AHEPA 453 will offer a scholarship up to $1,000 in 2010. Many of you are aware of AHEPAcademy, the only national leadership program for Greek-American high school students, and its ongoing recruitment of exceptional Greek-American high school students from all over the country to participate in its annual AHEPAcademy On Campus session in Washington, DC each summer. We are excited to announce an expansion of the program to include two summer sessions in 2010 to attempt to accommodate more students. The first session is June 20, 2010 – June 26, 2010 and the second session is July 25, 2010 – July 31, 2010. Application Deadlines for both sessions are March 1, 2010 for the Early Action Deadline and April 1, 2010 for the Extended Application Deadline. Students are encouraged to apply by the Early Application Deadline in order to gauge interest in either the first or second session. (If there is not enough interest in either of the sessions, AHEPAcademy may consolidate both sessions to accommodate the greatest number of accepted students.) For applications and more details please visitwww.AHEPAcademy.com. |