Fourteen students from Harvard University are working as interns in respected Greek organizations this summer, after concluding a week’s seminar on modern Greek history at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplio.

The program’s coordinator, Oxford- and Princeton-educated Dimitris Antoniou, who holds a fellowship at Harvard, served on the committee that reviewed the 154 applications and essays submitted this spring. According to Antoniou, the hope of the program coordinators is that students will get an introduction to multiple aspects of Greek society — both present and past.

Communication skills, academic excellence and the desire to experience life in Greece are the criteria on which candidates for the program were judged.

Through a series of film screenings and seminars during the… Continue reading →

Nafsika Bourma enrolled in Deree College in 2005 because she wanted to study communication. Now, as she prepares to don cap and gown and receive her bachelor’s degree on graduation day, she says the college has prepared her for her next academic challenge. She starts a master’s degree in media, gender and culture at the London School of Economics this autumn.

Bourma’s experience typifies that of other Deree students who say the college gives them the chance to excel, broadening their intellectual horizons and opening academic doors at the world’s best graduate schools.

“One of the things I liked about Deree was that you have to work hard to do really well here,” said Bourma, who has a 3.7 cumulative… Continue reading →

I’ve been waking up to go to college for four years now, but this morning was different. I had hung out the clothes I would wear today at school. No, it wasn’t the jeans and tees I’ve been wearing ever since I can remember. It was a suit.

I left my house in a hurry and decided to get a cab. No way I was riding the metro in these clothes. The driver asked me what subject I teach at the college.

Things got a lot better when I finally made it outside the College gym. I joined a group of classmates and we started making fun of each others’ clothes. I felt like an animal rejoining its species in… Continue reading →

I’ve been waking up to go to college for four years now, but this morning was different. I had hung out the clothes I would wear today at school. No, it wasn’t the jeans and tees I’ve been wearing ever since I can remember. It was a suit.

The 2008 Business Week brought students and business professionals together to discuss how sustainability can ensure the survival of businesses in the near feature.
Academic and business professionals shared their knowledge with 1300 students that attended one or more lectures during the four-day event.

The topic of this year’s Business Week – “Sustainability Today is Business Tomorrow” – was chosen by the advisors of the College’s business academic societies and their governing… Continue reading →

Deree Professor Joanna Patsioti addressed students and faculty on Aristotle’s study of metaphors and their use in both classical and contemporary contexts. Patsioti elaborated on the definition of metaphors in Aristotle, who was “the first to offer systematic study of metaphors and their connection to analogy”.

She also referred to classical texts by Isocrates and Plato, as well as more contemporary thinkers, who argued that metaphors play a role that’s not only decorative but also substantial in our language.

She said metaphors are often a reflection of the culture that produces them. In maritime Britain, for example, metaphors related to the sea abound.

In the discussion that followed the lecture, audience members noted the aesthetic aspect of metaphors in language… Continue reading →

Deree student Aggelos Bousbouras saw his senior project selected for screening at the Athens Video Art Festival 2007, which took place from April 27-29.

Bousbouras, who goes under the nickname of “Substant,” competed with 1200 submissions from all over the world, from which 400 were selected for presentation based on their creativity and originality.

The project, supervised by Professor Christina Polyzou, is a video clip named ” Neuronal Forest ” that depicts a forest being paralleled with the human brain in the context of a dream. The movie was constructed using original footage and still images from a digital artist. Bousbouras used a first-person angle.

The music used in the movie comes from Bousbouras’ band, “Abstruse,” an experimental progressive metal… Continue reading →