<p><strong>Interview with Dimitrios Alafouzos (PIERCE ’97)</strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>What inspired you to choose your profession?</strong></strong></p>
<p>At University I read Engineering and my first job was in the financial sector with a (then) newly established hedge fund. At the time, I was doing a fair amount of programming and my job exposed me to the financial sector.<strong><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?p=33">Read more&#8230;<br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ACG Alumnae in <em>FortuneGreece</em>’s Top Women</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><em>Three ACG Alumnae in Fortune’s Top 5 Women in Charity &amp; 2 ACG Alumnae in Fortune’s Top 20 Women in Business</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=30">Read more&#8230;<br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DEREE Alumnus Wins Ermis Award</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Congratulations to <strong>DEREE alumnus Christos Koutsoukos</strong> (’05), Creative and Art Director at Rascal SA, and his team, for winning the <strong>Ermis Silver Award for Digital Video.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?p=197">Read more…</a></p>
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<p><strong><strong>DEREE Ambassadors Reunion in February</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Were you a DEREE Ambassador? Join us for drinks and finger food on February 4 at 7 pm at the Student Lounge, DEREE-The American College of Greece as we catch up on all our news.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=26">Read more…</a></p>
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<p><strong>ACG Alumni Election Winners</strong></p>
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<p>Congratulations to the following ACG Alumni, who were elected to office in the recent Greek General Elections.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3141">Read more…<br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Dancing with the PIERCE ‘91 Stars</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p>On January 10<sup>th</sup>, they dusted off their shoes. They danced, they grooved, and they mingled. PIERCE Class of 1991 alums danced the night away to 80’s tunes at Disco Boom Boom in Athens reminiscing about the good times. We give them a score of 10 for their passion, creativity, and zest for life!<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=1802">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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<p><strong><strong>DEREE Alumnus Cheliotis wins 2014 Best Public Intellectual Special Issue Award</strong></strong></p>
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<p>Leonidas Cheliotis (DEREE &#8217;03), Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), has won the 2014 Best Public Intellectual Special Issue Award by <a href="http://www.celj.org/competitions" target="_blank">the US Council of Editors of Learned Journals</a>, Modern Language Association (MLA).<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=1360">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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<p><strong><strong>PIERCE Alumnae in Oscar Wilde’s<em> An Ideal Husband</em></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p>ACG alumnae and renowned actresses <strong>Mary Vidali (PIERCE ‘73)</strong> and <strong>Loukia Papadaki (PIERCE ’80/DEREE ‘84)</strong> have teamed up for the first time in Oscar Wilde’s <em>An</em> <em>Ideal Husband</em>.<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3085">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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<p><strong>Alums welcome at new DEREE Roadshow across country</strong></p>
<p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p>Join DEREE – The American College of Greece on its roadshow around Greece, to help prospective students find out more about studying at DEREE.<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3089">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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<p><strong>Interview with Dimitrios Alafouzos (PIERCE ’97)</strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>What inspired you to choose your profession?</strong></strong></p>
<p>At University I read Engineering and my first job was in the financial sector with a (then) newly established hedge fund. At the time, I was doing a fair amount of programming and my job exposed me to the financial sector.<strong><br />
</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?p=33">Read more&#8230;<br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ACG Alumnae in <em>FortuneGreece</em>’s Top Women</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><em>Three ACG Alumnae in Fortune’s Top 5 Women in Charity &amp; 2 ACG Alumnae in Fortune’s Top 20 Women in Business</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=30">Read more&#8230;<br />
</a></p>
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<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DEREE Alumnus Wins Ermis Award</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Congratulations to <strong>DEREE alumnus Christos Koutsoukos</strong> (’05), Creative and Art Director at Rascal SA, and his team, for winning the <strong>Ermis Silver Award for Digital Video.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?p=197">Read more…</a></p>
<hr />
<p><strong><strong>DEREE Ambassadors Reunion in February</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Were you a DEREE Ambassador? Join us for drinks and finger food on February 4 at 7 pm at the Student Lounge, DEREE-The American College of Greece as we catch up on all our news.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=26">Read more…</a></p>
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<p><strong>ACG Alumni Election Winners</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Congratulations to the following ACG Alumni, who were elected to office in the recent Greek General Elections.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3141">Read more…<br />
</a></p>
<hr />
<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Dancing with the PIERCE ‘91 Stars</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p>On January 10<sup>th</sup>, they dusted off their shoes. They danced, they grooved, and they mingled. PIERCE Class of 1991 alums danced the night away to 80’s tunes at Disco Boom Boom in Athens reminiscing about the good times. We give them a score of 10 for their passion, creativity, and zest for life!<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=1802">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
<hr />
<p><strong><strong>DEREE Alumnus Cheliotis wins 2014 Best Public Intellectual Special Issue Award</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><strong> </strong></strong></strong></p>
<p>Leonidas Cheliotis (DEREE &#8217;03), Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), has won the 2014 Best Public Intellectual Special Issue Award by <a href="http://www.celj.org/competitions" target="_blank">the US Council of Editors of Learned Journals</a>, Modern Language Association (MLA).<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=1360">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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<p><strong><strong>PIERCE Alumnae in Oscar Wilde’s<em> An Ideal Husband</em></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p>ACG alumnae and renowned actresses <strong>Mary Vidali (PIERCE ‘73)</strong> and <strong>Loukia Papadaki (PIERCE ’80/DEREE ‘84)</strong> have teamed up for the first time in Oscar Wilde’s <em>An</em> <em>Ideal Husband</em>.<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3085">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
<hr />
<p><strong>Alums welcome at new DEREE Roadshow across country</strong></p>
<p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p>Join DEREE – The American College of Greece on its roadshow around Greece, to help prospective students find out more about studying at DEREE.<strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue23/?page_id=3089">Read more&#8230;</a></p>
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