Hellenic American University’s 13th commencement was held on June 29, 2023, at the Athens Concert Hall (Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall). Friends, family, and distinguished guests joined faculty, staff, executive officers, and trustees of Hellenic American University to celebrate the 74 members of the graduating Class of 2023. Valedictory addresses were given by Angeliki Georgaki, (M.A. in Applied Linguistics-TESOL) and Sofia Votsiou…

Christian Moraitis, a student in the B.S. in Informatics program, has won the “Best Paper Award” for the research he conducted for his capstone project and which he presented at this year’s Hellenic American University Student Research Conference on May 13, 2023. During his presentation, the undergraduate Informatics student discussed his work in developing a tool that could eventually enable…

Hellenic American University was honored to welcome the prominent educator and civil rights advocate Dr. Smaw to the Athens campus where he led a workshop on May 22nd for administrative and teaching personnel on strategic planning for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB). Staff and faculty at the Nashua campus joined online. During the session, Dr. Smaw, a philosophy professor…

The Hellenic American University Debating Team got off to a resounding start in late May with an inaugural series of workshops led by Dr. Eric Smaw, Professor of Philosophy at Rollins College and the founder and coach of its award-winning debate team. Under Dr. Smaw’s guidance, the Rollins’ team has earned first-place finishes at regional and national competitions. The University’s…

We’re excited to be cooperating with Arcweave, the popular browser-based collaborative platform for creating and prototyping interactive narratives, in organizing this year’s 2023 Arcjam, a game design event where competing teams and individual designers create and publish a short game in 72 hours using the platform. The game jam will take place online between May 12–15. Prizes for winning games…

Dr. Alexander Nikolaou, adjunct faculty member in the B.A. in English Language and Literature, M.A. in Applied Linguistics, and Ph. D. in Language and Communication programs, co-delivered a presentation at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, which was held in Portland, Oregon March 18-21, 2023. The presentation, titled “Critical Reflections on Qualitative Research Methods in the…

The Winter 22-23 issue of Connect is now being emailed to University alumni and can be downloaded here. This issue features news about three successful events that our University hosted at its Athens campus, namely the 3rd Europe in Discourse Conference, the 1st Terra (in) Cognita International Conference: Dialogues between Greek Culture and Modern American Art and the 63rd Annual…

Hellenic American University is proud to be hosting the 2023 Olympia Summer Academy at its Athens campus on July 11-14. The 2023 Olympia Summer Academy is co-organized by the Navarino Network, a public policy initiative based in Thessaloniki, Hellenic American University, the European International Studies Association, and the Institute of International Relations. For the last 20 years, the Olympia Summer…