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The Dukakis Center has been present in unprecedented fashion in local and national news media this past year, particularly during the Spring 2016 semester ACT.In the past 18 months Dukakis Center Director David Wisner has appeared on TV100, ET3, and Vergina TV. A TV100 camera crew filmed the Dukakis Lecture… More

A step-by-step guide to digital media and event managementWith Pandelis Rafail, Founder, Deploy Digital (ACT class of 2013)Training for, preparation of, and participation at a Dukakis Center event to take place on Monday evening, May 23, 7 -9 pm, at La Place mignonne (Ethnikis Aminis 4)."Politics at the bistrot: How… More

"The way an organization looks really matters."Lansie Sylvia is a rising star in the world of non-profit branding in the United States. She works as Director of engagement at the Philadelphia-based branding agency Here’s My Chance, and visited Thessaloniki recently under the auspices of the Dukakis Center at the American… More

"What needs to change more, the citizenry, elected offices, or the political system?"So asked Professor Gerry Stoker, of the Universities of Southampton and Canberra, in the keynote lecture to the international conference "Civic Engagement and the Practices of Democracy," held at the Met Hotel on April 18 under the auspices… More

Nicholas Piston is a Greek-American humanitarian aid volunteer working in a refugee camp on Mytilini. He crowd-funded his trip to Greece from the US and is keeping a blog of his experiences here. Mr. Piston did a BA in International Relations at the American College of Thessaloniki in 2002-06 and… More

The Dukakis Center continues to express its ambitions through the events it hosts, from the renowned series of Dukakis Lectures launched by Michael Dukakis and Nicholas Burns during our inaugural year, to the diverse experiential learning platforms we have created. Spring 2016 will be no exception.On the horizon are two… More

The Dukakis Center has been engaging in quiet but effective outreach since last summer. Our intention has been to strengthen the new identity we established for the Center in 2014, in terms of expertise and of capacity. The results of our efforts are evident on our website.For one thing, we… More

The Dukakis Center at the American College of Thessalonikiin collaboration with the Navarino Networkand the Kalliopi Koufa Foundationcordially invites you to attenda Dukakis LecturebyKostas IfantisPanteion and Kadir Has Universities"Greece and Turkey: Neighbours at a time of peril"Monday, March 28Navarino NetworkApellou 3ThessalonikiDiscussants:Sotiris Serbos, Democritus UniversityParoula Naskou-Perraki, University of MacedoniaProfessors Ifantis, Serbos, and… More

On March 9, the Dukakis Center welcomed Ioanna Fotopoulou of Impact Hub Athens to the Bissell Library to announce the Social Impact Award, a European competition for social entrepreneurship.Ms Fotopoulou is the Project Manager for the Social Impact Award, a competition organized on a European level (in 10 European countries) for the third… More

During a ten-day period from April 11-20, 2016, the Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service at the American College of Thessaloniki will host its Second Festival of Civic and Urban Culture.This year's Festival will include, among others, a masterclass in animation for young voters, the objective… More