“Post-election Greece: Looking Ahead:” a workshop on the future of Greece, with Simon Bensasson, former senior official of the European Commission. More

Richard L. Jackson, President of Anatolia and the American College of Thessaloniki from 1999-2009, visited campus during the week of February 21-25. More 

A group of students from Anatolia and Pinewood gathered at the Bissell Library on Saturday, February 11, to take part in a simulation of A100, the training course all new American diplomats take at the US Foreign Service Institute. The students did exercises in public speaking, note taking, and cable drafting, all of which were designed to refine techniques for understanding and communicating the essence of a verbal exchange . More 

Renowned historian Dr. Rena Molho spoke at the Bissell Library on “Salonica: A homeland to the Jewish Diaspora” Monday, November 14, in the Dukakis Seminar Series. More

Sign up for a four-week academic summer program in Northern Greece at the American College of Thessaloniki (fully accredited by the North Eastern Association of Schools and Collages- NEASC). More

The American College of Thessaloniki welcomed the Thessaloniki-based polyphonic music group “Pleiades” for a performance of traditional Greek songs on Monday, November 28, in the Dukakis Seminar Series. More

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The Policy Lab was established to fulfill the original function of the Dukakis Center, to provide a forum in which to examine public policy issues of special interest to ACT’s various constituencies. These include, among others, international education, governance, and information technology.

The Policy Lab is a conduit for research into public policy in Greece, the EU, and the US. Currently the Center is working on two long-term research and outreach projects, on “Democratic Futures” and “Public Service in the 21st Century.”

Dukakis Center staff provide occasional commentary on Greek television and radio, and in select Greek print media. The Center has maintained a blog on contemporary citizenship, Politis, and currently produces a weekly video podcast on current affairs.

The Dukakis Center also maintains a keen interest in entrepreneurship at the local and national levels, in business, civil society, and the public sector. The Center hosts the Business and Politics Forum every other year, bringing together leading practitioners from the private and public sectors to examine a topic of interest to the business and policy communities of Northern Greece.

The Dukakis Center offers specialized training in report writing and research skills, in collaboration with ACT's Office of Career Services. The Center hosts a customizable seminar series in critical thinking for business and non-profit clients, and a certificate program for think tank and civil society professionals. Among consulting services available are reporting on current US politics and select geopolitical analysis.

NB Activities in these series have been suspended temporarily owing to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Greece and elsewhere in the region.

In 2012 the Dukakis Center launched a pilot freshman honors program to cater to requests from students with a record of academic achievement to add a challenging supplement to their regular course work at ACT.

Coordinated by Maria Patsarika, the honors program consists of specially designed activities for qualified students in all four years of their undergraduate study. In 2013-14 honors sophomores will take part in unique creativity workshops with renowned photographer Chryssa Nikoleri, while incoming freshmen will attend honors seminars and undertake special projects with Dr Patsarika.

Honors juniors and seniors will eventually have opportunities to engage in mentorship projects and participate in short-term co-op placements, while seniors will design and implement their own public service project off campus.

Honors projects spring 2014