Please click on the link here:
Video Journal
or in the navigation bar just under the Journey to Greece 2008 Blog Banner.
I will be updating the video journal every week while the students are in Greece so please bookmark away! Also, I have added a small video courtesy of Easycruise that gives a brief overview of what the Journey students can expect on the cruise, I can give you a brief, one word description of the cruise...AWESOME.
5/26/08
5/22/08
Syllabi
For everyone that is going on the trip please download the syllabi for the Journey to Greece 2008 Program . Here is the link:
CLICK HERE FOR SYLLABI
Please download these ahead of time so you can buy your required books in the US and save yourself some money and time!
CLICK HERE FOR SYLLABI
Please download these ahead of time so you can buy your required books in the US and save yourself some money and time!
5/20/08
Foreword by Dr. Jim Dimitriou
The Journey to Greece Study Abroad Program is now in its 3rd year. The Journey is sponsored by the AHEPA Educational Foundation. The AHEPA is the oldest and largest Greek cultural organization in the world. The Educational Foundation as well as AHEPA Districts and Chapters offer scholarships for qualified students to attend the program.
The JTG Program is offered in conjunction with the University of Indianapolis. UINDY is a wholly owned campus in the heart of Athens in Syntagma. UINDY maintains a full-time campus with three buildings, including a Cultural Center overlooking the ancient Roman Agoura. All instructors and class support is provided by the full-time staff of UINDY. In addition, all courses are full accredited and transferable. Student transcripts are sent by the parent campus in Indiana to the student's respective universities.
Students can earn 3 units/1 course in Session #1: June 15-July 1 and 6 units/2 courses in Session #2: July 1-26. In addition to the course work, students are provided numerous excursions, visits and receptions to highlight their stay.
This year, students will have the opportunity to attend the various activities of the AHEPA Supreme Convention to be held in Athens, July 1-7. Featured events include the Official Opening Ceremonies at the Zappion Center with notable Greek Government Officials; a gala 4th of July Party at the Glyfada Golf Course; a Greek Night Glendi and a special event hosted by AHEPA Hellas.
A very special feature of this year's JTG Program is the inclusion of a cruise for our students. An 8 day/7 night cruise is provided by easyCruise aboard the new ship, "Easy Life!" Students will visit Paros, Mykonos, Kos, Kalymnos, Samos and Bodrim, Turkey.
Our students are housed in UINDY provided private apartments on walking streets near the campus, just below the historical Acropolis in the heart of Athens. Each apartment has air conditioning, complete kitchen, TV, laundry facilities and microwave. Students are housed in suite like apartments.
Daily lunch is provided at a local taverna. All classes meet for 2 hours daily. Lunch is also the daily briefing period.
Special Delta Group flights have been provided from Los Angeles, Atlanta or New York by European Travel of Los Angeles. Students will be met at the airport with a private coach to bring them to the campus and get them settled in their apartments.
The Journey to Greece program is specially designed for Greek American youth to introduce them to their Hellenic Heritage, customs and traditions! Courses are provided in Greek language, Orthodoxy, history, philosophy and art and archeology.
The Journey is a wonderful experience that enables students to make friends from all over the US and Canada. It is a program that helps our students learn about life and customs in Greece and to understand their own cultural traditions. Upon completing the Journey, we can look at our experience as Odysseus stated upon his long overdue arrival back to his native island of Ithaka,
"To arrive where we started and to know the place for the first time."
-Dr. Jim Dimitriou
The JTG Program is offered in conjunction with the University of Indianapolis. UINDY is a wholly owned campus in the heart of Athens in Syntagma. UINDY maintains a full-time campus with three buildings, including a Cultural Center overlooking the ancient Roman Agoura. All instructors and class support is provided by the full-time staff of UINDY. In addition, all courses are full accredited and transferable. Student transcripts are sent by the parent campus in Indiana to the student's respective universities.
Students can earn 3 units/1 course in Session #1: June 15-July 1 and 6 units/2 courses in Session #2: July 1-26. In addition to the course work, students are provided numerous excursions, visits and receptions to highlight their stay.
This year, students will have the opportunity to attend the various activities of the AHEPA Supreme Convention to be held in Athens, July 1-7. Featured events include the Official Opening Ceremonies at the Zappion Center with notable Greek Government Officials; a gala 4th of July Party at the Glyfada Golf Course; a Greek Night Glendi and a special event hosted by AHEPA Hellas.
A very special feature of this year's JTG Program is the inclusion of a cruise for our students. An 8 day/7 night cruise is provided by easyCruise aboard the new ship, "Easy Life!" Students will visit Paros, Mykonos, Kos, Kalymnos, Samos and Bodrim, Turkey.
Our students are housed in UINDY provided private apartments on walking streets near the campus, just below the historical Acropolis in the heart of Athens. Each apartment has air conditioning, complete kitchen, TV, laundry facilities and microwave. Students are housed in suite like apartments.
Daily lunch is provided at a local taverna. All classes meet for 2 hours daily. Lunch is also the daily briefing period.
Special Delta Group flights have been provided from Los Angeles, Atlanta or New York by European Travel of Los Angeles. Students will be met at the airport with a private coach to bring them to the campus and get them settled in their apartments.
The Journey to Greece program is specially designed for Greek American youth to introduce them to their Hellenic Heritage, customs and traditions! Courses are provided in Greek language, Orthodoxy, history, philosophy and art and archeology.
The Journey is a wonderful experience that enables students to make friends from all over the US and Canada. It is a program that helps our students learn about life and customs in Greece and to understand their own cultural traditions. Upon completing the Journey, we can look at our experience as Odysseus stated upon his long overdue arrival back to his native island of Ithaka,
"To arrive where we started and to know the place for the first time."
-Dr. Jim Dimitriou
5/17/08
End of Week Update
You know that feeling you get when something amazing is coming up in your life that dwarfs all other events. Well I have hit that point, as I am sure most of the students have. Greece is just a few weeks away and school is out for summer! On the same note, I need your help. Any students going on the Journey to Greece program can write a paragraph to be posted on the blog; we want to hear from you!
Here are the details:
+ One Paragraph Typed (nothing too long)
+ Highlight what you look forward to on the trip and any other details you may want to include
+ Your Name
+ A Digital Picture of you (optional)
+Email your document (& Picture) to Journey2greece@gmail.com
The entries will be posted on the blog as soon as I can fit them in.Thank you in advance; all of your contributions are appreciated!
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State of the Blog:
Currently I am working on integrating video into the blog. That means that you can follow the Journey to Greece Students throughout the trip!
Also, look for a foreword by Dr. Jim Dimitriou around the middle of next week.
That is all for now I will keep you posted on anything interesting over the next few weeks.
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Greek Trivia:
Which Hollywood actor is the most famous living Greek Orthodox Christian? (He was not born Orthodox, he converted. He is also a member at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Los Angeles)
Answer: sknaH moT
5/13/08
Welcome to the Journey to Greece 2008 Blog Site!
For those of you who do not know me, my name is Peter Vasilion and I will be your next generation student correspondent for the 2008 Journey to Greece program. Although the program does not begin for two months, I would like to introduce myself.
I am a college freshman at California State University Long Beach (Go Beach!) who is planning to major in business marketing and minor in film studies. I am 100% Greek with my father's family hailing from Cephalonia and Marmara, while my mother's family is from Morfu in Cyprus. My family has been involved in AHEPA for 4 generations and I am the president of the South Bay Chapter of the Sons of Pericles (Redondo Beach, CA). I attended Journey to Greece 2007 and had an amazing experience; this year with 80 students attending, the program will be even better!
I have also added a slideshow with pictures from 2007. The photo bucket was created and maintained by Cheryl Bucholtz the Hellenext intern in 2007!
I am a college freshman at California State University Long Beach (Go Beach!) who is planning to major in business marketing and minor in film studies. I am 100% Greek with my father's family hailing from Cephalonia and Marmara, while my mother's family is from Morfu in Cyprus. My family has been involved in AHEPA for 4 generations and I am the president of the South Bay Chapter of the Sons of Pericles (Redondo Beach, CA). I attended Journey to Greece 2007 and had an amazing experience; this year with 80 students attending, the program will be even better!
I have also added a slideshow with pictures from 2007. The photo bucket was created and maintained by Cheryl Bucholtz the Hellenext intern in 2007!
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