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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CHICAGO – The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation announced the 2018 PanHellenic Scholarship Recipients. The Greek American Community’s next generation of leaders will be honored at the 2018 Award Ceremony and Gala on Saturday, June 16.
The complete list of recipients follows.
Sophia Nicole Andricopulos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yanni Angelides, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Vasiliki Argeroplos, Vanderbilt University
Harris Avgousti, University of Pennsylvania
Alexander Bilzerian, Cornell University
Sofija Chroneos, Boston University
Anastasia Dalianis, Yale University
Paul DeBassio, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ruby Duffy, Wesleyan University
Nickolas Eliadis, Hellenic College
Namie Fotion, University of California, Los Angeles
George Gemelas, Yale University
Nicholas C. Georgiou, University of Virginia
George Giakoumakis, Capitol Technology University
Christina T. Hanos, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Geoffrey Hazard, Brown University
Katerina Kerastaris, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Raphael Kirou, Cornell University
Panagiota Kitsopoulos, Case Western Reserve University
Alessandra Koinoglou, The Ohio State University
Elias Kotsis, University of Pennsylvania
Petra Kyriakopoulos, Elmhurst College
Leonidas Lavdas, University of Florida
Darden Livesay III, University of Connecticut
Georgia Margiotis, Adelphi University
Victoria Martine, Indiana University
Elias Mastakouris, Yale University
Melina Megaridis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Melizanis, University of California, Berkeley
Christina Panagoulia Triantafillopoulos, University of Michigan
Manousos Papadakis, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ari Papahronis, Columbia University
Athena Patitsas, The Ohio State University
Peter Prastakos, Yale University
Matthew T. Pusic, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sophia SaPonte, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ellen Schooley, The Ohio State University
Konstantinos Sellas, DePaul University
Athena Sferas, University of Southern California
Philippos Sourvinos, University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew Szekely, Kent State University
Nicole Tank, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Niki Tselepidakis, Johns Hopkins University
Felicia Varvaras, The Boston Conservatory
Maria Zarifis, University of California, Los Angeles
Founded in 2002 by Chris P. Tomaras, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to promoting education and leadership. The Foundation recognizes and honors exceptional undergraduate students of Hellenic descent, supporting their efforts with significant monetary awards based on academic merit and financial need.
More information is available online at: panhellenicsf.org or by phone: 312-357-6432.
Follows a brief CV of recipients.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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