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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.
NEW YORK – Seven University of Connecticut undergraduate students who had a study abroad course in Greece this summer had the perfect guide: Professor of Anthology Dimitris Xygalatas, who designed the course.
“This is a field school that relates both to my own culture and my background as an anthropologist. I did my doctoral fieldwork in Greece,” Xygalatas told UConn Today about the 16-day Greek History and Culture experience.
“I wanted the students to get a sense of the impact of our past on our heritage and our contemporary culture, but I also wanted them to get a sense of some of the problems that Greek society is facing,” Xygalatas said of it.
The trip began in Athens and then took the students to Ancient Olympia, Sparta, Monemvasia, and Kythira, a small island of 3,000 people off the Peloponnese. They had guided tours, discussions and workshops.
The program featured archeological and sociocultural activities, including trips to popular historical sites, and allowed the participants to experience everyday Greek life, the school report also said.
