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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 – The National Herald Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that benefits the youth, elders, immigrants, neighborhoods and towns that have significant Greek and Greek-American populations, is proud to announce this year’s scholarship recipients.
Joanna Alexandropoulos – Stony Brook University: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry ($2000)
Ioanna Gerasimidis – West Chester University of Pennsylvania: Bachelor of Science in Biology with concentration in Microbiology | Pre-Medical Program; Minor in Psychology, Spanish | Research in Biopsychology, Behavioral Neuroscience ($2500)
Stephen Maranian – Suffolk University Law School ($1250)
Georgios Panaousis – Baruch College CUNY: Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Accounting ($1500)
Stamatia Panas – Senior at St. Demetrios Astoria, anticipated college/university: St. John’s University ($1500)
Vasilis Petropoulos – Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University ($1000)
The Foundation is committed to assisting in paying the tuition of deserving Greek and Greek-American students studying in America. The funds of the Foundation come from contributions from our readers and supports. If you would like to make a donation to the Foundation, please visit tinyurl.com/57dmsv56 and help us keep up this tradition of helping our students.
Congratulations to all the 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.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
BAYSIDE, NY – Daughters of Penelope (DOP) Ilion Chapter 135 continues to keep the light shining bright within.
NEW YORK – Mike Labatos, AHEPA District 6 Lt.
Cretans are known for loving their guns but the island has the dubious record of having the highest rates of suicide in Greece over the last 25 years, averaging 2.
ATHENS - Forgetting the 2010-18 economic and austerity crisis that saw people so desperate they were picking food out of rubbish and supermarket bins, Greeks are among the European countries with the ignominious title of food wasters.