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Global Educational and Maritime Leaders Sign Significant "Blue Frontiers" Agreement at ACS Athens to Champion Ocean Stewardship (0)

ACS Athens proudly hosted the signing ceremony for the Blue Frontiers Program, an inspiring international partnership between Roger Williams University, the International Propeller Club Port of Piraeus, the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, and ACS Athens. This collaborative initiative establishes a strategic alliance dedicated to advancing maritime education and ocean stewardship for the next generation of leaders.

The program, centered on a commitment known as "Our Pledge," offers students a real-world summer exploration of the Earth’s oceans and the burgeoning global Blue economy. By combining academic rigor with scientific research and industry networking, the partners aim to inspire youth to protect and sustainably manage marine environments.

The event featured impactful remarks by ACS Athens President Dr. Peggy Pelonis and Mr. Costis Frangoulis, President of the International Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus, whose vision and leadership continue to champion environmental stewardship and youth opportunity. The ceremony also welcomed Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Greek Prime Minister’s Envoy for the Ocean and Chair of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Protection, who underscored the national and global importance of such initiatives.

A significant highlight of the partnership is the generous scholarship support provided by Mr. Frangoulis and the Propeller Club, which helps make this transformative experience accessible to students. Additional insights were shared during the ceremony by Ms. Carla Tanas, Dean of the Institute, and Ms. Beatriz Tintoré of the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, who both emphasized the vital intersection of research, sustainability, and experiential learning.

Through the Blue Frontiers summer program, students are challenged to embrace Conscious Global Citizenship—applying their skills, compassion, and learning to protect the oceans and improve life and living for future generations.

The official agreement was signed on May 13, 2026, at ACS Athens, marking a new chapter in international educational collaboration for the benefit of the global maritime community.

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Awarding of diplomas to the participants of the Summer University in Boston

Τhe 10th International Summer University "Greek Language, Culture and Media." on the subject of the dissemination and teaching of the Greek Language in America finished off its work with the awarding of diplomas to the participants. The Summer University took place at the Maliotio Cultural Center of the Hellenic College and School of Theology of the Holy Cross in Boston from May 28 to June 2, 2024, as the "National Herald" has extensively written.

The diplomas were awardedon the afternoon of Sunday, June 2, by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, who officiated during the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Cross chapel of the School of Theology.

Among the organizers of the program were the University of Ioannina which had the central responsibility with the Faculty of Education Sciences, Pedagogical Department of Kindergarten Teachers, Laboratory for the Study of Social Issues, Media and Education, the Maliotei Cultural Center, the Association of Philhellenes of Boston University (Boston University Philhellenes) , the Center for Hellenic Studies of the University of Chicago (University of Chicago – Center for Hellenic Studies), the Setor de Grego, Instituto de Letras, the Rio De Janeiro University, the academic program Study in Greece and the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum.

During the diploma awarding ceremony, Archbishop Elpidophoros spoke, who reviewed the teaching of the Greek language and the course of Greekness and Hellenism from the time of the pioneer Greek immigrants until today. Greetings were addressed by the founder and scientific manager of the program, professor Nicoletta Tsitsanoudi-Mallidis and the executive director of the Maliotei Cultural Center, Chrysoula Kourkountis, who congratulated the attendees and thanked the speakers. A special mention of thanks was made to the Consul General of Greece in Boston, Ambassador Simeon Tegoσ, who received the participants in the premises of the Consulate General, to Anna Batistatou, rector of the University of Ioannina, and professor of the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences, who honored with the personal presence and participation in the program, to the president of the Hellenic College and the School of Theology of the Holy Cross, Dimitrios Katos, who attended the work of the program and the various evening events, to the former president of the institution, Georgios Kantonis, during whose tenure he and the Malioteium was reformed and the holding of the summer university in its premises was approved, to Mr. Savvas Tsivikos, president of AHEPA who financially supported the program, to Drakoulis Behrakis, former head of the advisory committee of the Malioteium who received the participants in the Behrakis wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, in the large support group of the program, with executives of the Malioteiο Cultural Center and scientific collaborators of the University of Ioannina and Anastasios Koularmanis, director of the Greek Education department of the Archdiocese, who flanked Archbishop Elpidophoros during the ceremony of completion of the program.