Programs combine Degrees with immersion in Greek Culture; Deadline for August Masters Program is April 18; Scholarship trims tuition from US$60,000οΏ½to $10,000!

ATHENS, Greece,  March 24, 2005 οΏ½ οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ V.P. and Regional Coordinator for The Americas, Chris P. Tomaras, reached agreement today with Thanasis Zesimopoulos of the famed Kokkalis Foundation to promote a new scholarship program for graduate engineering students in the Diaspora by the Americas Region of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½).  The οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½/AIT ScholarshipsοΏ½ are now available for one of the engineering programs offered by the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University through the Athens Information Technology (AIT) Center of Excellence for Research and Graduate Education in Athens, as well as for one of AITοΏ½s own graduate programs.  οΏ½Our οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ Region is already proud to be sending a group of high school age computer students to Anatolia CollegeοΏ½s American College of Thessaloniki this summer,οΏ½ said Tomaras following his meeting with Zesimopoulos, οΏ½and we are further pleased to join the Kokkalis Foundation, Carnegie Mellon and AIT in promoting this tremendous opportunity for another group of scholars from throughout the Diaspora: οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½/AIT ScholarshipsοΏ½ for our university graduate students of Hellenic descent in the most important field of information technology.  This is just another example of οΏ½οΏ½Ε’s concern for the education of our DiasporaοΏ½s young people at all levels: elementary, secondary, graduate and post-graduate, and for enhancing their appreciation of our Hellenic heritage.οΏ½  Full and partial scholarships are open to all students accepted for several advanced-degree programs during the year at the AIT Campus in Athens:

Master of Science in Information Networking (MSIN)  Application Deadline for August, 2005 Program: April 18
In collaboration with world-renowned Carnegie Mellon University (www.ini.cmu.edu), AIT is the only institution in Europe to offer this prestigious 16-month MSIN program, bringing together key technologies and techniques.  All successful graduates are awarded an MSIN degree directly from Carnegie Mellon University.  US$50,000 οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½/AITοΏ½ Scholarship available.  For more information:
Ms. Chrysanthi Efstathiou, Tel. 011 30 210 6682702, e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.ait.edu.gr/CFS_MSIN_eng.pdf and http://www.ait.edu.gr/acadPrograms/MSIN.asp

Master of Science in Information and Telecommunications Technologies (MSITT)  Application Deadline for Sept, 2005 Program: June 10    The MSITT is a specialized 12-month academic program that provides participants with the training necessary to meet the increasing demands of the high-tech labor market.  Taking an interdisciplinary approach to electrical engineering and computer science, the program provides hands-on project training and offers two distinct directions of study: Telecommunications and/or Information Technology.  US$ 13,000 οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½/AITοΏ½ Scholarship available.  For more information:
Mrs. Aggeliki Panagiotidou, Tel. 011 30 210 6682704, e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.ait.edu.gr/MSITT_CFS05_eng.pdf and http://www.ait.edu.gr/acadPrograms/MSITT.asp

The announcement of these scholarships comes just as the deadline for AITοΏ½s next 16-mo. Master of Science in Information Networking (MSIN) program, which begins in August, approaches.  οΏ½It happens that the April 18 deadline is upon us, but weοΏ½re using both traditional and electronic media, as well as the internet, to get the word out quickly to all our omogeniaοΏ½s professional societies, and especially to our engineering community.  In addition, AIT is providing scholarships not only for this but for several other programs that it offers throughout the year,οΏ½ said Tomaras, who was in Greece for the οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ Presidium meeting several days earlier.  οΏ½The important thing is that our engineers of Hellenic descent around the world take advantage of these tremendous opportunities to earn an advanced degree from such a prestigious institution.  Equally important is that they will spend 12-18 months in Greece where they will receive a true experience of their Hellenic Heritage and Culture, and return to their profession as even better engineers and οΏ½ambassadorsοΏ½ of Hellenism, both within their profession and in their community,οΏ½ concluded Mr. Tomaras.  

Complete information on these advanced-degree programs as well as the Carnegie Mellon / AIT scholarships offered (full and partial) is available at www.ait.edu.gr.