American College of Greece Launches U.S. Friendship Tour

The American College of Greece launched its first U.S. Friendship Tour with a reception in Boston, which attracted dozens of leaders in academia, philanthropy and business. The reception was held on Monday, November 16, at the Boston Museum of Science.
This was the first of several U.S. Friendship Tour events that will take place in major cities around the United States. Already, planning is under way for events in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Chicago. They are intended as an introduction of the 134-year-old institution through presentations and personal contact with President David G. Horner and other top administrators.
The Consul General of Greece in Boston, Konstantinos Orfanides, was present at the event.
“The event at the Boston Museum of Science was a wonderful opportunity to introduce DEREE – The American College of Greece to a number of extraordinarily accomplished leaders from the worlds of academia, philanthropy and business,” President Horner said. “It shows the deep interest in quality higher education that exists in the United States, especially in a global center of higher education such as Boston. I am also encouraged by the interest the Greek American community is showing in DEREE – ACG, which is a strong bridge of friendship between Greece and the United States. It is my hope that our guests gained a new appreciation for an institution that has been a pioneer of American education in a historic and vital part of the world for the past 134 years.”
The U.S. Friendship Tour comes at a moment when the College enters a promising new era in its history. Since taking over as president in July 2008, President Horner, a native of Massachusetts, has defined an exciting new vision and mission for the historic institution, which was founded in 1875 by women congregational missionaries from Boston. One of the new strategy’s key elements is to raise the College’s profile in the United States.
Already, more than one thousand Americans have completed part or all of their undergraduate studies at the College, while dozens of academics from the United States are members of the College’s faculty.
DEREE – The American College of Greece is an independent, non-profit, co-educational institution founded in 1875. It offers undergraduate studies in 19 disciplines in business and the liberal arts, as well as five graduate programs. New programs are continuously introduced, in order to satisfy contemporary educational demands. ACG has approximately 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students from Greece, the U.S. and dozens of other countries. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), the oldest and most prestigious accrediting body in the United States.