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Ismini Moshopoulos Achieves Distinction in CPA Exam

Ismini Moshopoulos of Whitestone, New York, achieved distinction in May 2013 by passing all four parts of the CPA exam in eight months. She was awarded a Masters of Science degree in Accounting with honors from St. John’s University in May 2012. Miss Moshopoulos was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a [...]

Despina Siolas Awarded Hermes Expo Honor

Dr Despina Siolas, MD/PhD of Bayside and Mattituck, New York was honored at the 2013 Hermes Expo Dinner on April 13. Stella Kokolis,,President of the Federation of Hellenic American Educators and Vasiliki Filiotis, President of Prometheus Greek Teachers Association presented her with the Aien AristeveinAward.  “Ever To Excel” is a phrase delivered from the sixth [...]

Hermes International Expo 2013: Outcome and Future

  “A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties,” said Harry s. Truman, former president of the United States of America. The 22nd Annual Hermes International Expo promoting trade relations locally, regionally, nationally and internationally created a new gateway for trade in [...]

Young Professionals Networking at 22nd Hermes Expo International

It’s all about your Networking, was the theme of the Hermes Young Professionals Initiative of the 22nd Annual Hermes Expo International at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel, Atlantic City.  The conference took place on Saturday afternoon, April 13th, from 2-4 p.m.  Speakers Maggie Stavrianidis, Spiros Mantzavinos and Kostas Alexakis spoke on networking purposes. They [...]

Sfiroudis Honored For 50 Years Teaching

Gloria Sfiroudis was honored by the United Federation of Teachers at the UFT Scholarship Dinner on April 25 at Russo’s on the Bay in New York. She was presented with a plaque by Rosemary Parker, UFT District 24, Representative which reads as follows, “In Recognition for Your Union Activism and Untiring Commitment to the Student [...]

Greek Language And Culture at 2013 Hermes Expo

Important topics concerning the growth of Modern Greek language programs were debated at the Prometheus Greek Teachers Association and Federation of Hellenic-American Educators workshop on Saturday, April 13th, at the 2013 Hermes International Expo at Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The decline in the enrollment of students in Greek [...]

John Siolas Receives Hermes Award

 Dr. John G. Siolas was honored with the Hermes Award given by the Federation of Hellenic American Educators  at the Dinner Awards Reception of the 22nd Hermes International Expo on April 13 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The award read,  “This, the Aien Aristevein (Ever to Excel) Awards is bestowed [...]

Taste of Greece At Hermes Expo

“Greece along with the United States can face major economic problems and the 2013 economic conflict decisively,” said Panagiotis V. Panagiotopoulos, Vice President of Panagiotopoulos Bricks and Roof Tiles Factory S.A. “We fought together in the First and Second World Wars. We were winners. We will win in 2013. The United States and Greece are [...]

Aphrodite Kotrotsios, Leader of a Cultural Shift

Aphrodite Kotrotsios, Leader of a Cultural Shift

Youth is the power to make choices. It is a state of mind. Young people, respectful of their mentors, bring their own life experiences to their jobs and associations. The digital experience of youth is a cultural phenomenon. They are digital natives: people who grew up in a digital world, comfortable with it. They have [...]

Hermes Expo Connects Greek Businesses

America is another name for opportunity,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. The 22nd Hermes Expo International is one’s gateway to opportunity. Hermes Expo will begin its networking mission by hosting its Kick-Off event on April 11, at the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN/ Press Office on 305 East 47th Street, 2nd Floor in Midtown [...]

Impressions of Veria

“We met a wonderful couple from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” said Despina Siolas and Susan Achtziger. “Antonios and Thalia Parisiou are from Veria. They were our fellow travelers at the Sunrise Tour of Smyrna and Tseme. We will meet up with them when we are in Thessaloniki. We intend to follow in the footsteps of St. Paul.” [...]

Greek-American Education Luncheon

Greek-American Education Luncheon

A step into the past of Greek culture was experienced by everybody attending the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou afternoon luncheon at the Stathakion Cultural Center in Astoria, New York on February 24. Traditional Greek cuisine with folklore music, dances by school children, DJ Stamati Tsilimos entertained everybody. During the [...]