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BY Chala Civan & William Conboy

The Delphian Student Newspaper FEATURES April 28, 2025 • 7
Professor Biska’s dedication to embracing language, journalism and Greek culture helps inspire students to dive deeper into cultural exchanges and connections.

In the mid-1990s, while Professor Athanasia Biska was working as a journalist for Greece’s leading TV station Antenna, she visited Adelphi to interview Dr. Anagnostis Agelarakis, a professor of anthropological archaeology and physical anthropology. According to Biska, Dr. Agelarakis was conducting research on the remains of 200 to 250 Athenian hoplites from the Periclean era, shedding new light on ancient Greek history.
“His passion and dedication left a profound impression on me, and we remained in contact over the years,” she said. By 2008, Dr. Agelarakis proposed introducing a Modern Greek language course at Adelphi to enrich the university’s curriculum and share the values and contributions of Greek culture with students. Around the same time, Biska was working as a consultant for philanthropist Theodore Spyropoulos, a leader in the Greek-American community.
“I shared this vision with him, and he generously established an endowment to fund the program,” Biska said.

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