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Queens Gazzete, May 30th, 2008
As an international audience of 300 persons gathered at the Pan Macedonian Studies Center in Whitestone applauded, scholarships were conferred on three students enrolled in the Modern Greek Language and Literature program at St. John’s University. George Stamboulis and Calliope Pappas each received a 2008 Panchiaki Korais Society scholarship and Anthony Michaelides of Flushing received the 2008 Theodore Spyropoulos scholarship at the Pan-Macedonian Conference on May 30.
Panchiaki Korais Society President Kostas Kojes presented Stamboulis and Pappas with the Panchiaki Korais Society scholarship and Nancy Biska, governor of the Pan Macedonian District of Greater New York, presented the Spyropoulos scholarship to Michaelides.
The Panchiaki Korais Society scholarship program was initiated in 2000 and has awarded $9,000 in scholarships to St. John’s students.
Michaelides is an honor student at St. John’s University and a co-editor of “The Greek American Experience II” by Professor Catherine Tsounis, sponsored through a grant by the Pan Macedonian Studies Center and state Senator Frank Padavan.
280 Artifacts and works of art that reveal the history of the luminous Minoan culture of Crete to the metropolis of USA, New York
By Nancy Biska, ΚΡΗΤΗ Magazine, April 2008
The interest of the American Press and hundreds of visitors daily is focused on the artifacts of the Minoan Civilization which are exhibited at the “Alexander Onassis” Foundation at the Olympic Tower in Manhattan, New York. The exhibition was co-organized by the “Alexander S. Onassis” Public Benefit Foundation in USA, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological museums of Crete, with the cooperation of the Pancretan Association of America.
March 24th, 2008
New York.- “The Greeks endured years of slavery known as the “Chronia tis Slavias”, said Dr. Christos P. Ioannides, keynote speaker at the 4th Annual St. Johnʼs University Greek Independence Day Program on Feb. 21st evening at Council Hall. “They lived as slaves for four hundred years. The Greeks did not forget FREEDOM. The American Revolution opened the way for others to rebel against foreign rule. They remembered that God gave them the right for freedom.”
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Nancy Biska was honored at the fifth annual Evening of Greek Culture and Cuisine sponsored by the Modern Greek Language and Literature program at St. John’s University on Friday evening, October 12 in Council Hall. More than 200 persons attended.
Biska is a journalist and editor for Greek and international newspapers and magazines. She is a public relations spokesperson, radio and television personality and Webmaster. Seirios Media and P.R. Publications, created by Biska, is a leading Modern Greek Internet newspaper. Her support of Hellenism and the Modern Greek Language and Literature program at St. John’s University is legendary.
“Greek News”, October 22nd, 2007
New York.- A devastating Iraq War, declining economy, fire ravaged Greece is inspiring a return to oneʼs roots. The Fourth Annual Evening of Greek Culture and Cuisine at St. Johnʼs University in Council Hall on Friday, October 12th had standing room only. The Panchiaki Korais Society Dance Group under the supervision of Evangelia Klidas and Katie Markidis mesmerized an audience of 200 persons with a program of dances that exemplified the best of Greece.
The Pan Cyprian Association of America, through the assistance of President Philip Christopher, granted one thousand dollars of scholarships to outstanding students Veronica Georgiades and Christiana Pashiou. Outstanding Benefators honored included: Rev. Anastasios Diakovasilis; New York State Senator Frank Padavan; Stephen Cherpelis, Archon Dikaiophylax of the Order of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle; Journalist/Webmaster Nancy Biska and the Pan Macedonian Studies Center under the presidency of Elias Neofytides.
Award presentations were given to SJU Assistant Dean Ekaterini Georgiades, Greek Club president Diamanto Ktenas; Past Greek Club President Irene Zouroudis and Kostas Lambiris, vice-president of the Pan Macedonian Studies Center. Student moderators of the program were Haritomeni Scoufaras, Theodora Christodoulou and Marina Filippatos.
Στη φωτογραφία, oι βραβευθέντες μαθητές και μαζί τους οι: Ιωάννης Αντωνόπουλος, καθηγητής, Στέλλα Κοκόλη, πρόεδρος της Ομοσπονδίας Ελλήνων Εκπαιδευτικών, Κωνσταντίνος Αρβανίτης, Όμηρος Βανδώρος, και Εμμανουήλ Κάμπος, πρόεδρος, πρώην πρόεδρος και αντιπρόεδρος της οργάνωσης, αντίστοιχα, π. Νικόλαος Πετροπουλάκος, ιερατικώς προϊστάμενος της Κοινότητας Αγίος Τριάδος-Αγίου Νικολάου και Νάνσυ Μπίσκα, δημοσιογράφος.
Toυ Σταύρου Μαρμαρινού, Δευτέρα 25 Ιουνίου 2007, NATIONAL HERALD
ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ. Την υποστήριξή τoυ προς την ελληνική Παιδεία απέδειξε το Τμήμα της ΑΧΕΠΑ στο Στάτεν Αϊλαντ, που επέδωσε τα ετήσια βραβεία του σε διακριθέντες μαθητές του Σχολείου της εκεί κοινότητας Αγίας Τριάδος και Αγίου Νικολάου και άλλων σχολείων, κατά τη διάρκεια τελετής το βράδυ της Παρασκευής στην κοινοτική αίθουσα. «Οι βραβευθέντες προσπάθησαν με όλες τους τις δυνάμεις και διακρίθηκαν στις σπουδές τους και πήραν τις βάσεις για να συνεχίσουν στο σωστό δρόμο στη ζωή τους, ενώ κρατούν τις αξίες του Ελληνισμού και της Εκκλησίας», τόνισε ο πρόεδρος της οργάνωσης, Κωνσταντίνος Αρβανίτης.
ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ, Στήλη “Πρακτορικά”, σελ.3, ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 9 ΜΑΪΟΥ 2007
Πραγματικά επιτυχημένη ήταν η εκδήλωση τιμής για τους ομογενείς δασκάλους, που πραγματοποιήθηκε το μεσημέρι της Κυριακής από την Ομοσπονδία Ελλήνων Εκπαιδευτικών Αμερικής και το Σύλλογο Ελλήνων Εκπαιδευτικών Νέας Υόρκης «Προμηθεύς».
Πλουσιότατο το πρόγραμμα και φροντισμένο στις λεπτομέρειές του, ιδιαίτερα στην παρουσίαση των βραβευθέντων και το κάλεσμα παραγόντων για την επίδοση των βραβείων. Το τέλειο, βέβαια, δεν το διεκδικεί κανείς, αφού παντού και πάντα μπορεί να σημειωθούν κάποια λάθη και να υπάρξουν αδυναμίες.
Στην παρουσίαση της όλης εκδήλωσης ήταν η ομογενής παραγωγός της τηλεόρασης του «CBS», Ντόρα Κλίσα και η δημοσιογράφος Νάνσυ Μπίσκα, που ήταν και η ψυχή της όλης προετοιμασίας. Οφείλουμε να αναγνωρίσουμε τη σημαντική συμβολή της στην όλη επιτυχία. Ηταν πραγματικά μια εκδήλωση επιπέδου, άξια της σοβαρότητας του χώρου των εκπαιδευτικών, που μπορεί κάλλιστα να αποτελέσει υπόδειγμα καλής διοργάνωσης.
By Nancy Biska, ΚΡΗΤΗ Magazine
“Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be food” — Hippocrates
Homer called olive oil the “liquid gold”. Nothing is more characteristic of Crete than the millions of olive trees that grow in valleys and mountainous areas. According to archaeological findings, Cretans have been cultivating the olive tree and have been using olive oil since 3500 B.C. during the early Minoan period.
In ancient Greece the olive tree has been the symbol of wisdom and peace. It was the sacred tree of goddess Athena and Athens, the capital of Greece. Also, at the Ancient Olympic Games, winners were presented with a simple olive tree branch which was cut with a gold-handled knife from a wild olive tree. The Greeks believed that the vitality of the sacred tree was transmitted to the recipient through the branch.
