A Commitment to Community
Learn more about Athanasia Biska's dedication to cultural outreach. This section highlights her impactful cultural outreach events and significant academic community work within the community.
From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.
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…
Courage of Greeks and Philhellenes at SJU
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.…
Farewell to a Diplomat: Dr. Catherine Boura
New York. By Catherine Tsounis, Greek News, December 3rd, 2007 She is a person with a classical Greek profile. Low key, pleasant, without meanness in her soul, this diplomat was “a servant of the people”. The intellectual, who has a Ph.D. on areas focusing on Asia Minor and the Middle East, mingles with the powerful,…
Greeks rally to raise funds for “other’ wildfires in Homeland
By Clem Richardson, Monday, November 5, 2007, DAILY NEWS The summer wildfires swept across the already sun-scorched land, consuming everything in the way and leaving ashes in their wake. The devastation was incredible – at least 67 people killed, 1,100 homes and 427,000 acres of forest and farmland destroyed. This wasn’t sunny Southern California last…