AMERICAN HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION, AHEPA AND THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, AFGLC FORM IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
Former AHEPA President James S. Scofield and Dr. Chris P. Tsokos, President of AFGLC sign the official agreement with Mr. Gus Stathis a trustee of AFGLC and more than 50 years a member of AHEPA, along with other officials.
The American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC) is delighted to announce that they have formed an official educational partnership with the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the largest Greek-American organization in the country.
The resolution authorizing the partnership was unanimously passed by the directors of AHEPA at their annual meeting in Miami and was signed into law by Mr. James Scofield, former Supreme President, acting as plenipotentiary for Mr. Franklin Manios, Supreme President at the time of the signing. The partnership was jointly announced by Mr. Scofield and AFGLC president Chris P. Tsokos at the March, 2005, Educational Forum of AFGLC, held on the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida, and at the AFGLC annual Gala at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel, International Plaza.
The specific resolutions of the partnership call for both organizations to collaborate in preserving and enhancing the teaching of Hellenic language and culture at institutions of higher learning in the U.S. through the joint establishment of AHEPA-AFGLC Interdisciplinary Centers for Hellenic Studies at selected campuses. Each Center will resemble the flagship ICHS at the University of South Florida, and consist of five endowed professorships named for AHEPA and AFGLC. The AFGLC plan for furthering Hellenic education through Interdisciplinary Centers furthers very precisely AHEPA’s educational mission and helps to assure that future generations of world leaders will not be ignorant of the debt owed to the Hellenic origins of democracy.
The partnership, which is to be carried out at the national, regional and local levels, follows the model established by AFGLC. Each Cneter will consist of five named endowed professorships, in Greek language and culture, Greek history, Greek philosophy, Greek culture, and Byzantine history and Orthodox religion. Much credit goes to former Supreme Presidents Franklin Manios, James Scofield, and A. Jack Georgalas for their far-sighted encouragement of this joining of forces in the cause of Hellenic education.
Members of AFGLC and AHEPANS
celebrate the signing ceremonies.
