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President’s Message
Throughout our 134 years as an institution, Anatolia College has faced many challenges and has always emerged stronger together as a community.
This strength has been exemplified throughout the last 9 months. Just as Greece began to emerge from a long period of socioeconomic difficulty, the Covid-19 pandemic erupted. Anatolia responded rapidly to a new learning reality by investing in technology and faculty development to offer the full Anatolia experience to our students. The power of the Anatolia community was demonstrated as students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents came together to raise 56,000 euro to expand capacity for Covid-19 treatment at AHEPA Hospital.
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During these difficult times Anatolia College has remained accessible, continuing to offer financial assistance to 25% of our student population. As we have done so many times during turbulent parts of our history, we have created an emergency fund to support families who may encounter an abrupt change in their finances.
Looking to the future and guided by our new strategic vision, Anatolia College now seeks to transform the educational landscape in Greece and to expand its role as a regional leader in education. In this pursuit, and thanks to a generous donor, a new Center for Educational Excellence will be established at Anatolia. This Center will aim to expand Anatolia’s role as an internationally oriented institution by developing global partnerships to generate innovative research and new educational practices. The Center will work alongside ACT’s new strategic vision to support the development of our region as a hub for innovation, and to provide students with the skills required to adapt to the rapidly changing needs of the workforce.
As we work towards this new vision, Anatolia will continue to concentrate on academic excellence. Anatolia is developing a new learning paradigm focused on essential skills of curiosity and adaptability and creating an educational environment that encourages open inquiry and a strong sense of social responsibility. An Anatolia education will provide students with the tools they need to emerge as confident global citizens, ready to contribute productively to their communities.
These advances in learning would not be possible without our ongoing Comprehensive Campaign. Thanks to the financial support from the Anatolia community, we have strengthened our endowment in the areas of scholarship and faculty development, enabling us to enhance our role as a premier provider of innovative and accessible education in perpetuity. The Comprehensive Campaign continues to support changes to Anatolia’s built environment, with the recent completion of the Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center and a commitment to proceed with other major projects, including the new Anatolia Elementary School complex.
I invite you to read through this report and learn more about the impact Anatolia College has had on the educational landscape of our community and on the lives of our students. Our impact would not be possible without the support of caring individuals who recognize the transformative power of an Anatolia education.
We hope that you will continue to share in our journey as a community with your time, talents, and financial contributions, as we move ahead to Anatolia’s bright future.
Sincerely,
Dr. Panos Vlachos President of Anatolia College
