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Dakotah Joseph Apostolou
- Dakotah is studying at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright
School of Architecture. His architectural interest is generating
self supporting ecosystem restoration, sustainable development,
combing architecture and agriculture, and creating economic
rejuvenating reuses of waste materials. His career goal is to begin
the multidiscipline design firm Exponential Evolution. |
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Deborah Anne Bouzeos
- Deborah attends Wheaton College and majors in Biblical Archaeology
and Political Science. She is involved in her church youth group
and in local missions and outreaches. Recently, she was awarded a
National Merit Commendation, a Bank of America Recognition in
English, and a leadership scholarship for her work in the fellowship
of Christian Athletes, as well as distinguished as being in the top
5% of her class. |
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Julian Chryssavgis
- Julian was early diagnosed with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriplegia). He
has been educated in schools of New England, overcoming every
disability both academically and athletically. Over the past year,
he has been accepted to prestigious legal and political internships
at the highest level, including in Washington D.C., hoping to serve
the community in these capacities upon graduation. Julian is
registered at Bowdoin College. |
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Maria Tsambika Cucuras
- Maria’s professional aspiration for the future is to pursue the
career of optometry. She is currently majoring in Molecular and
cellular Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Outside of the classroom she is heavily involved in the Orthodox
Christian Fellowship on campus and signs in the Concert Choir. She
has received distinction such as: James Scholar Award, Illinois
State Scholar, Indian Prairie Scholar and Big Sister Peer Award.
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Dimitri John Fountas
- Dimitri is attending the Honors College at the University of
Illinois at Chicago and majoring in Biological Studies. He plans on
attending medical school and becoming a pediatrician. In high
school, he was elected president of the national Honor Society,
attended Premier Boys State of Illinois, was one of Fenton’s Finest,
received the Principal’s Award, Presidential Award for Educational
Excellence, Board of education Fenton Scholar Award, Fermie Lab
Science Award, and was valedictorian of his class of 349 students.
He was also an Illinois State Scholar and was nominated for the
National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in
Writing. |
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Christina Guliadis
- Christina attended Syracuse University as a freshman and then she
transferred to George Washington University. She is double majoring
in psychology and Spanish. At Syracuse University, she was invited
to the Honors College and named to the Dean’s list both semesters.
After graduating college, she plans to attend graduate school for
forensic psychology and hopes to untimely work with a government
agency. She enjoys writing and performing comedy routines, reading,
traveling and photography. |
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Noa Krugliak
- Noa attends the University of Illinois at Chicago majoring in
Biological Science with a minor in Chemistry and her dream is to
become a medical doctor. She engages in scientific research in
computational investigation of the structure of the unfolded state
of cancer-related proteins. She is currently taking part in an
Emergency Medical Technician Program. Tae Kwon Do is a great part
of her life. She was the Israeli champion for eight years in a row
and participated in the Junior World Championships in Crete in 2002. |
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Christianna Kyriacou
- Christianna is both a Presidential and Annenberg Scholar at the
University of Southern California (USC). She attends the USC
Annenberg School of Communication, where is majoring in Print
Journalism with a minor in Communication Law. She plans to attend
law school and become a journalist, mediator or public interest
attorney. She was awarded with the Jason Nonis Community Service
Award for the 2007 Greek orthodox basket season and Outstanding
Achievement Senior Awards in English, Mathematics, Advanced
Photography, and Journalism. |
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Nicholas Paul Lillios
- A graduate of the Glenbrook Academy of International Studies,
Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL, Nicholas was named an
AP Scholar with Distinction, an Illinois State Scholar, and inducted
into the National Honors Society. He is now a sophomore in the
honors program at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, where he
studies political science and biology. Furthering his interest in
politics and health policy, he was interned in Washington, D.C. for
Senator Paul Sarbanes, and in Chicago for Congressman Rahm Emmanuel. |
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Yanni Louloudis
- Yanni attends Northeastern University in Boston, concentrating in
the aspect of international business, a field that will allow him to
travel the world and become more enlightened of other cultures. He
received the 4.0 scholastic award upon graduation for maintaining
4.0 GPA all throughout his high school career. He was inducted in
the National Honors Society, Tri-M Music Honors Society, Spanish
Honors Society and Math Honors Society. He was also involved in the
GOYA at his church where he was the treasurer for two years. |
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Gabrielle Nicole Mannino
- Gabrielle would like to become an ophthalmologist. The University
of Wisconsin, Madison has provided the springboard for her to
achieve such a dream. As a Medical Scholar and a student in the
Honors Program, she is aware of the vast opportunities she has been
given and will continue to embrace challenges and to work at the
best of her ability as she pursues a major in biology. She hopes to
preserve the legacy of the ancient Hellenes, becoming her harshest
critic in realizing that there is always room for improvement. |
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William Sam Menegas
- William has been accepted at the University of Chicago. He served
as an altar boy at his local church for ten years. He was a varsity
swimmer and the captain of the water polo team at the William Fremd
High School. He graduated with honors at the top of his class,
scored a perfect 5 on five different AP tests. Upon graduation he
plans to attend medical school. |
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Ypapanti N. Meris
- Ypapanti studies at the Youngstown State
University, majoring in Biology with a minor in chemistry. She
plans to attend medical school at the Northeastern Ohio State
University of medicine. Following her graduation from medical
school, she has aspirations of becoming a neurologist. She was
valedictorian of her high school class and has been on the Dean’s
List at Youngstown State University several times. She has been a
member of the Nisiotika Dance Group sponsored by the Archangel
Michael Church in Campbell for twelve years. |
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Stephanie Ann Michael
- Stephanie attends the University of Maryland. She was named a
national merit Scholarship Finalist/Winner with help from her 1590
out of 1600 in the SATs. She won the Maryland Distinguished Scholar
Award, AP Scholar with Distinction and the certificate for
meritorious Community Service. Valedictorian, she graduated with
the honors of being the Vice-President of the National Honor
Society, and a member of the Spanish National Honor Society and MU
Alpha Theta national Math Honor Society. She won the Scholar
Athlete of the Year Award for the highest GPA of all varsity
athletes. |
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Paulena Grace Papagiannis
- Paulena is currently studying both the liberal arts and vocal
performance at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. She
intends to pursue a career that involves not only being a performer,
but also analyzing the larger global impact of the performing arts.
She volunteers as a music therapists and Music Appreciation class
teacher at the Murray Ridge Center for mentally and physically
disabled students. She is the treasurer of both the Murray
Ridge/Oberlin College Alliance and the Oberlin Musical Theater and
has assumed the role of Student Liaison Delegation Coordinator with
the organization Witness for Peace. |
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Kostas Emmanuel Papamarkakis
- Kostas ranked 10th in his high school class of 520
students. He graduated with honors and with roughly 1000 hours of
clinical volunteering experience. He currently attends the
Northeastern University in Boston, where he is working to obtain
dual degrees, one in Biology and the other one in Health Science.
He has collaborated his research projects with the New England
Medical Center and Tufts University and he is in the process of
publishing three of his papers. He plans to enter medical school
and become a physician. |
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Ellie Maria Proussaloglou
- Ellie is a student at Duke University, where she plans to double
major in genetics and Public Policy. She plans to pursue a medical
degree and become a physician and eventually combine her love of
biology and public policy by working for the World Health
Organization. She ranked 6 out of 611 in her high school class with
a weighted grade point average of 5.91. She has been a National AP
Scholar, an Illinois State Scholar, Aspire to Inspire Award
Recipient, she received the William College Book Award, she was
Co-Vice president in the national Honors Society and she has been in
the Dean’s List 9th through 12th grade.
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Alyssa-Marie Robidoux
- Alyssa-Marie entered her sophomore year at Bryant University this
fall. He major is Business Administrator with a Marketing
concentration and minor in Legal Studies. She is in the Honor’s
Program at Bryant University making the Dean’s list both semesters
in freshman year. She is a member of College’s Against Cancer and
frequently participates in various fundraisings for organizations,
such as Help for Abused Women and Children. |
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Margaret Maria Roidi
- Margaret received her Associates degree in Cinema Studies at
Bergen Community College as she pursues her dream to become a
filmmaker. She is currently attending Fairleigh Dickinson
University with the objective of completing her studies in the field
of Media and Professional Communication, while minor in Fine Arts.
She has received a Leadership Award, the Arts & Humanities
Divisional Award for Liberal Arts and Cinema Studies, she was in the
National Dean’s List for three years, 2007 class Valedictorian, and
served as a volunteer in many community projects. |
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John Joseph Strzelecki
- John is an Undecided Engineer at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. He finished his high school career with a 4.241 GPA.
John is involved in his school as a Math Tutor, Peer Teacher, member
of the Beta Kappa Pi Honor Society, members of the school choir, and
two sport varsity athlete. He is very involved in the church,
chanting Byzantine hymns weekly, is an active GOYA member and
acolyte captain, and has attended Fanari, Junior Olympics and the
Crossroad Program.
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Elisabet Katerina Tassis
- Elisabet at age seventeen completed a competitive internship with
the Food and Drug Administration at the National Institute of Health
and published a scientific abstract in the journal of the American
Society of Hematology. At high school, she was inducted in five
honor societies including the National Society of High School
scholars. Elisabet graduated as a Valedictorian in her class. She
received the Montgomery County, MD Meritorious Service Award along
with the Congressman Chris Van Hollen Public Service Award. She is
an established entrepreneur and president of the Alpha Omega
Tutoring Survives in support of academics. She studies at the Johns
Hopkins University, majoring in Bio-Chemistry with a future career
in medicine. |
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Peter Steve Tselepatiotis
- When Peter graduated Greek Lyceum in 2008 he was awarded the
“Three Hierarchs” Award by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
in recognition of his outstanding achievement in Greek language
Studies. In high school he excelled in all Honors and Advanced
Placement coursed offered, receiving the AP Scholar Award and
graduated with honors. His drive to learn, help and lead has always
guided him towards success and he hopes to continue this trend at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is majoring in
Mechanical Engineering. |
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Christopher Emmanuel Tsoukalas
- Christopher studies at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Finance. He plans to attend the
Northwester’s Kellogg School of Business and a get a graduate degree
in investment banking. He is a James Scholar and a merit Scholar at
his University. Christopher is also an Illinois State Scholar. He
is also on the President’s List at Moraine Valley Community College
where he took several courses while still in high school. |
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Paraskevas Xenophontos
- Paraskevas is attending Stony Brook University studying Biomedical
Engineering. He feels that the final frontier in medicine is the
comprehension of the nervous system and his goal is to either attend
medical school and specialize in Neurology or receive a PhD in
Neuroscience. He is an avid chess player and participated in state
and county chess tournaments receiving prizes in the top three
places in every one of them. He is highly interested in politics
concerning the world, the US, but especially the Cyprus issue and
Greece. |
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Peter Nicholas Zervakis
- Peter is a student at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign majoring in broadcast journalism. His interest in
this field started to grow where he was in junior high and had four
pieces published in a Greek newspaper in Chicago. As a first year
student he was named to the Dean’s List and was admitted to the
College of Media, the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, the
national Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Phi Eta Sigma
Freshman Honors Society. He is also an active member of the
orthodox Christian Fellowship. After graduation he wants to
broadcast sports in the city of Chicago. |
