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ALL SERVICES ONLINE! Connecting beyond the classroom!
As physical presence and contact on the campus is not possible for the time being, we want to continue to offer our services fully to our students online. We also want to encourage and allow our students to continue to have joint extra-curriculum activities and to enjoy a shared student experience. We have decided to go beyond the classroom. We are going online all the way and we are trying to optimize this experience every day. Fitness class online, Greek language courses, Seminars, Career Counseling online...and more! Library chat tool coming up! Join us online!
01/04/2020
Online talk: A relational approach of “Self” in our times of threat and isolation due to Covid-19
(Τhis Psychology4All online talk will be in English) A relational approach of “Self” in our times of threat and isolation due to Covid-19 Friday, April 3 20.00 EET (Greek Time) Whenever we say “me” or “I am” we immediately produce a “you” or a “you are”, like the word “cold” implies “hot” and “springtime” implies “fall”. How this sense of being a unique “me” able to connect with a unique “you” is affected by the huge and sudden changes and threats in our covid-19 days? About Mr. Petros Theodorou Gestalt psychotherapist, active in Greece and in Europe, member of EAGT and accredited supervisor. External cooperator and trainer in educative and other programmes of various Institutes in Greece and in Europe. He works based on existential ideas and focuses much on the eros - love - sexual desire relationships. Since 2006 he developed his approach “PSP-Process Stage Praxis” as a complementary tool (an adjunctive skill) with several application possibilities in and beyond psychotherapy, involving interactive body work. He wrote 3 books and 2 of them are translated in English. Ready to join? - Join by your mobile device, laptop or PC - Enter the event 5' earlier by clicking on the 'Join' button - Make sure that you have your camera and microphone turned off - Make sure you PIN the presenter's image so you can have a full screen view. - Add the event to your google calendar: Join the Online Seminar
31/03/2020
Practical seminar on CV making and interview preparation for the English Studies Department
The Director of Career, Employability & Enterprise Centre offered an online seminar on CV making and interview preparation to the students of the English Studies Department. Mr Tsoulis gave tips on creating a succesful CV, what to include and what not. Also, the value of skills was discussed and how young people can work toward improving existing skills and developing new ones. Also, Mr Tsoulis shared advice and tips on how best to prepare for and handle an interview. There was vivid participation and lots of interesting questions on behalf of the students. The transition from offline to online is definitely successful and productive. The Career office delivers all its services online now and more seminars like this will follow.
30/03/2020
Fitness Online
We gladly announce the online fitness classes for a do-at-home full body workout! The sessions will be with no or minimum equipment, delivered in such a way for optimum results in full body exercising for both mental and physical health benefits. We will focus on strength, toning, calorie burning and bodyweight fitness. Classes will take place every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 20:00 EET (Greek time). But don't worry if you miss a class! All classes will be uploaded in the event so you can watch them anytime! STARTING DATE: Monday, 30th March 2020 Please join class 5' earlier here: meet.google.com/wax-thgw-bwn You should use your university account. Don't forget to add it to your google calendar! View all the previous fitness recordings here
27/03/2020
Greek Language Club - Online Classes
Our Greek classes are going online! The next class is this coming Friday 23/3 at 14:30 EET (GR time). The link to join the online class is meet.google.com/oat-ynao-cyh It's the same link for every class on Fridays. Add event to your Google calendar Contact: greeklanguageclub@york.citycollege.eu
26/03/2020
All classes move online
CITY College announces that it moves all classes online in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Like the very best universities around the world, we have taken the decision to deliver our teaching on-line without further delay.We are committed to the well-being of all our students and staff. At such difficult times, it is vital that we remember what is important and to take the necessary actions to ensure that the CITY College community and those around us are able to live and work without causing undue risks to health. At the same time, we need to respond and adapt by giving the opportunity to our students to continue with their top-quality education. The majority of the online classes commence on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 and gradually within the next few days will expand to all programmes and locations. We are extremely fortunate to have in place the technology and expertise to be able to offer our top-quality education provision on-line to ensure that students are able to progress with their studies without delaying their progress. Read the full announcement
17/03/2020
Congratulations to our Psychology graduate, Ms Siampani, on her new book on Psychotherapy
Congratulations are in order for Ms Katerina Siampani, graduate of our Psychology Department, who recently published her second book entitled ‘PSYCHOTHERAPY CALENDAR. Enlightening the windows of the soul’. The book discusses topics such as role playing, "masks", the meaning of forgiveness and sacrifice. The book invites people on a magical journey of self-discovery and the search for the essence of being. Through personal experiences, experiential exercises, original incidents and exciting stories, it motivates us to look behind the veil and unify the pieces that make up this unique and diverse set called Self. When asked about why she chose to write a book on this topic Ms Siampani said: “I will reverse the question by saying that the topic was chosen me. I mean, working with people psychotherapeutically inevitably leads us to writing. I always keep in mind that I could help people understand that psychotherapy is a gift they make to themselves. This is what I tried to express in this book. On the other hand, I have chosen to write a book that may be useful to many colleagues.” On planning to write more books in the future she commented: “Yes. Writing is a therapeutic process and it helps me to release, to get rid of difficult moments with clients who suffer. At the same time I want to offer some of the things that I write to people who love reading and are interested in relating to themselves issues.” Ms. Siampani’s book is a valuable handbook for anyone who wants to understand, but mostly to experience the life that awaits us. The book is addressed to mental health experts (psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists) and simple readers who are interested in the issues of the self. It attempts to make the process of psychotherapy not only more accessible or less frightening, but also attractive, motivating and exciting. Ms. Katerina Siampani graduated from CITY College with an Msc in Counseling Psychology. In 2015 she received the ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’, during CITY College’s Graduation, as an acknowledgement of her achievements and success. She is a Gestalt Psychotherapist-Trainer-Supervisor, trained in Art-Therapy and Sandplay Therapy. She is also a member of EAGT, member of HAGT, holder of ECP, Writer. Collaborator of Hellenic Association of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders. In 2014 her first book was published by the Hellenic Association of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders under the scientific supervision of Professor Magda Tsolaki of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, under the title: ‘Walking together… Gestalt Therapy Viewing Dementia’.
11/03/2020
Guest Lecture on Cloud Computing by GDG Cloud Greece
A very interesting guest lecture on Cloud Computing was delivered to our Computer Science students by Mr Elias Papachristos Lead at GDG Cloud Thessaloniki on 4 March 2020 at CITY College’s main campus. During his presentation Mr. Papachristos discussed successful case studies in Cloud Computing. The event was attended by computer science students attending the unit ‘Cases in Digital Transformation’ and was organised by CITY College’s Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre in the context of our constant effort to bring our students closer to the industry.
10/03/2020
Prof. Ketikidis invited in the Judging Committee of Entrepreneurship student competition in Thessaloniki
Professor Panayiotis Ketikidis was invited to participate as member of the Judging Committee of the entrepreneurship student competition organised by the Union of Young Entrepreneurs/Junior Achievement Greece in Thessaloniki, 28 February at the Mediterranean Cosmos. Approximately 1000 students from 45 Greek high schools were asked to act as entrepreneurs and participate in a Trade Fair with their own booth presenting their business and promoting their services or products to the judges. The judges were impressed by students’ entrepreneurial spirit and environmental consciousness. The judging committee comprised of distinguished entrepreneurs and academics. The first award was presented by the Deputy Minister of Education of Greece, Ms. Sophia Zacharaki. This was the second year for Prof. Ketikidis to participate as judge in this student competition aiming at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation.
10/03/2020
Open Executive MBA seminar on Brain Drain by Prof. Szamosi in Bucharest
Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme of CITY College successfully delivered an Open Executive MBA seminar in Bucharest on Brain Drain. The event took place 5 March 2020 at the Hilton Hotel with many business professional and managers attending. In his presentation entitled ‘Brain / Talent Drain: How to Minimise It, Not Eliminate It’ Prof. Szamosi discussed one of the key issues organisations in Romania, and throughout the region, are dealing with, is the issue of loss of talent, including the loss of key people not only to other organizations in the country but also to those outside the country. Prof. Szamosi also focus on practical things that organisations can do to stem the lost of key talent and focus, most specifically, on the impact of how managers support employees inside companies. Participants had the opportunity to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of brain drain and the issues faced by companies affected. The seminar took place in the context of the Executive MBA programme successfully delivered in Bucharest by CITY College for 14 years now.
10/03/2020
Guest Lecture on ‘The Economics of Happiness’ by Mr. Francis Munier from the University of Strasbourg
A very interesting guest lecture took place on the topic ‘The Economics of Happiness’ by Mr. Francis Munier, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Strasburg, at our main campus in Thessaloniki. The lecture was addressed to Bachelors and Masters students attending economics-related programmes (i.e. BA Hons in Business Studies – Accounting and Finance, MSc in Finance and Risk Management and MSc in Finance and Banking). In his very interesting lecture Mr. Munier explored the Progress Paradox and attempted to explain why capitalism and liberal democracy, both of which justify themselves on the grounds that they produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number, leave so much dissatisfaction. The speaker went on to discuss different factors contribute to happiness and wel-being, like wealth marriage, parenthood, job satisfaction, health, leisure time, unemployment. Finally, Mr. Munier discussed with our students the possibility to find a correlation between happiness and GDP at individual and national levels. Participating students found Mr. Munier’s lecture particularly interesting and engaging.
05/03/2020
The English Studies Department Comparatively Considers the Case of the Translatable Cat
The first Personal and Professional Development Seminar of the Spring semester that was organised on Tuesday, 3rd March by the English Studies Department, began on a whimsical note by considering the translation of certain animal figures and their names in literature. Drawing on the areas of comparative literature, children’s literature, and literary animal studies our guest speaker, Dr. Panagiotis Xouplidis, in his seminar titled: "The comparative cat and how to translate it - A case of Literary Animal Studies" focused specifically on the case of the cat and how to translate it. Dr Xouplidis initially provided an overview of what constitutes comparative literature and how it is seen today. Drawing on concepts and dichotomies such as national/international, local/global, colonial/post-colonial/imperialistic, today comparative literature can be seen and understood as political ideologies but also literary systems that act as parts of universal systems thus indicating that these systems are not in isolation but part of a polysystem and to see them as such is integral when it comes to matters of translation. The matter of similarities and differences in literary systems may appear easy to identify and examine when it comes to children’s literature which has a tendency to rely on stereotypes or archetypes and what some may view as simplistic representations and stories. Nevertheless, these stories enrich national, and international, identities and can have a great impact on how cultures perceive themselves and others. One common feature across children’s literature is that of the animal – or non-human animal – figure and it is this figure that has led some scholars to consult the area of Animal Studies for theoretical and scientific support in their research examinations. Animal Studies is an area that requires an interdisciplinary approach and can extend from elements of biology to sociocultural and anthropological aspects of animals in and across cultures. What is certain is that in literature animals are inventions/constructs whose representation speaks miles of a country’s culture. When considering the figure of the cat, for example, Dr Xouplidis makes the case for a Greek Cat and a Spanish Cat. While in both cases we have a cat, they are not in fact cats – but literary inventions – and where they are created, how they are conceived and what they are meant to represent and reflect ought to be considered when the need for translation arises. To indicate this significance, Dr Xouplidis draws on the example of Eugene Trivizas’ The Last Black Cat (2001) and its Spanish translation. Providing a list of cat character names, Dr Xouplidis invited the audience to contemplate the aspects that should be considered when the respective names are to be translated and how the anthropomorphic dimensions of these characters can even play a role in the name assigned. Yet another well-known example that was introduced was that of Puss in Boots in comparison with the figure of Zorro. This was further extended to consider the meaning of Zorro in Spanish (which means fox) and how the translation and consideration of certain animal figures may be dealt with through other concepts, such as that of the trickster in this particular case, thus alluding to mythologies and fables. What we need to remember is that animals are as old as literature. Characters such as Puss in Boots and the Cheshire Cat are literary animals created by words in different languages. Following Dr Xouplidis seminar, it becomes apparent that the examination of such characters either with an eye towards translation or with a focus on literary systems can certainly benefit from an intersection of comparative literature and animal studies when contemplating the cat’s literary representation and how translating cat names could play a fundamental role in a cat characters’ reception.
04/03/2020
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