Event Update | 2018 AHEPA Family Supreme Convention

Event Update | 2018 AHEPA Family Supreme Convention Make sure you are caught-up on the details of the 96th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, July 22 to 27, 2018, Atlantic City, N.J. Harrah's Hotel & Casino will play host for our annual meeting.  learn more  PDF AHEPA on Twitter: U.S.-Greece VWP Cooperation Applauded Don't forget to follow AHEPA on social media:

Program Announcements 2018 National Scholarship Application Available The AHEPA National Educational Foundation announced its 2018 scholarship application is available. The deadline to apply for an AHEPA National Educational Foundation scholarship is March 31, 2018.Become one of many students who received a national AHEPA scholarship since the foundation's inception.  Apply Today! Call for Applications | Scholar-Athlete Scholarships, Hall of Fame Honors Annually, AHEPA presents scholarships and awards to outstanding athletes, scholar-athletes, and former athletes at its Athletic Luncheon held at the AHEPA Family Supreme Convention.  Don't miss out! Know of a standout athlete who excels in their individual sport(s) or who displays excellence in the classroom and volunteerism? Or a former athlete worthy to join the ranks of 135 members of the AHEPA Athletic Hall of Fame?  Scholar-Athlete Awards Application Form (Deadline: Feb. 28) AHEPA Athletic Hall of Fame Nominee Form (Deadline: March 15) AHEPA Journey to Greece 2018 Session Journey to Greece this summer with AHEPA and Webster University! Earn college credit while traveling to a whole host of iconic ancient Greek sites and beautiful Greek locations. The 2018 session runs June 23 to July 21. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2018. Apply Today!  Share: Our 2018 Journey to Greece Promo Video 2018 AHEPAcademy Session | Apply Today! Join a select group of Greek American students from across the country for AHEPAcademy, June 24 to 30, 2018, George Mason University, outside Washington, DC.  Learn more Early Application Deadline: March 15, 2018 Application Deadline: April 15, 2018 Share: AHEPAcademy Promo Video (via Facebook) Apply Today! The Ahepan  The latest issue of The Ahepan is out! Share with family and friends how AHEPA is working to fulfill its mission through service and volunteerism in our communities. Upcoming Events & Deadlines March 15 | Early Deadline: AHEPAcademy 2018 Session 17 | AHEPA Regional Banquet, Columbus, Ohio 31 | AHEPA National Educational Foundation Scholarship Deadline May 16 | AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day July 22 - 28 | 96th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, Atlantic City, N.J. Join AHEPA Today! In Our Own Words. What AHEPA means to us. Join AHEPA Now Greek American News Digest Editor's Note: Editorials, Commentaries, and Opinion pieces are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.   Videos show Turkish ship ramming Greek vessel off Imia Ekathimerini (Feb. 16) Footage revealed by Kathimerini shows the moment when the Turkish patrol boat Umut rammed the Greek Coast Guard vessel 090 Gavdos off the islets of Imia late on Monday.   see it here The right kind of Grexit Politico Europe (Feb. 19) Who would have thought a couple of years ago that the European Union would be arguing in 2018 not about how to push Greece out of the eurozone but about the best way for the country to emerge from a completed bailout program?  read more    FYROM hopes to settle name row with Greece by July Ekathimerini (Feb. 19) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) expects to reach a settlement of its decades-old name row with Greece by a NATO summit in the summer, its prime minister said on Monday.  read more Book Review | The Real Life of the Parthenon New York Times (Feb. 20) "They were created in a short time for all time. Each one of them, in its beauty, was even then and at once antique, but in the freshness of its vigor it is, even to the present day, recent and newly wrought." Thus Plutarch described the buildings on the Acropolis as a showcase of Periclean Athens. Although he was writing half a millennium after the Parthenon was built, he touched on the essence of its enduring appeal. Few complexes have cast a greater spell on later generations and even fewer boast such a strange afterlife, its component parts dismembered and divided between Athens and London, its heritage contested and the source of debates that seem to generate more heat than light.  read more   The secret messages Lindsey Vonn wrote on her Olympic race suit Look closely at Lindsey Vonn.   Antetokounmpo's hustle won't let him change for anything ESPN (Feb. 19)    In late November, Giannis Antetokounmpo and his Milwaukee Bucks teammates had just finished practicing at the University of California in Berkeley. On the walk back to the team bus, Antetokounmpo was approached by a few autograph seekers holding portraits of him. The 6-foot-11 forward obliged and continued on his way. Before hopping on the bus, one of his teammates asked why he chose to sign the items, knowing the autograph seekers would probably only attempt to hawk them. Antetokounmpo responded: "I signed them because that used to be me." read more