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CIP Congratulates SPC Globally Engaged Students!

Global Citizen Program, International Students, International Students Events, Success Stories, Travel

The SPC Center for International Programs congratulates all of the following globally engaged students who received awards during the Student Awards Ceremonies on the Tarpon Springs (TS), Clearwater (CL), St Pete/Gibbs (SP/G) and Seminole (SE) campuses. Every student that was recognized has integrated global activities into their SPC experience and has displayed leadership and academic skills that will serve them well in a global workforce.

Global Citizen DistinctionGlobally Engaged

The Global Citizen Program (GCP) at SPC is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of a competent global citizen who is ready to live and work in a diverse world.  Students completing all requirements graduate SPC with Global Citizen distinction.  The GCP entails curricular, extracurricular, and capstone components that students complete alongside their degree program. CIP congratulates the following students for successfully completing the Global Citizen Program and who will graduate SPC with Global Distinction:

  • Kristy Foreman
  • Maria Novoa
  • Margherita Tibaldo
  • Nicholas Sielchan

For more information about the GCP visit: https://blog.spcollege.edu/international/category/global-citizen/

Most Engaged Student Awards

The Center for International Programs (CIP) recognized the following students who have completed volunteer work and engaged in CIP events and activities at St. Petersburg College above and beyond expectations. The recipients of this award are:

       Most Engaged International Students:

Globally Engaged

  • Lorena Hmelas (Croatia) SP
  • Maria Novoa (Colombia) CL
  • Margherita Tibaldo (Italy) TS
  • Fernanda Correa Blanco (Colombia) SE

      Most Engaged Study Abroad Student:

  • Ronelia Bailey (Trinidad & Tobago) CL

Isaac & Lily Varon Scholarship Award

The Issac & Lily Varon Scholarship Award was established in 1991 on the Clearwater campus to recognize outstanding international students from Latin America.  An annual scholarship is awarded to three deserving international students in the amount of $500.00 for each recipient.  The following three students were chosen for this award:

  • Alejandro Mendoza Delgado (Venezuela)
  • Cristian Jacome Mejia (Ecuador)
  • Kin Ng Lugo (Venezuela)Globally Engaged

International Students Graduating in May 2018

The Center for International Programs (CIP) hosts over 200 international students from 50 different countries around the world.  CIP wants to recognize and congratulate the following international students that are graduating this spring 2018:

  • Sophia Brown (Jamaica)
  • Margherita Tibaldo (Italy)
  • Jonas Nettelroth (Germany)
  • Maria Novoa (Colombia)
  • Patel Vivekkumar (India)
  • Roger Osorio (Guatemala)
  • Phong Truong (Vietnam)
  • Natalia Tarakanova (Russia)
  • Huey Yu Netherlands (Antilles)
  • Margaret Moku-Olu (Nigeria)

The Center for International Programs is very grateful and happy to have hosted these talented students who excel in the achievement of their academic goals. We congratulate these students and wish them all the best as they advance toward their future academic endeavors.

For more information about the Center for International Programs please visit: https://blog.spcollege.edu/international/

For International Admissions please visit:  https://www.spcollege.edu/future-students/admissions/international-students/study-in-us

Tarpon Springs Welcomes Greek Ambassador Haris Lalacos!

Greek Ambassador Haris Lalacos
Greece

On Monday, January 29, 2018, the City of Tarpon Springs, under the leadership of its first Greek-born Mayor, Chris Alahouzos, welcomed the Greek Ambassador Haris Lalacos, by hosting an Open Forum Panel Discussion at the City Hall.

In addition to Ambassador Lalacos, panelists were US Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Tampa Bay Greek Consul General Dimitrios Sparos, and Mayor Alahouzos. Saint Petersburg College (SPC) was represented by President Tonjua Williams, Tarpon Springs campus Provost Rod Davis, the Center for International Programs Director Ramona Kirsch, and the Leepa-Ratner Museum Director, Ann Larsen.

The panel discussion focused on furthering relationships with Greece in the areas of education, business, culture and the arts.  After the panel discussion, Senator Leonidas Raptakis (Rhode Island), Dr. Tina Bucuvalas Curator of Arts for Tarpon Springs, and SPC President Tonjua Williams made remarks.

President Williams spoke of the strong ties that St. Petersburg College has with Greece.  SPC runs a study abroad program to Greece every other year.  This program will run in May 2018 and be led by SPC Balis Professor of Greek Culture, Kimberly Felos.  During the 11-day journey to Greece students will not only visit the historical sites in and around Athens, but they will also spend time on Kalymnos, one of the islands of the Dodecanese in the southeastern Aegean Sea.  SPC has had an international partnership with Kalymnos for years.  To find out more about the study abroad program, click here.

In addition to the study abroad program to Greece, SPC also hosts the annual conference of the American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC).  This year’s conference theme is “All That’s Greek on Stage and Screen” and will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2018 from 8:30 am – 12 noon on the Tarpon Springs Campus.  To find out more about AFGLC, click here.

President Williams concluded by saying SPC is ready to take the partnership with Greece to the next level and stated that SPC will work with the Greek Ambassador Haris Lalacos and others to ensure deeper collaborations in the future.

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