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The Rutgers Modern Greek Studies Program (MGSP) has been steadily #1 in the nation for number of courses offered and number of students who take these courses.
Thanks to recent donations and the leadership by its current Director, Prof. Stephen Reinert, as well as of her predecessors, Prof. Sarolta A. Takács and Prof. Tia Kolbaba, the MGSP now serves over 100 undergraduates, with roughly 30 of them currently minoring in Modern Greek. Thanks to a generous $800K donation by the late community’s generous donations Nikos Mouyiaris and the community’s steady support over three decades, the Elytis Chair Fund has approached $2 million, while at the same time has been continuously supporting the activities and the expansion go the MGSP. Your donation enabled us to add 5 courses to the existing 18 courses and renew 3 other courses. We were also able to offer scholarships for students who studied in Thessaloniki during the summer, thanks to the generosity of the Golfinopoulos, Karantza, Spireas and Vahaviolos families. We are currently working to start a joint program with the University of Cyprus.
In addition to courses, the MGSP offers a wide variety of cultural events that benefit Rutgers and the community in general.
We list below just some of the events that we brought to you (actually, your donations brought to us):
A more detailed lit can be found on the Past Events page of this website.
23 COURSES
Scholarships supported by your donations!
FOR MORE INFORMATION on the MGSP, please email its Director, Prof. Stephen Reinert (sreinert@history.rutgers.edu). For information on fundraising activities, please contact Prof. Thomas V. Papathomas at 973-722-2785 (papathom@rci.rutgers.edu) or Prof. Panos Georgopoulos at 848-445-0159 (panosg@ccl.rutgers.edu).
For more information on the MGSP go to http://www.moderngreekstudies.rutgers.edu/
Mission of the Elytis Chair Fund at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
The Elytis Chair Fund is a non-profit organization that was founded in February of 1989 specifically “for the purpose of promoting, encouraging, and financially supporting Neohellenic Studies… at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.”
Funds that were raised over the years, from the contributions of the Greek-American Community of New Jersey, have provided the financial base that has sustained, and continues to sustain without any interruption, the Modern Greek Studies Program at Rutgers University.
