Class of 2011 Cheered at DEREE Commencement

Under a balmy Attica night sky, more than 500 members of the graduating classes of DEREE - The American College of Greece, representing 20 countries, received their undergraduate and graduate degrees from ACG President David G. Horner. More than 4.000 relatives and friends filled the bleachers of the College stadium on the Aghia Paraskevi campus.

European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros, President Carol T. Christ of Smith College and U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, were awarded honorary doctorates for service to education and public life and offered words of encouragement to the graduates as they enter a challenging political and cultural landscape in Greece.

Two graduate and four undergraduate students were honored with awards for academic excellence during the ceremony, which ended with the traditional academic caps thrown into the air by enthusiastic and cheering graduates.