Thursday 20 December 2012

Demetres Karavellas, Director WWF

Read Demetres Karavellas' (Campion alumna 1986) article on the recent presidential decree for the preservation of wetlands in Greece at

http://www.wwf.gr/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=684:sign-of-hope-president-of-greece-signs-decree-for-the-conservation-of-380-small-wetlands-n-59-islands&catid=73:2008-09-16-12-11-40&Itemid=97

Demetres is the Director of WWF Greece.

Jason Manolopoulos and "Greece's Odious Debt"

Read reviews of "Greece's Odious Debt: the Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community" by Jason Manalopoulos, Campion alumnus 1994.

 http://greecesodiousdebt.anthempressblog.com/reactions/

Sunday 16 December 2012

BOROUME - Helping those in need

Xenia Papastavrou, 1994 Campion graduate, has been instrumental in assisting those hard hit by Greece's economic crisis.
Her not-for-profit organisation BOROUME has had a pivotal role in assisting soup kitchens locate supplies of surplus food to feed Athens' growing number of homeless.
To read the latest article in the UK Guardian about BOROUME, click here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2012/mar/14/greece-breadline-leftovers-dinner?INTCMP=SRCH

Campion on the Big Screen


Campion has always had a very active and rich Theatre Arts Department and occasionally some of the stars of the Campion stage make it onto the screen in later life.

Mert Yavuzcan, who attended Campion from 1991-1995. Mert, who was born in Germany, went on to finish high school in Turkey after he left Campion and attended acting school in Bilkent. Mert had a major role in Campion's production of South Pacific in 1994 and the following year was the Master of Ceremonies in the 1995 school production of Caberet. More about Mert can be found on his webpage http://www.mertyavuzcan.com/biography.htm.

Mert was recently on Mega channel in  the Turkish series Moiraios Erotas!

Melia Kreiling, alumna 2003, was known at Campion for her love of dance and went on to study dance and drama in the UK after graduation. In her brief career, amongst other roles, Melia has played a small part in The Borgias, a TV series about crime in 15th century Italy starring Jeremy Irons. More about Melia can be found at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4218810/.

On the Cutting Edge of Science


2007 Campion graduate Peter Tyrakis is working on DNA cell mapping for patients with cancer and rare diseases in a new project which has received £100m from the British government . Watch a recent BBC video on what Peter and his colleagues in the UK are developing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20666736