ΟΤΕ – COSMOTE Scholarships for the academic year 2012-2013

The ΟΤΕ – COSMOTE Scholarships for the academic year 2012-2013 have been awarded today to first-year students from the Greek regions and for the first year from Attica and Thessaloniki enrolled at Higher Education Institutions. With the Scholarships institution celebrating this year its eleventh anniversary, 46 young men and women received a substantial aid for their studies, worth a total of EUR 345,328.

This year’s 20 Scholarships to students coming from the regional departments of Argolida, Arkadia, Arta, Attica, Cyclades, Euboea, Evritania, Fthiotida, Imathia, Kavala, Magnesia, Rethymno, Samos, Serres, Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Zante were each awarded the amount of EUR 15,2801. Furthermore, 26 Honorary Distinctions worth EUR 1,5282 each were awarded by COSMOTE to applicants from the same regions who distinguished themselves for their curricular and extracurricular performance.

The established celebratory event was held at the Administrative Hall of OTE in Marousi, in the presence of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OTE Mr Michael Tsamaz and the Special Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture & Religious Affairs Mr Thanassis Kyriazis.

Addressing the audience at the event, Mr. Tsamaz inter alia stated: “At the OTE Group we continue to support young people, despite the severity of the crisis, by increasing this year the number of Scholarships”.

Addressing the scholarship recipients and speaking to them about personal responsibility, Mr. Tsamaz said: “In Greece, we suffer from responsibility aversion. We always talk about who is to blame, but never about who will assume responsibility. And this has led us to steep paths. The greatest responsibility of each one of us is towards ourselves. To be faithful to our ideas. To set goals and to achieve them. But we need to see beyond the bounds of our individual existence and we need to participate. Because apart from individual responsibility, there is also the collective responsibility and this is what we must assume to exit the crisis. We need to set our course thinking in terms of ‘we’, as a team”.

1The total gross value of each Scholarship amounts to twenty thousand Euros (EUR 20,000). The net value following subtraction of the corresponding tax and stamp duty amounts to fifteen thousand two hundred eighty-five Eruos (EUR 15,280). This amount will be disbursed to every scholarship recipient in two  (2) equal installments.

2The total gross value of each Honorary Distinction amounts to two thousand Euros (EUR 2,000). The net value following subtraction of the corresponding tax and stamp duty amounts to one thousand five hundred twenty-eight Euros (EUR 1,528). This amount will be disbursed in a lump sum payment.

Except for the monetary award, Scholarship and Distinction Recipients for the year 2012-2013 were also awarded a free Conn-x connection, mobile phones with COSMOTE Cost Control Plans free of monthly fees for the duration of their studies at their respective schools and free OTE TV services for a year. Moreover Scholarship recipients also received tablets.

Ever since the Scholarship programme was established in 2002, 126 scholarships and 257 Honorary Distinctions have been awarded in total, worth more than EUR 2 million, and have already covered Greek regions twice.

This initiative that is part of the Corporate Responsibility programs of OTE and COSMOTE contributes towards creating the conditions for the education and progress of the young people in the country.

For further information about the OTE-COSMOTE SCHOLARSHIP programme, please visit the website: www.ote-cosmote-scholarships.gr.

ΟΤΕ-COSMOTE Scholarship Recipients for the academic year 2012-2013 are the following:

• Anastasia Georga, Prefecture of Argolida, University of Patras, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education
• Metaxia Roussali, Prefecture of Arkadia, Panteion University of Social & Political Studies, Department of Social Policy
• Konstantinos Chouliaras, Prefecture of Arta, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law
• Sofia Argyri, Prefecture of Attica, University of Peloponnese, Department of Social and Educational Policy
• Alexandros Nakos, Prefecture of Attica, University of Patras, Department of Economics
• Despina Panagiotou, Prefecture of Attica, University of Thessaly, Department of Primary Education
• Chryssoula Grigoriou, Prefecture of Euboea, Athens University of Economics & Business, Department of Accounting and Finance
• Maria Karachristou, Prefecture of Evritania, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing
• Panagiota-Athina Kardianou, Prefecture of Zakynthos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law
• Chryssa Giota, Prefecture of Imathia, University of Ioannina, Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences
• Areti Manou, Prefecture of Thesprotia, University of Crete, Department of Philology
• Pamela Zatse, Prefecture of Thessalonika, University of Ioannina, Department of Biological Applications and Technologies
• Kornilia Chanou, Prefecture of Thessaloniki, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Primary Education
• Spyridon Katsikaronis, Prefecture of Kavala, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Primary Education
• Maria-Rania Klironomou, Prefecture of Cyclades, University of Patras, Department of Philology
• Polixeni Samara, Prefecture of Magnesia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine
• Rodoula Mamalaki, Prefecture of Rethymno, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law
• Iliana Karimali, Prefecture of Samos, National Technological University of Athens-NTUA, School of Chemical Engineering    Stelios Neiros, Prefecture of Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law.
• Niki Karampotsi, Prefecture of Fthiotida, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law

COSMOTE Distinction Recipients for the academic year 2012-2013 are the following:

• Konstantina Chelioti, Prefecture of Argolida, University of Patras, Department of Civil Engineering
• Maria Paraskevoulakou-Mpokola, Department of Arkadia, National Technological University of Athens-NTUA, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Archonto Malakou, Prefecture of Arta, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Veterinary Science
• Dimitris Asteriou, Prefecture of Attica, University of Peloponnese, Department of Philology
• Panagiotis Asteriou, Prefecture of Attica, Aegean University, Department of Business Administration
• Nikoleta Krimpisli, Prefecture of Attica, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Veterinary Science
• Georgia Mathiou, Prefecture of Attica, University of Ioannina, Department of Pre-school Educatio
• Christina Mathiou, Prefecture of Attica, University of Ioannina, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Maria Michail, Prefecture of Attica, University of Crete, Department of History and Archaeology
• Georgios Sanidas, Prefecture of Attica, University of Crete, Department of Computer Sciences
• Melina Stamatiadi, Prefecture of Attica, University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology
• Sofia Tzouma, Prefecture of Euboea, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Theology
• Chryssoula Kakou, Prefecture of Evritania, Aegean University, Department of Financial and Management Engineering
• Alexandros Alimpertis, Prefecture of Zakynthos, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Law
• Nikolaos Pitanios, Prefecture of Imathia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Philology
• Melani Andreou, Prefecture of Thesprotia, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Veterinary Science
• Konstantina Vassiliadou, Prefecture of Thessaloniki, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Business Administration
• Ilias Zossimadis, Prefecture of Thessaloniki, University of Ioannina, Department of Computer Science
• Odysseas Kavazidis, Prefecture of Thessaloniki, Democritus University of Thrace, Faculty of Law
• Irini Mpogiatzoglou, Prefecture of Kavala, Democritus University of Thrace, Faculty of Law
• Paraskevi Melissourgou, Prefecture of Cyclades, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of German Language & Literature
• Valsamia Athanassia, Prefecture of Magnesia, University of Peloponnese, Department of Theatrical Studies
• Antonis Vamiadakis, Prefecture of Rethymno, National Technological University of Athens-NTUA, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Dimitra Kountoupi, Prefecture of Samos, Aegean University, Department of Pre-school Education & Educational Design    Chryssanthi Giannouli, Prefecture of Serres, National Technological University of Athens-NTUA, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Theodora Dede, Prefecture of Fthiotida, University of Ioannina, Department of Primary Education