University of the Aegean

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University of the Aegean
Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου

Established	1984
Type:	Public
Rector:	Prof. Andreas Y. Troumbis
Staff:	223
Undergraduates:	8,202
Postgraduates:	1,619
Location	Mytilene (Main Campus), Greece
Website:	http://www.aegean.gr/aegean/en/intro_en.htm and http://www.aegean.edu

The University of the Aegean (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου) is a university based in Mytilene, Greece. It was founded in 1984 and comprises five schools.

1 Organization
2 Student Communities
- 2.1 Local Groups & Collaborations with other Student Groups
- 2.2 References - Citations
3 See also
4 External links

Organization

The University of the Aegean consists of five Schools and sixteen Departments that, together with the technical and administration offices, form the five University Units based on five islands in the Aegean Sea, as listed below: University Unit of Mytilene (based in Mytilene, Lesvos), comprising the following schools:

School of Social Sciences, which is divided into the following departments:
- Department of Social Anthropology and History
- Department of Geography
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
School of the Environment, which is divided into the following departments:
- Department of Environment
- Department of Marine Sciences

University Unit of Chios (based in Chios), consisting of the School of Business, which is divided into:

Department of Business Administration
Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport
Department of Financial and Management Engineering

University Unit of Samos (based in Karlovasi, Samos), consisting of the School of Sciences, which is divided into:

University Unit of Rhodes (based in Rhodes), consisting of the School of Humanities, which is divided into:

Department of Primary Education
Department of Preschool Education and Educational Design
Department of Mediterranean Studies

University Unit of Syros (based in Ermoupolis, Syros) consisting of the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering

Student Communities

MyAegean information poster

MyAegean poster-wallpaper "...a link to a united university"

An idea with the name "myAegean" originated in 2002 with a group of students from the Department of Product & Systems Design Engineering, in Syros. The aim of this initiative, according to the relative website, was to create a network portal for the whole of the Aegean University community by utilising any available technology. According to the official community website: "myAegean is a student initiative of the University of the Aegean. It has come to act as a springboard for creative collaboration and exchange of ideas, a vehicle which encourage and promote direct, collective and qualitative communication and information exchange, without geographical restrictions".

Local Groups & Collaborations with other Student Groups

As it is also mentioned in several sources as well as on the official community website, "myAegean" acts (in a first level) as a human-based intra-network among the 5 islands where the University of the Aegean is situated. The effort is to make strong relations and connections between the local student teams as well as the rest of the university stuff and local citizens on the islands. The infrastructure gives new needs on organizational techniques and people try to develop events, to communicate and collaborate on two different ways: both locally (on every department-university unit/ island) and globally (as part of the entire University). There are being developed the exact 5 local groups: myAegean Syros members-group, myAegean Lesvos members-group, myAegean Samos members-group, myAegean Chios members-group, myAegean Rhodes members-group. There are several other Groups that collaborate with myAegean and work together to act in all islands/university units. At the present, the below Student teams-groups are part of the network supported with the "myAegean idea": AIESEC Local Group on Aegean Uni (based on Chios island), Student Team of Blood Donation on Aegean Uni (based on Lesvos island), Student Team of Astronomy on Aegean Uni (based on Samos island) and there are more to come, as the discussions continue. "myAegean" also works (in a second level) and communicates with student groups and other efforts and volunteering groups in order to discover new ways in interaction and information exchange between students, professors, and individuals. There are also a lot of people that use the web portal as a news portal, in a daily basis.

References - Citations

Printed and Internet Media/Press As described on the web pages of the community website, there are several articles on local media on Greece and on the islands where the University of the Aegean is situated, in particular. Some of them are (PDF files, snapshots from the real printed/internet press-media):

Several other references

http://www.ntua.gr/archtech/med/projects/telika-21-07-05/samos_site/aeguni2.htm (a project from National Technical University of Athens that describes the Aegean-Uni network and the services that support the communication among its members)
http://www.e-paideia.net/Reviews/chapter.asp?lngReviewID=28704&lngChapterID=54699 (an educational resource site with info about schools and universities, a small reference about the student life and activities on the University of the Aegean)

References (papers, publications)

Acknowledgements and references on the paper: "Supporting Sporadic Community Awareness in Everyday Places with Interactive TV", K. Chorianopoulos, Department of Architecture, Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany (5th European Interactive TV Conference, 2007)

Social Profiles and more info related to myAegean: