Εδώ - Anatolia College

hans Giesecke
10 th President anatolia college
serge hadji-Mihaloglou’s (’60) Presentation on institutional governance is
a most valuable resource for our entire academic community, as it reflects
the special, benevolent character of anatolia’s dna. It provides very
helpful and insightful descriptions of the governance and administrative
processes here at anatolia and reveals how they are linked together under
the “inspiring guidance and direction” of the Board of trustees.
anatolia’s stated ambition is that of being an “integrated academic com -
munity.” each student, teacher, parent, administrator, staff, and alumnus or
alumna is a vital member of this community. thus, it is essential that everyone
understands how the community is governed, and especially, that decisions
about the campus’ present and future circumstances are not made
in a vacuum, but that there is extensive discussion and consideration of key
policy issues and questions by multiple parties as decisions are reached and
implemented.
one of the key features of being a member of the anatolia community is
a spirit of mutual accountability. everyone here is accountable to other
members of the community. In my own case, I am accountable to the 34
members of the Board of trustees, its 11 standing committees, to my own
cabinet colleagues, and to my family members who are also part of this
residential campus. In the cases of our dedicated and committed staff and
faculty, they may be directly responsible to a vice president, or a dean, or
a department head, but they are also responsible to the students (and their