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Apostolos Hatzigiannidis
SUNY Brockport

Apostolos Hatzigiannidis, 25, from Rochester, who graduated in the spring of 2008 from SUNY Brockport, accepted a grant from the Fulbright Commission in 2008. Hatzigiannidis received the Padagogischer Austauschdienst Teaching Assistantship / Fulbright Grant for 2008-09. A double major in international business and Spanish, Hatzigiannidis is one of only 140 candidates to receive this award and the first Brockport student to travel overseas as a Fulbright scholar. During the 10-month grant period, he will serve as an English teacher’s assistant in Germany. A double major in International Business and Spanish, Hatzigiannidis played two years for the Golden Eagles Lacrosse team, where he played eight games as a goalie and made 15 saves.