Virginia Arvaniti

Virginia Arvaniti, MSc, MBA, is a STEM instructor and coordinator at Anatolia College STEM Center.  She teaches Kindergarten and Elementary grade STEM courses and is responsible for coordinating after school STEM activities and developing STEM educational scenarios for Anatolia Elementary and High school. Furthermore she is responsible for developing activities for Anatolia College Erasmus projects related to STEM such as  “GREEN EDU- Green education for a sustainable future” (KA201 – Strategic Partnerships for school education, reference 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065695 )  and “Mini Open Labs” ( KA201 – Strategic Partnerships for school education, reference 020-1-ES01-KA201-082706).

Virginia holds a Physics degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a focus on Atmospheric Physics, a “Master in Business Administration” (MBA) from the American College of Thessaloniki and an MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from the Open University of Cyprus (OUC). In 2014 she started working at Anatolia College, in the beginning at the HR department, and from the second year and until today at the STEM Center. She has completed several projects relevant to sustainability and alternative sources of energy with solutions that favor the environment. Furthermore, she is a certified Lego Education trainer for WeDo 2.0, EV3 and Spike (2019), and is certified as a STEM instructor from the Aegean University of Greece (2018). She has published 6 scientific papers in the field of STEM and participated in national and international STEM conferences and training.