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Message from the PAA Scholarship Chair

Sia Sooklaris
PAA Scholarship Chair, 2023-2025
scholarship@pancretan.org

Celebrating Former Scholarship Recipients at the PAA Convention in West Palm Beach, Florida, June 19, 2025

We are working on updating our membership data with the most accurate contact information for our former PAA Scholarship recipients. Our program is over seventy years old and we have a lot of outdated information on former scholarship recipients. We want to stay in touch with you and make sure you're aware of programs that we are offering, especially this summer at the PAA Convention in West Palm Beach, FL on June 19, 2025. We will be celebrating all former Scholarship recipients at our Cretan Alumni Network event and we hope you will be join us. CLICK HERE and fill out the updated information. We will not share your information with any other vendors. Thank you very much.

PAA Venizelion Scholarship Program

Venizelion Scholarship Program 2024 is now closed.

Please Note: the 2025 Scholarship Program will open on February 1, 2025

The Venizelion Scholarship Program is a valuable member benefit that recognizes PAA/PYA student members with high scholastic achievement and for active involvement in PAA programs. Through the continued generosity of PAA Scholarship Donors, scholarships are available to student members for undergraduate and graduate studies.

The Venizelos Memorial Educational Fund was established in 1936 at the national convention in Boston. By 1940, the name of the program was changed to the PAA Venizelion Scholarship. It is a valuable member benefit that recognizes PAA/PYA student members with high scholastic achievement and for active involvement in PAA programs. Through the continued generosity of PAA Scholarship Donors, scholarships are available to student members for undergraduate and graduate studies.

Questions? Contact PAA Scholarship Chair Sia Sooklaris scholarship@pancretan.org

The Venizelion Scholarship Program aids young Cretan men and women enrolled in U.S. undergraduate programs. Awards are based on academic merit, active PAA/PYA membership and participation. Applicants may receive up to two (2) Venizelion Scholarships for undergraduate studies.

The Paterakis Graduate Scholarship was established in 2015 through the generosity of PAA members George A. and Angela Paterakis. It was Mr. Paterakis’ desire to assist students pursuing degrees at the graduate level in the U.S. Graduate students are eligible for up to two (2) Paterakis awards during their graduate studies.

Both scholarship awards recognize students of high scholastic achievement who are actively involved in the PAA. By preserving the legacy of the PAA founding fathers’ commitment to providing financial assistance to its members in their pursuit of higher education, the PAA is also investing in the future leaders of our organization. CLICK HERE for the 2024 Scholarship Guidelines

If you would like to make a donation to the PAA Scholarship Fund, please click on the button below:

DONATE HERE TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND