Andreas G Orphanides

A key driverof higher education reform in Europe (Bologna Process / EHEA) in general, and in Cyprus in particular, Orphanides is serving as a Council member of the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education, having previously been president of both the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)and the European Quality Assurance Register of Higher Education (EQAR). He also played a key role from 2004 until 2012 as a member of the "E4 Group", operating within the framework of the Bologna Process, in the development and implementation of quality assurance in higher education in Europe and in drafting the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ESG).

In Cyprus, he served at college and university administrative positions at all levels, as chair of the subcommittee of the Cyprus Rectors’ Conference for drafting the legislation governing Quality Assurance / Accreditation in higher education, as a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for development of Cyprus into a regional center of higher education, which also compiled the law on private universities, as member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for unification of the laws of universities in Cyprus, as Vice-President of ECSA-Cyprus, as member of the Preparatory Committee for the establishment of Open University of Cyprus and as member of the Governing Board of Open University of Cyprus.

Orphanides is also a music composer. His trajectory in music involved study of both classical and byzantine music and serving as chanter at St. Loucas Church at Lapithos, Cyprus (1963–1973), at St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church at Albany, New York (1980–1986), and at Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church at Lowell, MA (1986–1988). He had played mandolin (Mandolinata Orchestra of A' Elementary School of Lapithos), clarinet (Philharmonic Orchestra of Greek Gymnasium of Lapithos) and accordion. His compositions include five symphonic works, over thirty songs, the university anthems of European University Cyprus and of Open University Cyprus, and four music CDs. Musical compositions of his have been performed in Cyprus, Greece, Austria, Estonia, Armenia and USA. He is the Second Prize Winner at the Malta International Composition Competition 2017 organized by Central Academy of Arts, Malta for his composition entitled "String Quartet 'Cyprus Zephyr'"

• Andreas G. Orphanides, Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines in the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. SIMA, Pocket-Book 20, Gothenburg: Paul Astroms Forlag, 1983, 88 pages, 6 figures, 18 plates
• Andreas G. Orphanides, Radioanalytical Techniques in Archaeology: Pottery and Raw Clay Analysis. Nicosia: AGO Publications, 1985, 104 pages, 10 figures
• Andreas G. Orphanides, Towards a Theory for the Interpretation of Material Remains in Archaeology: The Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines from Cyprus. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany, 1986, 233 pages, 30 figures
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Greek and Latin Texts to the Third Century A.D. (by A. G. Orphanides and P. W. Wallace), SHC, Volume I, Nicosia: Institute of Cypriot Studies, University at Albany, and Cyprus College, 1990, 312 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Near Eastern and Aegean Texts from the Third to First Millennia B.C. (by A. Bernard Knapp), SHC, Volume II, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1996, 92 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), A Pilgrim’s Account of Cyprus: Barsky’s Travels in Cyprus (by A. D. Grishin), SHC, Volume III, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1996, 114 pages, 18 plates
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Pero Tafur and Cyprus (by C. I. Nepaulsingh), SHC, Volume IV, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1997, 70 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), English Texts: Frankish and Turkish Periods (by D. W. Martin), SHC, Volume V, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1998, 336 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), English Texts: British Period to 1900 (by D. W. Martin), SHC, Volume VI, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1999, 352 pages, 55 plates
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Greek Texts of the Fourth to Thirteenth Centuries (by H. A. Pohlsander), SHC, Volume VII, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 1999, 217 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Latin Texts from the First Century B.C. to the Seventeenth Century A.D. (by L. Roberts), SHC, Volume VIII, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2000, 272 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), The Final Days of British Rule in Cyprus (by D. W. Martin et P. W. Wallace.), SHC, Volume IX, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2000, 370 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Lusignan's Chronography and Brief General History of the Island of Cyprus (A.D. 1573 (by O. Pelosi), SHC, Volume X, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2001, 252 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Enosis and the British (by R. Coughlan), SHC, Volume XI, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2004, 252 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), German Texts: Turkish Period (after 1800 (by H. A. Polhsander, SHC, Volume XII, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2006, 302 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), George Boustronios, A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus 1456-1489 (Translated by N. Coureas and H. Polhsander of Anthology of Texts), SHC, Volume XIII, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2005, 252 pages
• (Co-edited by Andreas G. Orphanides with P. W. Wallace), Swedish Texts (by Elisabeth Piltz), SHC, Volume XIV, Albany, NY: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2007, 121 pages, 3 plates

• Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business and Society (ISSN 1012-2591), 1988-2006

• Honoured by the Rectors’ Conference of Higher Education Institutions of Poland (KRZaSP), 2016
• ”Gold Medal” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia “for his significant contribution to the field of Education and Science, and for his support to modernization of programs of Universities of the Republic of Armenia”, 2014
• DHC (Doctor Honoris Causa) “Ovidius” University of Costantza, Romania, 2012
• Honoured by the City Council of Lapithos as a distinguished University Professor, Nicosia, 2009
• Honoured by the Mayor of Lapithos for "his overall contribution to Science, Research and Culture", Nicosia, 2005
• Honoured by [KENTHEA] (ΚΕΝΘΕΑ), Larnaca, 2004
• Honorary Presentation of his Popular Oratorio “Νησί του Έρωτα”, Embassy of Cyprus, Athens, 2001
• Achievement Award for Contribution to Conflict Resolutuion as Leadership Function, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy & The Cyprus Consortium, Virginia USA, 1996
• Special Faculty Award, Cyprus College, Nicosia,1988
• Outstanding Scholarly Achievement, SUNY at Albany USA, 1984
• Outstanding Scholarly Achievement, SUNY at Albany USA, 1982
• Second Prize Winner at the Malta International Composition Competition 2017 organized by Central Academy of Arts, Malta, for the composition entitled "String Quartet 'Cyprus Zephyr'"

• Musical Composition of “String Quartet “Cyprus Zephyr””, 2017
• Musical Composition of “Saxophone Quartet “Cyprus Zephyr””, 2017
• Musical CD "Orphanides Meets Kapp–EURASHE 20th Anniversary Gala Concert, Tallin", 2011
• Musical Composition of "Δοξάστε-Γιορτάστε” (for symphony band and choir), 2008
• Musical Composition of "Symphonic Poem “Anerada” for Piano and Orchestra", 2006
• Musical Composition of "Symphonic Suite in F major “Κοινές Ρίζες” (for symphony orchestra), 2005
• Musical Composition and Libretto of "Symphony in D minor “Olympic Legacy”" (for symphony orchestra, choir and soloist-baritone), 2005
• Lyrics and Music Composition of CD “Φυλλοκάρκια [Heart Leaves]” (13 songs), Nicosia, Aria Music Records, 2004(donated to charity)
• Lyrics of Popular Oratorio - CD "Νησί του Έρωτα [Island of Love]" (12 songs), Athens, 2000
• Lyrics and Music Composition of University Anthems of Open University of Cyprusand European University Cyprus, 2006

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