Business Over Breakfast with Dr. Michael Amiridis

300 W Main St.,Lexington SC 29072

09 August, 2022

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MUST RSVP TO ATTEND | LIMITED CAPACITY You're Invited to Business Over Breakfast on Tuesday, August 9 at 7:30 a.m. at the RADIUS Church. ADMISSION:Chamber Shareholders | $15 Non-Shareholders | $25*Registration is encouraged by Friday, August 5.Our guest speaker with be Dr. Michael Amiridis, the president-elect of The University of South Carolina. Amiridis will serve as the 30th president of the university. Michael Amiridis, the chancellor of the University of Illinois-Chicago since 2015, has been named the 30th president of the University of South Carolina. Amiridis was unanimously selected Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 by the university’s Board of Trustees to lead the state's flagship university system. The move is a homecoming for Amiridis, who spent more than two decades on campus in Columbia, serving as a chemical engineering professor, department chair, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and the university's executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. He left the university to lead the Chicago institution in 2015. “I’m excited and honored to return to the University of South Carolina as its next president,” Amiridis says. “Through academics, research and its vibrant culture, the university system is critically important to the people of South Carolina and to the state’s future. I feel privileged to be able to lead this great institution.” Amiridis is a native of Greece who came to the United States to attend graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1991. He then spent a few years in industry, working as a research engineer for W.R. Grace and Co., before arriving in Columbia in August 1994 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering. His wife, Ero Aggelopoulou-Amiridis, and their children also have ties to the University of South Carolina. Aggelopoulou-Amiridis earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the university, while their daughter, Aspasia, earned her bachelor’s degree in 2019 and their son, Dimitri, is a member of UofSC’s class of 2022. Sponsored By: Michelin North America, Inc.About The Lexington Chamber and Visitors CenterA 4-Star Accredited Chamber, the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center has been creating a community that grows business for more than 60 years. While our organization now hosts over 700 businesses, we make a welcoming environment for owners and employees to grow relationships with other local professionals. We’ve witnessed shareholders save money while supporting each other, use our resources to learn and advance their businesses and work with elected officials to create change for a better business setting in our area. When your business joins us, a blend of work and personal experiences will follow that will grow your knowledge and your network. Invest in your business today at http://www.lexingtonsc.org/. Connect with the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexingtonscchamber/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/lexscinsta Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexingtonsccoc COVID-19The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. Infection may result in serious illness, injury, permanent disability, death, or property damage. As a result, governments and health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people. While the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center has implemented preventative measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19, it cannot guarantee that eventgoers will not become infected, and attending this event may increase the risk of contracting COVID-19. EVERYONE ATTENDING THIS EVENT IN ANY CAPACITY ASSUMES ALL THE FOREGOING RISKS.