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Graduating Seniors With Armenian Studies Minor

Name: Michael Harutinian Age: 23 Major: Ag Business What are your Plans after Graduation? I plan on doing some traveling and then getting a job in the agriculture field. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In ten years I see myself established in a career. What was the most influential part of your college experience? The most influential ...

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Hye Sharzhoom Staff May 2002

Editor Tamara Karakashian Layout Dikran Chekian Photographers Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Staff Erica Ananian Carina Karakashian Ara Mekhitarian Arpik Paraghamian Sevag Tateosian Robert Torosian Christopher Tozlian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian

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Armenian Studies Program Book/Video/CD/ Donations

Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books and archival gifts. Dr. Alichan Avedis Bairamian, Glendale, CA, for several boxes of books. Dr. Robert Hewsen, Fresno, CA, for copies of two journals: Revue Des Études Arméniennes, 1992 and the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Volume ...

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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: God Bless you all. Haig Jamgotchian Anaheim CA Dear Editor: Kudos on a job very well done! Isgouhi Kassakhian Los Angeles CA Dear Editor: We have enjoyed Hye Sharzhoom over the past several years. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Martin Koobatian Santa Barbara CA Dear Editor: Please accept our enclosed donation! We enjoy your Hye Sharzhoom very ...

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Armenians and the Internet

Republic of Armenia–The Official Site Address: http://www.president.am/ Contact: email: comments@panarmenian.net Main Categories: Main Page, The President, Administration, News, Library, Armenia, Messages, Links. Brief Summary: This web site is the official web site of President Robert Kocharian and was created and is maintained by his administration. The web site was designed to offer information about the President and his administration as ...

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Armenian Corner

Sevag Tateosian Staff Writer Parev to all !!! Welcome back to learning how to speak Western Armenian with Sevag. Don’t forget that we are getting closer to the Armenian 1A class that will be offered next semester here on the beautiful Fresno State campus. You don’t need to know a word of Armenian to join the class and every student ...

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“Perhaps It Is Time We All Remembered”- An Opinion

Robert Torosian Staff Writer April 1915, the sun rose over the mountains of Armenia just like any other day, warming up the fields and inviting the people of the villages to wake up from their sleep and to start their daily tasks. No one knew that this day would be anything but another normal day. All of a sudden the ...

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William Saroyan Books Discussed

Staff Report Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno, led a four session series on “William Saroyan: The Man and His World: A Reading and Discussion Group,” on April 2, 9, 23, and 30. The Fresno County Library organized the discussion group as part of the two-month citywide celebration of famed local writer William ...

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Shahen Khatchatryan Speaks on Armenian Art of the 20th Century

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Hye Sharzhoom Sdvisor Shahen Khatchatryan, Director of the National Gallery of Art of Armenia and the Martiros Saryan Musem in Yerevan, Armenia, presented an illustrated lecture on “20th Century Armenian Art” on Friday, April 5, 2002. Khatchatryan’s lecture, part of the Armenian Studies Program Spring Lecture Series, was held in the Alice Peters Auditorium of the University ...

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“Armenia: The Story of A Place…”

Tamara Karakashian Editor Armenians young and old listened engrossed as John Hughes, an American living in Armenia, read one of his emotional and heartfelt essays. In an essay entitled “…And Be Merry,” Hughes elaborated on his experiences in Armenia: “…And so I arrived at Hayk’s house in the morning hour with some expectations. Arrived to the smell of boiling cow ...

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