Staff Report Representatives of Habitat for Humanity Armenia visited Fresno State to meet with students and to raise awareness about their organization. Volunteers Vartan Tovmasyan, Gohar Palyan and Santa Cruz Habitat for Humanity office manager Larissa Printzian visited Barlow Der Mugrdechian’s Introduction to Armenian Studies and Armenian Language courses on Wednesday, April 23. Tovmasyan introduced students to the Global Village ...

Dr. Dickran Kouymjian A remarkable Greek-American-Armenian adventure began in December 2002 when Armenian Studies was called to a meeting with Richard Jackson, President of the American College in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was Pres. Jackson’s second visit to our campus and as Barlow Der Mugrdechian and I found out, our President, John Welty, had visited Thessaloniki along with Dr. Berta Gonzalez ...

Staff Report A monument to the prominent Armenian composer Komitas, commemorating the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide, was inaugurated April 24 in central Paris. The six-meter high monument was unveiled on the banks of the Seine, by Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe. The idea of erecting this monument was born in the early 1980s, but it began materializing in 2001, ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor On Thursday, March 13, members of the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) along with advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian teamed up with K.V.P.T. (Valley Public Television) in an effort to raise pledge funds for the operation of the station. K.V.P.T. is the public television station serving the San Joaquin Valley. This was the first time that the ASO helped ...

Gevork Aristakesyan Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 5 the Armenian Studies Program and the Armenian Students Organization hosted a special presentation by Neery Melkonian of NK ARTS. NK ARTS is a non-profit organization that was started by Melkonian in the spring of 1999, to introduce the rich culture of Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) to the world. Nagorno-Karabagh is an independent republic in ...

Ingibjörg Thorisdottir Special to Hye Sharzhoom In December of 2002 Ingibjörg Thorisdottir was trying to put something about William Saroyan and the Armenians on public radio in Iceland and so contacted Dr. Dickran Kouymjian for suggestions. He sent them. She then asked if the radio station could interview him, and after agreeing, Professor Kouymjian was interviewed for about an hour. ...

Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer April is the month for commemorating the Armenian Genocide and it was only fitting that Dr. James Waller gave a lecture on the psychology of mass murder and genocide, during this month. At 7:30 pm on April 10, the Department of Psychology joined with the Armenian Studies Program and the Armenian Students Organization in presenting Dr. ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer On the rainy evening of Friday, March 14, the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization at California State University, Fresno, held the Fourth Annual Armenian Film Festival. With the showing of eight short films, the festival proved to be entertaining and educational. The event featured the short films of rising Armenian writers, producers and directors. ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Marine Ekezyan Staff Writers To mark Armenian Genocide Week, the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) began its commemoration of the 88th anniversary of the 1915 massacres with several activities on campus. The Armenian Genocide refers to the 1.5 million Armenians who were slaughtered by the Ottoman Turkish government from 1915 until 1923. This event continues to be remembered ...