Alex Bunch Staff Writer This year the Armenian Studies Organization got off to another great start. After holding annual elections, the first regular meeting of the year was held at the new Dominion Pizza. Planned ASO events were discussed, including a Halloween party, a canned food drive, the 5th Annual Film Festival (last year’s Film Festival was a huge success), ...

Staff Report The Fresno Yeprad lodge of the Knights of Vartan held an “Armenian Forum” on Friday, October 17. Invited speakers for the evening were Deacon Armen Devejian, Press Secretary of the Catholicossate of Holy Etchmiadzin and Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State. The audience was divided into two groups, and each speaker gave a ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor From The Top-50 of USA Today, to #7 in the October 13th issue of Publisher’s Weekly, to #4 on the New York Times Best Seller List, Dr. Peter Balakian’s book The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response has created a buzz among the Armenian community. I had the opportunity to witness this buzz first hand ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Two groups of faculty and administrators from the Faculty of Economics at Yerevan State University visited Fresno State from October 30th to November 26th. On October 30th, Dr. Hayk Sargsyan, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, accompanied by Dr. Toros Torosyan, Chair of the Department of International Economics, arrived in Fresno to spend an intensive nine ...

Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer For the past several years, Armenians around the valley have tuned into the Hye Oozh show, airing on KFSR 90.7 FM every Saturday morning from 9 am until noon, to enjoy an array of Armenian music. Now they can add another hour to their listening pleasure as a new radio show called All Things Armenian has ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer With the newest addition to his long list of published works, Peter Balakian visited California State University, Fresno, to discuss the major issues of the Armenian Genocide in his powerful new book, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response published by HarperCollins. The lecture was held in the Wahlberg Recital Hall at Fresno State ...

Editor Sevag Tateosian Layout Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Copy Editor Hakop Tataryan Staff Writers Gevork Aristakesyan Zhanna Bagdasarov Dikran Chekian Marine Ekezyan Carina Karakashian Nyrie Karkazian Mitchell Peters Hakop Tataryan Chris Tozlian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian

Staff Report College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Bachelor of Arts Nichelle Kay Emerzian Bachelor of Science Adam Peter Cholakian Kelly Marie Emerian Michael Hrant Harutinian Jeffrey Ryan Kandarian Kevin Vahan Kandarian Frank Valerian Nersesian Jeffrey Paul Noorigian Kristina Vasil Sahatjian Jeffrey David Simonian John Ara Yergat College of Arts& Humanities Bachelor of Arts Brian Bruce Ekmanian Jamiel S. Haddad ...

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts either offered personally or to the program. Mr. Alidz Agbabian, Los Angeles, CA, for the copy of his children’s book, Dzalabadig. Mihran S. Agbabian, Los Angeles, CA, for the copy of his ...

Staff Report Barlow Der Mugrdechian, President of the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS), announced that the Annual Membership Meeting of the SAS would be held at 8:00 PM on Friday, November 21, in the Tudor 8 room, of The Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Results of the elections for new Executive officers will be announced at the annual ...