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Chris Tozlian Staff Writer It’s a long walk each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon… after leaving the Leon Peters Business Building with my book-filled backpack on my back and my laptop computer hanging from my shoulder, I hastily make my way across campus toward the Industrial Technology building. Upon arrival, I enter a monochrome classroom and I prepare for the ensuing ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1979, Hye Sharzhoom began its existence at Fresno State, when a small group of students, under the direction of Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, realized a dream that continues today. That first special edition was devoted to the Armenian Genocide, and to the recognition of the genocide. Succeeding issues have brought ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor On September 6, the Armenian Students Association of America named Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, the Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno, as their recipient of the 2003 Arthur H. Dadian Armenian Heritage Award. This award is given annually to individuals who preserve and present the rich Armenian culture to the world. ...

Staff Report Frances Ziegler, Armenian Studies Program Program Administrative Assistant, was honored at the 37th Annual Staff Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 3. She was recognized for her five years of service to the university and received a certificate. Mrs. Ziegler has been with the Armenian Studies Program since 1997, and has proven to be an invaluable addition to the ...

Staff Report Name: Jeffrey David Simonian Age: 22 Major: Ag Business What are your plans after graduation? I plan to work for the family business as a produce salesmen. Where do you see yourself in ten years? In ten years, I see myself as a successful businessman working on starting a family. What was the most influential part of your ...

Staff Report Barlow Der Mugrdechian, President of the Society for Armenian Studies announced the release of volume 12 of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. Four articles, 25 book reviews, and a communication are part of JSAS 12, which also contains information about the Society for Armenian Studies and its publications. Der Mugrdechian, of the Armenian Studies Program ...

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenia 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. Vahé Baladouni & Margaret Makepeace, editors, Armenian Merchants of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries. English East India Company Sources, Transactions of the American Philosophical ...

Staff Report The Center for Middle East Studies (University of California at Santa Barbara) held its Fifth Annual Middle East Studies Regional Conference on Saturday, March 22, 2003. Dr. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies at UCLA, organized a workshop on “Issues in Language Pedagogy: Armenia” as part of the conference. Participating in the workshop were Barlow Der Mugrdechian ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Armenian Studies Program benefactor Henry S. Kazan passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2003 at the age of 96. Mr. Kazan was born on September 9, 1906.  Victoria and Henry Kazan, of East Quoque, New York and Juno Beach, Florida have made significant contributions to the Armenian Studies Program and the California State University, Fresno over ...

Mandy Estrada Staff Writer It is uncommon to find a scholar with the ability and capacity to read Armenian, Persian, and Russian and who can conduct research on primary documents in those languages. Among the few with this knowledge, is Dr. George Bournoutian, who has been voted as “Outstanding Professor” for six years in a row at Iona College for ...