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Monthly Archives: May 2002

Prof. Kouymjian’s Spring Activities

Staff Report (This article is a continuation of the March 2002 Hye Sharzhoom report on Professor Dickran Kouymjian’s sabbatical leave activities.) Later in the month he traveled to southern Italy, where the University of Lecce organized an international conference entitled “San Gregorio armeno e il suo culto nell’italia meridionale” (Saint Gregory the Armenian and His Cult in Southern Italy). He ...

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Spring 2002 ASO Report

Barbara Harutinian Staff Writer The Armenian Students Organization held a lot of exciting events for the spring semester of 2002. With the hard work and dedication of the students we were able to make this semester successful and memorable. We started the semester off with a meeting and social at Dominion Pizza where members of ASO ate pizza, discussed upcoming ...

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ASP 16th Annual Banquet Features Vartkes Yeghiayan of Glendale

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor More than 25 students were recognized for receiving Armenian Studies scholarships at the 16th Annual Banquet of the Armenian Studies Program, held on a sunny and warm Sunday afternoon in the Residence Dining Facility on campus. Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program, made welcoming remarks and gave a brief overview of the academic year ...

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3rd Annual Armenian Film Festival

Arpik Paraghamian Staff Writer Over 125 Armenian students and members of the community had the opportunity to see four films make their Fresno debuts at the Third Annual Armenian Film Festival on Thursday, April 18, in the Alice Peters Auditorium. For the past three years, the Armenian Students Organization and the Armenian Studies Program, with funding from the University Student ...

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87th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide Commemorated on Campus

Carina Karakashian Staff Writer “It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember…” (Israeli Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin), and remember is what the Fresno State Armenian Students did on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at their 12 noon remembrance of the 87th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Students, guests, and community members gathered at ...

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