Staff Report College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Bachelor of Science Michael Hrant Harutinian Lisa Ann Shanoian Charles Hagop Sislian College of Arts and Humanities Bachelor of Arts Jason Salvador Anaforian Ronald Lawrence Dzerigian Brian Bruce Ekmanian Aaron Philip Emerzian Kathryn Ann Gulian Rosemary Levon Kalpakian Carlo Paul Kelejian Cydney Denise Omartian David Matthew Shabaglian Jonathan Daniel Shabaglian Maria Elizabeth ...

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Editor Tamara Karakashian Layout Dikran Chekian Photographers Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Staff Erica Ananian Tatevik Ekezian Carina Karakashian Nyrie Karkazian Ara Mekhitarian Chris Tozlian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books and archival gifts. Armenian National Committee Publication, Watertown, MA, for the copy of the booklet “A Century of Human Rights Violations in Turkey.” Dr. Arra Avakian, Fresno, CA, for the complete set of the Armenian Digest journals. ...

Carina Karakashian & Nyrie Karkazian Staff Writers When most people think of a restaurant owned by an Armenian they immediately think of kebob, pilav, and paklava. But we have found one Armenian who serves something a little bit different.  He serves pizza. Ferris Gabriel, owner of the two Dominion pizzerias located in Fresno, opened his very first franchise just about ...

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Carnia Karakashian What is your favorite aspect of the Armenian culture?     The family values.         The atmosphere that is created when you are with Armenians.       The sense of community that Armenians have retained through the centuries, and even into modern times.         The life long friends.       ...

Staff Report Over 1,000 U.S. officials attended a special presentation of Atom Egoyan’s new movie “Ararat” on Tuesday, October 8, in Washington DC. Members of the US Congress, officials of the US Department of State, World Bank, representatives of the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA), as well as Armenia’s Ambassador to the USA attended the presentation. Meanwhile, in Yerevan, Egoyan, ...

M. Joyce Abdulian Special to Hye Sharzhoom California State University, Fresno has been one of five beneficiaries of the Yervant, Rose, and Hovannes Levonian Educational Fund which provides scholarships for deserving Armenian students since 1985. Yervant Hovhanness Levonian was my uncle. Each time I receive the Hye Sharzoom list of scholarship recipients, I feel great joy knowing so many students ...

Staff Report Less than a few weeks after the California State legislature voted in both chambers in favor of establishing a California international trade and investment office in the Republic of Armenia, Governor Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 1657, introduced by Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena). California will now become the first state in the United States to have a trade ...