Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program, as part of its continuing NIS College and University Partnership Program with Yerevan State University’s Faculty of Economics, contributed $20,000 in computer equipment to establish a 2nd computer lab. The computer equipment arrived in Yerevan in late September and were ready to be used by students and faculty by the beginning of October. The ...

Staff Report Name: Michael Sonny Kazarian Age: 24 Major: Business Entrepreneurship What are your plans after graduation? I would like to utilize my entrepreneurial skills by continuing to pursue a business in the automobile industry. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I see myself with a family and doing well in business. What was the most influential part ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer To say that Dr. Dickran Kouymjian remained busy during his year-long sabbatical would be an understatement. Dr. Kouymjian, Haig & Isabel Berberian Endowed Professor of Armenian Studies, spent the last academic year on foreign soil. By his own admission, he passed most of his time in the libraries of Paris, France, doing the research and scholarship ...

Tatevik Ekezian Staff Writer Dr. Harutyun Aleksanyan from Yerevan, Armenia, is visiting California State University, Fresno on an IREX Contemporary Issues Fellowship. His three-month stay, formally hosted by the Armenian Studies Program, began August 29, following a three day orientation in Washington DC. Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies Program is acting as faculty sponsor/advisor for Dr. Aleksanyan while ...

Dr. Harutyun Aleksanyan Irex contemporary issues visiting fellow It is crucial that for building and strengthening civil society in Armenia it is increasingly important to develop the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector. This truth is becoming more evident for communities and societies living in a post-crisis and transitional period. In former Soviet times (Armenia was one of the fifteen Soviet Republics) ...

Staff Report Dr. Sonya Mirzoyan, Director of the National Archives of the Republic of Armenia, visited the Armenian Studies Program on Friday, September 13. Dr. Barbara Merguerian, Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies for the Fall 2002 semester, introduced Dr. Mirzoyan at a small reception. In attendance were Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program and Barlow Der ...

Staff Report The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) , will be holding its 24th annual membership meeting in Washington DC on Saturday, November 23, announced Barlow Der Mugrdechian, SAS President. SAS members will gather to discuss issues of vital interest to the field of Armenian Studies. The SAS meeting will be held in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State has the pleasure of announcing a major gift to the Henry Madden Library and the Armenian Studies Program of CSUF: the professional Armenological library of Dr. Arra S. Avakian. The collection has an estimated 3,000 books and pamphlets; 95% of the material ...

Tamara Karakashian Editor If you’ve never been to Armenia, Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian are going to get you there in the 164 pages of their new book, Edge of Time: Traveling in Armenia and Karabagh. They aren’t exactly going to get you there, but they are going to provide a convenient travel resource for your trip! A standing-room only ...

Chris Tozlian staff writer There is a new face within the Armenian Studies Program for the Fall 2003 semester: Dr. Barbara Merguerian, CSU Fresno’s 3rd Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies. Dr. Merguerian is teaching Armenian Studies 120T , The United States and the Armenians, 1800 to the Present. The course deals with the impact of American missionaries in Armenia, ...