Alex Bunch Staff Writer For the everyday person, there has never been a comprehensive travel guide to Armenia and Karabagh. Well, now there is. In Matthew Karanian’s and Robert Kurkjian’s book, The Stone Garden Guide: Armenia and Karabagh, anyone traveling to Armenia or Karabagh can find exactly what they need. Armenia and Karabagh is very comprehensive and you can find ...

Staff Report As part of International Education Week at Fresno State, the Armenian Studies Program organized a presentation on Wednesday, November 17 on “Armenia Today: Fresno State Projects in Armenia and Opportunities for Study Abroad.” Participating were three Fresno State faculty who have traveled to Armenia during the past several years: Dr. Sasan Fayazmanesh, Professor of Economics, Tom Burns of ...

Sarah Soghomonian Staff Writer On October 26th the California State University, Fresno Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Studies Organization welcomed Lucille Apcar, granddaughter of Diana Agabeg Apcar. Lucille Apcar spoke about her grandmother and shared stories from the newly published book, From the Book of One Thousand Tales: Stories of Armenia and Its People, 1892-1922 by Diana Agabeg Apcar. Diana ...

Staff Report California State Senator Charles “Chuck” Poochigian was awarded California State University, Fresno’s Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 52nd Annual Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala held on Thursday, Oct. 28. The Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest honor given by the university’s Alumni Association. The Alumni Association has been honoring a distinguished alumnus since 1953, when Robert Greelis, Class ...

Hakop Tataryan Editor Ambitious Fresno State students who are taking Armenian Studies courses have something to look forward to in the Fall of 2005. An Honors Program has been approved for students taking upper division classes in the Armenian Studies Program. The Honors Program will also offer numerous benefits to its participants. All students who apply to the Armenian Studies ...

Staff Report The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of celebratory activities in the month of November. Dr. Richard Hovannisian, left, receiving a plaque from SAS President Barlow Der Mugrdechian. The award recognizes Hovannisian’s role as one of five founders of the SAS. The SAS was founded 30 years ago in Boston by Dr. ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Marine Ekezyan Staff Writers It is customary that the fall semester of every new academic year begin with an official election of executive officers for the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) and this year was no different. On the evening of September 16, elections were held at six o’clock in the Bedrosian Conference Room of the Peters Business ...

Alex Bunch – Staff Writer The ASO executive decided to have a “getting acquainted” party, by holding an awesome picnic at Woodward Park, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The turnout was great and so was the food. What is great about an Armenian picnic is that there are no sandwiches. Instead, we had salad, rice pilaf, and plenty of barbequed ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Friend and colleague Ara Hairabedian, a champion athlete, coach and educator died on September 8 at age 77. Hairabedian joined the Fresno State faculty as a physical education professor in 1953 and coached football, gymnastics, swimming and diving, and water polo. He resigned from his final coaching job, water polo, in 1977 and retired from the ...