Nyrie Karkazian and Barlow Mugrdechian Staff Writer and Advisor Dr. Radik Martirosyan, President of Yerevan State University, paid an official visit to Fresno State on February 2-3. This was the second visit of the President to Fresno; his first visit was in 2000. Dr. Martirosyan’s visit was part of the NIS College and University Partnership Program grant, which has partnered ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor On January 27, 2004, the New York Life Insurance Company signed a “Settlement Agreement” with the descendants of policyholders who were killed in the Armenian Genocide. The agreement, which still has to be approved by United States District Court Judge Christina Snyder, ensures payment for twenty-four hundred open life insurance policies. Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire ...

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian 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. Aram I Catholicos Keshishian,  Havadk Arakelutiwn, (The Apostleship of Faith), Antelias, Lebanon, 2003. Gift of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of ...

Carina Karakashian and Nyrie Karkazian Staff Writers QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELED TO ARMENIA? IF SO, SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND IF NOT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO, AND WHY? Christina Zvart Karakashian: When I was 10 years old I went to Armenia with my family. Since I traveled there at such a young age, I was not able to experience ...

Dear Dr. Kouymjian: You probably don’t remember me. I had taken a few history courses with you at AUB in 1971-72. Recently I came across this book, Respected Citizens, by Nadia Wright. While I was reading it I remembered a paper that I had written for one of my history classes with you-“Merchants of the Caspian Sea.” It was a ...

Armen Postoyan Staff Writer Website Address: www.TeachGenocide.org Categories: Home, Video, Survivor Accounts, Books, Teaching Guides, Website, Documents & Maps and History of Genocides Brief Summary: This website was established at the beginning of 2004 by the San Francisco Armenian National Committee. This website was developed to inform high school teachers throughout California on the Armenian Genocide and to teach them ...

Staff Report Fresno State alumnus Deacon Armen Devejian was ordained a priest in the Armenian Apostolic church on Thursday, February 19, becoming the first American-born clergyman ever ordained in Holy Etchmiadzin. Deacon Armen Devejian had first visited Armenia in 1990, while a student at Fresno State, participating in an Armenian study tour under the direction of Barlow Der Mugrdechian of ...

Staff Report A branch of the Friends of Yerevan State University, Inc. has been established in Fresno following the visit of Yerevan State University President Dr. Radik Martirosyan to Fresno in February. The purpose of the Friends of Yerevan State University is to develop and advance the educational curriculum at Yerevan State University, to promote the educational and scientific training ...