ASO Spring Semester Activities

By: Hagop Ohanessian

ASO Vice President Hagop Ohanessian at the April 24th commemorative event

As the Spring semester is coming to an end, the Armenian Students Organization, together with the Armenian Studies Program has continued to cosponsor several events. This semester we have had the privilege to hear three public lectures by Dr. George Bournoutian, who was appointed as the seventh Henry Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies for the Spring 2009 semester. He lectured on the Armenian church and communities in three areas of the world: Persia, Russia, and Southeast Asia, during the period 1600-1800. Students from the ASO as well as members of the community attended these lectures.

ASO President Stepan Kyutunyan at the April 24th commemorative event.

On Wednesday March 11, the ASO invited members to a “Bowling Night” in the Student Union on campus. It was a great evening, as members of the club showed off their bowling skills and enjoyed each other’s company over soft drinks and pizza.

During the months of March and April, the ASO and the ASP worked to organize the 94th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, which took place on campus April 24, in the Free Speech Area.