BS Psychology Jacqueline is a psychology major who plans on going to graduate school to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The four years Jacqueline has spent at Fresno State have been rewarding and memorable. Her involvement with the Armenian Studies Department, the Psychology Department, and Vintage Days have left her with much experience and many memories. Her most rewarding ...

Staff Report Armenian panelists presented papers at the recent conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, organized by Fresno State and held in Fresno from March 26-28. The panel on Armenians in America included Dr. Rubina Peroomian (UCLA) who read Literature as Witness to the Formation and Transformation of the Armenian-American Ethnic Identity, Matthew Jendian, (Sociology, CSUFresno), who spoke ...

As of 4-27-98 Associate Berge & Alice Bulbulian, William Saroyan Foundation. Patron Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Stein, Jr. Friend Caro Danielian Norma & Bob Der Mugrdechian, Eleanor Dickranian, Hagie Kandarian, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Matosian. Sponsor Joseph Agajanian, State Farm Companies, R. A. & Louise Ayvazian, George & Marian Bagdasarian, Charles Bedoian, Shavarsh A. Chrissian, MD Armen & Margaret Dildilian, ...

Staff Report As a special tribute to the centenary of the birth of the most famous Hollywood film director of Armenian origin, Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies and Director of the Kalfayan Center, will present nearly all of Rouben Mamoulian’s films in a fifteen week course at Fresno State. The class, Armenian Studies 120T, will meet Wednesdays ...

Arakel A. Arisian ASO President From Shish Kebab sales to intramural basketball, the Armenian Students Organization has been extremely busy this year. In this, its 25th year of existence, the ASO has represented the Armenian youth of California State University, Fresno. It’s hard to believe that a year can go by so fast, but all the activities and events the ...

By Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor The formal announcement of the establishment of the M. Victoria Karagozian Kazan Fund for Armenian Studies was made by CSU Fresno President Dr. John Welty at a reception held on Friday, May 1, in the Renaissance Room on the CSU Fresno campus. The Kazan Fund for Armenian Studies will provide support in three specific areas: ...

Staff Report € Robert Kocharian Elected President of Armenia on March 30- Receives %59.49 of Vote € Kocharian Names 33- year old Armen Darbinian as Prime Minister of Armenia € President Clinton Names Michael C. Lemmon to be U.S. Ambassador to Armenia € United Armenian Fund (UAF) 98th Airlift arrives in Yerevan April 19 carrying $1,000,000 of assistance-Since its inception ...

By Matthew Maroot Staff Writer The pains of the Armenian Genocide echoed throughout the Free Speech Area on Friday April 24, 1998 as Armenians from throughout the community gathered to honor the memories of those who fell victim to the horrendous events of 1915-1923. Even though those Armenians who experienced firsthand the horrors of the Genocide can scarcely talk about ...

The following is a continuation  in a series of student essays to be published by Hye Sharzhoom.  If you have an essay about any aspect of Armenian life or culture that you would like to publish in Hye Sharzhoom, please contact Dr. Kaprielian in Social Science Room 216 or call her at 278-6493 or the Armenian Studies Program office at ...

President Announces His Resignation Yerevan, February 3 (Noyan Tapan). At 9:50 p.m. on February 3 the state television of Armenia broadcast the speech by President Levon Ter-Petrossian. Below is the full text of the statement: “The well-known bodies of the power demanded my resignation. Taking into account the fact that the fulfillment of the presidentís constitutional duties under the current ...