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Staff Report Bill Erysian has been named Interim Director of International Programs at Fresno State University. A Fresno State graduate of the class of 1980, Erysian was the first co-editor of Hye Sharzhoom in 1978, a member of the Armenian Students Organization, and took several courses in the Armenian Studies Program. Erysian has served as Coordinator of Grants and International ...

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. His Holiness Aram I, Catholicossat Armenien de Cilicie, Antelias, Lebanon, for his book The Christian Witness at the Crossroads in the Middle East, published in ...

Carina Karakashian Staff Writer IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE WORLD ONE THING ABOUT THE ARMENIANS, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Name: Hakop Tataryan Year: Junior Armenians are some of the hardest working people in the world. Our ability to succeed in any environment is a testament to that. We are also an extremely fun-loving people who never miss ...

Alex Bunch Staff Writer Touring Ani – Virtually Address: http://www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk/ Main Categories: History of Ani, Maps of Ani, Buildings of Ani, Message Boards, General Pictures, and Travelers Accounts Brief Summary: Virtual Ani takes you an on an in-depth look at the Armenian capital city of Ani. Through many pictures and descriptions viewers are exposed to the once capital and now ...

Staff Report A ceremony in which four California Armenian charities received $333,000 each from a $20 million class action settlement between New York Life and descendants of the 1915 Armenian Genocide took place in Los Angeles on Monday, February 28, 2005. Martin Marootian, age 89 and lead plaintiff in the class-action against New York Life, class attorneys Brian S. Kabateck, ...

Staff Report Glendale, CA – The United Armenian Fund’s 132nd airlift arrived in Yerevan on February 27, delivering $3.2 million of humanitarian assistance. The UAF itself collected $2.6 million of medicines and medical supplies for this flight, most of which were donated by the Catholic Medical Mission Board ($2.4 million) and AmeriCares ($196,000). Other organizations which contributed goods for this ...

Staff report Glendale, CA)- The Armenian Genocide Monument Council of Glendale (AGMCG) recently announced the launching of their website (www.armeniangenocidemonument.com) and plans for a Monument design competition. The AGMCG will oversee the design and construction of a commemorative monument in the City of Glendale dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th Century. The ...

Staff Report Robert Amirkhanian, President of the Composers’ and Musicians’ Union of Armenia, has undertaken a project to produce an extensive Anthology of Armenian Music, which is envisoned to be a twelve volume CD set with annotations and historical information about Armenian composers, beginning with Komitas. Volumes 1 and 2 of the series have been released. Below are excerpts about ...

Staff Report (Sacramento) Senator Chuck Poochigian (R-Fresno) has introduced SB 424, which would permanently designate April 24 as “Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of that dark period in history. “While the California Legislature has recognized April 24 as the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide for many years, this is ...

Staff Report U.S. Ambassador John Evans, speaking at a public town-hall meeting held in Fresno made a powerful statement about the importance of Armenian Genocide recognition. In response to a question from the audience, Ambassador Evans said, “I will today call it the Armenian Genocide.” Ambassador Evans told community members he had studied the Genocide, having read Prof. Richard Hovannissian’s ...