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Benefactors Dr. Arnold & Dianne Gazarian Sponsors Raffi Kulajian Supporters Cynthia Ruggerio Anoushian Shirley J. Armbruster Arten J. Avakian Dr. Marlene R. Breu Nicki Shahoogian Chandler Zaroohi Der Mugrdechian Zaven & Berjouhie Devejian Dr. Larry R. Farsakian Jane Gamoian Asadour & Nvart Hadjian Fr. Hovsep Hagopian Avak & Barbara Howsepian Roxie Haydostian Jizmejian Robert Kaprelian Dr. Ronald Marchese Mark & ...

Staff Report Students in Prof. Rebecca Barnes’ Graphic Design 174 class were given an interesting challenge for the Fall semester. The challenge, proposed by Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, was to design a campaign to bring awareness for the opening of the William Saroyan House Museum in Fresno on August 31, 2018. The goal for students was ...

Karl DeKlotz                                                                       Fresno Diana Boghosian Dorough                                              Fresno Flora Esraelian                                                                  Fresno John Gahvejian                                                                 Fresno Roxie Haydostian Jizmejian                                          Fresno John & Ann Kalashian                                                    Pismo Beach Gloria Kaprielian                                                              Walnut Creek    in memory of Elmer Kaprielian Carol Karabian                                                                  Fresno Dian & Larry Karabian                                                     Shaver Lake Robert & Jackie ...

The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships and research grants for the academic year 2016-2017 to forty students from twenty-three different endowment or scholarship funds for a total of $54,000. These scholarships encourage students to pursue minors in Armenian Studies and to enroll in the various course offerings. We ask our students and our supporters to tell their friends and relatives ...

Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, for copies of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015 and Vol. 2, No. 1, 2015) and for a copy of his book Armenian Sports and Athletics in the Ottoman Empire (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide, Museum & Institute, 2015), 275pp., in English. E. Aras Ergüneş, Hrant ...

  Claire Kasaian  Staff Writer Mer Hooys-House of Hope is a California-based non-profit organization that provides a home in Yerevan, Armenia, for girls from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. The Program was established in December of 2008 and is housed in the Nakashian Children’s Support Center, a two-story renovated building in the suburbs of Yerevan, named in honor of its benefactors, the ...

Annie Rubio My first time in Armenia was truly a life-changing experience. Being half-Armenian, it was a wonderful feeling to take that piece of my upbringing and completely immerse myself in it. Once we started meeting people during our travels, my fears of feeling out of place disappeared. Everyone was always so welcoming and generous to us, even if we ...

Staff Report What brings twenty-one students from varied backgrounds to take a class together at Fresno State? For the Fall 2017 semester it was a common desire to learn modern Armenian in Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian’s elementary language class, Armenia 1A. Armenians and non-Armenians alike are learning the language spoken for more than three millennia, and in so doing they ...

David Safrazian Staff Writer   “Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France: A Zenith of Diasporan Writing” was the first presentation in the Armenian Studies Program Fall Lecture Series. Writer, filmmaker, and translator Christopher Atamian visited Fresno State on Friday, September 8 to speak on a theme that is important and meaningful to Armenian history, culture, and literature. Atamian translated ...

Staff Report This summer Dr. Sergio La Porta co-taught a 5-week intensive course on Classical Armenian (krapar) at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. The class was funded and sponsored by the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, located in Washington, D.C. Dr. La Porta was joined by Dr. Michael Pifer of ...