Fresno State Alumni Find Success

Staff Report

Tatevik Ekezian
Major in Psychology with a minor in Armenian Studies
Graduated in 2004
Writer for Hye Sharzhoom, Vice President of ASO, Host of Hye Oozh Radio

Since graduation Ekezian has been very active in the Armenian community, especially in the music scene. After eight years of hosting Hye Oozh, she became the main host for the program. She has also hosted many musical television shows and concerts in the Los Angeles area, including the MClub Armenian Music Video and the Armenian Music Awards held at the Nokia Theater, with an audience of more than 7,000.

Although Ekezian is busy with her career in marketing and advertising, she still makes time to volunteer for various Armenian organizations such as the Armenian American Chamber of Commerce, the Armenian American Medical Society of California, and the Armenia Fund.

Pateel Mekhitarian
Major in Chemistry with a minor in Armenian Studies
Graduated in 2010
Editor and staff writer for Hye Sharzhoom, Treasurer of ASO

Pateel Mekhitarian is in her second year of pharmacy school at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, at the University of the Pacific. She will graduate in 2013 from the three-year accelerated program.

In 2007 she, along with a group of students, went with Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian to Armenia. This was one of the highlights of her undergraduate years. During her final year at Fresno State, Prof. Der Mugrdechian was her advisor for a research paper on the reasons for high emigration rates out of Armenia, a requirement for her completion of the Honors Program in Armenian Studies.

After Mekhitarian graduates from UOP, she plans on sticking to her roots and continuing to be active in the Armenian community.