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Dikran Chekian – President Major: Business Administration-Entrepreneurship Minor: Armenian Studies This year will mark the end of my college career. Upon graduation, I will be involved in managing the family business. Last year, as an active member in the Armenian Youth Federation, I gained valuable leadership skills, which I feel will help guide this year’s ASO into newer places. I ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Marine Ekezyan Staff Writers The much-anticipated elections for the new executive committee of the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) took place in the Bedrosian Conference Room of the Peters Business Building on September 25 at seven o’clock in the evening. Twenty-two anxious members gathered together to cast their vote for the candidates of their choice. Former president, Sevag ...

Staff Report The Armenian Agribusiness Education Fund (AAEF), a non-profit, independent, 501(c)(3) foundation, was established in January of this year to serve as a new mechanism for developing long-term financial support for agribusiness education initiatives in Armenia. Housed on the campus of California State University, Fresno, the AAEF is endorsed by the Armenian Studies Program at CSU Fresno, the US ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer It’s a long walk each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon… after leaving the Leon Peters Business Building with my book-filled backpack on my back and my laptop computer hanging from my shoulder, I hastily make my way across campus toward the Industrial Technology building. Upon arrival, I enter a monochrome classroom and I prepare for the ensuing ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1979, Hye Sharzhoom began its existence at Fresno State, when a small group of students, under the direction of Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, realized a dream that continues today. That first special edition was devoted to the Armenian Genocide, and to the recognition of the genocide. Succeeding issues have brought ...

Sevag Tateosian Editor On September 6, the Armenian Students Association of America named Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, the Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno, as their recipient of the 2003 Arthur H. Dadian Armenian Heritage Award. This award is given annually to individuals who preserve and present the rich Armenian culture to the world. ...

Staff Report Frances Ziegler, Armenian Studies Program Program Administrative Assistant, was honored at the 37th Annual Staff Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 3. She was recognized for her five years of service to the university and received a certificate. Mrs. Ziegler has been with the Armenian Studies Program since 1997, and has proven to be an invaluable addition to the ...

Staff Report Name: Jeffrey David Simonian Age: 22 Major: Ag Business What are your plans after graduation? I plan to work for the family business as a produce salesmen. Where do you see yourself in ten years? In ten years, I see myself as a successful businessman working on starting a family. What was the most influential part of your ...

Staff Report Barlow Der Mugrdechian, President of the Society for Armenian Studies announced the release of volume 12 of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. Four articles, 25 book reviews, and a communication are part of JSAS 12, which also contains information about the Society for Armenian Studies and its publications. Der Mugrdechian, of the Armenian Studies Program ...

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenia 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. Vahé Baladouni & Margaret Makepeace, editors, Armenian Merchants of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries. English East India Company Sources, Transactions of the American Philosophical ...