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Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books and archival gifts. Armenian National Committee Publication, Watertown, MA, for the copy of the booklet “A Century of Human Rights Violations in Turkey.” Dr. Arra Avakian, Fresno, CA, for the complete set of the Armenian Digest journals. ...

Carina Karakashian & Nyrie Karkazian Staff Writers When most people think of a restaurant owned by an Armenian they immediately think of kebob, pilav, and paklava. But we have found one Armenian who serves something a little bit different.  He serves pizza. Ferris Gabriel, owner of the two Dominion pizzerias located in Fresno, opened his very first franchise just about ...

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Carnia Karakashian What is your favorite aspect of the Armenian culture?     The family values.         The atmosphere that is created when you are with Armenians.       The sense of community that Armenians have retained through the centuries, and even into modern times.         The life long friends.       ...

Staff Report Over 1,000 U.S. officials attended a special presentation of Atom Egoyan’s new movie “Ararat” on Tuesday, October 8, in Washington DC. Members of the US Congress, officials of the US Department of State, World Bank, representatives of the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA), as well as Armenia’s Ambassador to the USA attended the presentation. Meanwhile, in Yerevan, Egoyan, ...

M. Joyce Abdulian Special to Hye Sharzhoom California State University, Fresno has been one of five beneficiaries of the Yervant, Rose, and Hovannes Levonian Educational Fund which provides scholarships for deserving Armenian students since 1985. Yervant Hovhanness Levonian was my uncle. Each time I receive the Hye Sharzoom list of scholarship recipients, I feel great joy knowing so many students ...

Staff Report Less than a few weeks after the California State legislature voted in both chambers in favor of establishing a California international trade and investment office in the Republic of Armenia, Governor Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 1657, introduced by Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena). California will now become the first state in the United States to have a trade ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program, as part of its continuing NIS College and University Partnership Program with Yerevan State University’s Faculty of Economics, contributed $20,000 in computer equipment to establish a 2nd computer lab. The computer equipment arrived in Yerevan in late September and were ready to be used by students and faculty by the beginning of October. The ...

Staff Report Name: Michael Sonny Kazarian Age: 24 Major: Business Entrepreneurship What are your plans after graduation? I would like to utilize my entrepreneurial skills by continuing to pursue a business in the automobile industry. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I see myself with a family and doing well in business. What was the most influential part ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer To say that Dr. Dickran Kouymjian remained busy during his year-long sabbatical would be an understatement. Dr. Kouymjian, Haig & Isabel Berberian Endowed Professor of Armenian Studies, spent the last academic year on foreign soil. By his own admission, he passed most of his time in the libraries of Paris, France, doing the research and scholarship ...