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Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that the Leon S. Peters Foundation has made a generous donation of $30,000 to the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State for 2020. This continues the generosity of the Peters Foundation which has directly supported the Armenian Studies Program since 2013. Leon S. Peters was born in Fowler, California, ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer Shortly before the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, the Armenian Studies Program announced that Dr. Ari Şekeryan was appointed as the 16th Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies for the Spring 2020 semester at Fresno State. As part of his assignment, Dr. Şekeryan is teaching a three-unit course entitled “Armenians in the Ottoman Empire after ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Writer Turn up the volume and tune in to Multicultural 1600 KGST-AM Radio. The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State has brought back its “All Things Armenian” radio program hosted by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian. The original “All Things Armenian” program aired in 2003-2004 through the Fresno State radio station (KFSR) but, the new program’s airing this ...

Sosse Baloian Staff Writer Early this summer, second-year Mechanical Engineering student Sarkis Tatarian and senior Landscape Architecture Design student Michaela Walkup attended the American University of Armenia’s “Summer Study” program in Yerevan. During the six-week program, both enrolled in one general education course and were housed in apartments close to the campus. At the end of each week, Tatarian and ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer Armenian refugees from the Ottoman Empire, who were able to escape the Genocide, experienced another traumatic shock by settling in the new Soviet Union. “Living under a new political order necessitated a total transformation of these ex-Ottoman subjects, into loyal Soviet citizens,” stated guest speaker Ayşenur Korkmaz. On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, Korkmaz explored the question ...

  Yervand Boyajyan Staff Writer Over a hundred years has passed, and the Turkish government has yet to recognize the atrocious genocide of the Armenian people. It is a topic about which modern-day Turkey stays silent and continues to deny what the Ottoman Turkish Empire did to the Armenian people in 1915.  On Friday, November 8, 2019, Dr. Ümit Kurt ...

Andrew Hagopian Editor The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) remained very active during the Fall 2019 semester, recruiting many new members. The year kicked off with an Armenian Social Night, which had students enjoying their fellowship over traditional Armenian Khorovadz (Barbecue). The ASO’s next event was a “Halloween Costume Party,” which was a huge success. Held on October 25, students dressed ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that a bequest of $5,000 was made from the estate of the late Mrs. Isabel (Keklikian) Lion to the Armenian Studies Program for scholarships. Mrs. Lion passed away on February 22, 2018. She was a long-time supporter of the Armenian Studies Program.  In 1946, she married Herbert Lion, who ...

  Carina Tokatian Staff Writer “The more I delved into her [Diana Apcar’s] story, the more I discovered the magnitude of her contribution to Armenia and the Armenian people. And with each discovery, the more awe I felt for this incredible woman,” stated film director and producer Mimi Malayan, who is the great-granddaughter of Diana Apcar. On Tuesday, October 8, ...

Sosse Baloian Staff Writer   The Armenian Studies Program Minor at Fresno State requires students to complete six to seven courses in Armenian language, art, culture, literature, and his-tory. In the Fall of 2019 more than 30 students, an all-time high, have registered to complete their Minor in Armenian Studies.   Garo Minasian History Who or what influenced you to ...