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Staff Report Aram Hajian My parents wanted their children to be raised with a love for their culture and ethnicity. I remember when I was growing up that if I spoke English with my siblings I would be punished by having to stand in a corner with one leg and one arm up in the air and I would also ...

Marine Vardanyan Editor The echoes of our ancestors hold invaluable stories. This realization dawned on the students taking a Spring 2013 course, Armenian Studies 120T “Armenian Genocide Through Literature and Translation,” when a simple assignment to prepare a family tree lead to an overwhelming awakening of curiosity. Dr. Sona Haroutyunian (University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice), Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian ...

Marine Vardanyan-Editor Armenian Monuments Awareness Project http://ww.armenian monuments.org/en/ Main Categories: Monuments, History, Tourism, Gallery, Online Database, Educational Resources, Research Summary: Armenia is a country rich with sites that showcase the history and culture of its people and land. However, despite the abundance of such sites and monuments scattered throughout the country, many tourists and residents of Armenia are unaware of ...

Emma Shaljyan Staff Writer Fresno State was just one stop of many for Konrad Siekierski, a Kazan visiting research scholar, who was invited by the Armenian Studies Program to conduct research on his dissertation on pilgrims and their pilgrimages, from the Diaspora to Western Armenia. Siekierski departed Fresno in March after a very productive four months spent researching and conducting ...

Tamar Melkonian Staff Writer Have you ever wanted learn more about Armenia and the Armenians? It is never to late to be a student. This semester participants in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Fresno State had the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the Armenian people. They attended a four session series, which started on ...

Each year Fresno State honors its most distinguished undergraduates with the presti-gious Deans Medalist Award. This award honors the outstanding students within the university’s eight schools as well as the Division of Student Affairs. The medalists are nominated and selected based on academic excellence, community involvement, and other achievements at Fresno State. This year’s Deans Medalist from the Division of ...

Suren Oganessian Staff Writer Can Armenia one day finally live in peace with its neighbor to the west? Historian Ara Sarafian would answer with an emphatic “yes,” even while people on both sides of the long-simmering ethnic strife in the region might initially express doubt. Director of the Gomidas Institute in London, Sarafian delivered the first lecture of the Armenian ...

Denise Altounian Staff Writer Each year Fresno State honors its most distinguished undergraduates with the presti-gious Deans Medalist Award. This award honors the outstanding students within the university’s eight schools as well as the Division of Student Affairs. The medalists are nominated and selected based on academic excellence, community involvement, and other achievements at Fresno State. This year’s Deans Medalist ...

Special to Hye Sharzhoom Misak Ohanian Chief Executive Officer Centre for Armenian Information & Advice Hayashen, London On Sunday, July 7, 2013, Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program and Director of the Center for Armenian Studies at Fresno State gave an illustrated public lecture in Hayashen entitled “From Armenia to California: The Odyssey of the Fresno ...

Suren Oganessian Staff Writer One little-discussed aspect of the Armenian Genocide was addressed when historian Ümit Kurt visited Fresno State on September 17 to speak on “The Emergence of the New Wealthy Class between 1915-1922: The Seizure of Armenian Property by the Local Elites in Aintab” as part of the Armenian Studies Program Fall Lecture Series; what happened to Armenian ...