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Staff Report Stephanie Stockdale – Class of 2005 MBA International Relations BA-Political Science and Geography Minor in Armenian Studies and Spanish After graduation, Stockdale earned her Master’s degree from Fresno State in International Relations with an emphasis of study on the political and court issues of the Rwandan Genocide. While earning her Master’s Degree, she studied and researched in Tanzania. ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, was a guest lecturer on Thursday, July 5, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England, giving a fascinating talk on William Saroyan and the American-Armenian writers of his generation. Starting from a general background on Armenian emigration to the United States, ...

Staff Report This year Dr. Sergio La Porta, Haig and Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, was elected to serve on the board of the Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School. The school, located in Clovis, has approximately 95 students and includes classes from pre-K through 6th grade. Dr. La Porta said he was eager to serve on ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program, announced that the Armenian Professional Society of the San Francisco Bay Area has established a new scholarship endowment at Fresno State in the amount of $25,000, to benefit students pursuing Armenian Studies. “As tuition and fees have increased dramatically in the past few years, the Armenian Studies Program ...

Emma Shaljyan Staff Writer There are certain images that stay with us throughout our lives. Some we witness, others we see in the form of paintings. For Hazel Antaramian-Hofman, one such image was the royal portrait of King Gagik-Abas of Kars, found in the 11th century Gospel of King Gagik of Kars. Hofman first saw this image in an “Arts ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program announced that Fresno State has become the recipient of an important Armenian Genocide collection from the estate of the late Richard Kloian. Kloian, who passed away in 2010, established and directed the Richmond, California-based Armenian Genocide Resource Center, contributing to the work of organizations pursuing recognition of the ...

Ruzan Orkusyan Staff Writer With the dawn of a new academic year and the election of new executive officers, the Armenian Students Organization promises an exciting semester for its members. The Fall semester kicked off with the first ASO general meeting on September 7, 2012, and since then, ASO has volunteered at several functions and held various educational and social ...

Marine Vardanyan Staff Writer Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and assistant Secretary of Defense Paul R. Ignatius returned to Fresno after many years to give a talk on his memoir titled, Now I Know In Part: An Armenian-American Reflects on His Life and Time. The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State and the National Association for Armenian Studies and ...

Andrew Esguerra Staff Writer From the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts, from Venice to Yerevan and now at Fresno State, celebrations this past year have taken place worldwide marking the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first Armenian book. The Armenian Studies Program has organized an exhibit ...

Staff Writers Denise Altounian Armen Arikian Andrew Esguerra Tatevik Hovhannisyan Suren Oganessian Ruzan Orkusyan Marine Vardanyan Editor Tamar Karkazian Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Barlow Der Mugrdechian Erica Magarian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu