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Staff Report Author Aris Janigian presented his new book, Riverbig: A Novel, at 7:30PM on Wednesday, April 1, as part of the Spring Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program. Armenian Studies Program Director Barlow Der Mugrdechian introduced Janigian, who read several excerpts from the book, capturing the spirit and mood of his novel. His intense prose and vivid imagination ...

Editor Pateel Mekhitarian Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Barlow Der Mugrdechian Erica Magarian Staff Writers Andrew Antaramian Evelyn K. Demirchian Tamar Karkazian Mari Koshkakaryan Heidi Lea Hagop Ohanessian Knar Mekhitarian Armen Melidonian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu

Staff Report Yerevan State University (YSU), in Yerevan, Armenia is the premiere public university in Armenia and was established in May of 1919, during the period of the first Republic of Armenia. This year marked the 90th anniversary of YSU and a series of celebratory events was held October 1-4 in Yerevan. YSU Rector Dr. Aram Simonyan welcomed the many ...

Knar Mekhitarian Staff Reporter On Sunday, November 8, the internationally renowned Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble and singer Hasmik Harutyunyan from Yerevan’s Shoghaken Ensemble performed “Armenian Lullabies and Songs of Longing” at the Fresno State Concert Hall. The Kitka Ensemble includes singers Caitlin Tabancay Austin, Leslie Bonnett, Briget Boyle, Shira Cion, Janet Kutulas, Elizabeth Setzer, and Lily Storm. The concert was ...

Knar Mekhitarian Staff Writer What is your favorite Armenian course taken at Fresno State so far, and why? Gina Jelladian That is a hard question to answer! The Armenian Studies Program is filled with so many great classes – history, literature, art, and architecture. They all have something very unique to offer. If I had to choose only one, I ...

Tamar Karkazian Staff Writer Hi, we are students from the Armenian Students Organization at Fresno State.” These words echoed throughout the halls of the California Armenian Old Age Home on a late Saturday afternoon. To get into the season of giving to the community, the ASO has planned several activities, one of which was volunteering at the Armenian Old Age ...

Staff Report Andrew Antaramian Major: Business Administration- International Business Which course in Armenian Studies was the most influential and why? The Armenian history course made me appreciate the troubles and obstacles the Armenians faced to maintain their identity. I really enjoyed learning about the ancient history of the Armenians because the course opened my eyes of the lives of our ...

Staff Report The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) held its 36th Annual Membership Meeting on November 21, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association held this year at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in downtown Boston. The SAS represents more than 250 international scholars and teachers in the field of Armenian Studies. President Richard Hovannisian ...

Mari Koshkakaryan Staff Writer Tom Mooradian, author of The Repatriate: Love, Basketball, and the KGB, was invited by the Armenian Studies Program to give a lecture to students at Fresno State on Friday, October 16. During his senior year in Southwestern High School in Detroit, Tom Mooradian was recognized for his high academic achievements, his amazing basketball talents, and for ...

Evelyn K. Demirchian Staff Writer Sixteen-year-old Armenian exchange-student Artak Grigoryan came to the Unites States with several expectations. Never having visited the United States before, and only previously studying for a short time in France, Grigoryan says he expected the United States to be, “beautiful, interesting, and new for me.” Grigoryan is here through the World Heritage Foundation’s Student Exchange ...