Month: June 2017

Education: ASA Announces Silver and Gold Medal Award Winners

Vanyan Gary
Armenian Weekly

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This year the Armenian Students’ Association is pleased to announce that the following students were awarded this highly coveted award, which was instituted to encourage academic achievement.

The Armenian Students’ Association

The Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) Silver Medal Award Committee selected eight high school seniors to receive the Silver Medal Award.

The following students were selected to receive this award Melanie Talan Alcala of Montebello, Calif., graduate of AGBU Vetches & Tamar Mandurian High School enrolled at California State University Fullerton; Gregory  Andreopoulos of New Hyde Park, N.Y., graduate of Chaminade High School enrolled at Fordham University; Nicholas Hatfield Hanoian of North Smithfield, R.I., graduate of North Smithfield High School enrolled at University of Vermont; Serena K. Pelenghian of Arcadia, Calif., graduate of AGBU Vatche  and Tamar Manoukian High School enrolled at Occidental College; Svetlana Petrosyan of Fair Lawn, N.J., graduate of Hackensack High School enrolled at Rutgers University; Andrew Madanian Reppucci  of Belmont, Mass., graduate of Belmont High School enrolled at Northeastern University;  Daniel Yeghia Sarafian of Northridge, Calif., graduate of AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School enrolled at UCLA – Irvine; and Peter S. Taraian of Rehoboth, Mass., graduate of LaSalle Academy enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The Silver Medal Awards are given annually to high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability.

The ASA Gold Medal Award is recognized as the highest  Scholastic  Award within the ASA.  Any member of the ASA who is an undergraduate student and is at least a sophomore in an accredited college or university within the United States is eligible for consideration for this award.

Selected to receive the award this year is Janina Aimee Messerlian of Greenville, R.I., a student at Nicholas College.

Applications for Gold and Silver Medal Awards can be obtained at:  www.asainc.org.  The eadline for submitting applications and documentation is May 1, 2018.

Education: “VivaStart” – educational program that shapes service culture

Edgar Tavakalian
Panorama, Armenia

The first graduates of this year’s “VivaStart” program have received certificates of completion. Considering high-level service as an important indicator of the quality, the company has provided an opportunity to just another group of students from different universities to get hands-on experience in sales and customer service.

As the press service of VivaCell-MTS reports, first, 21 students took part in theoretical trainings, then in a two-month period they strengthened their professional skills and attained practical knowledge in Yerevan and regional service centers.

“VivaStart” educational program has been conducted since 2015. Acknowledging the importance of customer satisfaction, VivaCell-MTS has equipped 124 students with professional knowledge and practical skills through this educational program. The participants have acquired effective communication skills for customer service, studied the products and services offered by the company and learned how to use marketing techniques for promoting those products and services. The uniqueness of this program is conditioned by its outreach not only to Yerevan, but also to regions.

“Regardless of one’s workplace or position, everyone should remember that communication is the key to human relations. The more civilized those relations are, the more the parties involved will benefit. This is the governance model of VivaCell-MTS: respect and readiness to support are our key values. The knowledge and experience you have gained during this period should guide you also in the future,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

During their meeting with the General Manager Ralph Yirikian, “VivaStart” graduates shared their impressions and opinions about the program, and emphasized the importance of the knowledge they had received.

Guided by a responsible business culture, VivaCell-MTS has been cooperating with universities in Armenia for over 12 years, by readily sharing its experience with students and giving them the best opportunities for development. So far, 12 graduates of “VivaStart” program have been hired by VivaCell-MTS.

Chess: Armenia’s Haik Martirosyan wins Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament

Edgar Tavakalian
Panorama, Armenia

The 10th Karen Asrian Memorial International Chess Tournament is over at Jermuk, Armenia. At the final round, three chess players scored 7 out of 9 points.

As the Armenian National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am, Armenian IM Haik Martirosyan became the winner of the tournament due to the additional accessories, leaving behind Armenian GM Tigran Kotanjian and GM Andrey Zhigalko from Belarus.

To remind, Haik Martirosyan will be granted the International Grandmaster title in the coming future.

92 chess players, including 21 GMs from 13 countries took part in the 10th Karen Asrian Memorial.

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Adrienne Alexanian Presents Father’s Memoir, Forced into Genocide

Hovsep Chakrian

ARMENIAN
ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:

Contact:
Danielle Saroyan

Telephone:
(202) 393-3434

Web: www.aaainc.org

 

ADRIENNE
ALEXANIAN PRESENTS FATHER’S MEMOIR, FORCED
INTO GENOCIDE

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, the Armenian Assembly
of America (Assembly) co-sponsored a book presentation of Forced into Genocide: Memoirs
of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army, written by Yervant
Edward Alexanian, an eye-witness to the massacre and dislocation of his family
and countrymen in Ottoman Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. Adrienne G.
Alexanian, Yervant's daughter, has spent years preparing her father's
manuscript for publication, which she presented at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic
Church in Washington, D.C on Sunday. The Assembly co-sponsored the event with
St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, Knights and Daughters of Vartan, and the
Armenian National Committee of America.

 

Born in
Sivas, Turkey, Yervant survived the Hamidian massacres as an infant to later
fight for survival as a conscript in the Ottoman Turkish Army during the 1915
Genocide. Despite everything he went through and witnessed, “he was prepared to
die” instead of saving his own life by converting to Islam. He fled to America
in 1920, where he spent his life advocating for justice for his people. There
are no other books or comparable account which exists in Armenian literature on
this aspect of the Genocide.

 

Yervant
passed away in 1983, leaving behind many documents and pictures discovered by
his daughter. Adrienne explained that the memoirs came to light by chance while
she was going through her father’s belongings. He did not share stories of the
Armenian Genocide with his daughter, wishing to not burden his family. Instead,
he wrote down his memoirs as a form of therapy that would later live on through
Adrienne’s efforts.

 

Award
winning Middle East journalist Robert Fisk highlighted Yervant’s memoirs in one
of his articles on Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Genocide in The Independent on March 22, 2017. “Forced
into Genocide is Yervant Alexanian’s own frightful account of his people’s
suffering, with unimpeachable documentation – in vast enough amounts to prevent
the usual Turkish ‘genocide deniers’ (twins of the European ‘deniers’ of the
Jewish Holocaust) of denouncing the book as a forgery,” Fisk wrote. “It is a
story which Erdogan should be reading – and publicising – right now, for it
involves more ‘Nazi practices’ than the new Sultan of Istanbul would ever want
to acknowledge,” he added.

 

The Assembly
also co-sponsored a book presentation with Adrienne Alexanian last month in
Boston, MA with the Armenian Museum of America, the Armenia Cultural
Foundation, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) New England District,
Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).

 

“On behalf
of the Armenian Assembly of America, I commend Adrienne for her perseverance
and tenacity in bringing this compelling account and heroic journey to light. It
is truly remarkable and we greatly appreciate Adrienne’s enthusiastic
presentation,” Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny stated.

 

Adrienne
Alexanian is an Armenian Assembly Fellow Trustee and, along with her mother
Grace, generously provided an endowment to the Assembly toward advocacy for
Genocide recognition in memory of her father in 1993. As an NGO representative
at the United Nations for both the Armenian Diocese and the AGBU, Adrienne
initiated, organized, and moderated numerous forums promoting all aspects of
Armenia’s agenda. She is also an educator and a 2010 recipient of the Ellis
Island Medal of Honor.

 

Established
in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest Washington-based
nationwide organization promoting public understanding and awareness of
Armenian issues. The Assembly is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.

 

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Chess: Levon Aronian participating at 2017 Gran Chess Tour in Leuven

Toneyan Mark
Panorama, Armenia

Armenian GM Levon Aronian plans to take part in the 2017 Grand Chess Tour tournament from June 28 to July 2 in Leuven, Belgium. The Armenian player will play one-round rapid and 2-round blitz events.

As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Vassily Ivanchuk and Baadur Jobava will play.

Sports: Armenian wrestlers conquer one silver, two bronze medals at the Junior European Wrestling Championships

Ophelia Vardapetian
Panorama, Armenia
Sport 11:05 29/06/2017Armenia

The Junior European Wrestling Championships concluded in Dortmund, Germany, where the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team headed by head coach Avetik Vardanyan won one silver and two bronze medals.

As the National Olympic Committee of Armenia told Panorama.am, on the final day of the tournament Hovhannes Maghakyan (129kg) conceded to Magomedain Dibirov of Russia in the final bout, taking the silver.

Earlier, Arsen Harutyunyan (55kg) won 10-0 to Leonid Kolesnik of Moldova in the fight for the bronze medal. Another bronze medal for Armenia was secured by Karen Zurabyan (50kg).

Sports: Armenian wrestlers win three medals at Junior European Championships

Toneyan Mark
PanArmenian
Armenian wrestlers win three medals at Junior European Championships
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PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian team of wrestlers secured one silver and two bronze medals at the Junior European Championships in Dortmund. Hovhannes Maghakyan (120kg weight class) lost to Russia's Magomedamin Dibirov and took the silver on the last day of the free style event. Earlier, Arsen Harutyunyan (55kg weight class) and Karen Zurabyan (50kg weight class) had snatched a bronze medal each.

Social: Children of Armenia Fund Hosts 7th Annual Summer Bash

Emil Karabekian
Mirror Spectator
Armenia, New York region | 11:52 am

Patricia Field and Tony Shafrazi

Garo Armen

NEW YORK — Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), a nonprofit organization whose goal is to better the lives of rural Armenian children, held its seventh Annual Summer Soiree on June 20 at the PHD Rooftop Lounge at the Dream Hotel Downtown. Among the special guests were Tony Shafrazi, Patricia Field, Edward Barsamian, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan and Armen Keteyan. The annual summer fundraiser raised more than $80,000 for a new high-tech library, part of COAF’s SMART Initiative, intended to make a lasting impact on education.

“Every one of you counts in trying to bring the rural people of Armenia back up to where they deserve to be, so we are counting on you,” said Dr. Garo H. Armen, COAF’s chairman and founder, after discussing COAF’s SMART initiative and its expected impact on rural youths and their family’s lives.

A SMART Center Library is an innovative open-concept area that houses technological educational resources and reading materials. The library will be equipped with media and global subscriptions, as well as access to a broad array of information, services, data and audio-visual content. It will be a place to both read and think — where group discussions are fostered, research is done, and big ideas are born.

The technology within will provide a link to the vast field of knowledge able to be grasped beyond the chalkboard of previous rural Armenian classrooms. The center is intended to be a window for kids and their families into a different world; one in which they can see a brighter future.