1980_11 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper November 1980

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Hye Sharzhoom
November, 1980
Fresno ASO plans
second national convention
(FRESNO)   The second annual
Armenian   College   Students
Convention of America will be
held at California State University,  Fresno   Feb.13-15, 1981.
This marks the first time that the
Armenian Students Organization
will sponsor such an event. Last
year Columbia University in New
York hosted the convention in
which local ASO members Cindv
Avakian, Jim Karagozian and John
Tufenkjian attended. They were
accompanied by advisor Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian.
Issues of discussion will include
the implications of political activism in the Armenian diaspora,
Armenian schools, church unity,
culture and history.   v
The convention committee plans
to invite students from New York,
the West Coast, other parts of
the United States and Canada.
A night of entertainment
for the visitors is set for Valentine's Day. The Richard Hagopian
Band will be the featured group.
"This (the convention) should be
an event that will be remembered
in years to come," the committee
observed.
Though the first convention was
financed through the generosity of
Hrair Hovnanian, the ASO has
been consistently refused any
details on the resources available
and how they were used by the
organizers of the first convention,
Richard Balekdjian and Robert
Kinoian of the Columbia University Armenian Club. The ASO has
also been trying to get clarification
from Mr. Hovnanian and the
Armenian Assembly on their moral
and financial support of the second
convention. The recent announcement by the Assembly about a
"Federation of Armenian Student
Clubs of America" has also made
unclear the role of this new group
to the Second Armenian College
Students Convention. Though
letters have been exchanged between the Assembly and the ASO,
Fresno still awaits an explanation
of the Assembly's or FASCA's involvement with the 1981 California
meeting.
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NEWSPAPERS. PHOTOS?
The CSUF Armenian Studies Program
again appeals to the readers of Hye
Sharzhoom for any materials on Armenia
and the Armenians: books, old and new,
newspapers (even current ones),
photographs of Armenians in the old
country or in the early years in the U.S.,
letters and documents. These materials
will be incorporated into the Armenian
archives at CSUF and made available to
students    and     researchers. The
Armenian Program provides a special
copying service for documents, letters,
and old photographs for those who wish
to keep the originals.
This semester the Armenian Program
has   begun   a   file    on   subjects   of
Armenian interest: films, liberations
movements, church unity, Armenian
studies, artists, writers, etc. The photographic archive, started two years ago,
has several hundred items already. All
of these materials will eventually be
housed in the Armenian National
Museum and Cultural Center planned
for the CSUF campus.
Materials can be mailed to Prof.
Dickran Kouymjian, Armenian Studies
Program, California State Univeristy,
Fresno, California 93740. A pick up
service is available for Valley residents
by calling 487-2832. DON'T THROW
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CSUF Armenians win grants
Congratulations are extended to 14
CSUF Armenian students who received
the "Charles K. Pategian & Pansy
Pategian Zlokovich" scholarship for the
1980-81 academic year.
Each student was awarded $500 to be
used in pursuit of studies at CSUF. The
recipients are: Jacqueline C. Antara-
mian, Pamela L. Basmajian, Suzanne
Darmanian, Vicki Kismetian, Beth H,
Najarian, Sarah L. Simonian, Harutyn
Baharyan, Peggy D. Avakian, Marian L.
Darmanian, Mary E. Eurgubian, Flora
Tchaderjian and Michael Baladjanian,
all from Fresno. The other recipients
are: Judy L. Michigian of Sanger and
Danielle R. Shapazian of Se.ma.
Since its inception in 1972, the
Pategian scholarship has been awarded
to an average of 10 CSUF students each
year.
According to some of the criteria set
for potential scholarship winners, the
student must show "an interest on behalf
of Armenian culture." The student must
also fulfill certain eligibility requirements of the university, which are:
maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point
average and the status of a full-time
student. In order to facilitate the selection process, applicants were asked to
elaborate on their interests in Armenian
culture in the application.
According to Isabel Mejorado, CSUF
Scholarship Coordinator, the amount of
the award is fixed with respect to fees,
tuition and textbook prices for an
academic year. The Fresno Foundation,
a campus scholarship organization,
determines the amount of the grant.
The Pategian scholarship is open to all
students at CSUF. Persons wishing more
information should contact the CSUF
financial aids office at (209) 487-2182.
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