1994_11 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper November 1994

              November 1994
Armenian Studies Program—5
Speaker:
Dr. Robert W^ Thomson
Calouste Gulbenkian Professor
of Armenian, Oxford University
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Armenian & Byzantium:
Literary and Cultural
Contacts"
^Wednesday,
November 16, 1994
at 7:30 pm
Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191
University Business Center
Free Admission
For more information call ASP:
(209) 278-2669
Spring 1995 Armenian
Studies Program Courses
Arm. St. 10- Introduction to Armenian Studies
(3 sections)
Arm. 108B- Armenian History II
Arm. 148- Masterpieces of Armenian
Literature
Arm. Sr. 121-Armenian Painting
By Hye Sharzhoom Staff
Dr. Arnold Gazarian was reelected to a second term as Chairman of the Kalfayan Center for
Armenian Studies Advisory Board
at a meeting held on Monday, September 19, 1994. The Advisory
Board holds monthly meetings on
the university campus to discuss
questions related to the Armenian
Studies Program and the Kalfayan
Center.
The Kalfayan Center for Armenian Studies Advisory Board
was founded in 1989 and serves a
three-fold purpose:
1) To consult and coordinate
with the Director of the Center for
Armenian Studies and the Coordinator ofthe Armenian Studies Program with respect to the improvement and development of the Center and the Program,
2) To promote and enhance
the image of the Center for Armenian Studies and the Armenian
Studies Program which it houses,
and
3) Tp provide a liaison between the community and the Center and its Armenian Studies Program.
Mrs. Arlene Srabian was
elected as Vice-Chairman and Mr.
Berge Bulbulian was chosen as
Secretary/Treasurer.
Members of the Board, appointed by CSU Fresno President
Dr. John Welty, for terms of three
years are: Mrs. Marian Bagdasarian,
Mr. Larry Balakian, Mr. Bryan
Bedrosian, Mr. Richard Darmanian,
Dr. Harry Harris, Mr. Sarkis
Gifts and Books
The Armenian Studies Program and the Sahatdjian Library
would like to thank the following individuals for the generous
donations to the Armenian Studies Library Collection.
•Florence Artenian of Fresno
has donated a small collection of Armenian maps.
•Nazeli Bagdasarian of Racine,
Wisconsin has donated seven
books on or by Ara Baliozian
to the Henry Madden
Library, CSUF in the
memory of her parents Anna
and Hovsep Bagdasarian.
The titles include an English
translation of Gostan
Zarian's The Island and a
Man, L. Terzian's appreciation of Baliozian entitled
Perseverance, and
Baliozian's own writings:
The Armenian Genocide and
the West, The Greek Poetess,
Intimate Talk, Armenian
Wisdom, and That Promising
Reality. Ms. Bagdasarian
once work in the Madden
Library.
• Berge Bulbulian of Fresno has
donated a complete set of
AIM Magazine, from its
inception, to the Henry
Madden Library and has
donated a two year gift
subscription for 1994-1995.
•Barbara Koulakjian of
Alexandria Virginia donated
items relating to the early
history of Armenian films in
America including a copy of
the program for the legendary film The Harem Master
of 1922 or 1923. Her father,
the famous Armenian film
director, actor and singer,
Setrak Vartian, was dmong
the cast as was her mother
Ankin Sarafian and her aunt
Armen Sarafian.
•Carl Mahakian of Palm
Springs, California has once
again made a generous and
valuable donation of a large
collection of Armenian
pamphlets, clippings and
miscellaneous documents
pertaining to Armenian life.
The material also included
Mr. Mahakian's own card
index of Armenian publications. One of the most
ardent collectors of Armenian books, Mahakian spent
most of his creative life in
the movie industry and
Hollywood and before that in
the U.S. Marines. The
Armenian Studies Program
thanks him and wishes him
good health.
•Baruyr Mouradian, Director of
the Center for Byzantine and
Armenian Studies of the
Armenian Academy of
Sciences, donated the
collected essays of Garegin
Hovsepian (1867-1952)
entitled Materials and
Studies for the History of
Armenian Art, vol. I (Erevan,
1983), 351 pages with 94
plates; vol. II (Erevan, 1988),
363 pages with 136 pis.   The
volumes bring together the
penetrating and pioneering
studies on Armenian art by
the great scholar and former
Catholicos of Great House of
Cilicia.
•Sharon Toroyan Esguerra of
Fresno has donated an
interesting and rare book in
Armenian, Levon Esajanian,
Daniel Varoujan, His Life
and His Works,
Constantinople, 1919, 93
pages.
Kalfayan, Dr. Arthur Margosian,
Mrs. Penny Mirigian-Emerzian,
Mr. Charles Mugrdechian, Mr.
Archie Nahigian, Mrs. Alice Peters, and Mr. Victor Sahatdjian.
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig
and Isabel Berberian Professor of
Armenian Studies and Director of
the Center for Armenian Studies
reported on the activities of the
Armenian Studies Program.
Enrollment continues to increase in Armenian Studies courses
and in the current Fall semester has
reached another all-time high with
167 students in 7 different Armenian Studies courses.
The Ninth annual banquet of
the Armenian Studies Program is
being organized under the co-chairmanship of Arlene Srabian and
Larry Balakian.
Professor Kouymjian also reported on the Fall Lecture Series of
the Armenian Studies Program
which will include the following
guests: Armen Babakhanian of
Yerevan (presenting the inaugural
concert of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series),
Barlow Der Mugrdechian of the
Armenian Studies Program (lecturing on Karabagh and Armenia),
Lady Caroline Cox of the British
Parliament (speaking on humanitarian aid and human rights in
Karabagh), and Lucina Agbabian-
Hubbard of Los Angeles (on Armenian music).
Dr. Gurgen Melikian, Dean of
the School of Oriental Studies of
Yerevan State University, who was
in Fresno on special business for
the university, gave a report on the
75th anniversary celebration of
Yerevan State University, which is
to be held on October 6-12 of this
year.
The Centerfor Armenian Studies Advisory Board is organizing a
special reception for CSU Fresno
President Dr. John Welty and for
Provost and Vice-President for
Academic Affairs, Dr. Alex
Gonzalez on October 6,1994, to be
held at the home of Board Chairman Dr. Arnold Gazarian.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian of
the Armenian Studies Program reported on the exchange program
between CSU Fresno and Yerevan
State University. In the continuation of a program which began two
years ago, two students, Mary
Melikian, an English major, and
Vahagn Tonoyan, a computer major, are at CSU Fresno for the academic year 1994-1995.
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Armenian Studies
Scholarships/Grants for the
1994-1995 Academic Year
Thirty-two students were awarded Armenian Studies scholarships
and grants for the 1994-1995 academic year at California State
University, Fresno. The recipients are all students of CSUF and are
required to enroll in Armenian Studies courses as part of their
awards. The Armenian Studies Program Scholarship Committee,
headed by Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig and Isabel Berberian Chair
of Armenia Studies at CSUF, announced the awards. Scholarship
and grant recipients will be honored at the 9th Annual Banquet of the
Armenian Studies Program.
Fund Source: Yervant, Rose, and Hovannes
Levonian Educational Grant
Eliz Adjinian, Fresno, Business Adm., Sr.; Lisa Derian, Fresno,
Industrial Arts, Sr.; Nina Momjian, Northridge, CA,S p e e c h
Communications & Journalism, Sr.;  Garo Nakashian, Fresno,
Graphic Design, Freshman;   Alisa D. Penir,  Clovis* Music &
Teaching Vocal, Sophomore; Aram Nigol Sarkissian, St. Helena,
CA, Business, Jr.; Vahagn Tonoyan, Yerevan, Armenia, Computer Science, Jr.; Mary Melikian, Yerevan, Armenia, English,
Sr.; Harout H. Zekian, Fresno, Legal Envir. of Business, Sr.
Fund Source: Charles K. Pategian and Pansy
Pategian Zlokovich Scholarships
Jason Ahronian, Fresno,   Ag. Business, Freshman.;   Maria
Amirkhanian, Yerevan, Armenia, Music, Freshman; Jacqueline
Arikian^resho, Psychology, Freshman; Tina Attashian, Fresno,
Mathematics, Sophomore.; Jeff Avedesian, Kingsburg, Accountancy, Freshman; David L. Emerzian, Fresno, Accounting, Freshman.;   Christopher Gooboian,   Fresno, Business, Jr.;   Susie
Kalinian, Fresno, Biology & Pre-Med., Sr.; Gina Y.
Kandarian, Fowler, Political Science, Sr.; Karen R. Karabian,
Fresno, Business Adm., Freshman; Taline Kilaghbian, Glendale,
CA, Chemistry, Sr.; Joseph Krajekian, Beirut,Lebanon, Biology,
Jr.;  SuzanneM.Manoogian, Sanger, Business, Jr.; DeniseL.
McCroskey, Fowler, Psychology, Sophomore; Julie Momjian,
Fresno, Philosophy & Pre-law, Sr.;   Melissa M.   Ouzounian,
Fresno,Commun.icative Disorders Jr.; Jennifer L. Peters, Fresno,
Business; Sophomore; Stephanie Peters, Fowler, Liberal Studies,
J r.; Marine Pogosian, Fresno, Bus. Relief Insur. Mgt. Jr.; Abel
Sekepyan, Fresno, Biology, Fr.; LenaArpie Vartanian, Fresno,
Undeclared, Freshman.
Fund Source: Nerces and Ruth Azadian Memorial
Scholarship
Ara R. Jabagchourian, Fresno, Philosophy & Economics, Jr.;
Lara Simonian, Fresno, English, J r.