{"id":755,"date":"2012-09-28T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/?p=755"},"modified":"2012-10-01T20:52:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T16:52:41","slug":"a-new-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/a-new-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Academic Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUA: A Happy Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>YEREVAN\u2014American University of Armenia\u2019s (AUA) Student council affirmed a recent World Health Organization (WHO) survey that placed Armenian teens on the top of the \u201cHappiest teens on the planet\u201d list and kicked off the new academic year with a \u201csmile\u201d party on September 8 to welcome new students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what we do, studying or having fun, we should smile and consider AUA a big supportive family,\u201d said student council president Aleksandr Harutyunyan. \u201c Let\u2019s be happy and make the most of our time at this institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To the students\u2019 surprise, AUA President Dr. Bruce Boghosian and Vice President of Operations Ashot Ghazaryan dropped in to greet first and second year students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese students are certainly happy and also bright and energetic. No doubt they will take advantage of all the university has to offer and use that knowledge to benefit Armenia,\u201d said Dr. Boghosian. \u201cIt\u2019s a pivotal year at AUA as we prepare to launch our Fall 2013 undergraduate program. We are smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded in 1991, AUA is affiliated with the University of California. Through teaching, research, and public service, AUA serves Armenia and the region by supplying high-quality, graduate and undergraduate education, encouraging civic engagement, and promoting democratic values.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The American University of Armenia is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[nggallery id=1]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUA&#8217;s Student Council kicked off the 2012-2013 academic year with a \u201csmile\u201d party on September 8 to welcome new students, reaffirming a recent World Health Organization (WHO) survey that placed Armenian teens on the top of the \u201cHappiest teens on the planet\u201d list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebulletin.aua.am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}