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Issue 5, April, 2012

AUA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Justice

On Wednesday, April 11, Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan and AUA President Bruce Boghosian signed an Memorandum of Understanding between their respective institutions.  The MoU is similar to those signed by the Ministry with other leading universities in Yerevan and which AUA has with other ministries, affording students the opportunity to engage in public service and…


AUA Attends Annual AMICAL Conference

Satenik Avakian, AGBU Papazian Library Director and Berj Gatrjian, the ICTS Director who is the current AMICAL Vice-Chair attended the ninth annual meeting and conference of the American International Consortium of Academic Libraries (AMICAL) held at American University of Sharjah, UAE, from April 4–7, 2012.  The conference was centered on the following topics: getting started…


SBM and PSIA Announce Academic Appointment

The School of Business and Management (SBM) and the School of Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA) are pleased to announce that based on the recommendation of their joint faculty search committee, Dr. Aleksandr Grigoryan has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Economics. Dr. Grigoryan has been teaching Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at PSIA since 2010.…


DEP Launches Preschool English Program

The Department of English Programs is launching a new pilot English program for pre-school children.  It has been designed for children, ages 2-5, whose parents seek opportunities to raise their children bi-or multi-lingual, or those who would like to maintain their children’s English if they have lived abroad. The English-speaking childcare specialist will visit the…


Turpanjian Rural Development Program Beneficiary Awarded Women Benefactor of the Tavush Region

 Anush Tsaturyan, a beneficiary of AUA's Turpanjian Rural Development Program (TRDP), was awarded the Women Benefactor of the Tavush Region by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian. A 2008 TRDP beneficiary, Tsaturyan owns a sewing workshop in the town of Noyemberyan which started with one employee and now has more than ten employees. The workshop produces bed…


US Embassy Political Officer Visits PSIA

On Tuesday, March 13th, Mr. Christopher Anderson, Political Officer at the United States Embassy, presented a guest lecture to Dr. Syuzanna Vasilyan’s class on Contemporary Foreign Affairs.  Mr. Anderson, who holds two masters degrees, spoke on the decision making process in the United States government’s Department of State.  He explained to students the complicated process…


Alumni on the Move

The DEP is proud to announce that DEP MA TEFL alumni Tatevik Zargaryan and Karine Baghdasaryan were invited to publish their Master’s theses The Impact of Voki on EFL Learners' Speaking Performance: The Influence of an E-learning Tool on EFL Learners' Speaking Performance and The Impact of Digital Storytelling on EFL Learners' Speaking Skills: Reinforcing…



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