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AUA Low Cost Student Loan Program featured on CivilNet.TV Segment
Chief Financial Officer Gevorg Goyunyan was recently invited by
CivilNet.TV to talk about AUA's affordable alternative to the high cost
of student loans in Armenia. AUA has led the charge to make high quality
education affordable by offering a low cost Student Loan Program, the
first of its kind in Armenia, which has been embraced by hundreds of
students over the years.
AUA Alum Elected to Chair Presidential Commission on Ethics of High
Ranking Officials
AUA Alumnus Emil Babayan, who is also a Senior Lecturer in the Law
Department, was recently appointed to head the Commission on Ethics of
High Ranking Officials. The Commission, established by Presidential
decree, aims to "raise society's confidence in public institutions
functioning in Armenia" and create a more transparent public domain.
Previous to this appointment Babayan served as Deputy Minister of
Justice of the Republic of Armenia. Babayan served as AUA's 2011
Commencement Speaker.
AUA Alum leads Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities for Better Health
AUA Alumnus Dr. Tatul Hakobyan, Public Health Adviser in the World
Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, led the Public
Health seminar at the College of Health Sciences on December 20, 2011.
Dr. Hakobyan's talk was devoted to "Challenges and Opportunities for
Better Health in Europe."
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College of Engineering Developing Innovative Solar Space and Water Heater
The College of Engineering's Engineering Research Center (ERC) has
initiated "Development of a Solar and Natural-Gas Driven Hybrid Hot
Water and Space Heating System," a project funded by Industrial
Technologies Co. (ITC), an Armenia-based engineering and
product-development company. ERC will develop an optimized design for
the unit and provide product schematics and specifications.
READ MORE...
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Center for Excellence in Negotiation hosts Seminar
The Center for Excellence in Negotiation (CEN), a program of AUA's Legal
Resource Center, hosted a seminar led by Boston-based Bridgeway Group
negotiation expert Arthur Martirosyan on the role of values and
environment on negotiation processes. The discussion aimed to help the
CEN set its agenda for the coming year. The CEN's work is comprised of
three components: (1) training, (2) analytics/research, (3)
consultation/interventions.
READ MORE...
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Mane Beglaryan Joins SBM Faculty
The School of Business and Management (SBM) announces the appointment of
Mane Beglaryan as Coordinator of Internship Program and Instructor of
Management. Ms. Beglaryan comes to SBM with a background in
international development having worked for private consulting companies
in Washington, D.C. Beglaryan is not new to AUA as she taught
Organizational Behavior in the School of Political Science and
International Affairs in Spring 2011, and designed and taught Effective
Communications at SBM last fall.
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Faculty Member named Deputy Minister of Justice
AUA Law Adjunct Lecturer Yeghishe Kirakosyan has been named Deputy
Minister of Justice. Mr. Kirakosyan is teaching Public International Law
this winter in the Law Department. Over the past year, he has organized
and led a number of round tables at AUA on emerging issues in
international law in conjunction with International and Comparative Law
Center of which he is a co-founder. Mr. Kirakosyan holds his doctorate
in public international law from Yerevan State University and has
completed the Foreign Ministry Training Program at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. We congratulate Mr. Kirakosyan
on his appointment and wish him all the best as he undertakes this
important public service.
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AUA and Northeastern University: Study abroad this summer
AUA will once again host Northeastern University's Dialogue of
Civilizations Study in Armenia program which offers students an
opportunity to study Armenia's history, politics, and culture while
earning college credit. This year the program will be held from late May
to late June 2012 and will include field trips to Armenia's various
historical sites. The application deadline is February 15, 2012. For
more information please see:
http://www.northeastern.edu/internationalaffairs/learning_coop/dialogue/
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Faculty Research and Scholarship
College of Health Sciences Associate Dean Varduhi Petrosyan was recently
appointed Associate Editor of the International Journal for Equity in
Health, "an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal presenting
evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health
across and within countries."
Dr. Syuzanna Vasilyan, Assistant Professor, Political Science and
International Affairs, recently participated in the round-table
conference "Democracy promotion East and South after the Arab Spring:
Re-evaluating the EU's Engagement with Authoritarian Regimes," organized
jointly by Maastricht University (the Netherlands), the Trans-European
Policy Studies Association (Belgium) and the Institut für Europäische
Politik (Germany). Dr. Vasilyan presented a talk on "The European Union
(EU) as a 'Moral Power' through its Democracy Promotion Policy in the
South Caucasus."
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA
40 Baghramyan Ave.
Yerevan 0019, Republic of Armenia
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aua.am/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/American-University-of-Armenia/159219260801636
AUA e-Bulletin
AUA Low Cost Student Loan Program featured on CivilNet.TV Segment
Chief Financial Officer Gevorg Goyunyan was recently invited by
CivilNet.TV to talk about AUA's affordable alternative to the high cost
of student loans in Armenia. AUA has led the charge to make high quality
education affordable by offering a low cost Student Loan Program, the
first of its kind in Armenia, which has been embraced by hundreds of
students over the years.
AUA Alum Elected to Chair Presidential Commission on Ethics of High
Ranking Officials
AUA Alumnus Emil Babayan, who is also a Senior Lecturer in the Law
Department, was recently appointed to head the Commission on Ethics of
High Ranking Officials. The Commission, established by Presidential
decree, aims to "raise society's confidence in public institutions
functioning in Armenia" and create a more transparent public domain.
Previous to this appointment Babayan served as Deputy Minister of
Justice of the Republic of Armenia. Babayan served as AUA's 2011
Commencement Speaker.
AUA Alum leads Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities for Better Health
AUA Alumnus Dr. Tatul Hakobyan, Public Health Adviser in the World
Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, led the Public
Health seminar at the College of Health Sciences on December 20, 2011.
Dr. Hakobyan's talk was devoted to "Challenges and Opportunities for
Better Health in Europe."
READ MORE...
Anti-Smoking
College of Engineering Developing Innovative Solar Space and Water Heater
The College of Engineering's Engineering Research Center (ERC) has
initiated "Development of a Solar and Natural-Gas Driven Hybrid Hot
Water and Space Heating System," a project funded by Industrial
Technologies Co. (ITC), an Armenia-based engineering and
product-development company. ERC will develop an optimized design for
the unit and provide product schematics and specifications.
READ MORE...
Anti-Smoking
Center for Excellence in Negotiation hosts Seminar
The Center for Excellence in Negotiation (CEN), a program of AUA's Legal
Resource Center, hosted a seminar led by Boston-based Bridgeway Group
negotiation expert Arthur Martirosyan on the role of values and
environment on negotiation processes. The discussion aimed to help the
CEN set its agenda for the coming year. The CEN's work is comprised of
three components: (1) training, (2) analytics/research, (3)
consultation/interventions.
READ MORE...
Anti-Smoking
Mane Beglaryan Joins SBM Faculty
The School of Business and Management (SBM) announces the appointment of
Mane Beglaryan as Coordinator of Internship Program and Instructor of
Management. Ms. Beglaryan comes to SBM with a background in
international development having worked for private consulting companies
in Washington, D.C. Beglaryan is not new to AUA as she taught
Organizational Behavior in the School of Political Science and
International Affairs in Spring 2011, and designed and taught Effective
Communications at SBM last fall.
READ MORE...
Anti-Smoking
Faculty Member named Deputy Minister of Justice
AUA Law Adjunct Lecturer Yeghishe Kirakosyan has been named Deputy
Minister of Justice. Mr. Kirakosyan is teaching Public International Law
this winter in the Law Department. Over the past year, he has organized
and led a number of round tables at AUA on emerging issues in
international law in conjunction with International and Comparative Law
Center of which he is a co-founder. Mr. Kirakosyan holds his doctorate
in public international law from Yerevan State University and has
completed the Foreign Ministry Training Program at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. We congratulate Mr. Kirakosyan
on his appointment and wish him all the best as he undertakes this
important public service.
Anti-Smoking
AUA and Northeastern University: Study abroad this summer
AUA will once again host Northeastern University's Dialogue of
Civilizations Study in Armenia program which offers students an
opportunity to study Armenia's history, politics, and culture while
earning college credit. This year the program will be held from late May
to late June 2012 and will include field trips to Armenia's various
historical sites. The application deadline is February 15, 2012. For
more information please see:
http://www.northeastern.edu/internationalaffairs/learning_coop/dialogue/
Anti-Smoking
Faculty Research and Scholarship
College of Health Sciences Associate Dean Varduhi Petrosyan was recently
appointed Associate Editor of the International Journal for Equity in
Health, "an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal presenting
evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health
across and within countries."
Dr. Syuzanna Vasilyan, Assistant Professor, Political Science and
International Affairs, recently participated in the round-table
conference "Democracy promotion East and South after the Arab Spring:
Re-evaluating the EU's Engagement with Authoritarian Regimes," organized
jointly by Maastricht University (the Netherlands), the Trans-European
Policy Studies Association (Belgium) and the Institut für Europäische
Politik (Germany). Dr. Vasilyan presented a talk on "The European Union
(EU) as a 'Moral Power' through its Democracy Promotion Policy in the
South Caucasus."
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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.