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ARMENIAN REFUGEE TO SPEAK AT MAYVILLE STATE
US Official News
October 14, 2013 Monday
Mayville
Mayville State University has issued the following news release:
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte, an Armenian refugee from Baku Azerbajan,
will be at Mayville State University Thursday, October 3. Community
members are invited to attend an informal discussion with Anna from
9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in the MSU Campus Center Luckasen Room. Turcotte
will also be speaking with groups of Mayville State teacher education
students during the day. Her visit at Mayville State is sponsored by
the Mayville State University Diversity Committee and the Division
of Education and Psychology.
At 1:00 p.m. on October 3, Anna will be available at the Campus Center
snack bar to autograph copies of her book which will be for sale.
Anna's book, which she wrote at the age of 14, "Nowhere, a Story of
Exile," was published in 2012. It is based on the childhood diaries
she kept as a refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan.
After fleeing Baku, Anna and her family spent three difficult years
in Armenia before coming to the United States in 1992. Her family
settled in Wahpeton, N.D. Details of Anna's life and experiences as
a young girl will interest anyone.
Anna has Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and literature and
philosophy and religion, along with a minor in Russian language and
literature from the University of North Dakota. She earned her Juris
Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law in Portland,
Maine. During law school, Anna was chosen U.S. Outstanding Law
Student of the Year by Who's Who Among American Law Students. After
graduating from law school, Anna was one of the first legal clerks
at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands after
observing the ICC's creation at the United Nations.
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, International Criminal Court, and human
rights issues are Turcotte'sr lifelong passions. She always strives to
reach out to the needs of the people of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and
the Armenian Diaspora. Anna is the president of the Maine chapter of
Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief. Anna is committed to continuing
to write and lecture on topics that are dear to her heart. She works
in the financial risk and compliance division of a major international
bank and lives in Portland, Maine with her husband, John, and their
two children.
For more information please visit: http://www.mayvillestate.edu.
US Official News
October 14, 2013 Monday
Mayville
Mayville State University has issued the following news release:
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte, an Armenian refugee from Baku Azerbajan,
will be at Mayville State University Thursday, October 3. Community
members are invited to attend an informal discussion with Anna from
9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in the MSU Campus Center Luckasen Room. Turcotte
will also be speaking with groups of Mayville State teacher education
students during the day. Her visit at Mayville State is sponsored by
the Mayville State University Diversity Committee and the Division
of Education and Psychology.
At 1:00 p.m. on October 3, Anna will be available at the Campus Center
snack bar to autograph copies of her book which will be for sale.
Anna's book, which she wrote at the age of 14, "Nowhere, a Story of
Exile," was published in 2012. It is based on the childhood diaries
she kept as a refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan.
After fleeing Baku, Anna and her family spent three difficult years
in Armenia before coming to the United States in 1992. Her family
settled in Wahpeton, N.D. Details of Anna's life and experiences as
a young girl will interest anyone.
Anna has Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and literature and
philosophy and religion, along with a minor in Russian language and
literature from the University of North Dakota. She earned her Juris
Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law in Portland,
Maine. During law school, Anna was chosen U.S. Outstanding Law
Student of the Year by Who's Who Among American Law Students. After
graduating from law school, Anna was one of the first legal clerks
at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands after
observing the ICC's creation at the United Nations.
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, International Criminal Court, and human
rights issues are Turcotte'sr lifelong passions. She always strives to
reach out to the needs of the people of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and
the Armenian Diaspora. Anna is the president of the Maine chapter of
Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief. Anna is committed to continuing
to write and lecture on topics that are dear to her heart. She works
in the financial risk and compliance division of a major international
bank and lives in Portland, Maine with her husband, John, and their
two children.
For more information please visit: http://www.mayvillestate.edu.