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Date: June 9, 2014
FLORIDA ARMENIANS
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Email: [email protected]
South Florida Armenian Students Participate in Summer Internships
By Taniel Koushakjian
FLArmenians Managing Editor
Instead of taking the summer off, five South Florida Armenian students are
working in a variety of industries to advance their careers. From finance
to international relations to law, Florida's Armenian American youth are
growing fast and branching out across America.
Mariam Grigoryan, a Boca Raton native and senior at the University of
Florida (UF), is currently a legal intern in the Broward County Public
Defender office in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Under the director of Public
Defender Howard Finkelstein Grigoryan's work will focus on indigent
defense. Grigoryan looks to graduate with a double major in Political
Science and Criminology, as well as a minor in Business Administration. She
plans to attend law school in the fall of 2015.
Boca Raton resident and Queens, New York native, Gevork Sarkisian, is also
pursuing his career in the legal field. A second year law student at Nova
Southeastern University (NSU), Sarkisian is currently interning with the
law firm Kanner and Pintaluga, P.A. in Delray Beach, Florida. Sarkisian
received his B.A. in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University
(FAU). Following his internship, Sarkisian plans to visit Washington, DC to
`explore new opportunities in the legal field,' he said.
Palm Beach County native Carine Kazandjian, a communications major and
commercial music minor at FAU, is spending her summer interning with Clear
Channel Media and Entertainment Company in West Palm Beach, Florida. The
FAU junior has a passion for music and has even released a few songs of her
own, available on ITunes. `I am gaining so much knowledge working with the
different departments whether it is radio or promotions. The music industry
is mainly what I want my future in and this internship is giving me the
opportunity to learn more and more each day,' Kazandjian said.
Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sarine Kazandjian, is currently interning at
Morgan Stanley's Palm Beach Gardens office. A finance major with a
minor
focus in entrepreneurship, Kazandjian is a junior at the University of
Florida.
Florida International University (FIU) junior Gevorg Shahbazyan is
currently an intern in the office of the Nagorno Karabakh Representative in
Washington, DC as a participant in the Armenian Assembly of America's
Terjenian-Thomas Summer Internship Program, the first student internship
program offered by an Armenian organization in America. Recently, Shabazyan
worked with his fellow students and FIU faculty to have the flags of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh raised in the school's atrium. Hailing from
Yerevan, Armenia, Shahbazyan studies international relations and hopes to
continue his studies in graduate school and someday be a diplomat.
These young, bright, rising stars of the South Florida Armenian American
community are sure to impress their friends and colleagues, while
representing our community proudly in all their endeavors.
Available online at: http://bit.ly/1xydmnL
Date: June 9, 2014
FLORIDA ARMENIANS
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Email: [email protected]
South Florida Armenian Students Participate in Summer Internships
By Taniel Koushakjian
FLArmenians Managing Editor
Instead of taking the summer off, five South Florida Armenian students are
working in a variety of industries to advance their careers. From finance
to international relations to law, Florida's Armenian American youth are
growing fast and branching out across America.
Mariam Grigoryan, a Boca Raton native and senior at the University of
Florida (UF), is currently a legal intern in the Broward County Public
Defender office in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Under the director of Public
Defender Howard Finkelstein Grigoryan's work will focus on indigent
defense. Grigoryan looks to graduate with a double major in Political
Science and Criminology, as well as a minor in Business Administration. She
plans to attend law school in the fall of 2015.
Boca Raton resident and Queens, New York native, Gevork Sarkisian, is also
pursuing his career in the legal field. A second year law student at Nova
Southeastern University (NSU), Sarkisian is currently interning with the
law firm Kanner and Pintaluga, P.A. in Delray Beach, Florida. Sarkisian
received his B.A. in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University
(FAU). Following his internship, Sarkisian plans to visit Washington, DC to
`explore new opportunities in the legal field,' he said.
Palm Beach County native Carine Kazandjian, a communications major and
commercial music minor at FAU, is spending her summer interning with Clear
Channel Media and Entertainment Company in West Palm Beach, Florida. The
FAU junior has a passion for music and has even released a few songs of her
own, available on ITunes. `I am gaining so much knowledge working with the
different departments whether it is radio or promotions. The music industry
is mainly what I want my future in and this internship is giving me the
opportunity to learn more and more each day,' Kazandjian said.
Meanwhile, her twin sister, Sarine Kazandjian, is currently interning at
Morgan Stanley's Palm Beach Gardens office. A finance major with a
minor
focus in entrepreneurship, Kazandjian is a junior at the University of
Florida.
Florida International University (FIU) junior Gevorg Shahbazyan is
currently an intern in the office of the Nagorno Karabakh Representative in
Washington, DC as a participant in the Armenian Assembly of America's
Terjenian-Thomas Summer Internship Program, the first student internship
program offered by an Armenian organization in America. Recently, Shabazyan
worked with his fellow students and FIU faculty to have the flags of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh raised in the school's atrium. Hailing from
Yerevan, Armenia, Shahbazyan studies international relations and hopes to
continue his studies in graduate school and someday be a diplomat.
These young, bright, rising stars of the South Florida Armenian American
community are sure to impress their friends and colleagues, while
representing our community proudly in all their endeavors.
Available online at: http://bit.ly/1xydmnL