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Ruben Vardanyan is sure that UWC Dilijan will be a success
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, October 11, 19:03
Well-known Russian businessman of Armenian origin, member of the
Board of Directors of Ameriabank Ruben Vardanyan is sure that UWC
Dilijan will be a success.
While opening the school on Saturday, Vardanyan reminded those present
of the Wings of Tatev project. He said that before the project Tatev
Monastery was visited by no more than 4,000 people a year. "This year
it has had as many as 150,000 visitors. I hope that UWC Dilijan will
also be a success," Vardanyan said.
He told the students that there is a prison saying, "Don't believe,
don't be afraid, don't ask" but asked them not to follow it but to
believe in their strengths, not to be afraid of mistakes and to ask
friends for help. "One can achieve something only through joint
effort," Vardanyan said.
In this context, he thanked his wife Veronika Zonabend for being by
his side during the project.
Zonaberd expressed hope that one day Nobel Prize will go to a UWC
Dilijan graduate.
UWC Dilijan College is a large-scale charitable initiative. The
spending of construction of the school exclusively of charitable funds
reached $115 million as of the opening day. The second phase of the
construction will cost about $75 million. Additional funds under the
Project (for acquisition of land, architectural and engineering work,
development of infrastructures) are estimated at about $30 million for
the entire period. The operational budget of the school for the coming
5 years amounts to $8 million per year in average. The operational
budget will be replenished from the endowment fund management and
scholarship fund. By 2023 the College with its current 96 students
from nearly 50 countries will operate at full capacity and the number
of students will increased to 650 people. The teaching staff will
exceed 60 people. The IB Diploma is taught at all UWC schools and
colleges, including UWC Dilijan College. The lessons are delivered in
English. There are 10 students from Armenia at UWC Dilijan College.
UWC Dilijan is the joint project of philanthropists Ruben Vardanyan
and Veronika Zonabend and their partners. UWC Dilijan became the first
college in the post-Soviet area to join the UWC network. Talking to
reporters, Ruben Vardanyan said the project is important not only to
Armenia. He hopes the school will become an example of new world
standards in the field of education. Vardanyan said and thanked
everyone who believed in the success of the project.
The construction of the school is being supported by the government of
Armenia and personally by President Serzh Sargsyan. UWC Dilijan was
built according to the designs of a leading London architecture bureau
- Tim Flynn Architects. The UWC Dilijan admission criteria are
available on http://www.am.uwc.org/.-
From: Baghdasarian
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, October 11, 19:03
Well-known Russian businessman of Armenian origin, member of the
Board of Directors of Ameriabank Ruben Vardanyan is sure that UWC
Dilijan will be a success.
While opening the school on Saturday, Vardanyan reminded those present
of the Wings of Tatev project. He said that before the project Tatev
Monastery was visited by no more than 4,000 people a year. "This year
it has had as many as 150,000 visitors. I hope that UWC Dilijan will
also be a success," Vardanyan said.
He told the students that there is a prison saying, "Don't believe,
don't be afraid, don't ask" but asked them not to follow it but to
believe in their strengths, not to be afraid of mistakes and to ask
friends for help. "One can achieve something only through joint
effort," Vardanyan said.
In this context, he thanked his wife Veronika Zonabend for being by
his side during the project.
Zonaberd expressed hope that one day Nobel Prize will go to a UWC
Dilijan graduate.
UWC Dilijan College is a large-scale charitable initiative. The
spending of construction of the school exclusively of charitable funds
reached $115 million as of the opening day. The second phase of the
construction will cost about $75 million. Additional funds under the
Project (for acquisition of land, architectural and engineering work,
development of infrastructures) are estimated at about $30 million for
the entire period. The operational budget of the school for the coming
5 years amounts to $8 million per year in average. The operational
budget will be replenished from the endowment fund management and
scholarship fund. By 2023 the College with its current 96 students
from nearly 50 countries will operate at full capacity and the number
of students will increased to 650 people. The teaching staff will
exceed 60 people. The IB Diploma is taught at all UWC schools and
colleges, including UWC Dilijan College. The lessons are delivered in
English. There are 10 students from Armenia at UWC Dilijan College.
UWC Dilijan is the joint project of philanthropists Ruben Vardanyan
and Veronika Zonabend and their partners. UWC Dilijan became the first
college in the post-Soviet area to join the UWC network. Talking to
reporters, Ruben Vardanyan said the project is important not only to
Armenia. He hopes the school will become an example of new world
standards in the field of education. Vardanyan said and thanked
everyone who believed in the success of the project.
The construction of the school is being supported by the government of
Armenia and personally by President Serzh Sargsyan. UWC Dilijan was
built according to the designs of a leading London architecture bureau
- Tim Flynn Architects. The UWC Dilijan admission criteria are
available on http://www.am.uwc.org/.-
From: Baghdasarian