Genocide Commemoration at AVC
For AGBU Armenian Virtual College, April is the month to join millions of Armenians worldwide to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. Using AVC’s large and worldwide audience, the social event Commemoration of Victims and Tribute to Humanity took hundreds of participants through the stories of survivors and eyewitness accounts, both pre and post genocide-times...
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Israel: AVC as a Means for Knowledge Expansion
Before discovering the Armenian Virtual College, Valery Novoselsky had known only some basic Armenian phrases, including some expressions of love, that he learned from Armenian friends. Today, Valery has expanded that knowledge to include history, architecture, language, as well as music, by enrolling in AVC’s online courses and has completed advanced levels for most of them...
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European Parliament: AVC at "A Europe of Diasporas Conference” in Brussels
On May 2, 2016, the coalition of Armenian, Assyrian, Jewish, and Roma Diasporas met in Brussels to rediscover and value the diasporas in Europe and promote exchange, cooperation and joint advocacy among them.
AGBU Europe played an active role in this unique conference along with many activists, academics and organizations...
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Virtual Events Continue to Enrich AVC Curricula
During the academic term of Winter 2016, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College students met around two virtual events – the festival of Barekendan, and the holidays of St. Sargis and Tiarn’ndaraj.
The pre-lent festival of Barekendan has very entertaining rituals and celebrations that go along with it. Through the event, AVC Online Instructors informed the participants of the rich background about the ritual, and conveyed the enthusiastic and amusing atmosphere of the festival...
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UAE: Longtime Friends Continue Going with You All the Way
The cooperation between AVC and the Ohannesian Armenian Weekly School in Sharjah, UAE, began in 2009 with the foundation of AVC. This was the first time AVC expanded its program to schools rather than individual students. Since then, the School has been one of the best integrators of the AVC Hybrid Education Program offering the AVC Armenian History online course to many generations of Armenians attending the school...
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AVC Insights: Anna Dolabjian: Linguist, Life Coach & AVC Ambassador in Egypt
In 2013, Anna Dolabjian was appointed as the Armenian Virtual College Liaison in Egypt and has acted as an active supporter of the AVC mission since then. Her incredible dedication and efforts were recognized by the College when she was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation, as well as awarded the prestigious title of AVC Ambassador by AVC Founder Dr. Yervant Zorianduring his visit to Egypt in December of 2015...
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Prague: Armenians Welcome AVC Founding President
On March 17, 2016, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College Founding President Yervant Zorian was hosted at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to Czech Republic in Prague.
During a special event hosted by the Embassy, Dr. Zorian had a meeting with Armenian community leaders and educators, including Ambassador Tigran Seyranyan, the editors of the Orer magazine and website, the teachers of the Armenian Saturday School in Prague, and other community members...
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Los Angeles: How AVC Helps Armenians Stay Connected
The collaboration between St. James Armenian Church School of Los-Angeles, USA, and the Armenian Virtual College started in 2014 when the former approached AVC for support in its academic program. AVC’s Hybrid Education Program, intended for schools wishing to incorporate innovative and attractive learning methods into their curricula, was a nice fit for the St. James Armenian Church Sunday School...
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Belarus Delegation Discovers AVC Online Chess Program
On March 23, 2016, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College was invited by the Armenian Chess Academy to present its online chess program to the delegates from Belarus. The guests were visiting Armenia to become familiar with the Armenian expertise in teaching chess in traditional day-schools and online.
AVC Online Chess Instructor Vahagn Kalantaryan and AVC Education Program Coordinator Marina Khachaturyan presented AVC’s Online Chess Program...
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