AVC AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORT LAUNCHED A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS

AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia started a webinar series on AVC’s Pan-Armenian Educational Forum platform (PAEF).  

The series aims at presenting contemporary topics and global trends in pedagogy and education and is designed for those who want to expand and strengthen their professional knowledge. 

ARMENIAN VIRTUAL BRIDGE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM CONDUCTS A SYNC-UP SESSION

The Accelerator program of the Armenian Virtual Bridge (AVB) conducted a hybrid sync-up session held at Yerevan State University, on November 22, 2021. The program was offered last Fall by AGBU - Silicon Valley and RA Ministry of High-Tech Industry, and made possible by AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC).

Ricardo Torres, a young professional and researcher from Rosario, Argentina with no Armenian roots, is studying Armenian studies and has a far-reaching vision in the field. 

“I am of Spanish and Italian descent, yes, but I was very interested in Armenian, so my Ph.D. supervisor recommended me AVC courses.”

AVC student Mariano Ignacio from Argentina shares his experience of learning the Armenian language, which he describes as a “wonderful treasure of humanity”. Besides giving an easy-access opportunity to learn the language, Ignacio points out Armenian Virtual College’s impressive teaching methodology that offers time-flexibility encouraging its students to learn at their own pace and take the required time to let the new words, dialogs, and expressions sink in.

On March 24, 2020, AGBU AVC Founding President, Dr. Yervant Zorian, met with the Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Zhanna Andreasyan, along with the President of the Union of ICT Employers (UEICT), Armen Baldryan, the UEICT Executive Director, Eduard Musayelyan, and Director of the Synopsys Armenia Educational Department, Prof. Vazgen Melikyan.

The State Minister of Artsakh, Artak Beglaryan, and his principal Advisor David Akopyan, met with AGBU AVC Founding President, Dr. Yervant Zorian, and several other representatives of the AGBU Armenian Virtual College in Silicon Valley, on Nov. 1, 2021. The meeting, held at the St Andrew Armenian church hall in Cupertino, was dedicated to exchange views on the present and, more importantly, the future of education in Artsakh.

On March 20, 2022, AGBU AVC Founding President, Dr. Yervant Zorian, visited His Holiness Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia.

Shahan Kandaharian, a member of the "Year of the Diaspora" coordination committee and Editor-in-Chief of Aztag Daily, was also present at the meeting. Catholicos Aram I proclaimed 2022 as the “Year of the Diaspora” in his annual New Year address.

AVC alumnus Michael Cunningham, Director of the Global Scholars Diploma Program of the World Affairs Council of Austin, received the Armenian Genocide Education Award from the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region’s Education Committee for the “International Education and Genocide Awareness” program, initiated in partnership with the AGBU Armenian Virtual College.

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, AVC brought together hybrid schools from across the world in a video recital of the “Ode to the Armenian Language” by Vahan Tekeyan.  Students and teachers from the USA, Canada, Lebanon, Greece, Syria, Kuwait, Russia and Armenia contributed their talent and effort to this project.

Another video featured drawings of hybrid students from Russia, Switzerland, the USA, Canada and Australia inspired by Tekeyan's poem.

About 30 students of the Faculty or Arts and Culture at the National University of Rosario, Argentina, (UNR) completed the 2021 cycle of the AVC Armenian Language course. Close to the end of their studies, the AVC online instructor Gohar Gevorgyan took them on a virtual tour to the History Museum of Armenia. “So glad we were able to travel together, even if it was virtually”, said one of the students during the event.

The first group of students from the Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don successfully completed the first level of the AVC Armenian Language course and received certificates.

AVC Education Team manager Marine Khachaturyan and online instructor Gohar Gevorgyan hosted the online awards ceremony and presented digital certificates to the ten SFedU students.