A record number of Armenian young professionals and youth have been taking part in AGBU programs this summer. In addition to the close to 400 participants in the recently concluded FOCUS 2009 in Chicago, 67 college students are participating in Summer Intern Programs in New York, Paris & Yerevan; 300 boy & girl scouts are camping at the Antranik Scout Camp in Armenia; 225 youngsters are attending Camp Nubar in upstate New York, and hundreds more are participating in other camps and youth trips in dozens of countries. All in all, over 1,500 youths are spending this summer learning more about their heritage and meeting fellow Armenians at AGBU venues, events and activities around the world.

Online the story is similar: the newly launched Armenian Virtual College (AVC) has attracted a great amount of interest. Within five days of its launch in June, hundreds of potential students, ranging in age from 17 to 82, have registered for more information about the online school. Meanwhile, this summer, close to 150 students from 22 countries are already participating in AVC's inaugural semester.

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>> YP Philly Makes Waves (7/27)
>> Zartonk Newspaper of Beirut Interviews Lebanon's AYA-Antranik Executive Director Kevork Santourian (7/27)
>> 2009 YSIP Interns Blog About Their Experiences in Armenia (7/23)
>> AGBU Silver Anniversary Postcard Book (archives) (7/23)
>> Former Executive Director of AGBU Jack Antreassian, 90, Dies (7/14)
>> Toronto's Zaroukian School Makes Its Yearbook Downloadable (7/14)
>> New high-school building to enhance Manoogian School in Southfield, MI: An Interview with Principal Hosep Torossian (7/9)
>> Tsvetana Paskaleva is Presented with the 2009 Garbis Papazian Award (video, in Arm.) (7/8)
>> George Bournoutian Speaks in Toronto About 18th C. Catholicos Siméon's Book "Jambr" (7/7)

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Armenian Virtual College Launches Inaugural Summer 2009 Term, Extending AGBU's Mission in Armenian Education

With great enthusiasm, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC) (www.avc-agbu.org) began enrollment for its inaugural summer term on June 7, 2009 and, over the course of five days, 382 individuals registered as students to investigate this emerging institution and take a sneak peak at its sample lessons. Potential students from 35 countries, including the Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Venezuela, and Uzbekistan, logged onto the newly launched website ... >>

Expectant mothers at the AGBU Hye Geen Pregnant Women's Center in Talin, Armenia, attend a special presentation on the importance of pre-natal nutrition in a child's development.

AGBU Pasadena High School students meet with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, at Holy Etchmiadzin during their recent visit to Armenia.

A panel at the "Meet Your Candidate: The European Parliament and Armenians in the Next Legislature of the European Parliament" conference which was hosted by AGBU London on May 29, 2009.

Antranik Scout Camp in Armenia Welcomes 300 Youths from Five Countries for a Summer of Exploration

The Armenian General Benevolent Union's (AGBU) Antranik Scout Camp, located near Lermontovo village in the Lori region of Armenia, opened its ... >>

Record Number of AGBU Interns Arrive in New York, Paris and Yerevan for Summer of Professional and Cultural Enrichment

Sixty-seven college-age Armenians from around the world are participating in this summer's AGBU intern programs in New York ... >>

Over 4,000 People Attend Ardavazt Theater's "Who Is My Father?" Performances

The AGBU Ardavazt Theater Company of Southern California presented the two-act comedy "Who Is My Father?" at Pasadena's AGBU Alex Manoogian Center for eleven ... >>

New York, USA. Thursday, July 30
YPGNY Invites you to "Cheers to Conservation"
San Francisco, USA. Saturday, August, 1
YPNC Saturday Night Baseball: Giants vs. Phillies
New York, USA. Tuesday, August, 4
Margaret Ahnert Book Reading
Yerevan, Armenia. Thursday, August 13
Antranik Scout Camp Fire Ceremony
Philadelphia, USA. Thursday, August, 20
YP Philadelphia invites you to "Coast in the City"
Toronto, Canada. Saturday, August, 22
YP Toronto Conundrum Adventures

 
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War and Peace in the Caucasus: Ethnic Conflict and the New Geopolitics
Vicken Cheterian

Having spent decades reporting on conflicts in Georgia and Chechnya, Vicken Cheterian provides an authoritative account of ethno-nationalistic strife in the Caucasus since the collapse of the Soviet Union. He investigates why some nationalist movements became violent while others did not and explores various secessionist rebellions in the region. He also discusses ongoing instability in the North Caucasus, Georgia, and Armenia, and analyzes the competition between Western powers and a newly resurgent Russia for the Caucasus's hydrocarbon resources.

Vazken I, accompanied by Alex Manoogian, on a visit to New York.