03 11 2008 - Armenian Virtual College Presented To Armenian Public

Armenian Virtual College Presented To Armenian Public
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On Sunday, September 28, 2008, hundreds of individuals gathered in Yerevan, Armenia's Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall to watch the presentation of AGBU's highly anticipated educational resource, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC), which is slated to launch in January 2009.

The AVC presentation was attended by various high-ranking members of the Armenian government, including Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Education and Science Minister Spartak Seyranian, Culture Minister Hasmik Poghossian, AGBU President Berge Setrakian, and various AGBU donors, including London-based Armenian benefactor Vatche Manoukian, American-Armenian philanthropist Albert Boyadjian, and members of the AGBU Central Board Vasken Yacoubian and Ruben Keshishian. The event was also attended by a host of local Armenian intellectuals and academics with a particular interest in scientific and educational innovation.

The AVC presentation was jointly organized by AGBU and Public Television of Armenia and the event was hosted by commentator and spokesman Artak Alexanian. During various breaks in the evening's presentation, audience members were treated to performances by various renowned Armenian pop stars, including Lilit Pipoyan, Arsen Grikorian, Hayko, Shushan Petrossian and the Empiray rock group.

AVC Coordinator and AGBU Silicon Valley Chairman Yervant Zorian was on hand to make an extensive presentation about the online program about its significance for AGBU's educational mission.

AVC is an Internet-based accredited distance learning program that aims to facilitate Armenian studies through new technologies. AVC provides Armenian courses in history, language and culture (architecture, geography, fine arts and music) and allows participating students to choose from six languages of instruction: Western and Eastern Armenian, English, Russian, French and Spanish. AVC will tailor lessons to suit each student's needs, thus ensuring that Armenians from around the world, regardless of their age, country of residence or knowledge level, will benefit from the resource.

During the presentation, the audience was treated to live online chats with potential AVC students in Moscow, San Francisco and Damascus, which demonstrated the program's remarkable potential to serve the global Armenian community.

In addition to AGBU's extensive support of AVC, the program was also made possible through the involvement of computer programmers and Internet specialists from Yerevan State University and the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. For more information about AVC, please visit www.agbu.org/armenianvirtualcollege.

Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the lives of some 400,000 Armenians on six continents.
AGBU Silicon Valley Chairman Yervant Zorian presents AGBU's Armenian Virtual College to an audience in Yerevan, Armenia. The event took place at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall on September 28, 2008.
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Date: 10/14/2008 AGBU Press Office
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