On April 5th and 6th, 2019, YSU Ijevan Branch hosted the students of Hovk Secondary School and Ijevan High School.

Slavik Alaverdyan, Inspector of YSU Ijevan Branch Professional Orientation and Practice Department, warmly welcomed the guests, introduced the history of the Branch and the faculties, classrooms, art studios and laboratories.

The students of Hovk Secondary school took a part in some of the classes in the faculties of Applied Arts and Humanities.

The students of Ijevan High School attended the spectacular experiments of chemistry conducted by YSU Associate Professor, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, PhD Robert Adamyan, Acting Head of YSUIB Department of General Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Associate Professor, PhD Gevorg Simonyan and Associate Professor of the same Department, PhD Hmayak Isakhanyan.

After the experiment, the presentation of the first volume of Robert Adamyan’s book entitled “Inorganic Chemistry” was held at YSUIB Library. Acting Director of YSUIB, Associate professor, PhD A. V. Tsutsulyan, G. Simonyan, H. Isakhanyan and others introduced the book and delivered a speech.

The photos of the event are available in the gallery.

On April 5^th, 2019, first-year students of “Tourism” specialty, Part-time training system of Ijevan Branch of “Yerevan State University” Foundation delivered reports in English on “Places of Interest in Armenia”.

The event was initiated and organized by Anna Karapetyan, PhD, assistant of English Language and Literature Department.

Students accompanied by presentations introduced some of the places of interest in Armenia.

Particularly, they talked about the beautiful Gosh lake near the village of Gosh in Tavush region, the length of which is 100 meters, the width is 80 meters, the maximum depth is 8 meters, and the water temperature in summer reaches only 14 degrees Celsius. It was noted that in this area you can meet different types of monuments, various rock formations, mineral springs, etc.

Lastiver, a paradise, with dense woods, caves, beautiful waterfalls and rivers, was also presented. Lastiver is one of the most favorite places for active leisure, both among the citizens of the country and the tourists. At the caves a marvelous view opens: the waterfalls of Lastiver, which are really considered to be wonders of Nature.
Lastiver Cave is hard to access on a cliff face, and the entrance has been partially protected with an ancient wall. At the river, which has beautiful cascades and rapids, there is a campground built, with amenities.

The students also talked about the monastery of Sevanavank in Gegharkunik region, on the Sevan peninsula, founded in 305, by Gregory the Illuminator.

First-year students of “Tourism” specialty also introduced Lake Sevan and some other interesting places.

They were exceedingly excited and touched, as it was the first time they were delivering reports in English and they expressed desire to participate more frequently in such class activities.

In the second semester of 2018-2019 academic years, “A Virtual Work Environment” qualification and training course, included in “Information and Communication Technologies” module, is being held at YSU Ijevan Branch, conducted by YSU Ijevan Branch worker Anna Manucharyan.

YSUIB 14 lecturers take part in the training course.

“A Virtual Work Environment” training course aims to introduce listeners to the online Moodle learning system, ways of presenting knowledge in the online domain, and student-student and lecturer-student interaction rules in the virtual domain.

Students entering the system can get complete information about the overall description of the course, the necessary literature, the assigned tasks, and the deadlines for their implementation.

The Moodle system makes it easy for students to work because the individual’s personal work is clearly visible there. In addition, on the platform, students have the opportunity to ask questions to the lecturer and get their answers, organize discussions between each other.

At the end of the course, the lecturers will be able to create different types of learning resources in the online learning system, monitor student work, have the ability to work in an online learning system and design a complete e-learning course.

 On April 4th, 2019, YSU Ijevan Branch Library hosted a discussion of writer, publicist Khachik Manukyan’s works, conducted by Vladimir Poghosyan, the head of the library. In his speech, he introduced Khachik Manukyan’s literary contribution, his achievements in the literary field.

Poghosyan particularly mentioned: “Khachik Manukyan writer-publicist was born, lived and lives in Echmiadzin and considers Echmiadzin as the center of his world. Since 1991, he is a member of the Union of Writers of the Armenian SSR, since 1992, a member of the Writers’ Union of Armenia. During his many years of literary activity, he received numerous awards, particularly worth mentioning “the Golden Reed” 1999, Avetiq Isahakyan’s literary prize twice laureate and so on. He is the author of many books and collections. In 2016, “Zangak” publishing house published the quartet of Kh. Manukyan’s works. The works of the writer have been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Persian, Georgian, Polish and other languages. Indeed, Khachik Manukyan’s contribution to the formation and development of modern Armenian poetry is considerable. “

Afterwards, Khachik Manukyan’s works were analyzed by Associate Professors of Armenian Language and Literature Department Aida Sahratyan and Alisa Hasanyan. The first volume of the Quartet was analyzed by Gohar Mkhitaryan, 2^nd-year student of “Armenian Language and Literature” Department, and Tatevik Ayvazyan, Arpine Baghinyan, Armida Baghyan, pupil Arthur Abazyan read poems.

The attendees had an opportunity to ask questions to Khachik Manukyan.

Primate of Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, delivered a speech, particularly mentioning: “Khachik Manukyan’s blood and pen have the same color: his life and experiences, his feelings and thoughts have always been reflected in his works”.

At the end of the discussion, Acting Director of YSU Ijevan Branch A. V. Tsutsulyan conveyed his gratitude to Khachik Manukyan and hoped that such meetings would be continous.