In 2018, on September 21, on the occasion of  27th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Armenia, representatives of administrative staff and students of YSU Ijevan branch under the supervision of YSU IB Acting Director Artak Cuculyan visited Ijevan Freedom Fighters Square.

The Universitarians, from Constitution Square, near Tavush Administrative Region, marched to Liberty Square, accompanied by high-ranking representatives from different spheres of Tavush Region, military orchestra, many citizens and the university students.

They paid tribute, put flowers and wreaths on the monument in memory of perished freedom fighters in Ijevan.

The Primate of Tavush Diocese, Bagrat Galstanyan, delivered a congratulatory and blessing speech on Liberty Square, voiced the Lord’s and Peace Prayer.

Within the framework of the events dedicated to the 27th anniversary of RA independence, a festive ceremony and a concert were organized in the Ijevan Culture House.

In 1991, on September 21, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia, according to the decision of March 1, held a referendum with the following question: “Do you agree the Republic of Armenia to be an independent democratic state?”.

The absolute majority of the voting-age population said “yes” to independence, agreeing that the country terminate its membership in the USSR.

Based on the historic document, Armenia was proclaimed an independent and sovereign country.

The third republic was established in the history of Armenia. The Armenian SSR was renamed to the Republic of Armenia. The flag was affirmed as a flag of the republic, and then the coat of arms was adopted.

After the declaration of RA independence by the Supreme Council, dozens of countries  recognized the Republic of Armenia.

The first was Lithuania, which till the declaration of independence already recognized the independence of the Republic of Armenia on August 14, and then during 1991, after the adoption of the declaration, another 47 states recognized the independence of the Republic of Armenia.

It was supposed that independence would open new opportunities for Armenia.

As a Republic, Armenia would already be able to establish its own diplomatic relations with different countries and conduct active policy.

Armenia has been trying to develop closer ties with foreign countries since independence.

Today Armenia is pursuing its own integration policy.

In 2014, Armenia officially became a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Now Armenia is trying to deepen the ties of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia hopes to build a bridge between Iran and the EEU.

One of the most important challenges facing Armenia is the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in international courts.

The current issue of independent Armenia is the tension between the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, which is periodically under discussion in CSTO and is in the center of attention of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs.

The greatest achievement of these years was the victory in the Artsakh war at the price of blood.

After the April four-day war, independent Armenia has shown that it has a powerful army and necessary military equipment to push the enemy at every moment.

In the history of independence, the constitutional reform bill and the transition from Presidential to Parliamentary Governance were of paramount importance.

Today, we, all Armenians, celebrate the Anniversary of our free and independent Republic.

Congratulations on your 27^th Anniversary, Armenia.  May our independence be forever, let Armenian statehood become stronger, our state be powerful and prosperous, may Armenia become truly the country that the whole Armenians have dreamed of.

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In 2018, on September 20, in the Hovk village of Tavush Region, Susanna Balasanyan, a 4^th year student of the Department of “Informatics and Applied Mathematics, presented her “Siro Astghaluys” poetry collection.

The head of the Department of Armenian language and literature, PhD, Associate Professor, V. Avagyan, associate dean of the Faculty of  Humanities, PhD, Associate Professor  V. Aghababyan, students of the faculty of Armenian language and literature, university staff, students, guests, poetry lovers were present at the event.

During the presentation, second and third year students of the faculty of Armenian language and literature performed recitation, song and their own analysis.

Mane Yeganyan started the event with the only poem of the collection about maternity

Գարուն էր դրսում,

Մայրս աշուն էր,

Բայց երգ էր հյուսում.

Երգը նախշուն էր:

Հայացքով անխոս

Թեքվել է հողին,

Չեմ ների մորս

Արցունք տվողին:

Then Astghik Ghazaryan and Lusine Melkumyan recited.

Throughout the event, Liana Yaralyan provided musical mood.

Armiada Baghiyan, a student of the same school, gave an analytical speech. Commenting on the title of the collection, she particularly mentioned: “… It is interesting. The stars are surrounded by darkness in the sky, but they shed light around them. These little lights symbolize love, while darkness symbolizes the difficulties and obstacles of life, and as the stars win darkness illuminating it, human love must fight against the difficulties of life, win and brighten our lives”.

Roza Melkoumian interrupted with a hint, remembering her and Susanna’s first meeting. “Several years ago, when I was studying at school, I went to the camp for a week in summer. We went to camp with 11 Tavush people on a blue bus. On the way we were informed that we should stop at the village of Hovk because one of the children is going to join us. We got to Hovk. There was a girl waiting for us … and the first one that grabbed me was the shining hair in the sun. ” Rosa confessed that she thought Susanna or, as she says, Susan is Russian. In the camp, Rosa got acquainted with Susanne’s poems, in the blue book.

Then Lusine Hakobyan made an analytical speech. According to her, Susanne’s writings were of impressionistic view, that is, ” based on subjective reactions of that moment, she has written what she has seen and felt.

Քամու հառաչ,

Լույս խավարած,

Ջրի կարկաչ,

Կանչող մի կանչ:

Gohar Mkhitaryan first tried to find out the meaning of Susanne’s name. “White Water Lily”. Susanna is also a lilac, a delicate, simple, white fairy tale. Her writings remind of lilac mildness . Then she named what themes were prevalent in the collection: anticipation, contrast, illusions, struggle and love. Gohar spoke of possible literary influences that Susanna could have during writing.

Ես կգամ այսօր,

Ինչ էլ որ լինի,

Քիչ մտամոլոր

Ու չեմ մոլորվի:

Կվերադառնամ,

Կնստեմ քեզ մոտ,

Շուրթիդ կդառնամ

Մեղրածոր կարոտ:

“Along with reading this poem, Gohar emphasized,” Hamo Sahyan’s “I’ll come” poem is reborned in our minds. The aspirations are the same: to come back, whatever happens, as Sahyan would say, «Հազար կապով կապված, // Խաչով խաչված լինի. Is Susanna inspired by this poem, it is difficult to say, but there are poems, which, when reading, remind us of poems of the great Armenian writers of the past century. For example, this line.

Հոգնած գլուխս դնեմ քո ուսին

Ու հանգիստ քնեմ մինչև լուսաբաց,

Քեզ համար մնամ միշտ էլ սիրող կին

Ու քո գրկի մեջ ես լինեմ արբած:

In some ways, this is a reminder of the lines of ” Կուզեմ` հիմի փչե զուռնեն // Հարբած ըլիմ մինչև էգուց ” by Charents from the “Tagharan” collection. Love makes them dreamy and happy. “

Roza Tchagharyan spoke delightedly about her impressions. “… A very original, unique and profound poet. She has a rich saying, flexible idea. The writer of poems that can not be read without scratch. Sometimes even one word is so impressive that your body trembles and think how talented this girl is. “

Beginning from the school director to Susanna’s mother, everyone expressed words of gratitude, they thanked one more time both organizers and students, Susanne, whose creative talent was the reason of this memorable occasion.

The university students returned from Hovk with warm and bright impressions, with the hope of meeting again on such interesting occasions.

In 2018, on September 19, the opening ceremony of the “Tradition” N2 Music School, community serving Non-Profit Organization (NPO) took place in Ijevan.

Establishment of another music center in the center of Tavush Region, in Ijevan, aims to contribute to the development of musical life in the region.

The restoration of “Tradition” music school was made possible due to the generous support of the “Vardanants Sisters” from Detroit, Michigan, USA , Zabel shelter and other Armenian philanthropists from Australia, Lebanon, Armenia.

Mayor of Ijevan V.Galumyan, Governor of Tavush Region V.Galumyan, Primate of Tavush Diocese Bagrat Galstanyan, Acting Director of YSU Ijevan Branch A. V. Cuculyan, guests from the Ministry of Culture, Director of the Cultural Education Foundation, directors of the Yerevan School of Art, Directors of Ijevan Schools and Kindergartens, the Head of the Education Department of  Tavush Administrative Region, the Directors of Ijevan and Dilijan Music Schools and representatives of Eurasia International Partnership Foundation were invited to the opening

The opening of the music school was accompanied by a festive ceremony, organized by the opera singer Asatur Baljyan, honored artist Hasmik Harutyunyan, program coordinator Narine Aghasaryan, music school director Elmira Aghasaryan.

One of the supporters of the event was Ijevan branch of YSU, “Shoghakn” ensemble and Alexan Harutyunyan.

Susanne Shahnazaryan, Lilit Pharmazyan, Elina Khachatryan, Arina Paronyan and graduate Marietta Sargsyan, students of YSU IB of Faculty of English Language and Literature, performed translation work for foreign guests.

In 2018, on September 18, within the framework of education internship, 1st and 2nd year students of “Service” of the Faculty of Economics, accompanied by Pavel Asilbekyan, Assistant of the Department of Tourism Management and Cultural Studies, Assistant Hripsime Azizyan, lecturer Sveta Safaryan, lecturer of the Department of General economics, Anoush Saribekyan, visited Gosh.

The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with tourism potential and infrastructures of Gosh.

The internship provided students with the chance to study Gosh monastery, M. Gosh’s mausoleum (historic-cultural center), Gosh Lake, limestone guards, various tourism infrastructures (guesthouses, hotels, cafés, souvenirs, preserves, regional herbal markets).

The study began with limestone guards, and then a walk through the Gosh Lake. 

During the visit, the university students met with two tourism groups from Spain and France, which witnessed the availability of the region and prospects of tourism development in tourism packages. The above mentioned infrastructures were studied, but an additional visit was planned for in-depth study.

The study tour ended with a discussion during which the students expressed their opinions, asked questions and made conclusions.

The group suggested that new visits should be organized in order to conduct a deeper market research and organization of production internships.