On April 3, 2019, YSU Ijevan Branch hosted “They Live” literary-musical commemorative event dedicated to the memory of the April Four-day War heroes.

The event was organized by Associate professor of the Department of Armenian Language and Literature, PhD Alisa Hasanyan, together with 3^rd-year student of “Armenian Language and Literature” specialty Nina Harutyunyan and 3^rd-year student of “History” specialty Shirak Gasparyan.

The event was attended by the members of the administrative and professorial staff of YSU Ijevan Branch, representatives of Ijevan military unit, Deputy Commander Nver Mangasaryan, Deacon Ruben Arzumanyan, a number of officers, Soldiers, family members of the April War Hero Vladimir Alikhanyan, priest of Makaravank Arshavir Asatryan , students, guests, citizens.

YSU Ijevan Branch students of different specialties (Liana Nersisyan, Araik Shahnazaryan, Taguhi Sahakyan, Zina Voskanyan, Mary Petrosyan, Nina Harutyunyan, Gurgen Dalyan, Liana Alaverdyan, Ani Martirosyan, Liana and Diana Yaralyans, Gohar Mkhitaryan, Margarit Tamrazyan, Aspram Veranyan) took a part in the literary-musical event.

In the beginning of the event, they paid a tribute to the memory of the heroes of the April War with a minute of silence.

Songs and poems on the theme of war were presented (“My Brother and Me”, “Battle”, “Armenian Soldier”, “I’m Proud”, “In a Battle”, “Red Tulips”, “Return to Home”, “Homeland”, “Ballad of a Soldier”, “Peace to Everyone and All!”).

Based on the words of family members, surrounding people and friends, the heroic image of Vladimir Alikhanyan, who died in the April war, was depicted, accompanied by the presentation, the hero’s path, his dreams, the feelings and hopes of the war, the message to us were thoroughly introduced.

During the literary-musical event, Vladimir Poghosyan, participant of the April Four-day War, Head of YSUIB Library, lecturer of the Armenian History and Social Sciences Department, and Slavik Alaverdyan, Inspector of the Department of Professional Orientation and Practice, lecturer of General Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department, made a heartfelt performance, talking about the sudden attack of the enemy, about the actions taken, the course of the war, and the conclusions drawn from it, the service and the protection of the motherland, that everyone should be ready to devote his life for his homeland.

At the end of the event, the commander of Ijevan military unit, deputy commander of the military unit Nver Mangasaryan, a military unit psychologist, YSUIB lecturer V. Chobanyan, and Acting director of Ijevan Branch of YSU A. V. Tsutsulyan delivered a speech conveying their gratitude to the organizers and participants for the high-level event, underlining that the nation which had such a generation, a strong backing in the form of a supportive, affectionate and encouraging, patriotic young people, ready to defend their native land at the cost of their lives, would rebuke every attack of the enemy.

The event ended with the blessing and prayer of Bishop Arshavir Asatryan, pastor of Makaravank.

The photos of the event are available in the gallery.

 On April 2, 2019, a theatrical play entitled “Armenian Sketches” was staged by YSU Cultural Center, at Ijevan House of Culture, turning into a real cultural holiday for the whole city.

Not only did YSUIB employees and students come to enjoy the play, but also representatives of various spheres of the region, theater-lovers, guests and citizens.

As it is known, the play is based on Vardges Petrosyan’s essay-novel “Armenian Sketches”.

The authors of the screenplay scenario are YSU Cultural Center Director Karine Davtyan and Ani Mikayelyan, the director is Karine Davtyan, and the roles are played by the students of YSU Cultural Center “Hamalsaranakan” theater-studio.

V.Petrosyan’s “Armenian Sketches” tells about the difficult path of the Armenian people, obstacles, revolutions and wars, its consequences, the Armenians around the globe, and the image of a true Armenian.

The authors of the performance created a patriotic theme and a new format  aimed at spreading patriotic ideas among today’s generation in which the importance is given not to the mourning and loss, but to the one who fights for his own country, the creator and the one that lives for it. The co-authors have done  editorial works as well as additions about the reent Artsakh and April four-day wars and their heroes. According to Karine Davtyan, she had long been thinking about staging a patriotic performance that would shake the spirit of today’s youth: “I have been looking for a lot of years and have read a lot of things, but none of them seemed to fit that way of thinking I would like. One day I remembered about Vardges Petrosyan’s play, which he wrote for the Dramatic Theater, and it appeared in my hands. The play was staged on time. Again, I read and understood, this is what should be done right now.”
Karine Davtyan included new heroes and episodes in the performance: “The play was written during a period after which very important events took place in our people’s lives, including the Artsakh War, the four-day war. He had a great impact on me. The young patriotic spirit of the young guys is extremely touching.”

The cooperation of YSU Ijevan Branch with YSU Cultural Center began last year when the Branch Directorate offered the Center to organize a graduation ceremony for YSUIB graduates. And by the suggestion of the Branch Directorate, at the House of Culture in Ijevan, “Armenian Sketches” theatrical play was staged dedicated to the heroes of the April War, on April 2, 2019.

YSU Ijevan Branch and YSU Cultural Center Cooperation will be continuous: A preliminary agreement was reached to create a Cultural Center, at YSU Ijevan Branch.

The photos of the event are available in the gallery.

  On April 1, 2019, the Armenian Radio of Valence hosted YSU Ijevan Branch delegation. The radio director Raffi Stepanyan and announcer of the program entitled “Interview”, Susanna Pahlevanyan, warmly welcomed YSUIB delegation. Mrs. Susanna had a live interview with students on the radio.

At the beginning of the program, she introduced the members of the delegation to the radio listeners and mentioned that they were exceedingly proud to host the French language teacher of the Armenian prime minister N.Pashinyan,  A.Mardanyan and YSU Ijevan Branch students.

Then Mrs. Mardanyan talked about Valence-Ijevan friendly relations, student exchange program, warm welcome from host families. She underlined the enormous significance of the exchange program, in linguistic and cultural aspects. A. Mardanyan conveyed her gratitude to the inviting team, as well as Ijevan Wine and Brandy company, “Bentonit”, “Karart”, companies management, Ijevan Municipality, Sevkar, Achajur, Getahovit and Gandzakar village administrations for their assistance.

Then, owing to the professional questions of the radio announcer, the students freely talked about their impressions, knowledge acquired at  “Maestris” School, and host families.

 On March 28th, 2019, YSU Ijevan Branch hosted a discussion on “Human Resources Management”, conducted by Management and Development Consultant of “Penta” Development Consulting Company, Private Entrepreneur, PhD Karen Sargsyan. He has received HR certification in 2003 and conducted trainings and seminars on HR Management since 2006, with a practical experience in organization development and change management.

The discussion was attended by Heads and employees of YSU Ijevan Branch different subdivisions.

Motivation as a development tool was discussed during “Human Resources Management” seminar.

 The main components of human resources management and its interconnection with the activities of the organization were presented.

The discussion was in an active and engaging atmosphere. The participants expressed their views on the issue of improving human resources management at the Branch and made proposals.

From March 2019, Inter-University Student Debate Championship for all students of Higher and Secondary Vocational Education Institutions of the Republic of Armenia has been launched. YSU Ijevan Branch students take part in the Inter- University Student Debate.

The participants first went through a two-week qualification training courses by experienced, competent specialists, followed by the competition stage.

Three qualification training courses were held.

On March 25th, “Jinishian Memorial Foundation” hosted the first training course for the University Student Debate Championship on “The Structure and Skills of Debate”. The speaker was Zaruhi Hambardzumyan, Youth Engaged in Society – YES Program responsible, who briefly introduced the debate format developed by “Jinishian Memorial Foundation”.

On March 27th, the second training course for the Inter-University Student Debate Championship was held on “Critical Thinking”. The speaker was Mikayel Hovhannisyan, Eurasia Partnership Foundation Program manager. The discussion was in an engaging and interactive atmosphere.

On March 29th, the last training course for the Inter-University Student Debate Championship was held on “Media Literacy”. The speaker of the training was editor-in-chief of media.am, Gegham Vardanyan. An interesting discussion was held during which Mr. Vadanyan answered all the questions of the teams.

21 teams, more than 120 participants from educational institutions of different regions of Armenia will take part in the Inter-University Students Debate Championship.

YSU Ijevan Branch, “Believers” team will compete against YSU “Slizerin” team. “Believers” will act as an opponent.

We wish a successful, interesting and meaningful debate to all the participants, especially to YSU Ijevan Branch “Believers” team.