On November 8^th of 2018, Ijevan branch of YSU hosted a seminar on “Media Literacy: Journalism and Society “, organized by Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s Northern Branch (EPF) together with Ijevan Branch of Yerevan State University.

The seminar was conducted by Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s Northern Branch program coordinator, Varsik Nerkararyan.

The training-discussion was attended by students of YSU IB Journalism Group, coordinator of the works with graduates and external stakeholders, public relations and media officer.

The purpose of the seminar was to introduce the essence of the media, goals and objectives, the basics of media literacy, to explain the media-society connection and the impact of the media on society.

Agenda:

• What is media?
• What are media tools?
• How to orient in modern media stream?
• How to distinguish true and false information?

It was emphasized that the purpose of the media literacy seminar was not to create a literate media producer, but rather to create a competent media consumer, and for the latter, first of all it was necessary to understand how the media was created.

Owing to group works and role-playing games organized during the seminar, the participants learned how the media was actually created.

Role-playing games also helped the participants understand how media targeted their audiences and how to understand it as a media consumer and make wise decisions.

During the seminar, the impact of the current media producers on the society has been discussed.

At the end of the seminar on “Media Literacy”: Journalism and Society, the participants received certificates.

The photos of students receiving certificates are available in the Gallery.

On November 7th and 9th , 2018, YSUIB Department of Professional Orientation and Practice Organization had a meeting with the secondary school of Achajur village of Tavush region and senior and secondary students of Dilijan region schools.
The meeting was attended by Acting Director of YSUIB A. V. Tsutsulyan, Head of Educational-Methodological Department A. Davtyan, Head of Professional Orientation and Practice Organization Department L. Beginyan, worker of the same department A. Manucharyan, School directors, teachers and students.
The purpose of the meetings was to carry out professional orientation work in secondary schools, inform the graduating students about YSUIB admission professions of 2019 academic year and educational programs.
During the meetings, the universitarians presented general directions and specializations of YSU Ijevan Branch, the terms and conditions of university admission and privileges.
On the agenda were admission education programs of 2019 academic year, new offers and opportunities (referring to Full-time learning of the mentioned faculties (“Environment and Nature Management”, “Applied Art” and “Psychology”), exam materials and changes in admission exams. Special attention was paid to the Russian Language and Literature, which would be implemented for the first time taking into consideration the labor market demands.
In order to maintain a constant contact between the university and the region’s secondary schools, and to strengthen the school-university connection, it has been suggested to periodically conduct cognitive visits, thematic lectures and discussions, and to take advantage of Part-time learning opportunities.
The meeting was in an interactive atmosphere. The students were interested in various issues related to educational process, tuition fees discounts and privileges for students, admission exams and subjects.
The representatives of the schools expressed their contentment to the universitarians and expected the cooperation to be continuous.

 On November 7 of 2018, at the Diocese of Tavush held a discussion on “Conflict Revolution”, initiated by WCC Armenia Round Table Foundation together with “Arevik” Social-Educational Center of Tavoush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Students and workers of YSU Ijevan Branch, representatives of “Arevik” social-educational center participated in the discussion.

The discussion on “Conflict Revolution” was conducted by Khachik Galstyan, Associate Professor of Political Science History and Theory Department of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University.

The participants presented their perception on conflicts and ways of their revolution.

The urgent needs of participants in the framework of conflict revolution were brought about in order to develop an educational program.

Different practical games were organized during the discussion. Through the practical game “Who are you?”, For example, the participants were able to find out the important values for them.

Trainer Kh.Galstyan added that there were not alike conflicts, and everyone had his/her own position. “For different people,” said Mr. Galstyan, “the importance of values is different, which characterizes the subjectivity of conflicts.”

On November 1-2, 2018, “Innovative Libraries 2018” Workshop was held in the Writers’ Creative House of Tsakhkadzor, attended by Armenian city and regional, public and university librarians, including Vladimir Poghosyan, Head of YSUIB Library.

First, Public Affairs Officer of US Embassy in Armenia, Rob Anderson welcomed the participants. He noted that the embassy was very pleased to support this event, which would contribute to the implementation of new programs in the libraries and the transformation of libraries into community centers.

RA Deputy Minister of Culture Vahe Budumyan welcomed the participants of the two-day workshop. He encouraged all librarians to speak out for their rights and protect the rights of libraries as full-fledged community centers.

The head of YSU IB library Vladimir Poghosyan presented to the workshop participants the innovative achievements of YSU Ijevan branch library, the structure, purpose, open and accessible electronic system of YSUIB E-library, as well as the opportunities and statistics of electronic literature.

The participants of the workshop highly appreciated the activities of YSUIB Library and especially the existence and availability of the electronic library.