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  • AUA Increases Capacity to Enroll More Students, Initiate New Academi

    PRESS RELEASE
    May 2, 2011

    American University of Armenia Corporation
    300 Lakeside Drive, 12th Floor
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Telephone: (510) 987-9452
    Fax: (510) 208-3576
    Contact: Gaiane Khachatrian
    E-mail: [email protected]


    AUA Increases its Capacity to Enroll More Students and Initiate New Academic
    Programs

    Last week, a shipment of 450 new high-quality student chairs, as well as
    office desk chairs and equipment for the Acopian Center for Environment
    arrived at the Yerevan campus of the American University of Armenia (AUA).
    The chairs, purchased in the US and shipped to AUA with the help of the
    United Armenian Fund, will be used in the newly refinished and furnished
    classrooms of the university's original building. The complete renovation
    of this building, along with the recent opening of a new campus building,
    has upgraded and substantially increased the university's capacity to enroll
    more students and initiate new academic programs.

    It has been two and a half years since AUA opened a new, state-of-the-art
    building, the Paramaz Avedisian Building (PAB), on its Yerevan campus. This
    construction was made possible by significant contributions from the
    Avedisian family, the Manoogian Simone Foundation, the TF Educational
    Foundation, and many other past and present supporters of AUA. The PAB is a
    four-story, 108,000 square foot building designed to accommodate the latest
    in classroom video, computer, and telecommunications equipment.

    The renovation and furnishing of the classrooms and offices, as well as the
    upgrade of AUA's information technology infrastructure in the PAB was made
    possible by a grant from USAID's American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
    program. This grant also included replacement of all old windows in the
    original building, installation of air conditioning system, improvement of
    network connectivity, purchase of desktop computers, printers, notebooks and
    software. These infrastructure improvements were necessary for the
    furtherance of AUA's mission to develop as a learning institution that
    introduces new and transformational methodologies for training and educating
    future leaders and entrepreneurs in Armenia and the surrounding region.

    By increasing its classroom space and improving its facilities, AUA will
    have the capacity to more than double its current enrollment, and also to
    welcome new students from outside of Armenia, in order to create a more
    diverse campus environment. The university also aims to expand adult and
    professional education programs and to host more academic conferences, to
    reach a wider audience.

    The entire AUA community expresses its gratitude to The Lincy Foundation,
    the United Armenian Fund and USAID for their past and present support to the
    university, and for their assistance and cooperation in advancing education
    in Armenia through AUA.

    __________________________________________________ _______________________

    Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia is affiliated with the
    University of California system and is accredited by the Western Association
    of Schools and Colleges, one of the six regional accrediting bodies
    recognized by the US Department of Education. Through teaching, research
    and public service, AUA serves Armenia and the region by supplying high
    quality education in seven different major fields, encouraging civic
    engagement, and promoting democratic governance.




    From: A. Papazian
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