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International Center for
Agribusiness Research
and Education
AGRIBUSINESS TEACHING CENTER AGRIBUSINESS RESEARCH CENTER EVN WINE ACADEMY
ICARE has a new Director...
vote. Dr. Grigorian’s appointment of Arthur’s important initiatives was
followed the resignation of the previ- the series of meetings with ICARE
ous Director of ICARE, Dr. Vardan alumni groups, which led to bolster-
Urutyan, who was recently elected ing a new culture among the gradu-
as the Acting Rector of the ates – the culture of giving to Alma
Armenian National Agrarian Mater both in the form of sharing
University. Arthur Grigorian is an their professional experience with
alum of ICARE’s Agribusiness ICARE students and raising funds to
Teaching Center. He was the help ICARE establish the new
Development Director at ICARE Student Lounge.
prior to this appointment. Arthur is a great friend of
The Chairman of the ICARE ICARE’s partners in Armenia and
Board of Trustees, Dr. John Nichols, abroad. He is loved and respected
in his letter to the ICARE/ATC staff within the ICARE family for his intel-
and faculty says: “Arthur brings lectuality, nobleness, and dedica-
many years of programmatic excel- tion. ICARE staff, students, and fac-
lence, experience, and professional ulty are happy to see Arthur
The International Center for skills to this position and we are Grigorian as the successor of Dr.
Agribusiness Research and pleased that he has accepted the Daniel Dunn and Dr. Vardan Urutyan
Education (ICARE) Foundation is Directorship.” in ICARE’s education, research and
happy to announce that the ICARE The development and research development programs and have no
Board of Trustees at its special ses- projects initiated by Dr. Grigorian doubt that ICARE’s journey, full of
sion on September 1, 2018, have enhanced the recognition of creative work and success, will con-
appointed Arthur Grigorian as a ICARE as a regional agribusiness tinue under Dr. Grigorian’s leader-
Director of ICARE by a unanimous education and research center. One ship.
...and a new Student Lounge
The renovated Student Lounge,
formerly the Computer Lab, was
officially opened on August 31. The
ceremony drew ATC alumni, stu-
dents, faculty, as well as Armenia’s
Deputy Minister of Education and
Science, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan,
Chairman of the ANAU Board of
Trustees, Armen Harutyunyan, rep-
resentatives from the Cronimet
Charity Foundation, the ANAU
Acting Rector, Vardan Urutyan, and
Vice Rector Rector Academic
Affairs, Robert Makaryan. the ICARE/ATC staff who con- erous support from the Cronimet
Dr. Urutyan thanked ATC alumni tributed to the fundraising for the Charity Foundation; they loved the
who initiated the renovation of the reconstruction. “However, this idea and they showed an excellent
Computer Lab. Both the alumni and would not happen without the gen- example of corporate social respon-
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sibility. Thank you for this critical
support,” said Dr. Urutyan.
He handed over the Golden
Apricot award and the Certificate of
the Golden Sponsor of ICARE to
Diana Avdalyan, the Manager of
Cronimet. “I am happy to see the
result of our joint effort just as we
planned. Congratulations!” Ms.
Avdalyan said.
Deputy Minister Hovhannisyan
said, “Every educational institution I
step in, I always ask myself – would
I be happy to be a student of this
institution. We are now facing the
need to significantly raise the quality
of education in the country. And one
of the critical components of the
quality of education is the learning
environment. No doubt, this Student
Lounge is going to be a center of
excellence for the students to study
and communicate freely. I am con-
vinced that, under Dr. Urutyan’s only in leading foreign universities. I am sure that in a few years I can see the
leadership, it will be possible to cre- same warmth in the eyes of all students of ANAU and all its subdivisions.”
ate such an environment in the Armen Harutyunyan and Diana Avdalyan cut the ribbon and here we are!
entire Agrarian University within a Enjoy the new Student Lounge or the “Dream Lab” as the students named it
few years. Thank you for creating right away.
this environment. I have seen this The ceremony was preceded by an impressive tour for the Deputy
warmth in the eyes of your students Minister in the ICARE premises led by Dr. Urutyan.
MAB internship at Tufenkian Foundation in Artsakh
Three MAB students spent their financial statements
summer internship in Tufenkian of all these projects,
Foundation in Artsakh. Tufenkian is made cost-benefit
mainly involved in charity activities; analyses, and provid-
however, over the recent years, the ed a marketing plan to
Foundation has also been imple- make the production
menting business projects. They of wax paper more
work mainly in Kashatagh region, beneficial. They also
trying to enhance the economic worked on improve-
activeness in the region. Our MAB ments of greenhouse
students, Ararat Sahakyan, Tatevik practices.
Sargsyan and Vahe Azizyan were To understand
working on business projects, mak- and evaluate the agri-
ing suggestions on making those cultural potential of
projects more competitive and more Artsakh, our students
profitable. had a number of field trips to differ- of Finance, investors, and rural and
During the internship, Ararat, ent agribusinesses including the agricultural development founda-
Tatevik and Vahe visited in the wax only commercial tea producing tions. Based on the information col-
paper plant founded in Berdzor, in company, Kharabagh-Carpet Com- lected as a result of studies and
the greenhouses in Yeritsvank, and pany, Shushi Technological Univer- meetings, our students will provide a
in pomegranate and persimmon sity, and Ministry of Agriculture. package of recommendations to
orchards established in different More visits are planned to winemak- Tufenkian Foundation to help imple-
rural communities. They studied the ing companies in Artsakh, Ministry ment business projects.
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Faculty seminar under BOAA Israeli Deputy
Foreign Minister
hosted at ANAU
Chairman of the ANAU
Board of Trustees, Armen
Harutyunyan and the ANAU
Acting Rector, Vardan Urutyan
received the Deputy Director
General of the Israeli Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Alexander Ben-Zvi
and the Ambassador of Israel to
Within the scope of the “Building Organic Agriculture in Armenia” project Armenia, Eliyahu Yerushalmi dur-
led by Astghik Sahakyan, a seminar was held at ICARE addressing ing the Deputy General Director’s
“Transdisciplinary Teaching and Research” and “Modern Teaching brief visit to Armenia.
Methods” and participated by a group of faculty from ANAU and Khachatur
Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU). The goal of the
seminar was to introduce specifics of transdisciplinary teaching and modern
teaching methods to the possible teachers of the Organic Agriculture
Master’s program to be launched at ANAU and the representatives of the
“Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region” project imple-
mented by ASPU. The seminar was conducted by ANAU instructors, Hovsep
Grigoryan, Sasun Mamajanyan and Narine Hovhannisyan, recently trained at
BOKU University in Vienna, as well as a PhD student at BOKU, Tigran
Keryan. Both the above projects are funded by the Austrian Development
Cooperation's APPEAR program.
The visit of the Israeli govern-
Startup ideas to complet the Prep ment officials to ANAU is valued in
the context of expansion and
The Summer Prep deepening of the Armenian-Israeli
Program has neared com- relations over the recent years.
pletion. Instructor of Acting Rector Urutyan presented
Business English, Diana the achievements of the ANAU
Esanlun reaped a rich har- Agribusiness Teaching Center as
vest of her two-month hard a regional education institution
work at the presentations providing international class
of startup business ideas agribusiness and marketing edu-
by the Summer Program cation as well as spoke about the
class. The Jury were judg- general reforms expected in the
ing the 3-minute presenta- University.
tions and the subsequent Possible directions of coop-
question and answer sessions from the perspective of potential investors. eration were addressed. In partic-
Ms. Esanlum has succeeded in preparing virtually each of the 16 students ular, possible cooperation devel-
for their upcoming ATC life. The Acting ICARE Director, Susanna opments within the scope of the
Mezhlumyan thanked Diana for the great job she has done in making this renowned MASHAV technical
wonderful transformation of the students within only two months of the training and technology transfer
Summer Program. Ms. Mezhlumyan also mentioned that some of the busi- program, as well as those through
ness ideas presented by the students are worth of a much higher attention tailor-made education/research
beyond the task assigned by the Instructor. projects were discussed.
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