Arizona State University

Critical Languages Institute

Founded in 1991, the Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute offers summer intensive courses in elementary and intermediate Armenian (Eastern) and study-abroad programs in Yerevan.

Courses run 11 weeks: 8 weeks in Arizona followed by an optional 3 weeks in country. Students receive 8 or 10 semester credits and can expect to make progress equivalent to 2 semesters' of regular language study.

CLI programs are tuition free and are FLAS eligible. ASU offers scholarships for Armenian on a competitive basis.

Class size is limited. Admission is competitive.

Dates for summer 2010 are June 1 to July 23 on the ASU campus and July 24 to August 13 in Yerevan.

Details and application forms available at cli.asu.edu.

Tempe Undergraduate Student Government recognizes Armenian Genocide

Tempe Undergraduate Student Government voted to recognize and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

By Jessica Suerth | 04/07/15 11:41pm

Tempe Undergraduate Student Government voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide during their Tuesday meeting by requiring every school calendar to mark its anniversary and inviting a guest speaker to commemorate the day.

Senate Bill 80, which was passed with a unanimous vote, allows Tempe USG to recognize the Armenian Genocide and commemorate its 100th anniversary.

The Armenian Genocide occurred during World War I, where as many as 1.5 million Armenian citizens were exterminated by the Ottoman government in present-day Turkey. The genocide, also called the Armenian Holocaust, is not as publicly known as the Holocaust involving Jewish citizens during World War II, though it affects many students on campus.

Finance student Tro Panosian, whose great-grandparents and grandparents survived the genocide, spoke during the meeting to address the human rights obligation this bill required.

“This bill is fundamentally different from political bills," Panosian said. "It’s a resolution looking honestly at the past and honoring human rights for all victims of persecution on our campus. As an academic institution, we have a responsibility to uphold values of truth, justice and honesty and to view bills on a case-by-case basis rather than stereotyping for the sake of laziness or indifference.”

The genocide is currently not recognized by present-day Turkish government and should not be the same here at ASU, Panosian said.

“Denying genocide or failing to recognize it is deplorable in the strongest sense,” Panosian said. “It is denigrating to student values and not what we stand for as students at Arizona State University as students of truth, justice and honesty.”

The bill, which also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this year, would recognize the victims in an honorable way.

“One hundred years ago, two-thirds of my people were erased from this Earth,” Panosian said. “We must honor them as students and humans of good conscience.”

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Senator Alex Arena said he has received nothing but support from ASU students in regards to this bill, even from non-Armenians.

“It’s our job to represent the voices of ASU students,” Arena said. “There are no students who oppose the substance of this bill. Students have been proactive in bringing this issue to our attention and making their voices heard. We should honor what happened and bring it to light.”

http://www.statepress.com/article/2015/04/tempe-usg-recognizes-aremenian-genocide

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