HYE HOP 2007

ANCIENT ARMENIAN TRADITION / GREATEST NIGHT EVER
Friday, January 26, 2007
Polo Fields Country Club


Come and dance the night away! This year's Hye Hop will feature the live Armenian music and DJ. A Buffet Dinner will be open from 9:15 - 10:30 PM. Tickets cost $33 per person and $23 per student. All proceeds will go towards the Children's Hematology Institute in Yerevan.

Friday, January 26, 2007
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM
At Polo Fields Country Club
5200 Polo Fields Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Buffet (9:15 - 10:30 PM) and Cash Bar
$33 Per Person
$23 Per Student

Fur futher information contact Jessica Stamboulian at jstambo@umich.edu.

From US-23 (North or South) Merge onto M-14 West to Exit 169 (Zeeb Road). Go south approx 1 mile from I-94 (East or West)-- To Exit 169 (Zeeb Road) Go South aaprox 1 mile.

encompass 2007
(alternate name: One Voice, One Beat)

You too can be: DER OF THE DANCE! Interested in learning Armenian dance? Join us for dance practice once a week-- no experience required! At the end of the semester, we'll perform our dance in the Encompass multicultural show. Click here to see pictures from last year. Contact Jess Stamboulian for more information. Meeting location and time to be announced soon.

Interested in Spending the Summer in Armenia? Check out these programs:
:: Armenian Language Institute in Yerevan - Summer 2006
http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/yerevan.htm - http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/asp/

Offering Introductory Courses in Classical, Eastern and Western Armenian

The University of Michigan Armenian Studies Program, International Institute, is pleased to announce this year's Summer Language Institute, to be held summer of 2005 in Yerevan, Armenia. The program offers a unique opportunity to study the Armenian Language in an intensive format while surrounded by Armenian culture and history. The SLI is open to all undergraduate, graduate and professional school students, attending any North American or European colleges or universities, who wish to learn Classical, Modern Eastern or Modern Western, Armenian. A series of lectures on Armenian culture and history and an extensive program of excursions and cultural events will supplement the courses. This year the course is offered only as non-credit. The same academic and program criteria will apply to credit and non-credit students. A few partial scholarships, based on need, are available to undergraduates taking the course for credit.

In addition to high quality intensive language instruction the program offers the opportunity to live and learn in Armenia. The program is directed by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian, Marie Manoogian Professor of Armenian Language and Literature and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Armenian Assembly (Washington DC)
http://www.aaainc.org/students/Internship.php
Contact Chrissy Heath or Laurie Sagherian for more info; they did this last summer and would be happy to share their experiences.

Armenian Assembly (Armenia)
http://www.aaainc.org/students/armInternship.php

AGBU Internship Program (New York City)
http://www.agbu.org/youthprograms/internprogram.asp

Birthright Armenia (Armenia)
http://www.birthrightarmenia.org
They will reimburse you for your travel expenses to get to Armenia for some sort of volunteer/work program for 2 months. Shant Korkigian did this last summer, and Alex Sarkisian seems to have some pertinant information about the program as well if you'd like to contact him.