![Celebrating 25 Years of the Davis UWC Scholars Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1750063233/uwcdilijanorg/ngvxgxuhtxpw1qze2646/29_ShelbyDavisandGaleDavis_PicturefromUWCDilijanphotoarchive_11.jpg","width":2200}])
During the 2025 graduation ceremony on the theme “Your Raise Me Up” our community celebrated the enormous contribution of Mr Shelby Davis to the UWC movement and, specifically, to UWC Dilijan over 10 years since the school’s establishment.
2025/26 Supporters
We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of our supporters
Founders and Dreamers
- Ruben Vardanyan & Veronika Zonabend
Founding Patrons
- Noubar & Anna Afeyan
UWC Patron
- Shelby Davis
The 10th Anniversary Circle of Benefactors
- Ameriabank
- Ameria Leadership Team
- Ruben Arutyunyan & Anahit Antonyan
- Blavatnik Family Foundation
- Dar Foundation / Nikita Mishin
- Evgeny Demin & Elena Belous
- Dobrov & Family Group
- H. Hovnanian Family Foundation
- ISTOKI Foundation / Vladimir Yakunin
- Karen & Anna Sarkisov
- Sergey Sarkisov & Rousudan Makhashvili
- Star for Life Foundation / Dan Olofsson
- Alexander Tynkovan
Individuals and organisations providing full scholarships
- DeepWhite
- Svet Foundation / Alexander Svetakov & Ksenia Sharoeva
- ZCMC Foundation
Alumni "Ten for Ten" Circle
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Thao Van Adjemian
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Nalina Ali
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Dalia Atallah
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Georgiana Illsley Garcia
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Ani Gevorgyan
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Maren Fosser
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Manana Hakobyan
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Maria Ivanova
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Lusine Keshishyan
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Ben Kuyvenhoven
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Luca Kuziel
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Sona Markosyan
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Nour Moussa
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Maike Pfeiffer
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Petar Pirizovic
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Fernanda Pohla
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Nikola Ranitovic
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Marcos dos Santos
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Jeppe Strands
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Uladzimir Treihis
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Eliza Vardanyan
Individuals and organisations providing support
- Binh Adjemian
- Samvel Aghababyan
- Suren Amirbekyan
- Arthur Andreasyan
- Emilia Arakelyan
- Armenian Educational Foundation
- Armenian General Benevolent Union
- Azurit
- Andranik Barseghyan
- Arman Barseghyan
- The Brouwer Family
- Olga Bugaeva
- C Quadrat Ampega
- Alessandra Lenner Ciuti
- Montserrat Garcia Closas & Jeronimo Zettelmeyer
- Arzuman Dallakyan
- José Manuel Cruz & Ana Maria Sierra
- Maria Diachenko
- DigiFence
- Liesl Eisenbeiss
- Renita Esayian
- Azom Faruk
- James Macbeth Forbes
- Gevork Gaboyan
- Bank of Georgia
- Arpenik Ghahriyan
- Armine Ghazaryan
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Artak Ghukasyan
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Gleb Groshenko
- Norayr Gyuzalyan & Anna Mazmanyan
- Diana Hakobyan
- Lusine Hakobyan
- Rebecca Hakobyan
- Samvel Hakobyan
- Artak Hanesyan
- Davit Hovhannisyan
- David Howarth
- Stephanie Jones
- Tigran Jrbashyan
- Artashes Kazakhetsyan
- Andranik Khachatryan
- Gohar Khachatryan
- Chris Kibarian & Gohar Kuriyan
- Marina Kiseleva
- Artem & Natalia Konstandian
- Anastasiia & Timofey Makarov
- Artur Makaryan
- Nieves Mantecon Lopez
- Melante
- Yari Miniero
- Lernik Mirzakhanyan & Hasmik Agabekyan
- Andrew Mkrtchyan
- Marie Montille
- Gema Gutiérrez Moreno
- Arno Mosikyan
- Bakur & Gayane Melkonyan / Artlunch
- Zhanna O'Clery
- Richard Ogdon
- Adriaan van Otterloo
- Alice & Vahak Petrossian
- Artyom Petrosyan
- Movses Pogossian & Varty Manouelian
- Alexander Renaud
- Olga Fuentes de Rivas
- Gagik Sahakyan
- Sargis Sargsyan
- David Sargsyan
- Yerem Shahbazyan
- Katerina Shakhbazyan
- Elena Song
- Michael Song
- Hovhannes Toroyan
- Anna Vardanyants
- Susan Vartanian Barba
- Prof. Dr. Saad Faik Abbas Al-Wakel
- The Zainetdinova Family
- Marianna Khachatryan & Grigori Zakaryan / Dilijazz
- Tina Zhang
- Junhong Zhu
Special gratitude to our partner organisations providing scholarship funding and considerable in-kind support
- The Afeyan Initiatives for Armenia Foundation
- Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
- IDeA Foundation
- RVVZ Foundation
- Scholae Mundi Armenia
- Scholae Mundi Russia
We also acknowledge the support of the donors who chose to remain anonymous.
![Supporter in Focus: Dr Vladimir Yakunin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1749457101/uwcdilijanorg/gufjta8ocqkjgzaaeuup/DSC03026.jpg","width":2200}])
Dr Vladimir Yakunin has been supporting UWCD scholars over the last five years. During the graduation he met with his two current scholars - Aleksandr Grichenko (Russia, UWCD’25) and Elina Mosoian (Russia, UWCD’26) - and an alum Erdni Mangutov (Russia, UWCD’24). Thank you, Dr Yakunin, for your trust and belief in the power of education.
![Supporters in Focus: Dilijazz Hotel, Art Lunch and Melante]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743513990/uwcdilijanorg/rhjiphqvwdiu9spbcvqv/4010e095-19d8-f81e-b984-c8c2ce1a342b.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743513990/uwcdilijanorg/rhjiphqvwdiu9spbcvqv/4010e095-19d8-f81e-b984-c8c2ce1a342b.png","width":512}])
We are grateful to Marianna Khachatryan & Grigori Zakaryan of Dilijazz Hotel, and to Bakur & Gayane Melkonyan of ArtLunch for supporting the TedXYouth event this year. We are also grateful to Melante for their significant in-kind support.
![Supporter in Focus: Alexander Tynkovan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1733293408/uwcdilijanorg/eshloksyajhiwgtbhbxf/IMG_23532.jpg","width":2200}])
Alexander Tynkovan, who established the first-ever scholarship programme for Moldovan and Romanian students at UWC Dilijan two years ago, enjoyed a lively gathering with his scholarship recipients during his November visit. We are deeply grateful to Alexander for his generous gift of education, empowering four young people each year.