![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.
2026/27 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 Harutyunyan & Anahit Antonyan
- Blavatnik Family Foundation
- Dar Foundation
- Dobrov & Family Group
- Karen & Anna Sarkisov
- Sergey Sarkisov & Rousudan Makhashvili
- Star for Life Foundation / Dan Olofsson
- Alexander Tynkovan
Individuals and organisations providing full scholarships
- Bank of Georgia
- Susan Vartanian Barba
- Kip & Mary Ann Hagopian
- Alice & Vahak Petrossian
- HICUS
Alumni Givers
- Thao Van Adjemian
- Nalina Ali
- Dalia Atallah
- Mauro Ramirez Azofeifa
- Francesco Casucci
- Aakanksha Chandrashekaran
- Rita Costa Cots
- Helen Dugmore
- Katharina Egle
- Alina Enikeeva
- Maren Fosser
- Georgiana Illsley Garcia
- Ani Gevorgyan
- Samvel Gevorgyan
- Maren Fosser
- Manana Hakobyan
- Maria Ivanova
- Lusine Keshishyan
- Ben Kuyvenhoven
- Luca Kuziel
- Simon Mair
- Sona Markosyan
- Nour Moussa
- Joana Mouzinho
- Maike Pfeiffer
- Petar Pirizovic
- Lina Plevy
- Fernanda Pohla
- Nikola Ranitovic
- Fernando Rejon Sanchez
- Vida Ružić
- Marcos dos Santos
- Jeppe Strands
- Zoia Suleiman
- Liza Tabliashvili
- Uladzimir Treihis
- Eliza Vardanyan
- Philipp Woelk
Individuals and organisations providing support
- AGBU Armenia
- Andranik Aghababyan
- Samvel Aghababyan
- Prof. Dr. Saad Faik Abbas Al-Wakel
- Arthur Andreasyan
- Masis Arakelyan
- Emilia Arakelyan
- Armenian Educational Foundation
- Vardan Avagyan
- Tigran Babayan
- Arman Barseghyan
- Andranik Barseghyan
- Dina Bondareva & Gleb Groshenko
- The Brouwer Family
- Arzuman Dallakyan
- Erika Ellison
- Renita Esayian
- Arpenik Ghahriyan
- Armine Ghazaryan
- Lusine Hakobyan
- Artak Hanesyan
- Samvel Hovhannisyan
- Davit Hovhannisyan
- Tigran Jrbashyan
- Vahan Kalayjian
- Artashes Kazakhetsyan
- Gohar Khachatryan
- Artem & Natalia Konstandian
- Timofey Makarov
- Bakur & Gayane Melkonyan
- Lernik Mirzakhanyan & Hasmik Agabekyan
- Andrew Mkrtchyan
- Marie Montille
- Arno Mosikyan
- Zhanna O'Clery
- Artyom Petrosyan
- Olga Fuentes de Rivas
- Gagik Sahakyan
- David Sargsyan
- Yerem Shahbazyan
- Caesar & Jocelyne Josefina Sy
- Katie Hong & Harold Taw
- Hovhannes Toroyan
- Arzhanik Tumanyan
- Tina Zhang
- Junhong Zhu
Special gratitude to our partner organisations providing scholarship funding and considerable in-kind support
- The Afeyan Initiatives for Armenia 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.