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.
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CQ Ampega in association with AGBU (the Armenian General Benevolent Union) awarded special scholarships for youth from Nagorno-Karabakh to attend IB, CIS, A level and AB high school programmes in Armenia. UWCD is honoured to be one of the beneficiaries of this initiative. Isabella Adilkhanyan, COO of CQ Ampega, and Vasken Yacoubian, AGBU Armenia President, highlighted the importance of providing educational opportunities for refugees at a recent event.
UWC Dilijan is proud to announce two new scholarships by the Blavatnik Family Foundation for Israeli students to study on its campus in Armenia.
On October 27, UWC Dilijan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia co-hosted the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) Armenia ahead of COP 29 on the theme “Climate Justice: What It Means in the World and in Armenia”.
We are very grateful to Norayr Gyuzalyan & Anna Mazmanyan, our long-time supporters, who made a generous gift in the run up to the school’s 10th anniversary. Their donation, along with other gifts, will be allocated towards a collective 10th Anniversary Scholarship for a deserving Armenian student.
On October 5, in a gesture of emphasizing the partnership between United World Colleges (UWC) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Armenia , the UNHCR Armenia office presented a special collection of books for the library of UWC Dilijan. This significant contribution comes as a gift as the school celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Nour Mussa, a Mathematics Teacher Assistant at UWC Dilijan and a 2018
graduate of the school, delivered a keynote address at the 10th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians. The conference, held from 12-14 September 2024 at Seven Visions, The Dvin, Yerevan, Armenia, focused on the theme: “Avoiding Lost Generations: Preserving Education and Employment in All Circumstances.”
DigiFence, a cybersecurity technology and IT support company, is generously sponsoring our robotics team to compete in the First Global international robotics competition in Athens. Our special thanks to the Co-Founder and CEO Artur Martirosyan.
We are grateful to Pink Berry and its founding CEO Ani Ghazaryan, who generously provided ice cream for the graduation. Long queues did not deter anyone from enjoying the most delicious and beautifully presented ice cream. Thank you, Pink Berry.