PRESS RELEASE
UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association
Kerckhoff Hall Room 316
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Haig Hovsepian
E-mail: [email protected]
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USC ASA welcomes UCLA AGSA members to speak about graduate studies
Westwood, CA – On Thursday, November 11th, a group of UCLA graduate
students will be taking a trip across town to speak about pursuing
graduate degrees. Organized by the UCLA Armenian Graduate Students
Association at the request of the USC Armenian Student Association,
the mentorship event will provide an opportunity for undergraduates to
learn more about the ins and outs of graduate studies while networking
with graduate students in their fields of interest. While the UCLA
AGSA continues to organize its annual mentorship events for the UCLA
ASA and campus, this marks the first time that it will be taking its
program on the road.
“It is the natural evolution of our effort to reach out to the
undergraduate student community,” explained Haig Hovsepian, Project
Director for the mentorship event. “When we first started these
mentorship events, we focused on our own backyard. But with the
fast growth of the UCLA AGSA in terms of membership, capabilities,
and resources we felt it was time to go beyond Westwood.”
Though many Bruin undergraduates continue their graduate studies at
UCLA, the campus also attracts a large number of undergraduates from
local universities including many Trojan alumni.
“It is especially important that we make sure that the Armenian
community learns about the opportunities that await them in graduate
school,” noted Hovsepian. “We also want to let them know that the
UCLA AGSA will also be there to support even greater academic and
professional development once they arrive on campus.”
Established in the 2001-2002 academic year, the UCLA AGSA provides
an opportunity for the currently enrolled graduate students at UCLA
of various fields to network, facilitates mentorship, and serves as
a forum through which graduate students can make use of their field
specific skills to promote academic as well as professional development
by means of participation in events that increase awareness of Armenian
culture, communities, and issues.