PRESS RELEASE
ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY of EASTERN USA, INC
80 Bigelow Ave, Suite 200
Watertown, MA 02472
Contact: Vartouhie Chiloyan
Tel: 617-926-3801
Fax: 617-924-7238
E-mail: arseastus@aol.com
Web:

ARS EUSA announces names of 21 ARS Scholarship Recipients

The Board of Regional Directors of the Armenian Relief Society of
Eastern USA, Inc. announced the recipients of its Undergraduate
Scholarship and the Lazarian Graduate Scholarship awards for this
upcoming academic year.

The grants are based on merit, financial need, and involvement in the
Armenian Community. The recipient must be of Armenian descent and be
enrolled in a four year college or university located in the Untied
States. This year the ARS of Eastern USA awarded over $31,100 to 21
students from 11 States.

The ARS Educational Fund was established through the generous
donations of many benefactors who provided the necessary financial
resources to help the ARS assist Armenian undergraduate students for
over three decades.

Additionally, the ARS George and Beatrice Lazarian Graduate
Scholarship Fund has granted hundreds of generous grants to deserving
graduate students.

The ARS, founded in 1910, is a nonprofit, charitable organization
comprising of Armenians who volunteer their time and effort to support
the educational and humanitarian needs of the Armenian people
throughout the world. The ARS Eastern USA consists of 1,200 members
in 33 chapters located throughout the states east of the Mississippi
River.

Scholarship applications deadline is April 1st. The administrative office
address is:
Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA, Inc.
80 Bigelow Ave, Suite 200
Watertown, MA 02472

Lazarian Graduate Scholarship Recipients

Krikor Mugerian Boston University

Serouj Aprahamian American University Washington, DC
Arthur Youssefian University of Vermont

Saro Nazarian National University, CA

Rostom Sarkisian Kennedy School of Government

Aram Shemmassian Albany Medical College

Houri Hintiryan University of Southern CA

Lilit Voskanian Case Western Reserve School of Law
Seta Hovagimian American University Washington DC

Armen Zenjirian Pepperdine University School of Law
Yelena Davtian American University Washington DC

Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients

Kristapor Giragosian Providence, RI
Mikael Garabedian Plymouth, PA
Nanor Koujanian Watertown, MA
Knar Mesrobian Glen Rock, NJ
Armand Rostamian Sylmar, CA
Shirag Shemmassian N. Hollywood, CA
Arousig Markarian Forest Hills, NY
Varteni Komrokian Norristown, PA
Melanie Haroian Edwardsville, IL
Vahe Stepanian Villanova, PA

On behalf of its 33 Chapters, the ARS Eastern USA, Inc. Board of Regional
Directors congratulates all the Scholarship recipients and wishes them a
successful academic year.