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PRESS RELEASE
From: Mira Yardemian
Public Relations Director
Haigazian University
Mexique Street, Kantari, Beirut
P.O.Box. 11-1748
Riad El Solh 1107 2090
Tel: 01-353010/1/2
01-349230/
Haigazian University Receives a USD100,000/- Grant from the Lincy
Foundation
Beirut, 28/01/2009- Within the framework of the continuous and generous
support of the Lincy Foundation to Haigazian University, a USD100,000
grant was received as a financial contribution from the foundation to
the University.
With a feeling of gratitude, President Haidostian acknowledged the
benevolent mission of the Foundation in joining Haigazian University’s
drive for excellence in education and service, especially during this
time of global economic hardship, noting that this grant will serve to
finance the general academic operations of the University.
Haidostian also expressed the increasing financial needs of students
Haigazian serves as well as the growing needs of the University in its
expansion plans, noting that the bulk of financial aid granted to
students last year reached the amount of USD1,000,000/.
Being the only Armenian-owned university in the Armenian Diaspora that
follows the American model of higher education, Haigazian University,
through its undergraduate and graduate programs, serves 750 to 800
students per year, with around 2400 alumni spread all over the globe.