Monthly Archives: July 2012

AGBU AVC Photo & Video Contest

PHOTO & VIDEO CONTEST

On the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of AGBU Armenian Virtual College

AGBU Armenian Virtual College’s “AVC through my eyes” Photo/Video Contest is organized on the occasion of the 3RD ANNIVERSARY of AGBU AVC.

The contest is now open!

We encourage participating AVC students and alumni to submit their entries in one or both of these categories:

1. Photo:

Take up to three photo shots that show “AVC through my eyes”. Photos must symbolize the Armenian Virtual College and its mission, and should be titled accordingly. We encourage you to be as creative as possible!

2. Video:

Send us up to three (60 seconds long) videos that show “AVC through my eyes”. You can tell your story, interview an AVC friend, student or alumni, or even write and perform a song about AVC!

Contest entry forms will be accepted starting July 27, 2012 until August 20, 2012. The contest is open to AVC students and alumni only.

PRIZES:

(Three prize winners will be announced in each category)

1ST PRIZE:

  • AVC gift certificate that covers one full AVC course ($199.00 value).
  • A special handmade in Armenia work of art.
  • Certificate of achievement.
  • Winner’s best Photo/video will be publicized in AVC official Website, AGBU Newspapers and AVC Social media pages along with a press release about the contest and the winner.

*Please note: AVC gift certificate is not redeemable to cash, but winners can, however, sell or give the gift certificate to someone else if he or she so chooses.

2ST PRIZE:

  • A special handmade in Armenia work of art.
  • Certificate of achievement.
  • Winner’s best photo/video will be publicized in AVC official Website and AGBU Newspapers along with a press release about the contest and the winner.

3ST PRIZE:

  • Certificate of achievement.
  • Winner’s best photo/video will be publicized in AVC PWS and AGBU Newspapers along with a press release about the contest and the winner.

The selected best photos/videos of all participants will be exhibited and displayed during the AVC 3rd Anniversary Celebration Event. The exhibition will be open for AVC students, alumni and guests.

JUDGES:

A judging panel of AVC faculty and local committee will determine the semifinalists. All semifinalist photos and videos will be posted on AVC official website for public voting. Entries that get the highest scores by public will be announced as finalists, among whom the judges will select the three winners of each category.

Winners will be selected based on predetermined criteria:

  • Relevance to the Contest
  • Creativity
  • Overall impression

WINNERS:

The judging and public voting period will take place between August 21 and September 11 and winners will be notified on or around September 18.

HOW TO ENTER:

Visit the “AVC through my eyes” photo & video contest page during the entry period. Complete the entry form and upload your photo and/or video.

After completing the form and uploading your entries in one or both categories click the submit button.

*There is a limit of 3 photo and 3 video entries per person. You can choose to submit your entries in one or both categories.

E-mail us at: contest@avc-agbu.org if you have any questions.

The real winner at the Olympics is … Armenia (2008 article)

With a population of 1.3 billion some might argue that China should be leading the medal tally at the Olympics but the real winner is … Armenia.

The Los Angeles Times has compiled a tongue-in-cheek list of winning nations based on medals per capita and six days into the August 8-24 Games the former Soviet republic of Armenia, with a population of nearly 3 million, leads with three bronze medals.

Georgia, with 4.6 million people, is in second place with two gold medals — in men’s judo and Greco-Roman wrestling — and one bronze, while at home the nation is at loggerheads with Russia over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.

Australia, with a population of 20.5 million, is standing firmly in third place with 16 medals, including five gold medals, three of them won by rising star of the pool Stephanie Rice.

Switzerland, with 7.6 million people, won a cluster of cycling medals to ride into fourth place, with Roger Federer still in the hunt for the men’s tennis title.

The alternative medal table by the Los Angeles Times had the Bahamas, with a population of 300,000, winning the medal count at both the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the Athens Games in 2004.

source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/08/14/us-olympics-armenia-idUSSP34071420080814

World’s Largest Chocolate Bar in Armenia

On September 12, 2010, the Grand Candy factory in Yerevan unveiled the 9,702lb monster of a chocolate bar. Guinness World Record’s representative Elizabeth Smith presented the factory owner Karen Vardanyan with an official certificate during a ceremony today. She said she was glad to witness what she described as an ‘incredible event’. Ms Vardanyan said that the chocolate bar was produced to mark the tenth anniversary of the company. The previous record was set in Italy in 2007. In 2011, Chicago beat Armenia’s record, but Grand Candy’s creation stays top notch!

The bar, containing cocoa beans from Ghana, was 224in long, 110in wide and 10in thick. It took 48 hours to mix the chocolate, five of which were spent roasting and grinding cocoa beans. It was 70% pure chocolate.

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311074/And-country-worlds-biggest-chocolate-bar—Armenia.html#ixzz22GQIieKB

Chinese College to open in Armenia

YEREVAN. – Total of 28 students from Armenia will go to China to study there. Undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships were granted by China in a competition within the frameworks of the international treaty between Armenia and China. The scholarships were granted by the Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, the Chinese Ambassador to Armenia Tian Changchun and the Armenian Deputy FM Sergey Manasaryan.

Wishing students the success, Ashotyan stated that China was the most of all to provide for university positions, which meets the great interest and desire of the Armenian students to get familiarized with the Chinese culture and policy.

He also added that 15 Chinese students will study in Armenia on the skill exchange program. Besides, a college teaching the Chinese language and meeting international criteria is planned to open in the near future in Armenia.

source: http://news.am/eng/news/115335.html