News and Events
May 15, 2010
ATC Students helped organize the FAO Regional Conference
A week in May was remarkable for some of the ATC seniors since we were to help organize the 36th Session of the European Commission on Agriculture
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April 14, 2010
GCAD initiating a training course for Georgian faculty at ATC
A group of faculty from the Georgian State Agrarian University (GSAU) led by Gocha Shainidze, Director of Georgian Center for Agribusiness Development (GCAD)
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March 16, 2010
ATC AFAUS Scholarship found the two winners
Tatevik Avetisyan and Meline Arshakyan, ATC senior and junior students respectively, became the winners of the ATC Alumni & Friends Association U.S. Chapter’s scholarship
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January 15, 2010
2009 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence given to John Nichols
Dr. John Nichols, Armenia Project director, received the 2009 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence in the area of Administration
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October15, 2009
Training for ICARE Deputy Director and Director of CPCC at Texas A&M
Susanna Mezhlumyan, ICARE Deputy Director and Lusine Mnatsakanyan, Director of Career Placement and Counseling Center, participated
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April 30, 2009
First ICARE-IAMO Summer School to be Held in July
The International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) and the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development
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March 12, 2009
Training Results Communicated to ASAU Faculty
The Reform of Higher Agricultural Education in Armenia (RHAEA) project organized a presentation of the recent Cochran Fellowship training program
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February 20, 2009
Armenian Prime Minster Attended ATC
February 20 was a prominent day in the history of the Agribusiness Teaching Center: the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
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December 10, 2008
Fred Johnston and Chad Conlin Visited ICARE
Fred Johnston, Project Leader, and Chad Conlin, USDA FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development,
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November 7, 2008
Thirty-One Graduated the ATC
The graduation ceremony for the Agribusiness Teaching Center’s 2008 class took place on November 7,
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October 11, 2008
ATC Students Impressed by Tremendous Efforts of Tierras de Armenia
The recent field trip of the ATC 4th year students was to the Arevadasht village of Armavir marz,
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September 26, 2008
Ambassador Yovanovitch Attended ATC
The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Armenia Marie L. Yovanovitch
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September 10, 2008
The International Seminar on the Role of Cooperatives Suggests Solutions
ICARE hosted seminar on “Pathways to Rural Economic Development in Transition Countries: The Role of Agricultural
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June 4, 2008
Thirty-Four New Leaders Produced by ATC
The ATC class of 2008 had its traditional graduation ceremony on June 4, in the large assembly hall of the ASAU. The Armenian First Deputy Minister
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May 22, 2008
ATC State Exams Completed
The Agribusiness Teaching Center’s 5th-year students took the state exams on May .21st and 22nd. The first exam included Principles and Analysis of Finance, Management
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April 15, 2008
ATC Students Participated in an International Conference in Ukraine
Anna Mnatsakanyan, Armine Gabrielyan, ATC 5, Eduard Arakelyan, ATC 4, and Arthur Grigoryan, ATC Instructor of Cooperatives and Economic Development, participated in Annual
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Februaty 29, 2008
Daniel Dunn Met with ATC Students
Daniel Dunn, the ATC/ICARE Founding Director, now Faculty Advisor for the ATC, met with ATC students on February 29th while on a short-term visit to Armenia. Dr. Dunn started with
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Februaty 10, 2008
“Pathways to Rural Economic Development in Transition Countries: The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives”
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Research Committee and the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) are organizing an international seminar
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December 8, 2007
Daniel Dunn Leading ATC Strategic Plannig Process
Daniel Dunn, the Founding Director of the ATC and ICARE Foundation, is now here for a six-week visit. This is Dr. Dunn’s first visit after his mission as the Director of the ICARE Foundation...
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October 5, 2007
Parents Day at the ATC
Parent of ATC students were invited to the traditional ATC Parents’ Day on October 5. They visited with the ATC faculty and got acquainted with the learning environment provided for ATC students...
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September 1, 2007
Presentations upon Completion of Internship Program
On August 30-31, sixty-six ATC forth and fifth year students presented the reports of their summer internships in the new Kecharis Hotel in the resort town of Tsaghkadzor. The internships took place in agribusiness enterprises, banks...
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June 4, 2007
Twenty-Nine ATC students Graduated
The graduation ceremony for the 29 ATC students drew an audience of hundreds to the large assembly hall of the University on June 4. The RA Deputy Minister of Education and Science Ara Avetisyan, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture...
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April 24, 2007
ATC Students Marched to the Genocide Memorial
On April 24th, Armenians and non-Armenians from all over the country and from numerous other countries come to Tsitsernakaberd monument in Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of over 1,500,000 Armenians massacred during the 1915 Genocide...
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March 21, 2007
International Conference on Farmer Markets in India
ICARE Director Daniel Dunn and Deputy Director Vardan Urutyan presented two poster papers at the Third International Conference on Linking Farmers and Markets: Exploring Leading Practices to Foster Economic Growth in Rural India held on March 11-15...
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February 20, 2007
Transition Economics Conference in Ukraine
ATC Instructor of Principles of Management Arthur Griguryan, senior student Maria Poghosyan, and ATC 2006 graduate Haik Ghazaryan participated in a research conference “The Economics of Transition: Evidence from Ukraine and Surrounding Countries” in Kyiv...
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February 5, 2007
Cascade Investment Invests in Your Future
Haik Papyan, Executive Director of Cascade Investments, met with the ATC senior students Monday, February 5 within the scope of International Business course taught by Agassy Manoukian. The lecture included retirement and college planning...
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December 14, 2006
ATC ICARE Deputy Director Providing a Concept of Federation of Cooperatives
Vardan Urutyan, Deputy Director of ICARE Foundation, participated in the Annual Dairy Cooperative Conference organized by the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) on December 14th...
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November 17, 2006
ATC Graduate Elected the President of Student Organization at Purdue
David Ubilava, ATC 2005 graduate, was elected as the President of the Graduate Student Organization at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University at students’ meeting on November 17...
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November 16, 2006
John Nichols Met with ATC Students
John Nichols, Head of Agricultural Economics Department, Texas A&M, met with the ATC students on November 16...
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October 30, 2006
Parent’s Day Celebrated at ATC
The USDA Caucasus Agricultural Development Initiative (CADI) Director, Sean Carmody, and the Director of ICARE Foundation, Daniel Dunn, hosted a large number of parents at the sixth traditional Agribusiness Teaching Center Parent’s Day on October 13...
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