Koomruian Education Fund Announces Award Winners
The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund this month announced the award of scholarships for the academic year 2012-13.
The following students will receive $2,920 each: Gohar Avagyan, Laurie Dabaghian, Aren Dabaghian, Lara Markarian, and Hayk Minasyan. The following two students will receive $1,000 each: Olga McAdams and Sarah Stites.
The Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund was established in 1986 with a generous testamentary donation of $425,000 by Alice Torigian Koomruian. In the last 14 years alone, the fund has distributed $282,600 to 184 scholarship recipients of Armenian descent in numerous fields of study, ranging from the arts and sciences to veterinary medicine.
Applications for the academic year 2013-14 may be obtained from the Koomruian Armenian Education Fund by e-mailing terenikkoujakian@hotmail.com or rimazakarianno1@hotmail.com; by writing to the Koomruian Armenian Education Fund, c/o Terenik Koujakian, 15915 Ventura Blvd., Suite 201, Encino, California 91436; or by writing to the Koomruian Armenian Education Fund, c/o Bank of America Trust Services Center, PO Box 830259, Dallas, TX 75283-0259. Requests by mail for applications must include a self addressed and stamped envelope.
The deadline for filing applications is April 30, 2013. Applicants must be of Armenian ancestry and enrolled as full-time students at a university or college in the United States. The award is based on a student’s academic performance and financial need.
