The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund recently announced the award of scholarships to the following students for the academic year 2015-16: Alexander Bedrosyan (international law, $3,000); Alison Boghosian (communications, $1,000); Antranik Dabaghian (medicine, $1,000); Andranik Demirchyan (law, $2,000); Saro Haroun (dentistry, $5,000); Anna Harutyunyan (sustainability, $3,000); Sarah Stites (business, $1,000); Narek Tashdjian (architecture, $2,000); and Olya Yordanyan (communications, $5,000).
The Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund was established in 1986 with a generous testamentary donation in the sum of $425,000 from Mrs. Alice Torigian Koomruian, which is managed by Bank of America as trustee. In the last 16 years alone, the fund has distributed $358,600 of its income to 206 students of Armenian descent in numerous fields of study, ranging from arts and sciences to veterinary medicine.
Applications for the academic year 2016-17 may be obtained by e-mailing terenikkoujakian@hotmail.com or rima91436@gmail.com, or writing to the Koomruian Armenian Education Fund, c/o Bank of America Trust Services Center, 100 Westminster Street, RI1-536-05-03, Providence, RI 02903. The deadline for filing the application is April 30, 2016.
Applicants must be of Armenian ancestry and be 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.
Guest Contributor
Be the first to comment