Mark Gavoor

Mark Gavoor is Associate Professor of Operations Management in the School of Business and Nonprofit Management at North Park University in Chicago. He is an avid blogger and oud player.
AYF Olympics

Friday at the AYF Olympics

The AYF Olympics kicked off at dawn on Friday, with golfers leaving the hotel at 6:45 a.m. for Stow Acres…

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AYF Olympics

Thursday at the AYF Olympics

We got up early this morning and took a car service to catch our 9 a.m. flight to Boston.  As…

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AYF Olympics

The Wednesday before the AYF Olympics

To paraphrase the John Denver song, “All our bags are packed, we’re ready to go…” We are leaving on a…

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Reflections

Chidem Inch: Folding paper and fanning coals, a fond farewell to print

On June 25, 2025, it was announced that the Armenian-language Hairenik Weekly and the English-language The Armenian Weekly would publish…

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Diaspora

Kariné Poghosyan enchants Chicago with a soulful tribute to Khachaturian

On May 4, Kariné Poghosyan performed an intimate concert at the PianoForte recital space in downtown Chicago. Co-sponsored by the…

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Letters

Welcome, Lilly Torosyan

In the same week that the Armenian Weekly published my piece thanking editor emeritus Pauline Getzoyan for her five years…

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Reflections

Thank you, Pauline Getzoyan

Recently in an email exchange with Pauline Getzoyan about a piece I had written for the Weekly, she closed her…

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Columns

Cool regional columns from the 1950s

There was a time when there were no cell phones, internet or social media, which make communication so easy today.…

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Reflections

Mentors who brought me to the Weekly

Special Issue: 90 — Informing, Connecting, Inspiring The Armenian Weekly, October 2024 I am honored to have been asked to…

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AYF Olympics

A hot day at AYF Olympics tennis

Tennis matches at this year’s AYF Olympics took place at the University of Detroit Mercy tennis courts. While the courts…

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