Kulhanjian Scholarship Recipient Gives Back by Bringing Modern Language Instruction to Rural Armenia

YEREVAN, Armenia - Dianna Torosyan (MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language, ’16), a student at the American University of Armenia (AUA), is the recipient of the Hripseme Zoornajian Kulhanjian Scholarship, which was established in 2014 in memory of Hripseme “Rose” Kulhanjian by her granddaughter, Dr. Julie Kulhanjian. Hripseme was an orphaned survivor of the Armenian Genocide. She truly valued education, though she was not able to receive a formal one herself. Despite the many difficulties she faced throughout her life, she had an extremely positive outlook and was a passionate defender and champion of those less fortunate in the world. By establishing this scholarship, Dr. Kulhanjian hoped to keep her grandmother’s community-minded spirit alive, and in talking to Dianna Torosyan, it seems she has succeeded in doing so.