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The ASPU Academic Board held its next regular session on April 29. According to tradition, the rector of the university, Professor Srbuhi Gevorgyan congratulated everyone who has a birthday in April.
The first issue on the agenda was the election of deans of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Faculty of History and Social Sciences, as well as heads of the Chair of Museum Studies, Library Studies and Bibliography, and Chair of Television and Radio Journalism.
By secret ballot, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor Tigran Mikaelyan was elected Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, and Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Edgar Hovhannisyan was re-elected as Dean of the Faculty of History and Social Sciences.
Doctor of History Amatuni Virabyan was elected Head of the Chair of Museum Studies, Library Studies and Bibliography, and Levon Galstyan - Head of the Chair of Television and Radio Journalism.
By secret ballot, the Board members conferred the academic title of Associate Professor on Candidates of Pedagogical Sciences Bella Ayunts, Armine Dallakyan, Emilia Tadosyan, and Naira Martirosyan.
Also, Doctor of Philological Sciences Ashot Galstyan, Associate Professor at the Chair of Logopedics and Rehabilitation Therapy Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Gohar Hovyan were
Ashot Galstyan, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gohar Hovyan, Associate Professor of the Chair of Speech Therapy and Rehabilitation Therapy, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, were elected to the position of Professor by secret ballot.
Director of the ASPU Scientific Library Tigran Petrosyants presented the next item on the agenda which concerned the library activity.
He noted that for 100 years the library has supported the teaching staff of the educational institution and participated in the implementation of student-centered educational activities, by providing the necessary educational, electronic, scientific, encyclopedic and fiction literature.
Tigran Petrosyants considered creation of an electronic database as a significant achievement, noting that during distance learning it replaced the full-time version. Today, the electronic database contains more than 20,000 e-books in 120 speciality envelopes.
The director of the library says the structure he heads also lays emphasis on exhibition of new books. Almost every ten days they are presented in small and large-scale book presentations.
"During the last 50 years, the library resources have not been counted. The process started in 2020. To date, only one-fifth of the books - about 90 000 units of books in Armenian, Russian and foreign languages - has been entered into the system. "Only after the completion of the process will the exact amount of the library book stock be known," said Tigran Petrosyants. In order to improve the service of the library, the director proposed to create a database of e-books for the reading halls, ensure inter-university communication between the reading rooms of the library, to provide the library with two copies of the books guaranteed for publication by the university Academic Board.
"The Student Council ensures student autonomy and student self-government, expresses students’ voice and opinions and the interests and rights of those who take postgraduate courses ASPU. The number of those who carry out public activities in the Student Council exceeds 1000, "said Paruyr Galstyan, Chairman of the ASPU Student Council.
Presenting the activities of the Student Council, he spoke about the ongoing social programmes aimed at comprehensive development of students, as well as sports, cultural and spiritual events.
Paruyr Galstyan stressed the importance of awareness programmes held in about 100 schools this year, the activity of the official website of the ASPU Student Council, and the online TV channel - "Student TV" which has been covering events organized by the Student Council for five years.
Excellent academic performance, active social activities, knowledge of foreign languages, involvement in scientific and creative activities, exemplary behaviour… Based on these criteria, the Student Council has been holding the annual "Best Student" competition which the head of the student structure considers to be a major achievement.
The Academic Board took note of the reports on the activities of the ASPU Scientific Library and Student Council.
Later on, the Board approved the submitted 3 dissertation topics and books for publication.
The Board also approved the curricula for distance learning course in discipline "Preschool Education and Teaching Methodology” and envisaged tuition fee as well as the revised educational standard for calculating the volume of work starting from the 2022-2023 academic year.
ASPU Vice-Rector for Academic Processes Naira Safaryan submit an application for approval of establishment of an "Alen Margaryan" nominal scholarship through the "Alen Margaryan" charitable non-governmental organization. Rector Srbuhi Gevorgyan noted that after some clarification with the organization, the issue will be submitted for approval again.
By the decision of the Academic Board, the scientific and methodological periodical "Mathematics at School" has been added to the list of ASPU periodicals. The periodical will be available online. Rector Srbuhi Gevorgyan noted that the periodical has always had high ratings, supported the mathematics course from a methodological point of view, and was a great help to teachers and MA students.
