CSUN has received at $250,000 gift from the TF Educational Foundation to ensure that future teachers working with Armenian students have a strong foundation in understanding Armenian culture and language. Photo by Lee Choo.
NORTHRDIGE, Calif. (CSUN Today)”“California State University, Northridge has received at $250,000 gift to ensure that future teachers working with Armenian students have a strong foundation in understanding Armenian culture and language.
The TF Educational Foundation has pledged the money, to be paid over five years, for the creation of an annual scholarship to liberal studies students in CSUN’s Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) who are also minoring in Armenian studies. The gift, the largest donation to CSUN’s Armenian studies program to date, also will provide support to existing teachers as they continue their education.
Armenian studies program director Vahram Shemmassian said the gift will help the university create one of the nation’s leading programs for students who would like to become teachers of Armenian language and culture.
“For the longest time, teachers serving the Armenian community came from elsewhere in the world, Middle Eastern countries like Syria, Lebanon and Iran or Armenia,”