Success story

I met Aram in summer 2004 during my CEED / internship in Yerevan. He was one of the AIESEC alumni, just finishing his doctorate in journalism. We became close friends and met twice since then in Prague, when his job brought him here. You can't imagine how happy I was for him when I saw his name in connection with a major success in International Journalists' Network. People like him give the expression "change agent" a real meaning.

>>> If universities move with glacial swiftness, then you might call Professor Aram Mkrtchyan the man who melts glaciers. In little more than a year, he has persuaded Yerevan State University in Armenia to adopt an entirely new approach to teaching journalism.

Journalists can change things in this country.

“The market demands professionally trained journalists” says Mkrtchyan. “The ultimate goal of our program is to improve professional journalism education in Armenia.” ... And he is certainly doing that.

Thanks to Professor Mkrtchyan, students are learning journalism by doing journalism. <<<

The full article is here. When I read his words I heard his voice again, saw his smile, felt the passion for what he was doing.