SpiTux People
There are lots of people who wish us well and some
of whom may eventually end up being on the list below, but for now, here
we are!
SpiTux People in Spitak
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Edik Ehtibaryan
IATP Site Administrator, and the Program Director of the
Shogher Youth Center.
Collaborated with the SpiTux Project August 2002-present.
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Emilia Bostanchyan
IATP Trainer, and a
Spitak Boarding School teacher, working by special arrangement with the mentally handicapped children
at the Mother Teresa Hospital. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-March 2003,
then worked for SpiTux in April-June 2003;
now works for IATP and collaborates with SpiTux.
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Naira Harutunyan
SpiTux Animation Group teacher, and an Art and Religious Studies teacher at the Spitak Italian School.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003, now working for SpiTux.
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Mariam Grishkyan
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project February-March 2003,
then worked for SpiTux in April-June 2003; now teaches computer classes to adults;
these classes are self-financing.
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Nara Lambaryan
Computer instructor, and a children's librarian at the Spitak City Library.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-March 2003, then worked for SpiTux in April-June 2003.
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Lilit Poghosyan
Computer instructor. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-March 2003, then worked for SpiTux in April-June 2003.
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Gagik Petrosyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, a student at the Spitak School #5, and an Editor-in-Chief of the SpiTux Newspaper.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-June 2003.
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David Shiroyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, a student at the Spitak School #5, and an Editor-in-Chief of the SpiTux Newspaper.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-June 2003.
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Laura Bostanchyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, a student at the Spitak Boarding School, and an Editor-in-Chief of the SpiTux Newspaper.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project January-June 2003.
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Artur Samvelyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #8. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Lilit Asatryan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #8. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Araik Gasparyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #8. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Tsoghik Ghazaryan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #5. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Argam Asatryan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #8. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Arman Stepanyan
A volunteer teaching assistant, and a student at the Spitak School #5. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project April-June 2003.
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Robert Ehtibaryan
A great electrician. Did the wiring of the SpiTux lab in August 2002.
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SpiTux People in Yerevan and Abroad
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Anoush Najarian
Author of the SpiTux Project.
In 2002-03, volunteered for SpiTux, lead computer lessons at the Spitak
Boarding School,
taught Networking
to Yerevan State University MS in Computer Science students, and worked as an
IATP Spitak Site trainer. Now lives and works in Boston,
and is a mentor at the Computer Clubhouse.
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Karen Najaryan
Volunteer computer instructor. Volunteered for the SpiTux Project August 2002-June 2003. Taught dozens of students, and
helped out -- immensely -- with organization, transportation, and renovations.
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Valentina Mouradian
Volunteer design instructor. In the real world, teaches Industrial Design at the Yerevan Polytechnic.
Volunteered for the SpiTux Project during October-November 2002.
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Nora Martirosyan
Modern artist, a great friend of the Spitak kids, and a veteran Spitak
Student Camp Leader. Living in France and traveling between grad
schools in Amsterdam and in Lille, Nora came to Spitak and directed five
awesome animations in November 2002, and gave a wonderful
masterclass for the SpiTux Animation Group in August 2003.
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Steve Shepherd
Works at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston.
Steve persuaded JH to donate 3 used computers to the
Spitak Boarding School in February 2003.
The United Armenian Fund charity flight brought the machines over to Armenia. Steve came to
Spitak in January 2003 and met those of our kids who toughed out the cold, as well as
Mrs. Asatryan of the Boarding School.
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John Davis-Cooke
Works at Stratus Teachnologies in the Boston area.
At John's request, Stratus donated 4 used computers and a variety of other equipment to the
Spitak Boarding School in April 2003.
The United Armenian Fund charity flight brought the machines over to Armenia. John visited Spitak
in March 2003, and worked with our kids on English voiceovers to animations.
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Michael Pelsmajer
Came to Spitak in June 2003 from Chicago, where he is a professor at the
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Michael donated an 8-port hub and Ethernet connections for the lab at
Spitak Boarding School.
He also joined the kids on the radio expedition to the
village of Arevashogh.
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Photo Coming Soon!
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Meena Ramakrishnan
Meena and coworkers Ken Melkisetian, Lei Xu, Chai Pydimukkala, and Reed Shilts,
from Sybase in Boston, donated $260 to SpiTux in April 2003.
We're incredibly glad! We were able to buy a digital dictaphone and finance our radio expeditions with the money.
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Tim Mouradian and Rippa Gasparian
Donated a color printer to the
Spitak Boarding School in April 2003.
The United Armenian Fund charity flight brought it to Armenia.
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Shoghik Amirkhanyan
Armenian YWCA President and the President of the Shogher Youth Center
NGO. Put SpiTux volunteers up at her house during September-November 2002.
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Ani Tarkhanyan
Desktop publishing specialist. Worked for the SpiTux Project during October-November 2002.
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