The Armenian Students’ Association at UWC Dilijan is a non-formal student organization functioning under the umbrella of UWC Dilijan College. We aspire to promote the hospitable customs of Armenia and are a friendly community for everyone who wants to learn about and connect with Armenian culture.
Our mission is to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of Armenian culture, heritage, and traditions within the UWC Dilijan community. We develop a network of students and alumni and work with other Armenian as well as non-Armenian organizations to organize events and projects that help to promote the purpose of the association. By encouraging communication between Armenians and non-Armenians, we eliminate prejudices and promote respect for one another.
Through meaningful interactions, we hope to foster interest and encourage cross-cultural interaction. We believe that communication and openness encourages unity. We want ASA to be perceived as a source of friendship, cultural knowledge, and collective strength. Our objective is to enable students to maintain these principles beyond their time at UWC Dilijan. Ultimately, we intend to create a legacy of celebration, connection, and cultural understanding.
Cultural preservation
Hospitality
Community
Inclusivity
Respect
ASA membership is open to all students at UWC Dilijan, Armenian and non-Armenian, regardless of their country of origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and physical ability. To become a member a student must:
Fill out the membership form;
Acknowledge their commitment to the association’s objectives and bylaws;
Strive to achieve ASA's goals and promote its mission within a framework of mutual respect and constructive cooperation.
Recent graduates of UWC Dilijan may remain involved with ASA as alumni members or patrons. While the Association's core focus is on current students, alumni are encouraged to stay connected and support the continued growth of the ASA community.
United World Colleges (UWC) movement is a global educational network founded in 1962 at the height of the Cold War by Kurt Hahn on the principle that education can become a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Today, the movement encompasses eighteen colleges across four continents, and brings together diverse, and globally minded students from over 150 countries.
Founded in 2014 at a crossroads of Europe, the Middle East, and Russia by Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend, UWC Dilijan symbolises the idea of interenatoinalism and friendship. The only UWC in the post-Soviet space, the school aims to work, through education, towards fostering peace and sustainanble social, economic, and environmental development in the region and the world as a whole.