On April 1, 2019, the Armenian Radio of Valence hosted YSU Ijevan Branch delegation. The radio director Raffi Stepanyan and announcer of the program entitled “Interview”, Susanna Pahlevanyan, warmly welcomed YSUIB delegation. Mrs. Susanna had a live interview with students on the radio.

At the beginning of the program, she introduced the members of the delegation to the radio listeners and mentioned that they were exceedingly proud to host the French language teacher of the Armenian prime minister N.Pashinyan,  A.Mardanyan and YSU Ijevan Branch students.

Then Mrs. Mardanyan talked about Valence-Ijevan friendly relations, student exchange program, warm welcome from host families. She underlined the enormous significance of the exchange program, in linguistic and cultural aspects. A. Mardanyan conveyed her gratitude to the inviting team, as well as Ijevan Wine and Brandy company, “Bentonit”, “Karart”, companies management, Ijevan Municipality, Sevkar, Achajur, Getahovit and Gandzakar village administrations for their assistance.

Then, owing to the professional questions of the radio announcer, the students freely talked about their impressions, knowledge acquired at  “Maestris” School, and host families.

 On March 28th, 2019, YSU Ijevan Branch hosted a discussion on “Human Resources Management”, conducted by Management and Development Consultant of “Penta” Development Consulting Company, Private Entrepreneur, PhD Karen Sargsyan. He has received HR certification in 2003 and conducted trainings and seminars on HR Management since 2006, with a practical experience in organization development and change management.

The discussion was attended by Heads and employees of YSU Ijevan Branch different subdivisions.

Motivation as a development tool was discussed during “Human Resources Management” seminar.

 The main components of human resources management and its interconnection with the activities of the organization were presented.

The discussion was in an active and engaging atmosphere. The participants expressed their views on the issue of improving human resources management at the Branch and made proposals.