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On December 15, 2015 AUCA Alumna Guzyal Hill held the lecture “How to Get a PhD in Australia” for AUCA students, faculty, and alumni. Hill is a lawyer and a PhD student researching the harmonization of federal legislation at Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.

A group of AUCA students in a Multimedia Skills course this semester have made a video about the university. The new campus is not only a space to learn, but it is also space for modern art.

AUCA library is happy to offer the upgraded collection of “Education USA” materials. If you look for the latest preparations tests (TOEFL, GRE, GMAT), handbooks on writing winning college essays, and other great books about the U.S. higher education, come the library.

Nicholas J. Mazik is an Associate Professor in the International and Business Law Department at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). He told us about his first semester teaching at AUCA and his thoughts about Central Asian region.

Ian Gorog is a European Studies Professor at AUCA. This year he is teaching The concept of European Sustainable Development, Social Europe, European Union Law and Human Rights (a course co-taught with Nicholas Mazik), Political Communication, and New Mass Media. Ian has told us about himself, and what inspired him to become a professor.

Bard exchange student from AUCA Daria Kim attended the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) West on November 13-15 in San Francisco. She was chosen as one of the most outstanding students from the Bard College Computer Science program.

On November 27, the Alumni Relations Office and the Alumni Council held an Alumni Association Meeting at AUCA. The meeting gathered more than seventy alumni from different departments and class years.

On December 5, 2015, AUCA’s Career Services Center in collaboration with the group Business Advisor organized the “STUDENT FOCUS” forum funded by USAID. Around 150 students from various universities of Kyrgyzstan participated in the event.

December 8, 2015 four AUCA students received scholarships to study in South Korea from Jae Chang Lee, the Chief Executive Officer of the “Jaechang Lee” Skin Clinic. 

On November 29, 2015, New Generation Academy (NGA) administration and alumni arranged a “Day of the Culture” for NGA students. NGA students enrolled in the 2015-2016 academic year visited the Kyrgyz State Museum of History with faculty and some alumni.