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On November 10th 2015, John Gray visited American University of Central Asia (AUCA) within the network of his workshop in Bishkek. This workshop was arranged by Central Eurasia Leadership Alliance. 

On November 12-13 of 2015 American University of Central Asia (AUCA) hosted the Regional Central Asian Conference “Effecting Synergies between Inclusive Economic Growth, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality and Development for Transformative Change”.

Alessandra Sztrimbely, an Assistant Professor of the New Generation Academy (NGA) at American University of Central Asia (AUCA) shares her impressions about the NGA and Kyrgyzstan.

On October 29, 2015, 26 students from the Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EMSD) program conducted field research to count radiation in the AUCA campus area. Vanessa Graf, one of the students on the trip, tells us about her experience.

October 31, 2015, remarks the Gala Opening Ceremony of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) new campus in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Getting university students to participate in elections is an ongoing challenge for the student government; moreover, the students’ apathy towards voting is a reflection of voter apathy in society at large.

October 30, 2015, the administration of the AUCA International Dormitory, the Young Life club members, and volunteers put on “Halloween in the Dorm”. Dorm residents were divided into teams and competed for the titles like “scariest character,” “best team introduction,” “best carved pumpkin,” “best performance,” “ best scary story,” “apple bobbing champion”, and more.

The Central Asian Studies Institute hosted its Fourth Annual Conference on “The Eurasian Economic Union: political, economic and social aspects” on October 31 - November 1, 2015 at the new campus of AUCA.
 
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Elections for new student senators will be held soon at the American University of Central Asia. This year, the AUCA Student Senate adopts new e-voting system. Implementing this project with the assistance of the Integra engineering group, AUCA presents an e-voting system unique and innovative not only for the university, but even for the Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia.

 
On October 28th, 2015, the Writing and Academic Resource Center and AUCA Advising Office hosted a "Source Citation and Credibility" workshop with Visiting Research Fellow, Alyssa Meyer. The workshop discussed common problems students encounter in citing and locating reliable sources, discussing plagiarism, paraphrasing, and citations.