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On October 1-2, 2015 the "Life in Kyrgyzstan" conference took place in Bishkek for the first time. AUCA alumna Malika Ibragimova (Economics, 2015) was awarded “best student research”. She received a certificate and Thomas Piketty’s book “Capital.”

Student of Anthropology Department Basira Mir Mahamad took part in the two-week anthropological fieldwork in the town of Naryn. She told us about this unique experience, and how the fieldwork helped her and other students to develop their practical knowledge of archaeology.

Vice President for Academic Affairs of AUCA Bermet Tursunkulova received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the nonprofit organization American Councils as one of the first FLEX Program alumni.

Dear students! We are launching a photocontest “Hello, New Campus!” in honor of the official opening of AUCA’s new campus on October 31, 2015.

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EMSD) students Aziz Aitbaev and Bayan Akhmet and Lab Assistant/Instructor Bakhtyiar Asanov attended the workshop “Stakeholder Engagement in Research” in Almaty, Kazakhstan on September 14-17, 2015.

The Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) and AUCA Career Services would like to kindly to invite you to join us at the meeting with by Efim Borisovich Yakir, the legendary founder of the Mathematical Lyceum No.61.
When: Thursday, October 1 at 17:00
Where: Room 435. 

Anthropology Program at the American University of Central Asia invites students from various universities of Kyrgyzstan and abroad to participate in the Annual Anthropology Student Conference "Exploring New Lands and Prospects in Kyrgyzstan and Beyond" to be held at AUCA on October, 23, 2015.

Wednesday, September 30 at 16:00 in room #430
 
The Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) and AUCA Career Services will host a workshop on Applying to Graduate School. The workshop will be delivered by Alyssa Meyer, a Visiting Research Fellow from Indiana University.

Saadat Musabaeva, a senior in the International and Comparative Politics Department minoring in Anthropology at AUCA, attended the American University in Bulgaria as a visiting student in the fall of 2013. This past spring, Saadat spent another semester abroad with the Bard College exchange program.

Of the changes we’ve made at WARC this year, the most visible to our students (perhaps with the exception of our new large and beautiful space), is our online scheduling system. This new system was a product of a close partnership between WARC management, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and the AUCA student body.