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Students of Anthropology have been engaged in the realization of the ethnographic project “Memories of the 1916 rebellion” supported by the Student Intellectual Life Committee (SILC) and Anthropology Department. The aim was to reconstruct an objective picture of the 1916 Great Revolt in Kyrgyzstan by gathering stories of elderly people. During two months, from March 3 to May 3, 2015, students and their supervisor, Aida Abdykanova, visited 4 provinces: Chui, Issyk-Kul, Osh and Jalalabad.  

Meerim Nurbekova is a sophomore student majoring in International and Comparative Politics at AUCA. She is also a member of the university’s Student Senate. Last month, Meerim went to Madrid, Spain, to attend the International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC) held at Saint Louis University from April 23 to 26. Meerim shares her impressions, experience and some of the challenges she faced.

Always cleanly dressed, he can be seen from time to time hunched over recycling bins, checking if the recyclables have been thrown in the appropriate place. Martin Ossewaarde settled in Bishkek 17 years ago. Assistant professor at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, he is teaching sustainable development, a topic he is passionate about.

For me AUCA was not only a school of academic learning, it taught me to survive, to strive and finally to achieve. It was not always easy, especially in the beginning, but definitely it was worth it.

Reyhana Turdieva, a student of the Sociology Department at AUCA, presents her first photo exhibition “The Internship” in Bravo, which will be held till May 2. The exhibition is a result of a photography trip she did in January in the United Arab Emirates with Dr. Hersh Chadha, photographer, philanthropist and AUCA’s long-term supporter.

Dr. Hersh Chadha is announcing a photo contest for the best nature oriented photos that showcase outstanding landscape photography skills. The winner will join Dr. Chadha in the photography trip to Antarctica.

A Mathematics Contest among the high school students of Kyrgyzstan took place at AUCA on April 19. The main goal of the Olympiad was to attract prospective students to the AUCA undergraduate programs Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Software Engineering, and Environmental Management and Sustainable development.

On April 17, 2015, the musical and poetry evening “There are names and dates” dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War took place at AUCA.

My name is Talgat Subanaliev and I am a dreamer. I am like the "Alchemist" of Paulo Coelho, but from Toktogul in Kyrgyzstan, a region no less beautiful than Andalusia. In high school, I was a socially active student, president of the pupils at my school, trying to make a difference. When I was in 10th grade, I participated in a training camp in journalism organized by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). That experience changed my life: I was going to be a journalist and study at AUCA.

Akobir Mamadrizokhonov is a triple volleyball champion and an Honored Master of Sport in Tajikistan. Born in Khorog, the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, he studied in Aga-Khan Lyceum School, and then entered the Khorog State University. The following year, he joined AUCA and he is now a graduate in Anthropology planning to finalize his second bachelor in Business Administration at the end of this academic year.