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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.

A group of AUCA students took part in three-day training of the «ProKG Leadership Program». The event took place from April 10 till April 12, 2015 in the beautiful ethno-complex Supara Chunkurchak.

There are lots of things that I missed about AUCA, but keeping it in the frame of academic life are conversations with professor Lance Tillman. He is one of the professors who impacted on my critical thinking and always had answers to my questions that most professors would just skip.

MA course is to be opened at the AUCA Department of Psychology in new academic year, which offers an opportunity to receive high quality knowledge and practical skills; moreover it provides students with additional opportunities to show their worth in international professional and academic arena.