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Last week, on Thursday, AUCA students from the environmental chemistry class followed a chemical training. Their tasks were to analyze water samples, and determine their colorimetric scale and concentration of chloride and metal ions. All students got correct results, an evidence of students' better understanding theory of environmental chemistry course and good practices for chemical calculations in previous classes. 

As the America writer Napoleon Hill once put it: skills can only be developed with practice, not while reading instructions. All faculty members from the Anthropology Department adhere to the same principle when it comes to teaching. This education method helps better understand theory and program. That is why anthropologist students in AUCA can regularly be spotted on research fields and at various events organized by their own Department.

Today, the president of AUCA Andrew Wachtel and the Chief Information Officer at AUCA Dr. Karim Zerhouni handed over the new universal ID cards to 30 students of the Anthropology department. The card will be used on the new campus in fall 2015. This was the distribution of the first batch of ID cards. 

Diyora Rafieva graduated from AUCA in two majors: European Studies (2012) and International and Business Law (2013). She shares the challenges while graduating and how much the sacrifices were worth it at the end. After successfully completing the dual degree Diyora now works for NATO and recently became a mother, which is the happiest and proudest moment of her life. 

On April 5th, professor of Anthropology department, Cholpon Turdalieva visited “Belovodski special house for children” to deliver clothes and toys collected by AUCA students for charity.

She does not have a high GPA nor she won any Olympiads and Golden Certificate.

On April 8th, 2015, the Minister of Public health of the Kyrgyz Republic, Talantbek Batyraliev, held a meeting with Andrew Wachtel, President of the American University of Central Asia.

Member of University and Student Relations Committee, Alumni Council; Assistant to the Honorary Consul of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Kyrgyz Republic; Assistant Professor at AUCA.

This winter, the Student Intellectual Life Committee offered Tajik senior students of the Psychology Department the opportunity to visit their homeland and collect data for their senior thesis.

Laziz Abdulazizov, a sophomore student of Liberal Arts and Sciences at AUCA, is currently studying at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Even though it is not the first time he lives abroad far from his family and friends, life in Norway feels totally different.