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This March AUCA’s Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) and the New Generation Academy (NGA) held the first university-wide Spelling Bee competition. It was a trilingual event, with contestants competing in one or more of the three language categories: English, Kyrgyz, and Russian.

On March 10, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic - The Public Foundation "Plus" organised a career fair for people with hearing impairments as part of a project to reduce the vulnerability of this category of the population by raising their awareness of safe labour migration and the risks of human trafficking.

Alisher Norov, Student Affairs Coordinator, and Instructor at the European Studies Department, initiated, and successfully implemented the project – a series of workshops – “Security,Conflict Management and Peacebuilding” at AUCA.

Economist, Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago and a co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail" James A. Robinson visiting Kyrgyzstan!

Mira Dzhakshylykova graduated from AUCA in 2021 with a degree in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development and International and Comparative Politics. Upon graduation, she went on to pursue her Master's degree in a joint Master’s program on Water Cooperation and Diplomacy.

On March 10, 2023, the WARC and the New Generation Academy conducted the first university-wide trilingual Spelling Bee. Twenty-three finalists fought hard for the top honors, with the judge panel chaired by Dean of Student Affairs Michal Freese.

The Center for Civic Engagement of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) is pleased to announce a creative competition among young people aged 14-30 years, dedicated to environmental protection, waste management (waste collection, recycling), upcycling, popularization of eco-conscious behavior, eco-habits in everyday life.

Three days from March 3 to March 5, 2023, 23 selected students and teachers began learning podcasting from basics to production. Project “AUCA Podcast Sprint - AUCA Voices'' was announced and organized by Tynymgul Eshieva, Assistant Professor of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, with the support of the OSUN EHCN Project Development Grant. 
 

AUCA Sustainability Week will be from March 27th till March 31st. As part of this week's activities will be conducted Climate Fresk Workshop, Regenerative Practices Workshop, Recycling Workshop, #Make Climate a Class, and videos from the OSUN network on Climate Change will be displayed every day during lunchtime on the forum

On February 28, the AUCA's Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) and International and Comparative Politics Department (ICP) hosted a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Andrew Mertha on China’s Fragmented foreign policy. Dr. Mertha