2024 First Year/Second Year Seminar Conference on “Humanity and Society”

May 8, 2024

On April 20, 2024, the First Year/Second Year Seminar Program of the General Education Department of AUCA held its first on-campus conference with the theme “Humanity and Society.” The conference was opened with a welcome speech from Dr. Chynarkul Ryskulova, VPAA and followed by the keynote speech on “Cultivating Skepticism” by Dr. David Shein, Associate VPAA and Dean of Studies at Bard College. There were twenty-four freshman and sophomore students selected and presented their exemplary written papers from their FYS and SYS courses. The FYS/SYS faculty have chosen 6 Best Presentations namely: Panel A – Madina Salieva; Panel B – Sabina Dzhumalieva; Panel C – Anton Matveev; Panel D - Turan Isamatov; Panel E – Abdullah Nazari; Panel F – Deniz Asanakunova. The organizing committee also awarded the Best First Year Seminar Essay to Sabina Maratbek kyzy and the Best Second Year Seminar Essay to Ainazik Zhanyshbekova.