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May
2017
 
Fulbright Specialist Anita Walz Visits AUCA
From April 19 to May 1, 2017, AUCA Library hosted Ms. Anita Walz, Open Education, Copyright, and Scholarly Communication Librarian at Virginia Tech.  Ms. Walz came to AUCA under the Fulbright Specialist Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State. 
11
May
2017
 
AUCA field trip to Kumtor
April 21 and 22, the program in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EM&SD) sent professors Orozbaev and Asanov along with four students two Bard exchange students on a site tour at the Kumtor Mining Area in Issyk-Kul.
10
May
2017
 
Department of International and Comparative Politics holds crisis games for school children
The Department of International and Comparative Politics organized crisis games for high school students from Bishkek. The theme of the game was the conflict in Syria.
4
May
2017
 
Tinatin Osmonova: “I'm very motivated to do more interesting research to travel a lot, and to meet new people”
Tinatin Osmonova, an Economics Master’s student at the American University of Central Asia. After graduating from the AUCA’s Economics Department last year, she decided to stay at her Alma Mater and do her best to continue being a good economist. In April 2017, she participated at the Sixth Annual Smolny International Student Conference where she presented her undergraduate thesis work.
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Apr
2017
 
AUCA CHESS CLUB
The AUCA Chess Club was created to get people to play chess at the University. The Club encourages people of all levels of experience to play and offers a friendly, constructive, and social platform for chess enthusiasts. The Club sends also teams to the Universiada.
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Apr
2017
 
AUCA Professor Dr. Mohira Suyarkulova won the Henry Huttenbach prize for the best article
Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) is pleased to report that the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) prize committee have selected article by Dr. Mohira Suyarkulova as the winner of the Henry Huttenbach prize for the best article published in Nationalities Papers journal in 2016.
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Apr
2017
 
Kamilya Kadyrova: “Freshmen are so “fresh” and full of hopes and expectations about education. And I try not to break their expectations, at least in the first semester…”
Today we want to introduce you to Kamilya Kadyrova, the NGA Academic Director , an Assistant Professor in General Education and FYS Program,  and AUCA Academic Orientation Co-Director. Professor Kamilya Kadyrova has a M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership, and below she will share a little about her work at AUCA
17
Apr
2017
 
From Bishkek to Daejeon: “Go, get out of your comfort zone!”
For our students, studying abroad is a consistently enriching experience, pushing you to move outside your comfort zones and learn about the world and yourself. 
12
Apr
2017
Joint Seminar of CASI and the Anthropology Club “Central Asian Anthropology Accelerates: The past decade in context”
SPEAKER: Nathan Light, PhD, Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstract: This lecture considers the past 60 years of social and cultural anthropological research in Central Asia explores what has held the field back for so long, and why and how it has become so productive in the past decade. I seek to stimulate a conversation about the value and potential of anthropology of Central Asia, and the reasons it has been slow to develop as an academic field.
11
Apr
2017
 
Shohrukh Tojidinov: “We learn new things as WARC tutors”
Shohrukh Tojidinov, a senior in Economics Department, balances his academic and work responsibilities as a student at AUCA and a tutor for the Writing and Academic Resources Center.


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