Alisa Zhumadilova is a graduate student of International and Comparative Politics department and alumna of Future Leaders Exchange program. She was one of the most active students during her study years at AUCA. Alisa successfully combined studying, work and volunteering, being a member of SIFE (currently Enactus club) and Rotaract student clubs as well as developing charity and youth entrepreneurship projects.

Originally from New Rochelle, NY, Neil is a 4th year university student majoring in International Relations and Russian with the focus on the former Soviet Union. It’s been almost a year since he arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the scholarship to study Central Asian Politics, Russian and Uzbek.
 

The Anthropology Department of the American University of Central Asia together with the University of Tromso of Norway implemented the joint project “A Comparative Perspective on Cultural Ecology and Nomadic Life in Central Asia and Norway” in Kyrgyzstan’s “Akun Issyk - Kul” Resort, Kara-Oi village, from June 14 to 23, 2015.

Talgat Subanaliev, AUCA junior in Journalism and Mass Communications Department, won a photo contest for a photo trip to Antarctica, this trip is sponsored by philanthropist and AUCA’s friend and long-term supporter Dr. Hersh Chadha OPM (Harvard), ARPS.
 

Six AUCA students from Afghanistan were recently accepted for an International Women's Leadership Program known as Women2Women, which will take place in Boston (USA) on July 29 - August 8.
 

On June 29, 2015, the American University of Central Asia started to become functional on the new campus building is located in Micro-District 12 of Bishkek. The official opening ceremony is scheduled for October 31, 2015.

Karina Bobusheva recently graduated in business administration and completed a minor in psychology. Alike all presidential scholars of the graduating year 2014-15 in total - she has shown excellent, even outstanding, academic achievement during her study at AUCA by maintaining a GPA superior to 3.8 (out of 4).
 

AUCA Psychology Department's alumna, Eleonnora Turdubaeva, has won the Best Student in Mental Health Counseling Award as she graduated from a Master's Program at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, USA. Eleonnora told us about her studies in the US, her life philosophy, and all the challenges she has faced aiming towards her dream.

AUCA TV – our own television channel - is one of the distinctive qualities of the American University in Central Asia. Students not only apply their knowledge in practice, but also reveal their creative potential. With it's own studio, editing rooms, high-level software, and equipment - these elements allow AUCA TV members to produce quality video and photo productions.
 

Valentina Khomenko is a graduate of Business Administration Department of the class of 2015. She is one of the best students, who are in the President’s List for her excellent academic achievements.