Marcos Cisneros, the current editor-in-chief of AUCA Magazine, spent a week in Osh Kyrgyzstan teaching a series of seminars at the Osh Pedagogical Institute for the Humanities (OGPI).

On January 26th, 2016, Diversity Week began at the American University of Central Asia. Sixteen delegations are represented in this year. Representatives from a few delegations shared their thoughts and

Görkem Atsungur has been an assistant professor in the European Studies Department since 2012. Atsungur shares with us his journey to AUCA and some of the work he has done since.

January 19, 2016, AUCA President Andrew Wachtel personally congratulated Umed Narzikulov and Baibagysh Nazarbaev, seniors in Business Administration and Economics, on the successful launch of their handmade footwear business in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Nuriza Begalieva, a Senior in the European Studies department, spent an exchange semester this spring at Sciences Po, Reims, in France. There she studied the politics of France and the European Union while also improving her French.

On November 6th of 2015, the AUCA Student Senate held elections with an electronic voting system and a biometric system of authentication. 10 students were elected to the Student Senate.

Thirteen AUCA students along with Kyrgyz and US-based professional instructors will be challenging themselves to a two-week hike through the Ala-Archa National Park next summer.

Alessandra Sztrimbely, an Assistant Professor of the New Generation Academy (NGA) at American University of Central Asia (AUCA) shares her impressions about the NGA and Kyrgyzstan.

Student of Anthropology Department Basira Mir Mahamad took part in the two-week anthropological fieldwork in the town of Naryn. She told us about this unique experience, and how the fieldwork helped her and other students to develop their practical knowledge of archaeology.

Of the changes we’ve made at WARC this year, the most visible to our students (perhaps with the exception of our new large and beautiful space), is our online scheduling system. This new system was a product of a close partnership between WARC management, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and the AUCA student body.