The American University of Central Asia handed over 20 computers to the O. Tursumatov Ber-Bulak Comprehensive School located in Ber-Bulak village in the Alamedin district of the Chui region. The school was visited by AUCA President and Vice-President of Bard College Jonathan Becker and AUCA Vice-President Chyngyz Shamshiev.

We previously informed you that The Christmas Buy Nothing is a charity event where you can buy clothes, books and baked goods. The raised money will be spent towards helping the Bishkek City Nursing Home. We need to raise funds by December 13, 2022.

On December, Friday 2, the AUCA community held one of the most anticipated events of the year! Annually the Initiation Ceremony took place at the Toktogul Satylganov Philharmonic Hall, but this year a decision was made to conduct a ceremony in the walls of the AUCA campus. Despite this change, the Initiation went as magnificent as it was before.
 

As part of her assignment, Onka Ajayebzai, a student of the Journalism department, has interviewed Dr. Gorkem Atsungur and compiled it in an immersing text below: 

We invite everyone to an open guest lecture by U.S. Embassy air quality science fellow Ryan Schmedding “Air Quality: what can you do to combat air pollution?”.

Samar Kanatov is a junior student of the Economics department at AUCA. This fall semester he is studying at Central European University in Vienna, Austria. Samar always knew that he will participate in exchange and would spend at least one semester abroad.

On November 26, 2022, students from FYS-1, FYS-2, and SYS, took part in the 7th Inter-University Visual Discussion between AUN and AUCA devoted to The Ways of Eliminating Female Slavery within the framework of Civic Engagement Project Crossing Borders Through Social Media and Dialogue initiated by Ms. Emilienne Akpan (AUN) and Ms. Ekaterina Galimova (AUCA) in 2019.

On Tuesday, November 29, the AUCA Economics Department welcomed the quest speakers from the World Bank with the theme "A year of Listening in the Kyrgyz Republic".

On November 18, 2022, the Development Office organized the "Kyrgyzstan Climate Educators Network" conference. The project was implemented by Bard College in partnership with AUCA and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 

This series of monthly workshops on every last Sunday of each month brings student leaders together from across the Open Society University Network to learn from each other’s experiences, reflect on each other's work, gain insight and training, and work together on gathering material helpful for new project leaders.