NEWS

On Saturday, the 11th, a traditional tree planting event took place at the Elm Grove (Karagachevaya Rosha) in Bishkek, organized by the AUCA Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) and the AUCA Sustainability Program.

Join the International Open Access Week this October. This year’s theme is “Who owns our knowledge?”.

  Bard College Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Politics, former AUCA President Jonathan Becker, and AUCA Graduate Zarlasht Sarmast, Civic Engagement Network Coordinator for Bard and the Global Higher Education Alliance for the 21st Century (GHEA21), published an article this week which reframes forcibly displaced and refugee students as important potential civic actors.

The AUCA Law Program recently hosted Professor Max Huffman, Vice Dean and Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, as a visiting lecturer for the LL.M. Program.

Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva, a director, documentary filmmaker and professor at TCMA AUCA, has had her debut feature film, "Only Heaven Knows," selected for the competitive program of the 61st Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago International Film Festival).

On September 24-26, the AUCA Library team attended the first stage of book-restoration training at the National Library of Kazakhstan in Almaty. 

The American University of Central Asia (AUCA) hosted H.E. Mr. Nicolas Faye, the Ambassador of France, for a lecture titled "French Foreign Policy in Central Asia." The event, opened by the President of AUCA, highlighted the growing ties between Europe and Central Asia, with France positioning itself as a key partner.

 
Dr. Mirko Tasic, an Associate Professor in AUCA’s International and Comparative Politics Department, recently completed an Open Society University Network (OSUN) Faculty Mobility Fellowship at the Central European University’s Democracy Institute in Budapest, Hungary.

The AUCA Academic Advising Center recently organized Family Advising Day, a special event dedicated to welcoming the parents of our freshmen students and introducing them to the academic and student support resources available at AUCA.

From July 7-16, 3 NGA alumni, Nurbolot Piridinov (NGA2022), Erkebai Bakhavadinov (NGA 2021) and Bek-Aiym Talantbek kyzy (NGA 2022) participated in the 9-day international summer school "Get Engaged:Student as a Citizen", hosted at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, which brought together students and young leaders from across the globe.