On September 10th, 2015 the Club Fair took place at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). Representatives from each of AUCA’s many student organizations signed hundreds of new members into their clubs. There were 25 clubs represented at the Club Fair.

Now a junior of International and Comparative Politics, Ammar Younas spent an unforgettable summer attending the Summer School of Finland, participating in a Model UN Conference in Germany, visiting the Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy, as well as completing an internship at HRCP in Pakistan. Ammar shares with us his unique experiences and impressions.

On September 8, 2015 a group of enthusiastic students from the American University of Central Asia had the opportunity to have a conversation with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Desai Biswal, and the U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Sheila Gwaltney.

On September 5, 2015, the president of the American University of Central Asia, Andrew Wachtel, gave a talk at the International Academic and Research Symposium “The Legacy of the Epic as a Component of Stable Development during a Time of Societal Change.” Wachtel’s talk was on “‘Manas’ as a Product of the Soviet Union.”

September 4th saw the first Knowledge and Convocation Day Ceremony take place at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). The ceremony recognized academic excellence of the students who had made the President’s List and the Dean’s List.

On September 2, 2015 a group of professors from Harvard University, University of Chicago, Yale University, University of Stanford, Columbia University, National Geographic and the Smithsonian visited the new AUCA campus.

Aziz Soltobaev, AUCA Alum of the Economics Department (2003), Chairman of KG Labs Public Foundation, and co-founder of the local Internet shop Svetofor Company, is one of the organizers of the International Hackathon Garage48. The event will take place on September 11-13, 2015 at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek. 

The American University of Central Asia is pleased to announce the launch of its graduate program in Applied Psychology. On August 25th, 2015, the entire faculty gathered together to welcome the new batch of MA students into the program and wish them well in their personal growth and professional success.

Nazim Ibraimov, a junior student of Business Administration department, spent his spring semester at an exchange program at Collegium Civitas in Poland.

Lazizjon Abdulazizov, a junior in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Department, shares his experience as an exchange student at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway.