On Tuesday, November 12 the Inauguration of President of the American University of Central Asia and the annual initiation ceremony for freshmen students took place at the Kyrgyz National Philharmonic named after T. Satylganov.

The conference was titled “Uzbekistan in the Context of Regional Security and Global Challenges” and was co-sponsored by the University of Kent and the University of Cambridge in the UK as part of the GCRF COMPASS project.

Open Access Program coordinator at EIFL International Library Consortium held a one-day training on “Open Science” for faculty, librarians, and researchers from AUCA and other institutions of Kyrgyzstan.

Students swept to victory in the First Accounting Championship in Bishkek, an academic competition held on AUCA’s campus this past weekend. The competition had about 200 people register from both Russian- and English-language universities across Kyrgyzstan.

Writing and accounting tutor Suhailo Mamadniyozova says the practice she got as a tutor was a big part of her success in the competition.

On Saturday, October 26, the grand opening of the AUCA Technical School of Innovation was held. This is the only educational institution in Kyrgyzstan and region that provides an opportunity to receive an education equivalent to university programs after the 9th grade of secondary school. 

On October 25, the American University of Central Asia conducted a round table on the topic: "How do we make available Central Asian research?" as part of the International Open Access Week. The round table was hosted by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology.
 

On Wednesday, October 16, AUCA Vice President Chingiz Shamshiev met with the Head of Career Center of Narxoz university Gaini Mukhanova and Director of the Economics college under Narxoz university Sanat Sataev, accompanied by representatives of the Narxoz college to discuss cooperation opportunities between the Technical School of Innovation AUCA and Narxoz college.

Alumni Happy Hour On October 11, the AUCA Alumni Association conducted Alumni Happy Hour, which gathered over 30 graduates of the university at the Friends' coffee.    They were playing a Pub quiz

The delegation had a positive impression of the campus and meetings with AUCA students and Administration that we believe will bring to a successful collaboration further.