For the first time, the New Generation Academy (NGA) at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) has established a partnership with Bard College and brought over two tutors to teach for the NGA program. Anna Daniszewski and Sophie Lazar share their thoughts on the NGA students and program, new campus, and about their first visit to Kyrgyzstan.

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.

Alua Maulen, a graduate of AUCA’s Master’s program in Business Administration (2014), shares the story of her career path after graduation and memories of her student years.

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.
 

Junior student of Business Administration department, Inna Tsoi is one of the students who had an outstanding opportunity to spend an exchange semester at Koc University in Istanbul.
 

Karina Bobusheva recently graduated in business administration and completed a minor in psychology. Alike all presidential scholars of the graduating year 2014-15 in total - she has shown excellent, even outstanding, academic achievement during her study at AUCA by maintaining a GPA superior to 3.8 (out of 4).
 

As a participant of the Global UGRAD program, Aizhamal Sydykova, ICP-113, spent her academic year 2014-2015 at the Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado, U.S. She tells us about that year abroad, an internship she had at an energy company, and how she participated in the event in support of kids with cancer.

Alexander Moree is one of the American exchange students from the University of Virginia. Originally from Washington D.C., he spent last spring semester at AUCA. At only 20 years old, he already knows 6 languages including Russian and Kyrgyz. Before he returns home in August, he shares about his 6-month experience studying and living in Kyrgyzstan.

AUCA TV – our own television channel - is one of the distinctive qualities of the American University in Central Asia. Students not only apply their knowledge in practice, but also reveal their creative potential. With it's own studio, editing rooms, high-level software, and equipment - these elements allow AUCA TV members to produce quality video and photo productions.
 

Zack Staples is a visiting student from the U.S., who grew up on the Caribbean island of Barbados. He came to Kyrgyzstan a few weeks ago, and now he is volunteering for the PR office of AUCA as well as travelling around Kyrgyzstan. Zack told us about himself, why he deferred attending Washington University for a year, and what he likes most in Kyrgyzstan.