Back to My Second Home
Oksana Moroz ‘08
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine/Manhattan Beach, CA
morozok7 yahoo com
Kiev-London-Los Angeles!!! 15 hours flight went by so fast, because I was going to see...
FLEX Alumni in Central Ukraine Participate in the European Youth Parliament (EYP)
At first glance, the European Youth Parliament may sound like many other NGOs. It is described as a “platform for discussion of current social,...
FLEX Alumni in Tajikistan Raise Funds for a Local Animal Shelter
The presence of stray dogs has been an issue of concern in Tajikistan for many years. This year, locals passionate about animals started to...
FLEX CivEd Workshop: Learning Together As a Family
Post by Yerasyl Toleugazinov '12
Semey, Kazakhstan/ Lacy, Washington
Yerasyl is one of three FLEX Alumni representatives invited to represent the FLEX Alumni community and program...
City Representative Program in Serbia Starting Strong
In the FLEX world, the FLEX City Representative program gathers the very best of the alumni community and those most eager to engage in...
A Young Scholar’s Notebook
Kemel Toktomushev '04
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Pensacola, FL
Here we go. I am sitting in a small airport in Florida waiting for the boarding call to catch a...
Congratulations! Winners of the FLEX Alumni Database Competition
FLEX Alumni Coordinators Sanira-Begim Mamatova ’13 (Blackduck, MN/ Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) and Anjela Pakhlajian ’10 (Akron, OH/Tbilisi, Georgia) are the winners of 2014 FLEX Alumni...
“Our Child. Smaller World. Someone You Love, More Than You Ever Expected”
Stranger in the house. Awkward. Uncomfortable.
That is how someone who has never hosted an exchange student might describe the experience.It was true for my...
The Young Generation Will Change Ukraine
It all started with a phone call. I came home after a long, busy day, my hands were full of packages, and I almost...
How FLEX Alumni Impact Small Communities
For recently-returned FLEX alumni there is always a lingering question in the back of their minds: What’s next? Most go to universities in their...











