FLEX: Bridge to the Global Community
Izat Osmonov '09
Kant, Kyrgyzstan/Hobe Sound, FL
During my year abroad as a FLEX exchange student in South Florida in 2008-2009, I blogged on the experiences of...
“FLEX has opened up so many doors”
Born and raised in Telavi, Georgia, I moved to the United States with the help of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program, a US...
Pavillion of Fluttering Butterflies, 48 Poems
Sona Karapetyan ‘05
Kapan, Armenia/Colorado Springs, CO
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Pavillion of Fluttering Butterflies, 48 Poems
Inspired by the birth of her baby girl,...
Breast Cancer Color Run in Serbia
Not even the rain could stop the alumni, runners, and volunteers of the Breast Cancer Color Run on October 10 in Nis, Serbia. FLEX...
“Nothing is left unsaid, nothing is left undone”
People do always change, people never stay the same. This is not the matter of time, but the influence of various events on their...
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...
FLEX Alumni Armenia Mentoring Program: Successes of Azniv Tadevosyan ’13 (Gyumri)
Azniv Tadevosyan '13
Gyumri, Armenia/Visalia, CA
Mentee of the FLEX Alumni Armenia Mentoring Program
FLEX Alumni Armenia Mentoring program started in the summer of 2015. It is...
My Family’s Story – 20 Years of FLEX
Khamza Iyldyz ’17 (Jonesville, MI/ Astana, Kazakhstan) and his mother Leyla Malaeva ‘97 (Beavercreek, OH/ Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan)
I am honored to share my FLEX...
Media-Enabled Musketeers
Karina Chupina ‘97
Tecumseh, MI/Berlin, Germany
Career focus: international youth work, disability advocacy
Karina Chupina ‘97 has extended her experience in training, journalism and advocacy for youth...
Galya Palieva ’94: a Personal Testimony
Being a pioneer isn’t easy- that much has always been true. The lens through which we see our surroundings, a lens often characterized by...