Giving Back to the Community: FLEX Projects That Made a Difference in 2018
FLEX Alumni carry out a number of projects each year, focusing various issues present in their communities. Here’s a look at six, from among...
FLEX Alumni Visit a Children’s Shelter in Baku
One of the most long-lasting lessons alumni learn during their FLEX year is the importance of volunteering. After returning back home alumni regularly volunteer...
Exploring East Asia
Cholpon Muradilova '11
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Brimley, MI
Hello everyone! My name is Cholpon M. and I am a sophomore at American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan. In 2010-2011...
Nobody Stops You from Trying
Catalina Cucu
Wellman, IA/Chisinau, Moldova
Principesa Natalia Dadiani Lyceum, Chisinau
Since returning from a year’s study at the Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman, Iowa, Catalina Cucu ‘13...
FLEX and YLP Alumni Initiate a Model U.S. Senate Platform
After returning home, FLEX alumni are always looking for ways to give back to their communities by sharing their knowledge and experience from their...
Eurasia FLEX Ability Workshop 2018 in Vilnius, Lithuania
FLEX Alumni from Central Europe and the South Caucasus came together to attend the Eurasia FLEX Ability workshop in Dubingiai, Lithuania, known in the...
“My Heart Was Singing At The Sight Of Kansas Plains”
My story began after I received a call from American Councils office. I still remember that happy glory voice on the telephone line congratulating...
Alumnus Oleksandr Kushch ’13 and his Academy of Future Elected Officials
After successfully completing the FLEX program, Ukrainian FLEX alumnus Oleksandr Kushch’13 (Kharkiv, Ukraine/ Austin, TX) has chosen not to remain idle. Though busy studying...
FLEX Alumni in Russia Attend Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Alumni had really positive things to say about the Emotional Intelligence trainings held on May 19 in St. Petersburg and June 16 in Moscow,...
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...