GYSD Project: Clean and Green in Arbat, Armenia
Project organizer: Shushanna Arakelyan '15Event location: Arbat, Armenia$312 FLEX Alumni GYSD Matching Grant Funding$400 cost share from local teachers and the school principal, village...
Christmas in America for Lida Asilyan ’19
Lida Asilyan ’19 (Ijevan, Armenia/Adel, IA) spent her FLEX year in a small town in Iowa. In this interview, Lida shares her relationship with...
Hasmik Asatrian ‘96: One of Armenia’s Top Businesswomen
‘The basis of my success comes from the change in my mindset which occurred during my FLEX year. Being able to use it for...
2019 Alumni Workshop for Youth Leaders in English Teaching in Irpin, Ukraine
From May 29 to June 2, 58 alumni from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine gathered in Irpin, Ukraine for the first ever AlumniWorkshop...
Summer in Sheki: FLEX Alumni-led Summer Camp
Summer Camp in Azerbaijan
Ulviyya Akbarova ’15 (Sheki, Azerbaijan)
Location: Sheki, Azerbaijan
Ulviyya Akbarova ’15 implemented an American-style summer camp for 55, 7-10th graders in Sheki, Azerbaijan...
Resume Writing and Interview Skills
Aram Manukyan ‘15Project Title: Resume Writing and Interview SkillsProject Location: Yerevan and Ejimiatsin, Armenia$ 250 in South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Grants
Resume writing and job interview...
Vardavar Celebration in Garni, Armenia
On July 12, 35 alumni celebrated the national water festival of Armenia called Vardavar at the Garni Pagan Temple. Several Peace Corps volunteers as...
International Experience Starts with the Stepanavan Youth Center (SYC)
I can say that my graduate studies through the Muskie program and my brother’s through the FLEX program influenced us in more ways than...
Hasmik Tonapetyan ’09 Brings Her Experience Back to Gyumri
‘Each experience in my life somehow leads to the other while my main interests remain the same – it’s youth work, civic activism and...
Safety on Social Media
Arakelyan Shushanna ‘15Project Title: Safety on Social MediaProject Location: Arbat, Ararat province, Armenia $117 in 2015 South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Grant Funding
On November 21-23, Shushanna Arakelyan...