American Culture Oasis in Mary, Turkmenistan
In the middle of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan lies an oasis where the city of Mary is located. And in Mary, just like...
Farzona Yahyaeva ’12: Building Tajikistan’s Digital Economy
Education: Degree in Management and IT from the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University in Dushanbe
“In my home country, Tajikistan, we have a big problem with labor...
Vasyl Myroshnychenko ’97 Ukraine
Vasyl Myroshnychenko ’97
Kyiv, Ukraine/Chattanooga, TN
Vasyl writes, ” (I) Feel humbled to have been recognized as one of Top 40 under 40 Ukraine’s Emerging Leaders...
Business Leader Sergey Kulyagin ‘97: ‘International experience got me through the door –...
‘FLEX was the springboard experience of my life. It exposed me to the side of my personality which I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise –...
Mongolian Prime Minister Awards FLEX Alumnus with “Young Person of the Year”
“With great power comes great responsibility” said Bayarjavkhlan Bayanmunkh ’19 (Baruun Urt, Mongolia/Yale, MI), when asked to reflect on receiving the “Young Person of...
Abdulvahhobi Muminjoniyon ‘09: Athlete and Activist
If you ask Abdulvahhobi Muminjoniyon ’09 (Duashanbe, Tajikistan/ Houston, TX), the FLEX program changed his life. However, since his return to Dushanbe in 2009,...
From Almaty to Silicon Valley Through the Push of a Button: The Story of...
Aruzhan Koshkarova ‘16
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Rogersville, MO
Education: Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
A few months ago, in Kazakhstan, a teenage girl was kidnapped on...
Yagub Rahimov ’06 author of ”Forex NOT for Dummies”
Yagub Rahimov ‘06
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan / Imperial, California
Education: BA in International Business and Management from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
Profile written by Tatyana...
Arslan Karagulov ’05 Marketing Strategies with a Tinge of History
Arslan Karagulov ‘05
Kant, Kyrgyzstan / Keokuk, Iowa
Education: Bachelor's degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Business Administration from American University of Central Asia (AUCA)
Article written by Tatyana...
Musical Ambassador
Marina Verenikina '95 (Marina V)
Springfield, IL/Los Angeles, CA
Musician
Marina Verenikina is better known as Marina V, an internationally renowned singer and songwriter from Moscow who...