Interview with Notable Alumnus Hikmat Aliyev ’94
Hikmat Aliyev ’94 (Baku, Azerbaijan/La Harpe, IL) is an alumnus of the first cohort of the FLEX program. After his exchange year, Hikmat returned...
Valentina Brega ’04 Founds TLC Language Center
By Tatyana Movshevich '04 (Dzerzhinsk, Russia / Blandon, PA)
The idea to open a learning center first came to Valentina Brega '04 (Chisinau, Moldova / Raleigh,...
Georgian President Honors FLEX Alumnus for Promoting Active Citizenship
FLEX alumnus from Georgia Davit Khutsishvili ’16 (Akhaltsikhe, Georgia/ Clinton , WI) and his team recently won a nationwide competition in Georgia aimed at...
Natalia Andreev ‘07 Moldova
Natalia Andreev ‘07
Straseni, Moldova/Shreveport, Louisiana
Education: Moldova State University, Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty
Education: news anchor, TV show editor, news website editor and reporter
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Ayaulym Tursynkhnova ’17: Change Starts Locally
Ayaulym Tursynkhanova’17 (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan /Beresford, SD) is both a FLEX and ACCESS Program alumna. She is a former City Representative (CR) of Ust-Kamenogorsk, and,...
Kholmati Kholik ’09 Advocating for Change in Tajikistan Labor Migration
‘I would love to build on my professional experience and bring all of the new skills back to my country. I hope to be...
FLEX Alumnus from Ukraine Winner at the 7th International Student Tournament of Physics
Roman Vydro ’10 (Kharkiv, Ukraine/Westlake, OH) together with his team consisting of students in the Department of Physics at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv...
Mariya Netayeva ’02 Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Russia
Mariya Netayeva ’02
Tomsk, Russia / Sand Springs, OK
Education: Degree in Foreign Language Teaching and Translation/Interpreting from Tomsk State University (2007), Executive MBA from Hult International Business...
Global Village Mentor Nana Aburjanidze ‘96
Nana Aburjanidze ‘96
Poti, Georgia/Corinth, MS
Education: Master’s Degree in International Economics from the Georgian Technical University and MBA from the University of Utah
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Oleksandr Shymanko ‘In the U.S. I began to think outside of the box’
Entrepreneur, innovator, branding designer, and student Oleksandr Shymanko - there are those people who you wonder how they succeed to complete everything with only 24 hours...














