Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06 ‘Be proud of your work results’
‘Living in a foreign country independently at such a young age made me much more adaptable and able to communicate with people.
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06
Chernihiv,...
FLEX Alumna Anastasia Osminina ’08 participant at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2014
Anastasia Osminina ’08 (Vologda, Russia/Blue Springs, MO) will join over 3000 entrepreneurs, together with heads of state including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, high...
Social Café: Social Entrepreneurship in Action in Kazakhstan
Organizers of the Social Cafe in Astana have recently opened a crowdfunding campaign to support the initiative. All of the funds raised will help...
Ivan Verstyuk ’00: A Journalist for Ukraine
It is late afternoon in Kyiv, Ukraine, and journalist Ivan Verstyuk ’00 (Kyiv, Ukraine / Leavenworth, KS), usually the one conducting interviews, is answering...
Tural Garibov ’01 Azerbaijan
In 2007 I graduated from Baku State University with Masters in Theory of Economy. I’m also an alumnus of Global Village for Future Leaders in Business and Industry program managed by Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University and several programs for executives held by professors of Mays Business School
A Charmed Year Video by Sofiya Gorya ’04 Russia
Sofiya Gorya '04
Yaroslavl, Russia/Virginia Beach, VA
Sonya Gorya ’04 from Yaroslavl, Russia created a fantastic video about her experience on the FLEX Program with the support...
Nemanja Ostojic ’12 from Montenegro: Combining Business, NGO Work, and University Studies
Nemanja Ostojic '12
Kotor, Montenegro/Urbandale, Iowa
Education: Department of Economics at the University of Montenegro
'The more I do, the better organized I am. When I returned...
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,...
Iryna Lysenko ‘03 and the Youth NGO Iskra
Iryna Lysenko ‘03
Mykolaiv, Ukraine / Fruitland, Idaho
Education: Bachelor’s in Teaching German and English from the Mykolaiv State University, Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies...
Ia Dadunashvili ’97 Combining UN Work and Social Tango
Ia Dadunashvili ‘97
Tbilisi, Georgia / Laurel, Maryland
Education: BA and Master of Law from Georgian Technical University, Master of Law from Central European University, PhD from...












