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...
Layla Abdullaeva (Uzbekistan) Success Against All Odds
'Every time something big is happening in my life, I step back a little and mentally prepare myself. I'm learning how to be more...
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...
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...
Tetiana Pochynok ’02 Providing Allergy Relief to Lviv, Ukraine Residents
...The journey to success is worth all the troubles and fears. Just remember – you can be weak but you are never alone. There...
Yulia (Mokshina) Sushkova ’95 (Saransk, Russia): Professor, Writer and Radio Show Presenter
Yulia (Mokshina) Sushkova ‘95
Saransk, Russia / Naples, Florida
Education: Law Degree in 2001, PhD (2003) and Doctoral Degree (2009) in Ethnology and Anthropology from Ogarev...
FLEX Kicks off the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian Diplomatic Relations
In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian diplomatic relations, American Councils organized a reception on November 4 to celebrate the milestone and recollect...
Fifteen Years After the FLEX Program
A Conversation with Emil Gafarov '02 and his host parents, Martin and Paula Krause
Emil Gafarov '02
Mingachevir, Azerbaijan / Green Bay, Wisconsin
Education: Master's Degree in...
Turkmenistan’s Jennet Gurbanmammedova ’10 Pursues Ethical Business Practices
Jennet Gurbanmammedova ‘10
Balkanabat, Turkmenistan / Alexandria, VA
Education: KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Majoring in Finance, Minoring in Accounting
In August 2015 Jennet Gurbanmammedova ‘10 will...
Georgian Alumnus Vakhtang Imnaishvili ’05 Making the University Application System More Democratic
Vakhtang (Vako) Imnaishvili ‘05
Batumi, Georgia/ Paso Robles, California
Education: BBA Degree in Marketing from Tbilisi State University; Completed courses in Economy & Political Science (Georgetown...