Dusan Ilic ’08: Regional Cooperation in the Balkans Is the Key
Over the last two years Dusan Ilic conducted a wide range of alumni projects – charity concerts, gender equality lectures, career workshops, and art...
Kyrgyzstan Appoints FLEX Alumna as Deputy Minister of Education
Bermet Tursunkulova ‘94 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan / Frederick, MD) was recently appointed Deputy Minister of Education of Kyrgyzstan. Prior to her new appointment, she served as the...
Gunel Isakova ’08: Be Curious, Question, and Observe
Halfway around the world, on her own and living with an American host family, Gunel Isakova, a 17-year-old Muslim exchange student from Azerbaijan, found...
Arzu Geybullayeva ’00 Azerbaijan
Arzu Geybullayeva '00
Baku, Azerbaijan / Petaluma, CA
It is a little over a decade for me now since my dream-come-true experience. I was 16 and...
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...
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...
FLEX Alumnae Soros Foundation Fellows from Kyrgyzstan
Three FLEX alumnae remark on pursuing Master’s degrees at St. Andrews University while on Soros Foundation fellowships.
Elnura Sulaimanova ’06
Naryn, Kyrgyzstan/West Milford, WV
Diana Durusbek kyzy...
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...
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...
FLEX Alumni in Azerbaijan Recognized by the U.S. Embassy
Aydan Aslanova ’13 (Baku, Azerbaijan/ Sarasota, FL), Sevinj Huseynova ’11 (Khachmaz, Azerbaijan/Klamath Falls, OR), and Gunay Kerimova ’12 (Baku, Azerbaijan/ Mount Vernon, IA) were...