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...
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...
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
Profile created...
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...
Irina Ghaplanyan ’99 Contributing to Armenia’s Future
Irina Ghaplanyan ‘99
Yerevan, Armenia / York, PA
Education: BA in International Relations (University of Malta), MA in Diplomatic Studies (Diplomatic Academy of London, Westminster University) and...
Lilit Asatryan ’07 FLEX is a Lifetime Experience
Lilit Asatryan ’07
Charentsavan, Armenia/ Racine, WI
Education: Bachelor Degree in English and Italian from Yerevan State Linguistic University
Profile created by Tatyana Movshevich
FLEX Importance: I always...
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...
Tribute to Narmin Azizli ’08: A Remarkable FLEX Alumna and ICRC Worker
Narmin Azizli ‘08
Lenkoran, Azerbaijan / Kansas City, Missouri
Education: Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Houston
On December 10, Narmin Azizli ‘08 died...
Kamran Latifov Azerbaijani Pop Singer with a Global Outlook
'The FLEX program gives us a truly global outlook. Having been influenced by two cultural traditions, we can now take the best from both...
Roman Fishchuk ’04 Founder of Innovative Hearing Center in Ukraine
"Roman will continue reforming the system on a state level, however, he believes that real change is always brought by grassroots initiatives"
Roman Fishchuk ‘04
Ivano-Frankivsk,...













