Three Lessons Learned From Volunteering
The FLEX program is pleased to announce the winner of the FLEX 20th Anniversary competition Share Your FLEX Story Essay Contest Iryna Lysenko ‘03...
Human Library Project in Belgorod and Novosibirsk
The Human Library is an innovative method designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding by having people from different backgrounds speak to...
The 2021 IDEAL Workshop: Identify challenges. Develop a better understanding. Establish plans. Act. Lead...
Sixty-one FLEX and YES alumni from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia gathered on Zoom on March 18-23...
Alumni in Greece Network at the US Ambassador’s Residence
By Ioannis Kalimeris ’22 (Athens, Greece, placed by American Councils in Sauk Prairie, WI)
On December 13, 2022, the Ambassador of the United States to...
New Year’s Resolution: Tajikistan’s Alumni Fill the World with Love
Starting in 2013, FLEX alumni in Tajikistan formed a relationship with the Hissor Orphanage, an orphanage that is located outside of Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital,...
FLEX Alumni Coordinator Training Conference
Nineteen FLEX alumni coordinators worked with American Councils staff and guest trainers in Peredelkino, Russia September 20-22, for the annual FLEX Alumni Coordinator Training...
Alumni Reception
In Kyiv, Ukraine on September 26, FLEX alumni were honored to be invited to a reception thrown by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey...
FLEX Alumni Elected to AAA Board
Congratulations to Leyla Aslanova ’07 and Samir Khalilov ’06, who were recently elected to the US-educated Azerbaijan Alumni Association (AAA) Board. Here are their...
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...
Empowering Young Girls and Bringing the Community Together Through Soccer
Shabnam Valiyeva ’15 (Barda, Azerbaijan/Swansea, IL) was hosted by a ‘soccer family’ during her exchange year. She and her host family would practice in...