Musical Ambassador
Marina Verenikina '95 (Marina V)
Springfield, IL/Los Angeles, CA
Musician
Marina Verenikina is better known as Marina V, an internationally renowned singer and songwriter from Moscow who...
Animal Welfare Workshop
Maria Semina ‘05
Yekaterinburg, Russia/Westlake, LA
On June 7-9, 2013 I attended an interesting and educational event on the topic of animal welfare. More than twenty...
FLEX CivEd Workshop: Passing the FLEX Values of Sustainability and Curiosity onto a New...
Anna Safronova '09
Ufa, Russia/Rapid City, South Dakota
Anna is one of three FLEX Alumni representatives invited to represent the FLEX Alumni community and program for...
Storia d’Amora: Connecting Russian FLEX and U.S. Hosts at Wedding in Italy
Olesya Dianova ‘97
Moscow, Russia/Albany, NY
olesya dianova gmail com
When Fedor proposed to me two years ago, there were at least couple of...
The First Step toward My Dream
Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs ’98
Volgograd, Russia/Pinson, AL
dmironenko gmail com
Current city: Cambridge, MA
One of the biggest turning points in my own life was becoming...
Alumni Grow during The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Training
Thirty-eight alumni mentors and mentees of the FLEX Alumni Russia Mentoring program attended a professional development and personal effectiveness training on June 2-4, as...
Corporate Finance Specialist from Russia Vyacheslav Kotov ’99
'I needed to be more flexible than most other teenagers.'
Vyacheslav Kotov '99
Moscow, Russia/Shoreline, WA
Education: Master’s Degree in Economics from the Higher School of Economics...
Russia ALUMNI MENTORING Program Announcement and Call for Applications
The FLEX Alumni program in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia proudly announces the launch of the Russia ALUMNI MENTORING Program.
This six month-long...
Looking for a Niche
Tatyana Movshevich '04
Derzhinsk, Russia and London, England/Blandon, PA
Before moving to Thailand, I had never lived in a developing country apart from my own. Having...
A Host Mother’s Reflection on Hosting
By Jane Kipp Scott (Julesburg, CO / Host mother to Fidar Bedoshvili '10)
I have never been the type of person to write about anything...