Host Dad Visits Russia after 18 years
Dmitriy Plyushchev '95
Moscow, Russia/Colorado Springs, CO
Bob Wardwell, an engineer and inventor from Colorado, has raised seven children and hosted two exchange students. It was back...
iCheers from Olympic Sochi!
Olympic cheers to you, my fellow FLEXers!
Games in Sochi are at the full blast, so it’s high time to share with...
In Memory of Senator Richard Lugar and Memories from Meetings with FLEX Alumni
Senator Richard Lugar, a foremost voice on U.S. foreign policy during his 36 years of service in the U.S. Senate and co-creator of the...
Making the World Better on a Local Scale
Lyubov Bordayeva '03
Moscow, Russia/Inchelium, WA
Two years ago my friend Rimma and I were united in an urge to start something that will be socially beneficial and...
Celebrating International Education Week: Interviews with English Teachers in Russia
In honor of International Education Week 2021, we spoke with two FLEX alumnae from Russia who provide English learning courses through their own business...
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...
Senior FLEX Alumni Support Generation FLEX
Forty FSA/FLEX alumni from the first years of the exchange program (1994-2000) gathered for a fundraising-networking event hosted by the Philips Corporation in Moscow...
The First Step toward My Dream
Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs ’98
Volgograd, Russia/Pinson, AL
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Current city: Cambridge, MA
One of the biggest turning points in my own life was becoming...
When Dreams Come True
Margarita Isanova '10
Sterlitamak, Russia/Nephi, UT
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Students who just become finalists of an exchange program usually dream a lot. I’ve also dreamed...
Business Leader Sergey Kulyagin ‘97: ‘International experience got me through the door –...
‘FLEX was the springboard experience of my life. It exposed me to the side of my personality which I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise –...