Global Citizen – Sofya Omelchenko ’09
Sofya Omelchenko ‘09
Volgograd, Russia/ Lakeville, MN
Education: BA Global Studies (Honors) from The New School, New York, NY
Employment: Program Manager of University Without Borders
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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...
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...
January Term 2012 in London
Daria Karaulova '09
Zarya, Russia/New Castle, PA
January term 2012 in London, the city where dinners take place in pubs and current political issues become a...
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...
Seeing the Olympic Games With Your Own Eyes
Hi dear FLEXers!
It’s Olympics time. It turned out that quite a few FLEX alumni volunteer in Sochi. So we wanted to start kind of...
Galya Palieva ’94: a Personal Testimony
Being a pioneer isn’t easy- that much has always been true. The lens through which we see our surroundings, a lens often characterized by...
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...
FLEX Alumnus Assists Oscar-Nominated Film Crew
Dmitry Dudanov '09
Petrozavodsk, Russia/Austin, MN
The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast live from the United States this Sunday, February 24. Joe Wright's film Anna...
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...