Food for Thought
Natalia Zhikina ‘01
North Schuykill, PA/St. Petersburg, Russia
North-West Academy of Public Administration, St. Petersburg
From the pictures of her 2001 FLEX year in North Schuykill, PA,...
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...
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...
GYSD Russia: Recycle Bucket Challenge
Project organizer: Dmitry Makarov '06 (Monchegorsk, Slippery Rock, PA)Event Location: St Petersburg, RussiaProject partners: Eco-movement ‘Musora.Bolshe.Net’ and FLEX alumni
On 28 Aug Dmitry Makarov conducted a...
Not better, not worse, just awesome!
Irina Vasilyeva ’08
St Petersburg,Russia/Avon Lake, OH
Yekaterina Grin '10
St. Petersburg, Russia/York, PA
FLEX alumnae highlight the awesome times that they has had working as teaching assistants...
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...
FLEX Alumna Anastasia Osminina ’08 participant at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2014
Anastasia Osminina ’08 (Vologda, Russia/Blue Springs, MO) will join over 3000 entrepreneurs, together with heads of state including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, high...
Welcome Home!
Andrey Yakovlev ‘95
St. Petersburg, Russia/Warrenton, VA
andrew_yakovlev yahoo com
It has been 15 years since I returned from the FLEX program. Since then I...
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...
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...











