January Term 2012 in London

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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...

FLEXible Way to Abu Dhabi

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Dmitriy Tretyakov ‘09 Samara, Russia/Ann Arbor, MI dat289 nyu edu As a FLEX 2009 alumnus, I have always wanted to continue my educational path in...

A Host Mother’s Reflection on Hosting

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By Jane Kipp Scott (Julesburg, CO / Host mother to Fidar Bedoshvili '10) I have never been the type of person to write about anything...

Welcome Home!

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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...

When Dreams Come True

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Margarita Isanova '10 Sterlitamak, Russia/Nephi, UT djelsamina mail ru Students who just become finalists of an exchange program usually dream a lot. I’ve also dreamed...

Welcome, Alice

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Alisa Shor ’05 Omsk, Russia/Orlando, FL alisa_d_shor mail ru ‘Welcome, Alice' August 3, 2004 As soon as my eyes meet these words, I look up to see...

The First Step toward My Dream

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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...

Lynchburg, Virginia was the Start of My International Journey

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Elena Alliloueva-Lorigan ’94 Moscow, Russia/ Lynchburg, VA elorigan childfund ie Finance and Sponsor Relations Manager ChildFund Ireland, Dublin I was an exchange student at Brookville High School...

My Mexican Brother: 11 Years of Friendship

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Alisa Klots Baranova ’99 Perm, Russia/ Spokane, WA AlissaKlots yandex ru Every FLEX student had a host family. Most of us had siblings. So did...

Changing Host Families

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Mariya Guzenko ‘03 Chelyabinsk, Russia/Farmington, PA emelle yandex ru It’s obvious that a good rapport with the family is the student’s guarantee of a successful...