Overcoming the Challenges of COVID-19: The FLEX Alumni Community in Eastern Ukraine
When FLEX students prepare for their exchange year, they are taught the phrase “Not better, not worse, just different” and this is what must...
Iryna Lysenko ‘03 and the Youth NGO Iskra
Iryna Lysenko ‘03
Mykolaiv, Ukraine / Fruitland, Idaho
Education: Bachelor’s in Teaching German and English from the Mykolaiv State University, Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies...
The Beginning of the Rest of My Life
Iryna Nadyukova ’10
Volodymyr-Volynsky, Ukraine/Reno, NV
iryna nadyukova gmail com
I would like to share a story about the ten amazing days that changed...
FLEX Alumni Meet and Reminisce in Kyiv
On February 1, FLEX Alumni Coordinator in Central Ukraine Yevheniya Vodopyanova '12 organized an alumni get together at the Golden Gate Pub in Kyiv....
How FLEX Alumni Impact Small Communities
For recently-returned FLEX alumni there is always a lingering question in the back of their minds: What’s next? Most go to universities in their...
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06 ‘Be proud of your work results’
‘Living in a foreign country independently at such a young age made me much more adaptable and able to communicate with people.
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06
Chernihiv,...
An Interview with Poet, Scholar and Translator Iryna Shuvalova ’02 from Ukraine
Can folk and modern poetry help to overcome post-conflict trauma?
Iryna Shuvalova '02
Kyiv, Ukraine / Athens, TN
Education (university, degrees, major, area of specialization):
Cambridge University,...
Oleksandr Huzenko ’10 from Activist to Professional Media-Maker
FLEX Alumni staff interviewed Oleksandr Huzenko ‘10 about his work at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre and his aspirations for the future.
Oleksandr Huzenko ‘10
Kremenchuk, Ukraine...
Lawyers’ Dream Came True
Vasylyna Odnorih '09
Zarichchya, Ukraine/Williamsburg, IA
Kyiv-Mohyla Team participating in the Philip C. Jessup Law Moot Court Competition.
«Philip C. Jessup Law Moot Court Competition is...
Help and Travel
Help and Travel
Daria Batalova ’12 (Vinnytsya, Ukraine)
Event Locations: Cherkaska, Chernihivska, Dnipropetrovska, Kirovohradska, Kyiv, Poltavska, and Sumska, Ukraine
$2500 in FLEX Alumni Grant Program Funding plus $4...