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,...
FLEX Alumni Online: Best Practices for Organizing Virtual Events
During the COVID-19 pandemic FLEX alumni events have been moved online to be in compliance with local government regulations. This has pushed alumni to...
Ivan Verstyuk ’00: A Journalist for Ukraine
It is late afternoon in Kyiv, Ukraine, and journalist Ivan Verstyuk ’00 (Kyiv, Ukraine / Leavenworth, KS), usually the one conducting interviews, is answering...
GYSD Project: Healthy Cooking Class in Odesa, Ukraine
Project Organizer: Mariia Donets '15Event Location: Odesa, Ukraine$ 130 in FLEX Alumni Grant Funding$ 130 cost share from: Impact Hub Odessa, healthy eating trainer...
FLEX Kicks off the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian Diplomatic Relations
In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of U.S.-Ukrainian diplomatic relations, American Councils organized a reception on November 4 to celebrate the milestone and recollect...
FLEX and YES Alumni Serve Their Communities on Global Youth Service Day
FLEX and YES alumni took on the Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) challenge this spring - organizing events in their communities and working with...
The Kharkiv Recycling Project: an Initiative by FLEX Alumni Ukraine City Representatives
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
– Robert Swan, Author
FLEX City Representatives Viktoriya Motrenko ’17 (Kharkiv,...
GYSD Ukraine: Nonviolence Through Art Therapy
Sophia Yakovleva '13 (Olexandriya, Ukraine)Event Location: Kiev, Ukraine$270 FLEX Alumni Grant Funding$420 cost share from: Veronika Kononchuk from the East-Ukrainian Art Therapy Association, Lyudmila...
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...
The Poltava Talks
On June 16, FLEX City Representative Nina Kurochka ’17 (Quincy, CA/Poltava, Ukraine) held the first ever TED-like event in Poltava city: the Poltava Talks....