Decade Apart: Two Generations of FLEX Alumni at ACCESS Summer Camp
Svitlana Buko’97
Sevastopol, Ukraine/Riverside, CA
svitlana buko gmail com
Two generations of FLEX alumni (FLEX 97 and FLEX 2007) came together for a Leadership...
Love at First Sight: Stories of Alumni Falling In Love With Their Host Communities...
The most exciting part of becoming an exchange student is getting to experience a different culture and meeting new people. Ever since the inception...
FLEX Alumni Volunteer to Promote Education in the USA
Education USA Advising Centers* in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine held U.S. Higher Education Fairs this fall and FLEX alumni in these countries...
Lisa Glybchenko ’13 Promotes Peace Through Art and Technology
Lisa Glybchenko ’13 has made a lasting impact through her innovative peacebuilding project, Color Up Peace. Combining her passion for visual arts with a...
FLEX Friendship Abroad Leads to Life-Saving Collaboration
By Kelsa Graybill
The full name of the featured FLEX alumnus has been left out for privacy reasons during the current conflict in Ukraine.
Few would...
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...
Conflict Resolution Conference in Dushanbe
Iryna Lysenko ’03
Mykolaev, Ukraine/Fruitland, ID
Iryna Lysenko '03, from Mykolaev, Ukraine, is currently working on a Master's in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University...
FLEX Alumni in Central Ukraine Participate in the European Youth Parliament (EYP)
At first glance, the European Youth Parliament may sound like many other NGOs. It is described as a “platform for discussion of current social,...
Uniting Alumni to Share Knowledge and Experience
By Diana Shalashna ’18 (Poltava, Ukraine / Englewood, OH)
From managing perfectionism to podcasting, from web development to youth civic engagement, it is hard...
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....