The American University of Central Asia has completed the construction of the Makerspace Learning and Design Center, which opened on Monday, June 24.

 

On February 21, 2024, David Lakhdhir, the Chairman of the AUCA Board of Trustees, met with Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, the President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic. The meeting took place in the headquarters of the academy of sciences.

 

 
My name is Alina Baktybek kyzy. I am a second-year student of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This semester, in the autumn of  2023, I took the Challenges of the 21st Century,  The Second Year Seminar course by Professor  Ekaterina Galimova.

"In your lives after AUCA, there will be other ups and downs, other moments of glory and regret, but you do not need to be afraid. AUCA will make you significantly stronger in dealing with challenges and enable you to become intelligent, professional, responsible, civically engaged, good, and happy citizens of Kyrgyzstan and the world."

"Dear freshmen, you have started a wonderful journey, which will be very rich and exciting in terms of learning, inquiry, friendship, projects, and solidarity."

The AUCA Initiation Ceremony was a momentous occasion, marking the official initiation of Timothy O'Connor as the new President of the AUCA and welcoming freshmen as AUCA students, as well as the inauguration of the new Student Senate. The annual ceremony was filled with excitement and anticipation as the university community gathered to witness this important transition.
 

On August 11th, the Counseling Service of AUCA conducted the first-ever EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) training in Kyrgyzstan. This innovative technique was first implemented to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. 

On June 26, the grand opening of the new building of the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, built by AUCA specifically for a scientific institution, took place. David Lakhdir, Head of the AUCA Board of Trustees, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

Interview with Chyngyz Shamshiev, AUCA Vice-President and Head of the “Makerspace AUCA” project, during the laying of a time capsule in the building of the Makerspace Learning and Design Center.

On December 2, 2022, the ceremony of laying time capsules in the Makerspace Learning and Design Center building, which is currently under construction, took place. The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bard College, and AUCA.