Please join The New Star in welcoming guest speaker Janyl Jusupjan for a discussion of storytelling across media. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 20th, at 6PM Bishkek Time.

Today, as part of the Investigative Journalism course of Tom Torok, we have a guest lecture with Oleg Khomenok, member of GIJN's (Global Investigative Journalism Network) Board of Directors, and a Senior Media Adviser at Internews Network.

During an online class of investigative journalism Journalism Department , guest lecturer Dylan Purcell shared with students the process and deliberation with which he uncovered his two Pulitzer prize winning pieces, Toxic City and The Probation Trap. Purcell emphasized how important it is to use every resource available to get the information you need as a truth-seeker, recalling that at times, when his team could not get access to a dust sample inside of a school (to test if the schools were harming children with exposure to lead), they had to train teachers to test the schools instead, risking the teacher’s jobs for the children’s safety.

The presentation focuses on the linkages between ethnicity and national censuses in the context of nation-building. Using theoretical approaches, historical and contemporary illustrations in a variety of countries, parts of this complex puzzle scrutinized through the prisms of sociology and political science.

Dinara Abildenova, a senior lecturer of Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi gave a presentation "Marriage ceremonies in Kazakhstan: Norms and their change" on September 30, within the AUCA Anthropology Club meeting. In this presentation she focused on social changes that took place in Kazakh marriage ceremonies after the country’s independence.

On August 8, 2020, Professor, doctor of medical Sciences Mateev Myrzabek Asypbekovich died due to pneumonia.

The AUCA MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) builds upon the innovative MAT model of Bard College, New York, and seamlessly integrates four components. It is the only teacher education program in Central Asia that offers an American Master’s Degree from Bard College in New York, alongside a graduate degree from Kyrgyz Ministry of Education.

What makes our university so unique? Of course, AUCA's impressive vibe! A feeling that makes our students and alumni come back and feel home at all times. Unfortunately, we all have to keep a distance from our beloved campus, peers, colleagues, and Kitchenette food. But hopefully, the global situation with the COVID-19 pandemic will get better soon.

Honesty, critical thinking, and respect are the main values of our students. As the Liberal Arts and Science institution, AUCA highly appreciates students' evaluation and feedback on the effectiveness of teaching methods.

Anthropology department Professor Cholpon Turdalieva told us about her experience of teaching online. Prof. Turdalieva highlighted a few aspects regarding how AUCA has responded to challenges generated by the pandemic and how our community entered the world of digital education.