The Central Asia Regional Information Network (CARIN) Workshop, which explored environmental research and collaborative initiatives, was held from September 13-17, 2023, in the Issyk Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic.

My name is Toktosunova Zhamilia, and I am a fourth-year student majoring in the Anthropology Department. I aspire to pursue osteoarchaeology in the future that is why I chose AUCA to get my education. In 2022, I was admitted to the SUSI program.

В АУЦА прошел Recycling Workshop, организованный Центром гражданской активности AUCA в рамках Sustainability Week in AUCA и WorldWide Teach-In. Мероприятие было приурочено к Всемирному дню переработки отходов.
 

I'm Amanda Kadyrbekova, a dedicated fourth-year student pursuing a major in the Journalism department. Reflecting on my academic journey, one remarkable milestone stands out—the Global UGRAD program, a transformative experience that unfolded during the fall semester of 2022.

Student Global Engagement Fellows are a group of inspiring graduates and undergraduates who promote and execute impactful thematic civic engagement projects on their campuses and the communities they live in, across the Open Society University Network.

  The long wait for the AMICAL on-site conference - the first after Kuwait in 2020, just before the Covid pandemic, finally came to an end. Not surprisingly, this was the most attended conference, with 135 attendees from 26 member institutions.

On June 3, 2023, AUCA Faculty Senate awarded Commencement speaker Dr Karim-Aly S. Kassam with Professor Honoris Causa of the American University of Central Asia in recognition of his contributions to the culturally grounded community-based research on climate change adaptation in Central Asia and sponsoring and supporting AUCA students.

AUCA has confirmed the environmental certification of Best Recycle Practice. On May 19, AUCA issued a new certificate of conformity, demonstrating that our university this year, for the 2nd time, passed voluntary environmental certification in the Waste Management Network in the Kyrgyz Republic WasteNet.kg and confirmed compliance with the requirements of eco-labelling.

The intensive program National Security Language Initiative for Youth, sponsored by the US Department of State, was successfully completed. The AUCA is thankful to be privileged in hosting NSLI-Y Program in Bishkek to support the study of the U.S. high school students

The first cohort of OSUN Leadership Fellows have successfully completed the inaugural year of a new program dedicated to students who are serving in student government or are interested in developing their leadership skills.