The first day of Orientation Week 2016 started with the Welcoming Ceremony of Freshmen. American University of Central Asia (AUCA) president Andrew Wachtel gave the freshmen a few introductory pieces of advice.

On August 17, 2016, the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) started its Orientation Week for the class of 2020. This year, AUCA has an incoming freshman class of 359 students, a record-setting number at AUCA.

Welcome and congratulations on your acceptance to the American University of Central Asia. We are thrilled that you will be joining our AUCA family!

A child’s university education should be taken seriously. Not only is it nearly a half-decade of their time, it creates a solid foundation for success in life. The New Generation Academy preparatory program enables high school graduates to make the most of their time at university by providing them with proficiency in multiple foreign language, communication skills, and critical thinking.

Zhanygul Kaparova is one of the outstanding graduates of the International Business Law department (IBL) at AUCA. She was a two-time member of the Student Senate, a SILC member; she also was an active member of AUCA clubs such as “Eloquent Crew”, AIESEC, MUN Club, Unity Fund, Rotaract. Zhanygul shared her thoughts with us about her life as a student at AUCA and decided to give some advice to current undergraduates.

Zemfira Inogamova-Hanbury, our alumni ambassador in London, UK, tells us about how AUCA has helped her career path. Zemfira graduated from AUCA in 2006 from the Cultural Anthropology department and has recently organized an AUCA alumni meeting in the UK.

Anastasiia Shevtsova, a junior in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the American University of Central Asia, is finishing up her exchange semester at Collegium Civitas (CC) in Poland. She took a moment to share her thoughts with us on life abroad in Poland.

Asal Ulmasova, a sophomore in the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of International and Comparative Politics, is finishing up her semester at Sciences Po Campus de Reims in France. Asal took a moment to share her thoughts with us about her exchange semester abroad.

On April 21, 2016, at precisely 12:10, a group of AUCA students and staff members opened their books and began to read in the Forum while famous quotes from writers about books and reading were screened on the main LED display. The flash mob was held in complete silence, only interrupted by the ticking of the clock. And after exactly five minutes, people closed their books and went back to their offices and classrooms.

Manon Mazuir, an exchange student from Sciences Po in France, tells us about her exchange experience at American University of Central Asia (AUCA).