CASI is resuming research seminar series by AUCA faculty and visiting scholars this semester. Please be kindly informed about the dates and titles of the talks.

On February 21, 2016, AUCA alumni Begimai Sataeva and Nursultan Sulaimanov will present their social entrepreneurship project in the finals of an IT competition in Barcelona. The young businessmen developed ARTASIAN.co, a mobile application promoting handicrafts by Central Asian artisans in foreign countries.

CASI Research seminar: "Implementing a new salary structure in Bishkek schools: How reforms change schools and schools change reforms". Speaker: Raisa Belyavina, PhD Candidate, Teachers College, Columbia University. Date: February 10, 2016.

February 3, 2016, Semetey Sultanov, the president of the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic (FFKR), paid a visit to AUCA. He met with AUCA President Andrew Wachtel and Vice President Chyngyz Shamshiev.

January 29, 2016, sixth grade students of the #67 School of Bishkek visited AUCA.

This fall, the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) will launch a new “4+1” educational program. After studying four years at AUCA and getting a diploma, AUCA graduates of Business Administration will be able to apply to the “4+1” program to continue their education abroad.

January 27, 2016 the Deputy Chief of Mission in the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan Alan Meltzer visited AUCA and talked to students about the U.S. presidential election process.

On February 16, 2016, from 1 to 3 pm, the Red Crescent of Kyrgyzstan will hold "Earthquake preparedness" training at AUCA. The training will cover how one should behave in the event of an earthquake and how to protect oneself and one’s family in the best way possible.

Zarlasht Sarmast, a student in the New Generation Academy (NGA'15) is exhibiting her photo-series “Recovering Forgotten Conflicts” and screening her documentary “Creative Despite War” in AUCA’s main forum on February 2, 2016.

Marcos Cisneros, the current editor-in-chief of AUCA Magazine, spent a week in Osh Kyrgyzstan teaching a series of seminars at the Osh Pedagogical Institute for the Humanities (OGPI).