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.

On Monday, May 22, the New Generation Academy (NGA) students' graduation ceremony for the class of 2022-2023 took place.

On May 6-7, the annual Central Asian Cup, an international grand debate tournament, occurred within the walls of AUCA (American University of Central Asia). The tournament traditionally brings together the strongest speakers from across Central Asia.

  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 29, 2023 – more than 2 thousand people participated in the large-scale creative industries festival Create4-2023 "Jaratman Toi". Festival Create4 is a unique, extensive platform in support of the development of the creative economy of the country and the entire community of creative people, initiated by the United Nations Development Program in Kyrgyzstan and the Association of Creative Industries in 2022.

The AUCA’s Applied Geology Department participated in a photo contest, "Geology through the Eyes of Children."

On Monday, April 24th, the Foundation for the Development of Geology summarised the results of the photo contest "Geology through the eyes of children", where the participants were schoolchildren from 10 to 18 years old.

The Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement and the OSUN network is a course designed to teach students the art of visual storytelling through various media. As part of this course, the students are given the opportunity to showcase their skills by participating in the OSUN film festival.