Student groups and organizations were on display during our annual Club Fair, held last Friday, on September the 12th. Extra-curricular life and involvement outside of academia are vital to student experience here at the American University of Central Asia.

Last week, on September 10, 2014, more than eight AUCA Alumni were awarded by certificates of completing their internship at Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic. The internship was based on studying various social issues in Kyrgyz Republic.

Altynay Kozubekova: I am grateful for diversity of students clubs of AUCA, because of this experience I have been chosen among thousand applicants

In 2013, with the support of Open Society Institute, AUCA Psychology Department, “Hand in hand” public association and William Edwards from Clemson University, designed a joint project on developing a program of course “Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis”. Olga Yarova, faculty of the AUCA Psychology Department will become first certified behavior analyst next year in Kyrgyzstan. 

The opening ceremony of this year’s AUCA New Student Orientation was replete with song and dance, ranging from a modern re-telling of the Greek myth of ‘The Golden Apple’ (set to Kelis’ “Milkshake”) to the rousing anthem of “Made in AUCA”. 
 

The 31st of August, AUCA organized a Flash Mob held in Ala-Too Square to commemorate Kyrgyz Independence Day and the First annual World Nomad Games.
 

Orientation week will prepare our incoming freshman students for their academic, social, and personal careers at AUCA.

AUCA freshmen make an important prehistoric discovery during their first hands-on archeological experience.

AUCA students of the Program of Anthropology and Ruslan Rahimov, chair of the program, share their impressions on an academic trip to Mongolia.