As part of our celebration of virtual volunteerism and Giving Tuesday Now, we've rounded up a few of the alumni from AC-administered programs who are working to combat COVID-19.
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AnnouncementsThe US Department of State will provide $4 million to continue the US-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) Enterprise Student Fellowship, a prestigious scholarship program enabling students throughout Central Asia to complete undergraduate degrees in business and economics at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Alumni UpdatesAlumni HighlightUlukbek Abdubaliev, a 2015 fellow in the US-Central Asia Education Foundation Enterprise Student Fellowship Program, is part of the team that won the Smart Civis competition. The contest is hosted by the nonprofit, The Common Good, and is open to students at Italian universities...
The Kyrgyzstan native entered while he was on an Erasmus exchange semester in Milan through his master's program.
There were about 100 other entries in the competition and Mr. Abdubaliev said it wasn't until they arrived at the awards ceremony that they believed their MI-Care health card concept had a chance.
"We knew that [our idea] was not something that was innovative," he said. "But at the same time it was something that Milan really needed."
Alumni UpdatesElena Soboleva founded an academic integrity system to help colleges and universities grapple with new methods of cheating.
May 14, 2014, WASHINGTON, D.C. The US-Central Asia Education Foundation released Business Education in Central Asia: Best Practices in Integrative Study and Teaching, a collection of groundbreaking essays exploring innovative approaches to business education in Central Asia.
Across the GlobeTwo leading universities in the fields of business and economics recently honored the contributions of the US-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) and its fellows during graduation ceremonies marking the 20th anniversaries of the schools.