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Feb. 1/The Tian Shan Policy Center (TSPC) in association with the Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) convened a conference at AUCA on how to strengthen cooperation between government, think-tanks, and research institutions.  The dialogue sought to broaden perspectives for new initiatives in policy development.  Participants included Members of Parliament, research institutes and centers, experts, civil society organizations, and university faculty and students. The TSPC offered its support to government agencies and the Jogorku Kenesh in developing legislative anlaysis and policy reforms. 

On March 22, at Seitek, the annual Miss AUCA contest took place. The winner of the contest, Aiman Abylkasymova, is a freshman student in the BA Department.

The Central Asian Studies Institute is calling for paper and panel proposals for its second annual conference to be held on September 28-29, 2012. The first annual conference of CASI in 2011 initiated discussion on the state of scholarship on and in Central Asia. The second conference continues a discourse on how we make sense of the region by taking the alleged boundary between “formal” and “informal” Central Asia as a starting point. As the terms themselves are being hotly debated elsewhere, this conference firstly encourages scholars to look at the nature, scale and legitimacy of such a binary division.

On March 24 and 25 Spring AUCA Cup 2012 took place. The winners became "ECO" team,  a team of AUCA students and Alumni

At 13.30 on 17 march opening ceremony of “Business: small business management” and “English Language” programs for military took place in AUCA.

AUCA students from the Anthropology department have taken an unusual tour to night shelters, orphanages and the rehabilitation centers

On March 22, 2012, HR Head of Demir Bank, Kristina Kiyan, visited AUCA with an interesting talk on interviewing. Ms. Kiyan was not only thorough in her presentation, but also shared some stories from her personal experience, omitting personal information, of course.

A special exhibition of Central Asian art: Sabidjan Babadjanov and Kaiyrgul Kazybekova will discuss their work and their influences, as well as the state of art in Central Asia. 

An exhibition of art of two famous artists took place at AUCA from March 17 through March 23

On March 17, at 13:30, an Opening Ceremony of “Business: small business management” and “English Language” programs will take place in AUCA.