This series of monthly workshops on every last Sunday of each month brings student leaders together from across the Open Society University Network to learn from each other’s experiences, reflect on each other's work, gain insight and training, and work together on gathering material helpful for new project leaders.

The Open Society University Network (OSUN) is glad to announce that the call for applications for the Get Engaged Summer Conference taking place on June 28-July 4, 2023 at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, is now open!

Registration for network students begins on Sunday, November 20 and remains open until Friday, December 16. Take a moment now to look them over and sign up when you are ready!

The American University of Central Asia, Bard College and USAID are pleased to announce the commencement of construction of the Makerspace Learning Center.

Aigerim Batyrbek kyzy is a junior student of the Sociology department at AUCA. Currently, she is studying at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland as part of her exchange program. Today, she shares her story about how the exchange program helped her grow as a person.

On November 11, 2022, faculty of AUCA School of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration (SEBA) Begimai Abdraeva, Saikal Anvar kyzy, Talant Asan Uulu, and a BA senior student Aruuke Bekzat kyzy participated in the 1st International Conference “Entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects in the CIS”

According to British rating agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) which publishes the annual QS University Ranking 2023 the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) continues to be the #1 university in Kyrgyzstan by ranking in the top 10 universities of Central Asia.

Kirgizova Madina is a junior student of the Anthropology department at AUCA. Her sophomore spring semester she spent studying at the Caucasus University in Georgia. In this interview, Madina talks about how a spontaneous decision had a life-changing impact on her life.

Sakhi Ataye, a student of MBA program at AUCA and MS in Environmental Policy at Bard College will be working as a Global Media Fellow of OSUN for AUCA. The Global Media Fellows work on building networks, raising awareness of OSUN opportunities and programs, and highlighting student and local engagement stories across OSUN campuses.

Are you interested in finding out more about civic engagement? What does actually stand behind this appealing term? How does community fit into this term?
If you are interested in any of these questions, the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) is inviting you to the public lecture and workshop led by two extraordinary scholars from the Institute for Public Life and Work (IPLW), USA - Dr. Harry Boyte and Marie Ström on November 20, 2022!