American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce an Alumni Grants Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), to assist alumni of the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) to contribute to the development of their countries and support their project or travel for professional development initiatives. The FLEX Alumni Travel and Professional Development Grants Program will offer alumni grants of up to $250 to support alumni participation in professional development opportunities, such as conferences and workshops, to develop skills and talents that they can later use to bring back to their communities and alumni networks at home. Online professional development opportunities are eligible for funding. Funds must be spent between May 13 and June 30.
Please apply at https://ais.americancouncils.org/flexalumni

🎉🖌ACT is excited to announce an Essay Contest! We would love to hear from you about an interesting hobby or activity that helps you make the most of your time during the quarantine. The winner will get ACT branded shirt and water bottle!👕🥤
Your action:
1. Write a 400-500 word essay in English titled The Best Hobby I Have Discovered During Quarantine
2. Submit your essay via the link https://bit.ly/3fnEssU no later than May 16, 2020.
3. Follow the ACT Telegram channel for news to hear about the winner!
The best essay will be selected based on relevance to the theme, writing style, grammar use and spelling. All essays should be original and will be checked for plagiarism. Eligibility criteria:
1. Be an Uzbekistan resident age 16 or older
2. Have a valid personal email account.
More details on ACT Facebook page!
We are looking forward to hearing from you!😍

On the 9th of May Uzbekistan observes the Memorial Day, the holiday of warm sadness, reverent respect, pride, and profound gratitude.
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American Councils Uzbekistan greets the people of Uzbekistan on the occasion of this day of Memory and Honor!
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#acglobal #May9 #memoryandhonour #blessingstotheveterans

📢🚀🛰 Join us to interact with U.S. astronaut Cady Coleman today, May 13 at 9 p.m. Tashkent time. The conversation will be going live at ECA’s 22.33 podcast’s Instagram page:

https://instagram.com/22.33_stories?igshid=11vf57zmvrs8q

Check out Ambassador Rosenblum's 🎙 interview with UzReport World: https://www.facebook.com/uzreport.world/videos/672570850200334/

UniCEN webinar. Dreams and Details: Keys to a Successful Grant Proposal
About the webinar:
This webinar is designed for people who are new to grant writing. It will lay out the steps of writing a grant proposal: describing the need, providing a work plan, determining outcomes, showing how you will evaluate your project, and developing a budget. It will explain evaluation criteria and how reviewers are likely to rank your proposal.
About the speaker:
Dr. Woden Teachout is a professor of Graduate Studies at Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, USA. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Harvard University and is the author of two books. She is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and spent the year 2014-2015 at Issyk Kul State University named after Tynystanov in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.
Date: May 21, 2020
Time: 7:00 pm Tashkent time.
For registration go to: https://bit.ly/3bEujFa

Do you want to improve your thinking? Then join us for a live discussion of a book by Daniel Kahneman with a FLEX program alumna 2000 Kamilla Sultanova.
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You will:
- Get insights on judgment and risk-taking/aversion
- Get to know more about cognitive bias
- Confront your bias for better judgement and decision making
- Utilize your thinking to change yourself and empower others
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Sounds great, doesn't it?
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Then do not hesitate and register here: https://forms.gle/ZPKpTbxWBgack6Jf9
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Date: May 25, 2020
Time: 17:30 UTC+5

The U.S. Embassy is now accepting applications for the 2021 The Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program. This is a non-degree professional exchange program that provides mid-career professionals working in public service with a year of study and related professional experience in the U.S.

Don’t forget to apply before the deadline – July 5, 2020!
https://uz.usembassy.gov/education-culture/exchange-programs/hubert-h-humphrey-fellowship-program/

First time in 14 years FLEX finalists in Uzbekistan were announced!

Congratulations 🎉 to the first FLEX cohort in such a long hiatus!

American Councils for International Education invites you and your colleagues to participate in a UniCEN webinar with Katie Curiel, Globalization Advisor at Narxoz University.
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Webinar 5: Great Marketing and Communications for Successful Internationalization
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At this exclusive webinar, enhance your skills, knowledge and strategies to achieve successful internationalization through strategic rebranding and building your global marketing and communications. With a special focus on using the current global pandemic as an opportunity, learn the best practices and key principles to effectively advance your institution's internationalization, align stakeholders and increase sustainable partnerships.
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Date and Time: June 4, 2020, 04:30 PM (Nur-Sultan/Bishkek time)
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🔗Please follow this to link to register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/3gH3xzZ

American Councils and FLEX Alumni Office are delighted to announce the next round of the FLEX alumni Book Challenge 📚.
It is designed to turn the quarantine into a book-discovering experience and let everyone share their impressions, lessons learned from the book of their choice.

Here is a simple instruction on how to participate in it:

• Fill in your information on this form: https://forms.gle/A8wP6zjVJ1RM5M1T6
• Choose a book.
• You will join our book discussion group on the telegram app. We will send you the invite link after you register and choose a book.
• After finishing the book, you will be required to hold an online Zoom presentation (or any platform you like for online video or audio calling) and share your thoughts about the book, explaining what you have learned from it.
• All participants who have read at least one book during quarantine will be gifted with FLEX promotional items. Gifts can be sent to the bookworms via post as well.
Deadline: June 25, 2020

American Councils for International Education Uzbekistan invites you to the next UniCEN webinar "Accreditation Structures in the United States"
📌About the webinar: The presenters will discuss the types of accreditation within the United States and the processes through which institutions can become accredited. Participants will learn about institutional and programmatic accreditation, self-studies, the peer-review process, and the importance of accreditation agencies.
📌About the experts: Erica Eckert, Ph.D., is an Assistant Dean of Assessment of Accreditation and Assistant Professor in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at Kent State University.
Martha C. Merrill, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration at Kent State University.
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor of and Program Coordinator for the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Kent State University.
⏰: June 10, 2020, 18:00 UZT
✏️Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/2MrZGZr

American Councils Uzbekistan and FLEX Alumni program present!

We are excited to announce a new campaign which is called "COVID-19: let's FLEX it!". This campaign highlights outstanding FLEX alumni who are currently undergoing a lot of pressure from COVID-19 and still keeping the hope for the world and showing off their resilience by adapting to the COVID-19 present lifestyle.

If you are a FLEX alum and want to share your story about how you are coping with COVID-19 pandemic, how has your life changed during the lockdown and what did you do to fight COVID-19 in your own community let us know by emailing us here flex.alumni.uz@americancouncils.org.

We will be happy to answer your questions and explain the campaign guidelines.

So, let's #FLEXit! (make life more flexible during the pandemic with sharing our lessons with each other)

Support us by likes and shares so that more people know about FLEXibility during COVID-19.

#acglobal #flexprogram #flexalumni #letsFLEXit

📣🎉📣🎉📣🎉Hello, Friends!
Join us this Friday, June 12 at ⏰6:00 p.m. for a Live Chai Chat with an American Diplomat Joanne Kramb to hear about the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, Texas! 💯You will have a chance to ask Joanne questions in real time!
✅No registration required! To participate, go on the ACT Facebook page at 6 p.m. and click on the live video icon!
We look forward to seeing you there!👀

Building Virtual International Partnerships in Higher Education 🤝
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Through UniCEN, American Councils has cultivated a network of dozens of higher educational institutions across Central Asia and provided coaching and training to realize partnerships with US institutions. 🇺🇸
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To support global experience for all its students and faculty, the Penn State Beaver campus developed the Experiential Digital Global Engagement or EDGE program. EDGE enables Penn State faculty to co-create curriculum with their peers in other countries, leveraging accessible technology platforms like Zoom to enhance student interaction. 👨🏻‍💻
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📝Check out the full article here - https://bit.ly/2Uwdab6

American Councils Uzbekistan is proud to highlight the success of its FLEX program alumnus Rauf Salahodjaev ‘04 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan/Austin, Texas, USA).

Rauf was featured on UzReport channel. During the interview, he talked about the state of Science in Uzbekistan and prospects of economic growth in the post-Covid era.

Check out his video on this link: https://youtu.be/JlMH93yuMik

Our next "COVID-19: Let's FLEX it" story is here! Check it out through this link: https://bit.ly/2Y80cBm

Thank you Anna Kim for such an inspiring story. We enjoyed reading some of the challenging moments which made you stronger.

#acglobal #flexprogram #flexalumniuz #letsflexit

​​Congratulations, Elyorbek Bozorov ’09!

Elyorbek has won Spring 2020 Travel and Professional Development Grant.
He will earn a subscription to DataCamp.com, an online platform to learn data science skills. Elyorbek will then conduct data courses in Uzbek locally, through funding from a different grant program. Elyorbek also won a full scholarship at Lehigh College of Business (MBA) recently. He will be starting his MBA degree in USA soon.

Go for it, Elyorbek!

​​Congratulations,🎉 Guzal Sultankhodjaeva '04!
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Guzal became a finalist of Spring 2020 Travel and Professional Development Grants. 👏🏻
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Guzal earned a scholarship to study online courses in professional life coaching to augment her skills in her chosen profession: Human Resources. With her newly attained skills, she will provide free-of-cost coaching sessions to a number of interested FLEX alumni.
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We are looking forward to hearing some exciting news from Guzal regarding her project!
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Keep learning! 💙
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#acglobal #flexprogram #flexalumni