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Bringing the Classrooms Together
Within the framework of the Central Asia University Partnerships (UniCEN), funded by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and administered by American Councils for International Education, Muborak Kattaboyeva’s EDUC 301: Intercultural Competence students from Termez State University (Uzbekistan) and Gerald Maki’s English 111: English Composition class students from Ivy Tech College, Indianapolis, Indiana (US) engaged in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program in Spring 2022.
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Within the framework of the Central Asia University Partnerships (UniCEN), funded by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and administered by American Councils for International Education, Muborak Kattaboyeva’s EDUC 301: Intercultural Competence students from Termez State University (Uzbekistan) and Gerald Maki’s English 111: English Composition class students from Ivy Tech College, Indianapolis, Indiana (US) engaged in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program in Spring 2022.
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Launching Hands-On Laboratories to Build Engineering Skills
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Kettering University and Andijan Machine-Building Institute (AndMI) co-developed a master’s certificate program to support workforce development in engineering.
To address the challenges of international partnership due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AndMI and Kettering University organized video meetings to build an innovative laboratory to support hands-on engineering skills for AndMI students. As a result, AndMI launched innovative laboratories of Engineering and Biomedical Engineering for students and researchers in December 2021.
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Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Kettering University and Andijan Machine-Building Institute (AndMI) co-developed a master’s certificate program to support workforce development in engineering.
To address the challenges of international partnership due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AndMI and Kettering University organized video meetings to build an innovative laboratory to support hands-on engineering skills for AndMI students. As a result, AndMI launched innovative laboratories of Engineering and Biomedical Engineering for students and researchers in December 2021.
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Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Training Program
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department, a selected cohort of twenty U.S. and Central Asian teaching faculty engaged in a four-week professional development and capacity development course to learn, understand, and design a virtual exchange through COIL. Dr. Andrea Thomas, a leading expert in virtual exchange delivered an online training program from January 10 to February 4. Teaching faculty from Central Asia were matched with their U.S. partners to develop multi-disciplinary courses across subject areas that jointly address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs): clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; responsible consumption and production; and climate action.
The COIL Program generated professional development capacity for U.S. and Central Asian faculty and provided students with intercultural engagement opportunities within an integrated curriculum co-facilitated by faculty partners. Faculty participants from universities in Central Asia and the United States were trained in how to facilitate international peer to peer learning opportunities using the COIL method. This method enabled each faculty pair to collaborate and conduct joint teaching for part of their course semesters, through videoconferencing or other online collaboration tools. The COIL model brought U.S. and Central Asian professors from different cultures together to develop a shared project for their students, emphasizing experiential and collaborative student learning. These collaborations ranged from 5-12 weeks and provided students with new context for curricular materials, while also encouraging the development of cross-cultural awareness.
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Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department, a selected cohort of twenty U.S. and Central Asian teaching faculty engaged in a four-week professional development and capacity development course to learn, understand, and design a virtual exchange through COIL. Dr. Andrea Thomas, a leading expert in virtual exchange delivered an online training program from January 10 to February 4. Teaching faculty from Central Asia were matched with their U.S. partners to develop multi-disciplinary courses across subject areas that jointly address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs): clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; responsible consumption and production; and climate action.
The COIL Program generated professional development capacity for U.S. and Central Asian faculty and provided students with intercultural engagement opportunities within an integrated curriculum co-facilitated by faculty partners. Faculty participants from universities in Central Asia and the United States were trained in how to facilitate international peer to peer learning opportunities using the COIL method. This method enabled each faculty pair to collaborate and conduct joint teaching for part of their course semesters, through videoconferencing or other online collaboration tools. The COIL model brought U.S. and Central Asian professors from different cultures together to develop a shared project for their students, emphasizing experiential and collaborative student learning. These collaborations ranged from 5-12 weeks and provided students with new context for curricular materials, while also encouraging the development of cross-cultural awareness.
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UniCEN Spring COIL Initiative
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), American Councils for International Education launched a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Training Program, a four-week, online course offered to selected cohort of 20 U.S.…
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Washington State University, Urgench State University, and Kostanay Regional University collaborating through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN)
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Washington State University (WSU), Urgench State University, Uzbekistan, and Kostanay Regional University, Kazakhstan are collaborating to develop STEM Environmental Technologies Courses for Investigation Water Flow In The Aral Sea Basin.
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Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Washington State University (WSU), Urgench State University, Uzbekistan, and Kostanay Regional University, Kazakhstan are collaborating to develop STEM Environmental Technologies Courses for Investigation Water Flow In The Aral Sea Basin.
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Kettering University and Andijan Machine-Building Institute extend their partnership ties through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN)
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Kettering University, Andijan Machine-Building Institute (AndMI), Uzbekistan; I. Razzakov Kyrgyz State Technical University, Kyrgyzstan and Shirinshoh Shohtemur Tajik Agrarian University, Tajikistan are collaborating for the development of institutional capacity for employment, entrepreneurship, and innovation to promote sustained, inclusive economic growth and decent work for all.
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Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Kettering University, Andijan Machine-Building Institute (AndMI), Uzbekistan; I. Razzakov Kyrgyz State Technical University, Kyrgyzstan and Shirinshoh Shohtemur Tajik Agrarian University, Tajikistan are collaborating for the development of institutional capacity for employment, entrepreneurship, and innovation to promote sustained, inclusive economic growth and decent work for all.
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On June 3-4, a diverse group of leaders across academia, business, and government gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) to share models and approaches to advance United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the “Connecting Academia, International Organizations, Government Agencies and Private Sector and Sustaining Cross-Border Networks Roundtable.”
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Samarkand State University Strengthens Cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Samarkand State University shared effective methods for hands-on science education for their students. Through the leadership of Dr. Akmal Safarov, Samarkand State University revamped its curriculum for practical learning methods in STEM.
To sustain the partnership, Dr. Benoit Forget, Associate Department Head and Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, is currently hosting Dr. Safarov as visiting scholar for four months. Sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Dr. Safarov’s fellowship continues faculty collaborations between the U.S. and Uzbekistan in scientific research and education modernization.
Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Samarkand State University shared effective methods for hands-on science education for their students. Through the leadership of Dr. Akmal Safarov, Samarkand State University revamped its curriculum for practical learning methods in STEM.
To sustain the partnership, Dr. Benoit Forget, Associate Department Head and Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, is currently hosting Dr. Safarov as visiting scholar for four months. Sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Dr. Safarov’s fellowship continues faculty collaborations between the U.S. and Uzbekistan in scientific research and education modernization.
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US Embassy Tashkent and American Councils for International Education host faculty from Harvard College Writing Program for the Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (June 24, 2022) – The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, in partnership with American Councils for International Education, invited Dr. Thomas Jehn and Dr. James Herron of the Harvard College Writing Program and Dr. Rauf Salahodjaev of the Higher Education Virtual Education Center to facilitate the Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from June 22-23th.
The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop is one of several ongoing initiatives under the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UNICEN) platform. UNICEN was launched in 2018 as a regional public affairs and higher education initiative to enhance and promote partnership between higher education institutions in the United States and Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). Since its inception, UNICEN has cultivated over 70 collaborative university-to-university partnerships and brought several U.S. based experts to Central Asia to discuss and support research, student mobility, dual degree programming, and various aspects of scholarship and higher education administration.
The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop brought 38 young active researchers and faculty members from public universities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan together to discuss research question formulation, proper writing techniques, identifying appropriate academic journals, proper use of citations, how to navigate the peer review process, and how to search for and write research grants. Dr. Jehn and Dr. Herron provided insightful and individual feedback to the participants and emphasized that quality research methods were crucial to successful article publication.
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AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is a leader in international education, academic exchange, and overseas language immersion and works to strengthen international ties and mutual understanding through excellence in academic, professional, and cultural exchange, language acquisition, educational development, and research.
American Councils reopened its Tashkent office in 2018 and currently manages a diverse portfolio of 13 programs in the country including Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX), American Windows, Uzbekistan Business Leaders (UBL), and English Speaking Nation Program (ESN:STT). For more information about American Councils, please follow @ACCELS via Telegram or contact the office at info.uz@americancouncils.org.
The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop is one of several ongoing initiatives under the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UNICEN) platform. UNICEN was launched in 2018 as a regional public affairs and higher education initiative to enhance and promote partnership between higher education institutions in the United States and Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). Since its inception, UNICEN has cultivated over 70 collaborative university-to-university partnerships and brought several U.S. based experts to Central Asia to discuss and support research, student mobility, dual degree programming, and various aspects of scholarship and higher education administration.
The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop brought 38 young active researchers and faculty members from public universities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan together to discuss research question formulation, proper writing techniques, identifying appropriate academic journals, proper use of citations, how to navigate the peer review process, and how to search for and write research grants. Dr. Jehn and Dr. Herron provided insightful and individual feedback to the participants and emphasized that quality research methods were crucial to successful article publication.
For more information about UNICEN please visit: https://unicen.americancouncils.org/
For inquiries, please email info.uz@americancouncils.org or contact the program via Telegram at @ACCELS.
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is a leader in international education, academic exchange, and overseas language immersion and works to strengthen international ties and mutual understanding through excellence in academic, professional, and cultural exchange, language acquisition, educational development, and research.
American Councils reopened its Tashkent office in 2018 and currently manages a diverse portfolio of 13 programs in the country including Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX), American Windows, Uzbekistan Business Leaders (UBL), and English Speaking Nation Program (ESN:STT). For more information about American Councils, please follow @ACCELS via Telegram or contact the office at info.uz@americancouncils.org.
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Developing Central Asian Universities Air Quality Knowledge Hub
Air quality is a pressing issue that impacts quality of life and health around the world. However, the impact of pollution in Central Asia is not well studied on an international level. Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, universities in the United States, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are tackling the issue through the creation of an Air Quality Knowledge Hub.
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Air quality is a pressing issue that impacts quality of life and health around the world. However, the impact of pollution in Central Asia is not well studied on an international level. Through the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), administered by American Councils for International Education and funded by the U.S. State Department through the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, universities in the United States, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are tackling the issue through the creation of an Air Quality Knowledge Hub.
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