IAAU hosted an orphan girl Venera among the program 'Compassion" by the  Public Broadcasting Corporation Channel of Kyrgyzstan (KTRK) last Friday. This program brings orphan children and charitable people and organizations together. As a gift Venera got a brand new "Samsung" tablet and most importantly she got a word from our rector to study for free when she finishes her high school.

            ESL Teaching Methodology  in Big classes workshop seminar has been successfully completed. Language Coordination English Language Teaching Department organized this activity for 37 secondary school English teachers of Bishkek. During two days 12 workshops were conducted by 10 instructors. The organizers believe that it was fruitful and informative. The participants were able to learn new classroom activities in student-centered and cooperative learning environment, and took a lot of hand outs with them. By the end of seminar each of them were rewarded by certificates, the instructors are proud that this kind of workshop seminar are traditional at Ataturk Ala-Too University.

             The US Consul to Kyrgyzstan Mr. Alden Greene visited our university on 31st of March. He gave a seminar about "Work and Travel" and "Fullbright" programs to our students. He talked about the general process of these programs and answered all questions asked by students. He warned our students that he will not issue visas for those, who will not attend to final exams. He also added to obey the rules of US and be careful with the length of their visas.At the end of seminar our rector Prof.Dr.Osman Gokalp gave him souvenirs and journals of IAAU.