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Virtual Commencement of the EducationUSA Turkmenistan Opportunity Funds Alumna

EducationUSA Turkmenistan Opportunity Funds Alumna, Zarina Davletova graduated from Garden City Community College in Kansas and attended virtual graduation of the 100th Commencement Ceremony on May 9, 2020.

Furthermore, Zarina was chosen as a commencement speaker and also was announced as an Outstanding Female Graduate of the Class of 2020 for her academic excellence and extraordinary commitment to community service.
She received the Associate of Science degree and completed the program with 4.0 GPA. During her academic studies, Zarina has demonstrated her leadership by becoming a member of many student club organizations and served as the Residential Life Adviser, Math and Economics Tutor in the College Comprehensive Learning Center.

In addition, she has been named PTK All-Kansas Academic team along with the 50 other Scholars in the state too.

Currently, Zarina is transferring to the Mississippi State University to pursue her Bachelor’s degree in Math and Economics major

To view virtual commencement ceremony and Zarina’s commencement speech, please follow the link: https://youtu.be/b_vt6oB12wY

Flex, FLEX Alumni

FLEX Alumni Annual Picnic

On May 16th FLEX Alumni of Turkmenistan gathered together on a traditional annual event – May Picnic at Monument of Independence Park in Ashgabat. This event is very popular among Alumni of all ages; the youngest participants were “baby” Alumni and the oldest was FLEX Alumna ’03. Many senior Alumni brough their kids, and that fact creates a family-like atmosphere at the picnic.


The event took place in a fun, friendly, and active way. In the beginning participants played frisbee and ball games. Later everyone joined a lunch with pizza and drinks.

The special and most anticipated part of the Alumni Picnic was the “White Elephant” game. Each FLEX Alumni brought a small present nicely wrapped. Among the presents were a set of greeting cards, marshmallows and hot chocolate, decorative candles. All participants got very excited.


The last part of the picnic was devoted to games: Uno and Mafia. This is the most active and loud part of the event, as Alumni dove into the process with all their emotions, gumption, and sense of humor.

Besides the fun part, the picnic helped FLEX Alumni to get to know each other better.

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Seminar “Secrets of Effective Networking” for FLEX Alumni

Seminar on Secrets of Effective Networking was conducted at American Councils in Ashgabat on February 25, 2020. During the seminar Ilyas familiarized FLEX alumni with best networking practices.

At the beginning of the seminar, participants were introduced to a concept of networking and discussed its importance. The alumni also received tips for expanding their personal network circle and had an opportunity to apply various technics such as “Elevator speech” into practice.

At the end, Ilyas also demonstrated sample business cards and discussed its content and design.