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Bahar Mammetgurbanova – EducationUSA Turkmenistan cohort alumna and American Corner volunteer, who is currently on FLEX program, studying in 12th grade at Stanley-Boyd high school, Wisconsin. Bahar was spotlighted at the Stanley-Boyd high school official page for her successful academic studies and for being a great ambassador of her home country – Turkmenistan. She has done a remarkable job studying at the US high school, being an active Stanley-Boyd Basketball JV player, and representing her country through over 10 cultural events that had more than 200 visitors in attendance. She is finishing her high school program in May 21, 2020 and is very excited for a new journey when returning back home.

Bahar now actively attends EducationUSA webinars and virtual information sessions to become a strong applicant at a US college or university for Fall 2021. Well done and way to go Bahar!

Bagul Mammedova, EdUSA cohort alumna and Opportunity Program recipient, who is currently a freshman at Jamestown Community College, NY received summer internship offer at the International Institute of Buffalo, NY. Bagul will be begin her internship at the New American Integration Department as a Project Research and Development Intern from June to September. 2020. The Institute is an organization that assists immigrants and refugees coming to the U.S. by welcoming, helping with the settlement, and employment process.

It has a partnership with multiple organizations and national agencies such as the United Nations, The U.S. Department of State, USCRI, New American Economy and many more. The Internship is unpaid, and Bagul will be part of a team that organizes new cultural events and programs in Western New York (WNY). Bagul feels very excited and “honored to be a part of the internship program because of the Institute’s mission goals, which is to integrate foreigners in WNY and enrich the community with new cultures”.

As part of her internship duty, she will be “assisting to organize and prepare for the next Model UN, creating and developing new events, and helping to improve English language programs for refugees and immigrants”. Bagul believes the internship experience will provide an enormous opportunity for the hands-on that closely aligns with her college major and future profession in Global Studies.

Bagul Mammedova, EducationUSA Opportunity Funds alumna from Turkmenistan is currently a freshman Honors student at Jamestown Community College (SUNY) majoring in Global Studies. Together with two other outstanding international students, Bagul assisted Political Science Professor Gregory Rabb, who was an awardee of Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowships 2019-2020 by Rockefeller Institute of Government to research Fiscal Stress in Small Western New York cities. As the result, Jamestown Community College became the community college to be granted this fellowship in New York! The research examined ten small cities of the state and the conditions that led to fiscal stress in 2018. Bagul’s role was to attend interviews with city mayors and work on the city budgets.