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Bradley Bits Class of ’02 Moldova Cristina Andoni participated in a one-week conference in Bucharest, Romania: “New Europe Who’s Afraid of Democratization.” She met with Romanian politicians and the Romanian president. andoni_cristina@yahoo.com
Turkmenistan Bahar Nuriyeva received a full tuition scholarship to attend Berea College in Berea, KY to major in political science and minor in sociology. flex_report@yahoo.com
Ukraine Stanislav Kukhlevskyi and Olha Tsar (Lviv) started the Lviv branch of the International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA). IFMSA works in the areas of research, knowledge and experience exchange, professional exchange, public health, medical education, refugees and peace, and HIV/AIDS prevention. http://www.ifmsa.org As well, this summer Olha went on a IFMSA professional exchange program to St. Luke’s Hospital in Malta, where she worked in the Organ Transplantation and Gynecology Departments. She also assisted a team of plastic surgeons who came to Lviv on Mission for Children. stanislav_k@hotmail.com olga_tsar@yahoo.com
Class of ’03 Azerbaijan Magsud Ibragimov became a bronze medal winner at the International Olympiad in Information in Athens, Greece, which took place in September. maksud_i@yahoo.com
Georgia Nelly Akobia won second prize in a public speaking competition held by the English Speaking Union of Georgia and receives a fully funded trip to London to participate in a public speaking contest there. nakobia@yahoo.com
Kazakhstan Dmitry Lemayev is the president of the Contact Club in Kyzylorda, and won a Disney Hand Minnie Grant in support of the club’s Global Youth Service Day project. dlemeyev@freenet.kz Gulnaz Ukasova became a finalist in the Kazakhstan Public Speaking Contest in Japanese. gulnaz19@yandex.ru
Ukraine Yevhen Bobyk and Anna Smirnova both from Kharkiv, participated in a study tour to Poland. The Polish-American Foundation
of Liberty and Foundation “Education for Democracy” organized a 12-day course for active students from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia in academic centers in Poland. For more info visit www.studytours.pl. eugenebobyk@yahoo.com anechka86@yahoo.com
Uzbekistan Aliya Prenova participated in the sixth Central Asian Competition on International Humanitarian Law organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Aliya’s team took first place among 16 teams. She also won the Best Speaker Award. aliya_prenova@yahoo.com
FLEX Family News The Bradley Herald invites you to share your personal successes! This column, a new feature, will highlight what alumni are doing outside the classroom or boardroom. We’ll be glad to tell of your news of marriage, children, travels, reunions with host families and FLEX friends, adventures – all that makes your life bright and rewarding. Send photos and stories to bradleyherald@actr.ru
Class of ’04 Belarus Olga Kapylova took second place in the National English Language Olympiad in Minsk, Belarus. olenkak@hotmail.com
Moldova Vadim Dubceac served as a moderator at a digital videoconference, organized in Balti, by the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Office. The conference united sister cities Balti, Moldova and Lakeland, Florida. The goal was to establish contacts for future cooperation between the two cities. vadcomcorp@narod.ru
Anton Khokholov ’98 from Yakutsk, Russia with his bride Dariya. khokhol@freemail.ru
Russia Pavel Trofimov (Cheboksary) took first place in the All-Russia English language Olympiad. pault@mail.ru
Class of ’05 Georgia Keti Chachava, Giga Chachibaia, Nick Iakobishvili, Ana Megrelishvili, Irakli Naridze, Maia Otarashvili and Nino Samvelidze passed the National Unified Government Exams and received full scholarships. They began their studies in September in various universities.
Fariz Ismailzade ’96 of Baku, Azerbaijan writes, “I am rushing to tell you that yesterday, March 17, my family grew by one child (first one). She is Manzar, named after my mother. We are all smiling here.” fariz_1998@yahoo.com
All Classes Azerbaijan Minai Massimova ‘96 and Hanum Azizova ‘98 attended the annual Rotaract conference on June 24-26 in Antalya, Turkey to represent Rotaract Club of Baku of which Hanum is the president and Minai is the vice president (2004-2005). (www.rotaract.az) minashka@yahoo.com bibihanum@hotmail.com Tatiana Echim ’98 and husband Andrei of Chisinau, Moldova with their daughter Katea on the day of her baptism. t_echim@yahoo.com