Valentine’s Day at the American Center

English students at the American Center celebrated Valentine’s Day this year in style, with a love poem competition and traditional games featuring themes from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

Critical Thinking and Literary Analysis Training

Peace Corps Volunteers conducted a four-day training on critical thinking and literary analysis for university English teachers at Naryn State University, January 9th to 12th, 2012. Teachers read poems by William Blake and Emily Dickinson, and wrote critical essays based on close readings of the texts.

Future Leaders Camp

January 9th to 13th, 2012, American Center students along with Peace Corps Volunteers held the first ever Future Leaders camp for thirty students from Naryn City. Students co-taught sessions on goal setting, leadership skills, critical thinking and planning community projects.

Holiday Party Madness!!!

On December 24th, students stopped by the American Center for our annual holiday party. Activities included a butter-beard competition (where two teams raced to make the best Santa beard using only butter and shredded paper:), a holiday-themed fashion show, a caroling competition, a short history of Christmas and more! Check out some pics below:

Holiday Fashion Show!

Butter-beard competition

Find more photos on Facebook. Look for the group, American Studies Center @NSU.

 

Thanksgiving Party and Photo Scavenger Hunt

Over fifty students came to the ASC for our Thanksgiving Party. They learned about the real history of the holiday, played gamed and participated in a holiday-themed photo scavenger hunt. Check out some of the action:

Scavenger hunt funnies...

 

Games...

Pumpkins!

Nice costume!

W-what??? More scavenger hunt stuff 🙂

ACCESS students!

Thanksgiving bounty!

Thanksgiving Poster Contest

Students gathered at the American Studies Center the week before Thanksgiving to participate in a poster competition. Take a look at some of their work:

Oh no...don't eat me!!!

Snoopies away!

A Thanksgiving basket.

Don't be sad...

Pilgrim wishes.

A 3D Thanksgiving.

😛

Happy Turkey Day!

Wishing for Spring...

 

International Education Week…Hooray!

November 14-18th is International Education Week at the American Center. Sponsored by EducationUSA, the event features a series of seminars presented by NSU’s international departments, including the Korean, Chinese, Japanese, German, Arabic and American Centers. Students will be learning about leadership, democracy, cultural traditions and much more. The seminars are organized by a FLEX Alum and NSU’s EducationUSA coordinator.

International Education Week is A-Okay!

What does leadership mean to you?

Future leaders 🙂

Peace!

Halloween Disco and Costume Contest!

Halloween might be over, but at the American Center the monsters and ghouls are still on the prowl. This Saturday, we held our first ever Halloween disco and costume contest, and the students stepped up with some rockin’ duds.

Getting ready...

Behind the scenes...

Don't mess with these chicks!

The show begins!

Wolverine and someone* straight out of Rocky Horror 😛

 

Do the "Creep!"

 

The backwards couple and a chinese warrior!

 

Games!

Ahhhhh!!!

Bad company

Freedom and a mummy

Booo-yah!

Ahhhh!!! It’s Halloween in Naryn!

Monkey hearts, mad scientists and blood-soaked chefs…all things that you could find at this week’s American Studies Center Halloween party. Peace Corps Volunteers taught students about the origins of the holiday, how it’s celebrated in America and easy ways to make wicked costumes (in preparation for this weekend’s Costume Disco). Check out these terrifying pix:

It all started with Samhain...

Eat those monkey hearts, ladies!

Pin the fang on the vampire 😛

Welcome to the laboratory...mwa, ha, ha!

Want some candy, children?

Try some of my tasty treats!!!

Devilish...

The Doctor and his evil assistant

Boo! Check out these brain-tingling books!

There's a light...

Halloween Decoration Party!

It’s party…it’s party time! Students and volunteers gathered to get ready for this year’s Halloween party(ies) at the American Center! Students painted posters, hung cobwebs, cut-out gravestones and made spooky hanging decor in preparation for the 31st.

Peace my peops!

Grrrrr...

brains…brains…

Fright time!

Ahhhhh!