Bishkek is laid out on a grid with wide, tree-lined streets. It has parks and many orchards, and permanently snow-capped mountains are visible to the south.
Monday, Sept. 22: We arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday morning.
It took us an hour to get our visas, go through passport control and pick up checked luggage. We were met by university president Ellen Hurwitz’s driver, and we arrived at her house about 3 a.m.
We woke up at 11 a.m. and had a quick breakfast before heading to our first meeting at 2 p.m. on the campus of American University – Central Asia. We met to discuss the university’s planned media center with President Hurwitz and the university’s vice president for academic affairs.
The funds that had been provided for the media center at the university were designated for undergraduate education, but we had suggested they also be used for mid-career education for (more…)
