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Alumni & Giving

Alumni relationships are not a transaction—they’re a shared responsibility for a calm, rigorous academic culture. You can join events, volunteer as a reviewer, or support learner access and open resources.

Alumni stories

I turned my thesis evaluation protocol into a lightweight team checklist. The biggest change wasn’t speed—it was accountability: every change had evidence.

Luo X. · MSc Human-Centered AI · Class of 2024

External capstone review was strict, but it taught me: you don’t need to persuade everyone—you need to write reasons as checkable artifacts.

Javier M. · BSc Computer Science · Class of 2024
Events
DateEventFormat
2026-04-12 Alumni roundtable: study habits and career cadence On campus
2026-05-08 Volunteer call: portfolio review observers On campus
2026-06-29 Public Defense Week: alumni question panel On campus
2026-09-18 Alumni homecoming (appointment-only) Bishkek hub
We aim for time-zone friendly scheduling. Most sessions run in at least two live slots, with recordings and archived Q&A.
Giving
Giving
Learner equipment fund

Support learners who need baseline study equipment and accessibility tools.

Giving
Open archive & maintenance

Fund corpus maintenance, toolchains, and open educational resources.

Giving
Public review & accessibility captions

Support public defenses, sample libraries, and accessibility improvements.

Transparency and responsibility

We publish an annual summary of how giving supports specific outcomes. We avoid grand narratives in place of detail. Each fund should map to concrete delivery.

  • Public: goals, budget ranges, execution summaries
  • Anonymized: beneficiary counts and aggregate outcomes
  • Traceable: milestones, deliverables, and postmortems
How to give

To support a fund, contact the Giving Office. We provide official receipts and an annual summary of funded deliverables.