On August 27, 2021, the State University of Arizona and the National Guard of Arizona, California were formed at the Almaty University of Management.
The local academic and expert community had interactive discussions with Brian Gerber, Director, MA in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs; Cyndi Coon, Chief of Staff, Director, Threatcasting Lab; Jeff Guimarin, Executive Director, Pat Tillman Veterans Center; Jacob Lassin, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies – from Arizona State University; and Pete Caffrey, LTC (Lieutenant Colonel) – Arizona National Guard.
The visit consisted of cooperation discussions with AlmaU top management and a networking meeting with the academicians and experts.
The main topics of talks were cybersecurity, Eurasian studies, refugees/national security, disaster management, threat identification, women rights and opportunities, etc.
AlmaU runs long-term academic partnership with the Cintana Education and the Arizona State University.
About Almaty Management University
AlmaU, Almaty Management University is Kazakhstan’s first private university, was founded in 1988. It is an internationally recognized, globally accredited and award-winning university in Kazakhstan. AlmaU’s MBA
programmes are the only ones in Central Asia and Kazakhstan globally accredited by the AMBA. Double Degree EMBA by GSB AlmaU and GSOM SPbU in the top 22 in QS Executive MBA Rankings 2021, MBA programmes in the top 200 globally and top 25 in Asia in the QS World University Rankings: Global EMBA/MBA 2021. AlmaU is ranked 601-800 in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking (2021). Programmes “Public Relations”, “Marketing”, “Economics”, “Law”, “Restaurants and Hospitality” and “Logistics” are ranked in the top 10 by the National Ranking Atameken (2021).
About Arizona State University
Arizona State University has developed a new model for the American Research University, creating an institution that is committed to access, excellence and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. As the prototype for a New American University, ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it.