::Yana Smakula FSA FLEX 02-03::

...If it is to be - it is up to me ...

Welcome!

Hello, my name is Yana Smakula. I’m a FSA FLEX

...The Freedom Support Act Future Leaders Exchange FSA FLEX program is funded by the United States Government to promote respect for cultural diversity, friendship between the USA and the New Independent Sates of the former Soviet Union, and opportunities for personal development through international host family living...
alumna 2002-2003 (placement organization - AYUSA - Academic Year in USA).
Today I’m a third year university student (well, not really, I dropped during my 5th semester, so actually I'm not really a student anymore) living in town of western Ukraine - Ternopil, not far from Poland.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Ukraina, /ukrajina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia, Belarus, Poland... read more: wikipedia
This website is dedicated to the unforgettable experience I had in the United States.

Yana Smakula - foreign exchange student

::Yana Smakula FSA FLEX 02-03:: website is the winner of Web Design Contest "U.S. - Ukraine: Building Virtual Bridge through Cultural Exchange" Dedicated to the International Education Week, Oct 10 - Nov 17, 2006
Read more at Alumni in IATP website and and at IREX | IATP News for November 2006
Category: US Student Life: First Prize (Web Camera Creative Live! Cam Video IM) - Yana Smakula (FLEX)

Activities in the IATP center:

11.02.2005
The IATP access site hosted ECA alumni meeting dedicated to the Saint Valentines Day. Yana Smakula (FLEX 03) introduced the audience to the history of this holiday. She also offered several quizzes and games for the meeting participants ...

17.11.2004
Iryna Pukhalska (FSAU 04), Iryna Temchenko (FSAU 03), Yana Smakula (FLEX 03), and Inna Wheeller (TEA 99) visited school in Lozova, Ternopil district, to introduce local teachers and pupils to the IATP services and events within the frameworks of the International Education Week ...

29.10.2004
The IATP access site in Ternopil organized a seminar on Halloween traditions for 12 ECA alumni. IATP Ternopil Representative Maria Rostotska, Yana Smakula (FLEX 03), and teacher from the US Jennifer Gainer led the event. Trainers introduced ECA alumni to the history and ancient traditions of this holiday. Then the participants discovered the highlights of its celebration in the different countries and in the different epochs by surfing on the Internet. Jennifer Gainer explained to the attendees the Halloween traditions in the US. In the end of the seminar the participants enjoyed Happy Halloween performance staged by group of ECA alumni under the direction of Yana Smakula. ...

My ancestors - Alexander Smakula