MET Hosts Meeting Featuring the Ambassador of Kazakhstan
On March 29, 2023, Dean Tanya Zlateva and members of BU Metropolitan College’s Kazakh student community welcomed to campus Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev, ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States. Ambassador Ashikbayev was on campus as part of a meeting organized by him and the MIRAS Boston Kazakh Cultural Foundation along with local university students and community members. The gathering, moderated by MIRAS President Rassul Aitassov, was coordinated by MET Project Management student Rauan Yerulankyzy, who works as a grant writer at MIRAS, and supported by City Planning student Anel Tarakbay, who works at the MET Dean’s Office.
In a tweet following the event, Ambassador Ashikbayev noted that an essential part of his regional trips is meeting fellow countrymen. “Happy to see bright Kazakh minds at the heart of American human & intellectual capital,” he wrote.