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Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to...

Posted on June 30, 2011 - Amy Bernath in International Education, Education
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Muskie Fellow Yuliya Serdyuchenko packs food at a San Diego food bank.

Two Muskie fellows recently shared project proposals to improve education and health with hundreds of colleagues at a prominent conference hosted by former President Bill Clinton. Ekaterine...

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Violetta Skrypnykova’s work with Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder gave her a

More than 20 undergraduate fellows from abroad participated directly in American democracy this spring. Through part-time internships at government agencies and institutions throughout the US,...

Posted on May 27, 2011 - in Education, Research Support, Gender
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Gender Symposium Scholars (2011)

Islam is viewed as an empowering force by some women in Bosnia. After the mass violence against women during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, some Muslim women have said that wearing the...

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Donors and implementers who assisted Chileans in the aftermath of the 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake recently stood on stage at an event in Santiago organized by the ...

Posted on March 10, 2011 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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Archil Sumbadze is one step closer to his goal of becoming a diplomat for his country, Georgia. A fellow of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia and Central Asia, he was honored...

Posted on March 7, 2011 - in International Education, Education
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Youth interact at the Leadership Training for Cultural Integration

Koba Grdzelishvili encountered many cultures while studying education at the University of Minnesota and working as a camp counselor in Colorado.  Since returning to Georgia, Grdzelishvili...

Posted on December 21, 2010 - in Media Development
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Two recently launched programs in Georgia will allow IERX -- with financial support from USAID and the US Embassy in Tbilisi -- to help Georgian media professionals tackle some of the biggest...

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Global UGRAD Fellows at Augustana College visit with the Mayor of Sioux Falls

Participants of the Global UGRAD in Eurasia and Central Asia program get involved in events in their host communities.

Twelve University Administrators from Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Russia and Ukraine arrived at IREX on September 27th to begin their University Administration Support Program Fellowship...