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Posted on August 20, 2012 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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As the number of democracies increases globally, citizens worldwide look to the U.S. political system as a model of peaceful democracy. Many view the U.S. system as a successful functioning...

Posted on August 9, 2012 - Kaia Benson in International Education, Education
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Asst. Sec. Stock with international students

Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, welcomed more than 150 international youth leaders to the U.S. to begin academic and cultural programs at more than 80...

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Don Allan Mitchell is an assistant professor of English at Delta State University. The article below was an opinion column originally edited by Jordan Thomas and published in May 2012 in the...

Posted on June 18, 2012 - in International Education, Education
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IREX congratulates Lia Putkaradze, a 2009 Global UGRAD student, on being honored as the June 2012 State Alumni Member of the Month. Putkaradze, one of more than a million State Department alumni,...

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IREX is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011-2012 Cultural Passport to America Competition for the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia and Central Asia (Global UGRAD)....

Posted on April 23, 2012 - in International Education, Education
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Global UGRAD students have been busy documenting their diverse experiences since they arrived in the United States in August 2011. The IREX Global UGRAD Team extends its congratulations to three...

Posted on April 9, 2012 - in Education, Gender
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Young Women Leaders Represent Russia at Girls 20 Summits

What started as an undergraduate course on gender and communication in the U.S. propelled one young Russian woman to a leadership position on women’s issues and equality.
Ekaterina...

Posted on March 12, 2012 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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Each year, dozens of undergraduate students from Eastern Europe and Central Asia travel to the U.S. as Global UGRAD fellows. The changes they experience—as youth who gain professional skills,...

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Global UGRAD students helped clean up following the devastation of the Joplin to

Three Global UGRAD students helped clear debris after a devastating tornado leveled the Joplin, Missouri community. The service experience left an impression they will carry back to their...