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Posted on March 24, 2010 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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Through IREX’s Teaching Fellowship Program for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, Leila Zakhirova, a 2009-2010 visiting professor at Whittier College, has made a significant impact on...

Posted on March 22, 2010 - in Higher Education Development, Education, Youth
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Muratbek Kuskulov, a cheerful young man from Kazakhstan, radiates optimism despite having faced many hardships in his 20 years. He’s supported himself since the tragic loss of his parents...

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It began as a small-budget project intended to connect the scholarly community with US foreign policy practitioners in Eurasia. EPS scholars traveled to the region and served US Embassies and...

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In the asphalt courtyard outside Zarqa Preparatory Boys School #2, Samer Abu Koush watches 22 young boys chase after a bright red soccer ball.  As their teacher and coach, Abu Koush knows...

Posted on February 8, 2010 - in International Education, Education
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Shabnam Almammadova will never forget the day she was watching television at home in Azerbaijan and saw a journalist ask an orphan about his greatest dream. The boy’s eyes welled with...

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Alumni of the 2009 TEA program returned to their home countries in November 2009 and have been steadily working to put their experience into practice in their schools and communities.

Posted on December 18, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Dr. Goshliyev speaks to health professionals

In 2008, Dr. Kemal Goshliyev returned to the Central Skin and Venereal Disease Hospital in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan with a master’s degree in public health and a commitment to improve the...

Posted on December 16, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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Bakai Madybaev and Warren Buffett display the flag of Kyrgyzstan

Bakai Madybaev, a 2009 Muskie fellow from Kyrgyzstan, had the chance to meet the investor, businessman and philanthropist Warren Buffett in November.

Posted on December 8, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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A screenshot of Elina Karakulova's blog, http://aids.kloop.kg

Over 70% of youth in Kyrgyzstan have misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, according to a recent study by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and...

Posted on November 18, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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For the first time in twelve years, Georgia Southern University (GSU) has a Russian language and cultural course thanks to the volunteer efforts of Saida Akbarova, a 2008 Muskie fellow from...