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August 16, 2011
 One hundred American high school teachers from across the country are internationalizing their fall lesson plans after returning from global professional development visits worldwide. |
August 10, 2011
 Gurgen Balasanyan wanted to harness the power of youth exchange in building tolerance between Armenia and Turkey. After completing the Global UGRAD program as an exchange student himself, he returned home to Armenia and started a program that brings youth from both countries together in dialogue and promotes a heightened commitment to civic action. |
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July 12, 2011
 The extraordinary power of youth to change their own worlds and the world around them strikes me anew every day.I see this power manifest in diverse forms and settings – from the Russian program participant who created a break-dancing school to engage at-risk youth in her small town, to the two teenagers from MetroTeenAIDS who, last week, addressed more than 70 international development professionals about their role in educating thousands of other youth in Washington, DC, about STDs and HIV testing. |
June 15, 2011
 Muskie alumna Liana Sanamyan is working to improve the lives of chronically ill children in Armenia through education. As a 2006 Muskie fellow at Bemidji State University, Sanamyan increased her knowledge and skills in the field of special education through courses in curriculum design, behavioral disorders, diagnosis, assessment, and educational research. She also learned about practical program management while interning at Amnesty International, where she coordinated large-scale youth programming. Samnyan has built on those skills in her current work, planning and advocating for support programming for hospitalized children in Armenia. |
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May 20, 2011
 For many international exchange fellows who study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), their stories are those of growth. Quickly moving beyond the one-dimensional images of the US normally shown abroad, fellows at HBCUs often leave with a deeper understanding of America’s complex history, broad diversity, and continuing struggle for equality. Until two years ago, Tsovinar of Armenia had never thought much about race relations around the world. “Actually, I didn’t care,” she said. “I didn’t think it made a difference.” |
May 18, 2011
 Armenuhi has always been passionate about women’s rights. But living in Armenia, she didn’t know how to get involved, to make a difference. When Armenuhi came to the US to start her fellowship as part of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia and Central Asia, she saw ways she could begin addressing the issue of violence against women and prepare to change things for the better in Armenia. |
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May 6, 2011
 Artak Aleksanyan is no ordinary journalist. In just three years since his return to Armenia after completing a Muskie fellowship in the US, he not only founded one of Armenia’s most successful TV production companies, but also broke the mold of topics and themes covered by Armenian television. |
January 11, 2011
 "Though I have dutifully presented letters of introduction and affiliation, obtained passes with photos and official stamps, and explained in clear terms who I am and what I am doing in Armenia, I am still regularly asked, “but… why are you here?'" |
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December 15, 2010
 Ani Ter-Mkrtchyan met journalist and international affairs specialist Fareed Zakaria at a dinner event during his visit to the University of Oklahoma campus. She also attended his public lecture on America’s role in the global community. |
November 22, 2010
 A group of ECA alumni and other university students debated the Turkey-Armenia relations in recent Model United Nations conference, organized by IREX, in Armenia. |
