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Multimedia Education Center Opens in Tbilisi, Georgia March 13, 2012 by Rusudan Rukhadze-Tsutkiridze The new Multimedia Education Center opening March 14, 2012 in Tbilisi will change journalism education in Georgia. The Center provides journalism students the opportunity to work in multiple media platforms, alongside professional journalists, using the latest visual media tools.	Multimedia Education Center to Open in Tbilisi February 24, 2012 by Rusudan Rukhadze The new Multimedia Education Center (MEC) in Tbilisi, Georgia officially opens in March, but students at the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management (CSJMM) got a sneak peek and have already begun classes in the state-of-the-art space.
Media Innovation Camp Inspires Georgian Students to be Journalists December 8, 2011 by Rusudan Rukhadze Mariam Jachvadze, a student at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs’ Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management, said that IREX’s recent Media Innovation Camp in Georgia helped her appreciate how rewarding journalism can be: “These two days were so close to reality – to work under pressure, try to meet a deadline, keep in mind journalistic standards, compete with others, endure critics -- that afterwards we asked ourselves: Do we really want to become journalists? Our answer is: Yes, we do!”	International Education Week: Marie in Wonderland November 17, 2011 We are pleased to post this blog from an international student offering a different perspective as we celebrate International Education Week. Marika Mkheidze is a Global UGRAD student from Georgia studying at Utica College for the 2010-2011 school year.
Muskie Alumni Spearhead Foster Care Reform in Georgia September 15, 2011 As orphanages across Georgia close their doors, an increasing number of children require foster care. Muskie alumni Andro Dadiani and Maya Mateshvili are working to address the concerns of these underprivileged children by establishing a link among foster parents, the state, and the foster children they serve.	2011-2012 Global UGRAD Fellows Begin US Experience August 18, 2011 143 young leaders from Eurasia and Central Asia arrived to begin academic and cultural fellowships at undergraduate institutions across the United States.
2011 Muskie Fellows Arrive in US August 17, 2011 A new class of Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellows arrived in the US recently to kick-off their graduate study programs. The fellowship program brings emerging leaders in key professional fields from Eurasia to the United States for one to two years of study at institutions across the United States.	American Teachers Bring the World to the Classroom 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.
Assisting Small TV Stations That Make a Big Difference July 19, 2011 A small television station in Batumi, Georgia gets a boost from its partners at a local station in Roanoke, VA via the Georgian Media Partnership Program.	To Make a Better World: IREX Then & Now June 30, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson 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 bring people together, to link institutions both within and across countries and regions, and to host events where the latest thinking and research is shared with the world.