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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. |
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. |
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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 12, 2011
 As part of United Nations' International Year of Youth, I asked our Chief of Party for the Azerbaijan New Media Project Angela Nicoara about her experience with youth and their involvement in media. Angela says that media tools and skills can help youth have an outlet to affect their own communities and futures in Azerbaijan and throughout the world. Here are more of Angela's answers. |
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July 21, 2011
 On behalf of IREX, I am pleased to announce that 22 diligent Azerbaijani students and their mentors won netbooks and flipcameras in a recent national contest for the ‘Best Research Essays Using Internet.' One hundred and sixty nine candidates entered from all over the country, notably Sumgait, Guba, Shirvan, Imishli, Ganja, Gazakh, Sheki, Zagatala, Ismayilli and Mingachevir. Plagiarism was penalised, with positive results. |
May 6, 2011
 Participating in school newspapers elevates students’ sense of responsibility and critical thinking skills. It also deepens their understanding of freedom of expression, as students in Azerbaijan recently discovered when their teacher initiated a school newspaper program where there was none before. In honor of World Press Freedom Day, IREX celebrates Halima Fatullayeva, an English teacher from the Ganja region of Azerbaijan, in her effort to develop a culture of student journalism in her region. |
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March 17, 2011
 Working in the Field Operations department at the headquarters of an international development organization like IREX is always a great challenge. By the time I load my email in the morning, my day’s schedule is already half booked with the need to address dozens of emails from more twenty field offices overseas. There is always constant activity as we help manage all the financial, administrative, logistical, and legal aspects of operating development projects across multiple countries. |
March 15, 2011
 With the help of an IREX-supported Internet access center in Guba, one Azerbaijani man was able to get the government to respond to his questions. |
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March 12, 2011
 Women who use IREX's Internet access, or f.y.i. centers in Azerbaijan, find resources and empowerment. |
March 7, 2011
 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 has participated in several events designed to bring together youth from different cultural backgrounds. |
