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Muskie Fellows Help Americans Affected by the Economic Crisis July 7, 2010 Whether they assist low income individuals to file their tax returns, teach financial literacy, or volunteer at a local food bank, Muskies are making a crucial impact on their American hosts at a time when there is an urgent need for this aid.	US Embassy Policy Specialist Program Attracts More Embassies and a Growing Number of Scholars March 11, 2010 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 Consulates as policy specialists-in-residence for one to two months.
Mentoring Programs Support Vulnerable Children in Eurasia February 8, 2010 by Susie Armitage 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 tears as he answered that he wanted an older brother—but knew it was impossible. Touched, Almammadova resolved “to make the impossible possible for kids like him.”	Internship Experience Will Help Muskie Fellow Strengthen Legal Aid in Georgia October 29, 2009 Andro Gigauri, a 2008 Muskie fellow from Georgia, learned more about the U.S. legal aid system during his summer internship at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Washington, DC and made connections that will help him expand legal aid to low-income people in his home country.
Rural and Urban Youth Develop New Partnership in Georgia June 30, 2009 The isolated mountain village of Bediani, home to a community of 18 former street children, is a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Tbilisi along poorly maintained, winding roads. It’s an unlikely destination for young people from Georgia’s capital city; however, thanks to an Alumni Small Grant organized by Muskie alumnus Koba Grdzelishvili, Bediani has become the setting for a unique youth-to-youth development project that builds ties between rural and urban children and teens.	From Jobless to Successful Business Owner: IT Center Empowers Georgian Entrepreneur May 11, 2009 The Republic of Georgia’s economic downturn, combined with the repercussions of the military conflict with Russia, left Batumi resident Nikoloz Namgalauri struggling to find employment. He harbored an interest in launching his own business in the beauty industry, and the idea might’ve been just a fantasy if it weren’t for the legal and practical logistics he knew he could find with the help of his local Internet Access and Training Program (IATP) center, managed by IREX and funded by USAID.
US and Georgia Universities Share Community Outreach Strategies March 9, 2009 At first glance, the University of California, Davis and Telavi State University, in the Republic of Georgia don’t appear to have much in common. However, it is some of their differences as well as their commonalities that make UC Davis an ideal host for Sophio (Sopo) Arsenishvili, Deputy Head of the International Office at Telavi State University.	Muskie Alumnus Holds Workshop on CV Writing January 12, 2009 Konstantine (Koba) Grdzelishvili (Muskie ‘03) and Nini Jokhadze (UGRAD ‘07) visited high school students in Gori as a part of Georgian Alumni Quarterly Events.
Muskie Alumnus Updates January 12, 2009 An update on how six Muskie alumni have been connecting with and contributing to their communities.	Muskie Holiday Reception December 15, 2008 On December 13th, 2008 IREX Georgia organized a Holiday Reception honoring the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program alumni of Georgia.