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November 1, 2012
 To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, we’ve looked at giving from both sides now. IREX gives as part of our programming, providing over $11 million dollars in grants this year alone to local institutions around the world and awarding nearly 1,000 fellowships annually to both American and international participants. In addition, each year IREX staff chooses a US-based nonprofit to receive the proceeds from our holiday charity drive, the total amount of which IREX matches. As one of the 400 partner organizations, IREX looks forward to participating in the first #GivingTuesday on November 27. From our experiences with both giving and receiving, we share five tips for donors big and small: |
October 26, 2012
 Youth from Romania and Moldova gave voice to their personal stories of change in a participatory evaluation of the Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue program. Using the Most Significant Change technique, more than 80 youth participated in an evaluation in which they gathered stories of change from each other and shared their recommendations for the future of the project. |
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October 26, 2012
 Teacher Heather Riffel is playing an instrumental role in the development of Colorado’s youth workforce. Through her work as an agriculture teacher at Boulder’s Career and Technical School (CTEC), Heather empowers students with the skills they need to contribute productively to the$20 billion dollar agricultural industry in Colorado. It was in Indonesia, however, where she found ways to strengthen the link between her work and the industry. |
October 17, 2012
 After spending one year in the United States through the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia & Central Asia (Global UGRAD) and witnessing the American commitment to environmental protection, Moldovan Tatiana Morari was inspired to make her home country greener. In the US, “everything was just recycling,” she says. If her host town of 8,000 had a recycling plant, she asked herself, “Why can’t we have one here in a city of a million people?” |
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October 15, 2012
 As a Muskie fellow at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Oleg Guchgedieyev studied management and project design through an academic program in business administration. Since completing his Muskie fellowship in 1996, Guchgedieyev has made significant contributions to agricultural reform and environmental protection in Turkmenistan and in the Caspian Sea region. |
October 10, 2012
 For the Youth Leadership for Peace Theater Troupe, planning a participatory theater performance means creating dialogue around Kyrgyzstan’s most challenging conflicts while also sharing a laugh with fellow youth leaders. |
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October 10, 2012
 IREX is pleased to welcome the first-ever cohort of students participating in the new Kosovo Undergraduate Exchange Program (Kosovo UGRAD) for the 2012 academic year. The Kosovo UGRAD program, one of the first initiatives funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo established in 2008, brings students from Kosovo to the United States to study for an academic year at a university or community college. This year three Kosovo UGRAD students will be studying in Ohio, New Mexico, and Kansas. |
October 4, 2012
 Recognizing that teachers have an enormous influence on the lives of young people at critical moments in their development, they have the opportunity to shape thoughtful, empathetic, productive adults who see themselves as citizens of a global community. In honor of that global community, IREX highlights the work of our alumni of three programs, International Leaders in Education (ILEP), Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA), and Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) through a photo essay, “Teachers in a Global Classroom.” |
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October 4, 2012
 What is a modern library? What role can young librarians from around Eastern Europe play to promote modern services and approaches in their libraries and beyond? At the International Young Librarians Summer Academy in Latvia this summer, nearly 45 young librarians from the European Global Libraries countries convened to share ideas, learn new technologies, and develop essential skills as advocates, teachers, and community leaders. They were joined by librarians from Botswana, Columbia, and Vietnam. |
October 4, 2012
 What was true for me a teenager in Missouri, I know also to be true for high school students in China: The best teachers are the teachers who let go. Through the Student Journalism in China program, students have developed the critical thinking they need to become active, engaged citizens, and behind these students are confident teachers. |
