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Business Fellow Shares First Impressions October 11, 2010 2010 Muskie fellow Irina Pe discusses her future plans and first impressions in an article on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse website.	IREX Welcomes University Administration Support Program Fellows September 30, 2010 by Darrell Kendall Twelve University Administrators from Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Russia and Ukraine arrived at IREX on September 27^th to begin their University Administration Support Program Fellowship.
Looking at Youth Across Cultures September 24, 2010 by Susie Armitage I'm writing onboard a train from Washington to New York, where I'm headed to attend a conference on theater and peacebuilding (more on that in my next post).	Youth Leadership Camp Fosters Cross=Cultural Understanding in the North Caucasus September 5, 2010 Youth develop leadership skills and increase cross-cultural understanding through camp organized as part of the USAID-funded, IREX-implemented Youth Initiative for the Promotion of Peace in the North Caucasus (YIPP) program.
Think Global, Rock Local August 18, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian One of my favorite things about working for IREX’s media development division is the chance to learn more about what kind of media makes people tick all around the world.	Creating and Sustaining Positive Spaces for Youth August 11, 2010 by Susie Armitage From time to time since I started focusing on youth development projects at IREX, I’ve thought back to my first day of ninth grade. I went to a big public high school with around 2,000 students, and I was a little lost, not really sure what to get involved in, or who my friends were going to be anymore.
People-centric Conflict Resolution August 9, 2010 One of my college professors was an Israeli member in low-level peace talks, in his case focused on the transportation link between Gaza and the West Bank. He told me a great story of particularly heated conversations with his Palestinian counterpart during discussions in Rome, and leaving the room feeling such anger and frustration that he didn’t think he could speak with the man again.	Teaching Fellow Brings Russian Culture to Greensboro, NC August 8, 2010 A native of St. Petersburg, 2009-2010 Teaching Fellow Yelena Francis is passionate about sharing her culture, not only with the students in her Russian language and Russian literature and media courses at Bennett College for Women, but with the Greensboro community at large.
Technology Experts and Civil Society Leaders Share Innovations July 15, 2010 On the last day of the IREX hosted C2C Summit, held in Washington on June 23-24, more than 150 C2C Summit participants and guests took part in an Innovation Marketplace that was highlighted by a tour and remarks by U.S Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.	Civil Society Summit Declares Priorities for Russia and the US July 15, 2010 The core activity of the IREX-convened Civil Society to Civil Society Summit (C2C), was a series of daylong steering committee meetings focused on 10 spheres of civil society development.