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IREX Celebrates International Education Week November 15, 2011 IREX is working to make a better world through its efforts in the field of education. We are pleased to celebrate International Education Week as established by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education.	Muskie Fellowship Offers Hosting Opportunities for 2012 November 14, 2011 The Muskie program celebrates International Education Week (IEW) with the release of the 2012 Muskie Host University Application.
IREX Releases 2011 Annual Report November 14, 2011 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year.	IREX Congratulates Our Partner, Tawakul Karman, and her fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners October 7, 2011 IREX congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakul Karman from Yemen, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee. They exemplify the power of women civil society leaders to be true peacemakers and embody the focus of IREX's work in gender, conflict resolution, media and civil society development.
Turkish Teachers End Program, Begin Career September 14, 2011 by Amy Ahearn “When I saw the first student entering the classroom, I said to myself, “Ok, now you are the teacher! Be calm and take a deep breath,” said Merve Celen, a recent university graduate from Bogazici University in Istanbul, recounting her experience teaching an English class in Arkansas for the first time.	Fall 2011 Global UGRAD-Pakistan Fellows Begin US Experience August 18, 2011 Nearly 100 young ambassadors from Pakistan arrived to begin their cultural experience in the United States. The fellows will spend the fall academic semester at 51 different colleges and universities in 31 states.
Building Partnerships: Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan and Tech Age Girls August 18, 2011 by Myahriban Karyagdyyeva (Mehri) For the past two years, the Tech Age Girls (TAG) project has been implemented in Kyrgyzstan, and the Soros Foundation (SFK) has been a big supporter. Through its Youth Initiative Program, SFK contributed over $8,000 the first year and over $13,000 this year to TAG. Thanks to this generous contribution, TAG was able to bring 26 girls in 2010 and 34 participants in 2011 together in Bishkek for a two-week long intensive technology and leadership training. Partnership with SFK didn’t stop there, as TAG alumni have become active beneficiaries of different opportunities that Soros Foundation offers for youth such as:	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.
Teacher Fellows from Pakistan Arrive in US August 17, 2011 A group of teachers from Pakistan arrived in the US recently and were welcomed into the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA). TEA brings outstanding secondary school teachers from around the globe to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about 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.