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November 22, 2011
 “As someone coming on exchange in another country, I prepared myself to expect anything,” said Masooma, a Global UGRAD-Pakistan participant studying at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Masooma echoed many of her peers preparing to meet their American friendship families. Others wondered about how best to represent their country to strangers or worried that they would be imposing on busy families. |
November 21, 2011
 The Thanksgiving holiday in America gives us all a chance to reflect on gratitude, on generosity, and on reaching out to those in need. As we Americans from every background recall our blessings, we also remember those less fortunate. |
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November 19, 2011
 The deadline is December 2, 2011. |
November 18, 2011
 In celebration of International Education Week, undergraduate students from the Global UGRAD-Eurasia and Central Asia Program and the Global UGRAD-Pakistan Program shared what international education means to them. These participants are currently studying in colleges and universities across the United States, where they are also participating in community service and cultural activities, and serving as cultural ambassadors for their home countries. |
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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. |
November 14, 2011
Annie Curran is a senior at Annandale High School and the Editor-in-Chief of its newspaper. This past summer, she and five other Annandale students traveled to Lanzhou, China, to participate in an IREX journalism program with 100 of their Chinese peers. |
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November 9, 2011
 Tucked away on a quiet campus that extends along the Mississippi coast, Taibur Rahman lectures to a group of researchers, practitioners and students from The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Lab. Rahman, a Bangladeshi spending four months in the United States working with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium as a 2011 Community Solutions Program (CSP) leader, is presenting on economic development in Bangladesh and the country’s increasing vulnerability to climate change. |
November 4, 2011
 Congratulations to USAID on its 50th Anniversary |
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October 19, 2011
 Since August, Reynold Samuel from Trinidad, Ashis Himali from Nepal, and Martin Mwanga from Uganda have been working in Boston at Peace First, a nonprofit organization that teaches young students critical conflict resolution and civic engagement skills through peace games and curricula. All three men are Community Solutions Leaders, contributing innovations to and learning from Peace First as they build conflict resolution capacity in Boston youth during their four-month fellowships. |
September 29, 2011
 Ayesha is using the community service skills she honed in the US to help some of the neediest in Pakistan: children with cancer. For the past year, Ayesha worked at the Shaukat Khanam Cancer Hospital and Research Center in Lahore, bringing entertainment into the lives of chronically ill children while learning more about medical research. As a biotechnology major, she blends her passion for helping children with her intellectual curiosity and career goals. |
