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October 7, 2011 Friday 4:47 AM EST
LSU Welcomes Armenian Student as Part of State Department Fellowship
BATON ROUGE, La.
Louisiana State University issued the following news release:
LSU will host a new international scholar on campus as part of the
U.S. Department of State's Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship
Program, as Viktorya Mirzoyan, from Armenia, will be pursuing her
master's degree in mass communication in the Manship School of Mass
Communication.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 to encourage economic and
democratic growth in Eurasia, the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship
Program is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, or ECA, of the U.S. Department of State and administered by
IREX. By selecting emerging leaders from 12 countries of the former
Soviet Union, the Muskie program aims to promote mutual understanding,
build democracy and foster the transition to market economies in
Eurasia through intensive academic study and professional training. In
addition to their academic programs, Muskie fellows gain exposure to
American values through a community service experience and develop
professional skills through a full-time internship in their field of
study.
The Muskie program is highly competitive, averaging nearly 4,000
applications per year with a four-percent rate of acceptance. For more
information, visit www.irex.org/programs/muskie.
ECA fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United
States and the people of other countries to promote friendly,
sympathetic and peaceful relations, as mandated by the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchanges Act of 1961. ECA accomplishes its
mission through a range of programs based on the benefits of mutual
understanding, international educational and cultural exchange and
leadership.
Contact: Billy Gomila, LSU Media Relations, 225/578-3867, [email protected]
October 7, 2011 Friday 4:47 AM EST
LSU Welcomes Armenian Student as Part of State Department Fellowship
BATON ROUGE, La.
Louisiana State University issued the following news release:
LSU will host a new international scholar on campus as part of the
U.S. Department of State's Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship
Program, as Viktorya Mirzoyan, from Armenia, will be pursuing her
master's degree in mass communication in the Manship School of Mass
Communication.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 to encourage economic and
democratic growth in Eurasia, the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship
Program is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, or ECA, of the U.S. Department of State and administered by
IREX. By selecting emerging leaders from 12 countries of the former
Soviet Union, the Muskie program aims to promote mutual understanding,
build democracy and foster the transition to market economies in
Eurasia through intensive academic study and professional training. In
addition to their academic programs, Muskie fellows gain exposure to
American values through a community service experience and develop
professional skills through a full-time internship in their field of
study.
The Muskie program is highly competitive, averaging nearly 4,000
applications per year with a four-percent rate of acceptance. For more
information, visit www.irex.org/programs/muskie.
ECA fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United
States and the people of other countries to promote friendly,
sympathetic and peaceful relations, as mandated by the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchanges Act of 1961. ECA accomplishes its
mission through a range of programs based on the benefits of mutual
understanding, international educational and cultural exchange and
leadership.
Contact: Billy Gomila, LSU Media Relations, 225/578-3867, [email protected]