Department Announces Recipients of the Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program Alumni Award

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State has named eighteen outstanding individuals from Eurasia to receive the first Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program Alumni Awards (attached).

Established to celebrate alumni accomplishments and contributions during ten years of the Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program, the Alumni Awards are presented to outstanding alumni who have made notable contributions to the advancement of democratic society and economic reform in their communities. The Muskie/FSA Program was established in 1992 to foster democratization and the transition to market economies in the former Soviet Union through intensive academic and professional training, and has trained over 2,800 individuals.

Fellowships are awarded for master’s level study and professional development in the United States in the fields of business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, law, library and information science, journalism, mass communications, public administration, public health, and public policy.

The Muskie/FSA Program, administered on behalf of ECA by the American Councils for International Education and the Open Society Institute, is part of the Department of State's public diplomacy effort to foster mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through educational and training programs.

For further information, media representatives may contact Nicole Deaner, phone: (202) 203-7613 or e-mail: ndeaner@pd.state.gov

Awardees
Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program Alumni Award

Amalia Kostanyan, Armenia, Duke University, 1999-2001

Afghan Abdullayev, Azerbaijan, Eastern Carolina University, 1995-1996

Petr Lapo, Belarus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1996-1997

Tiina Randma, Estonia, New York University, 1995-1997

Tamar Beruchashvili, Georgia, Indiana University, 1996-1998

Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia, New York University, 1993-1994

Aliya Sarsembinova, Kazakhstan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1999-2000

Janybek Omorov, Kyrgyzstan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1993-1995

Ziedonis Udris, Latvia, Case Western Reserve University, 1993-1994

Mindaugas Paunksnis, Lithuania, New York University, 1995-1996

Cornelia Cincilei, Moldova, University of Minnesota, 1992-1994

Andrei Silantiev, Russia, Duke University, 1994-1996

Svetlana Vinogradova, Russia, Rutgers University, 1996-1997

Noor Umarov, Tajikistan, Monterey Institute for International Studies, 1994-1997

Shohrat Orazov, Turkmenistan Eastern Carolina University, 1998-2000

Dmitry Trusilov, Turkmenistan, Claremont University, 1996-1998

Maxim Galitzine, Ukraine, Tulane University, 1996-1998

Flora Salikhova, Uzbekistan, University of Colorado Boulder, 1997-1999

Released on May 21, 2002

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