Afghan Scholars Program

Afghan Civil Officials Arrive at UW Evans School of Public Affairs

Government and Nonprofit Officials Travel to Seattle for Advanced Studies
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Fifteen government and nonprofit officials from Afghanistan arrived February 13 to study public administration and policy at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs.

The students are pursuing Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) degrees at Kabul University and work for organizations including the Afghan Ministries of Justice, Finance, and the Interior; Afghan National Assembly; and the United Nations.

“The future of Afghanistan depends on building strong public and nonprofit sectors,” said Sandra O. Archibald, dean and professor at the Evans School of Public Affairs. “We are proud to help these distinguished professionals gain the skills necessary to build and maintain civil society and governmental infrastructure in their country.”

Over the next three months, these students will pursue intensive studies in leadership, management, and international development and relations, leveraging the Evans School’s strengths in program development and evaluation, public/private/nonprofit partnerships, strategic management, and public policy. They will have the opportunity to learn first hand from public and nonprofit professionals and will work with Evans School faculty members to begin their master’s theses.

The Evans School hosts this program in partnership with the Afghan eQuality Alliances Program, a Global Development Alliance sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through a cooperative agreement with Washington State University. The program is managed by Sanjeev Khagram, associate professor of public affairs and international studies, and Shannon Mills, director of executive education at the Evans School.

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Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

The Evans School of Public Affairs hosts between 12 and 14 midcareer professionals from around the world every year through the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. The fellows take part in one year of advanced non-degree study to gain hands-on experience and theoretical knowledge of how the U.S. approaches work in their professional fields.

Learn more about our 2007-2008 Humphrey Fellows.

Past Humphrey fellows have come from the fields of:

• Natural resources & environmental management
• Public policy analysis & public administration
• Economic development
• Agricultural development
• Finance & banking
• Human resource management
• Education planning
• Urban/regional planning
• Democratic development

The University of Washington is one of only 15 universities in the U.S. where Humphrey fellows are placed, and has hosted more than 230 fellows from at least 90 different nations since 1987. For the Evans School, this has provided an invaluable resource of international perspectives on public policy issues that cross national boundaries.

The Humphrey Fellowship program is administered by the Institute of International Education and primarily supported by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

For more information about the Humphrey Fellowship Program at the Evans School, contact our Student Services office at evansdss@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4900.

Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program provides Eurasian graduate students and professionals with the opportunity to study in the United States for up to two years. The Muskie Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 to spur economic and democratic growth in:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Kyrgyzstan
• Moldova
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

The Muskie Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board.

For more information, contact the Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program or the Evans School Student Services office at evansdss@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4900.

Korean Civil Service Fellowship Program

The Evans School is one of several universities in the United States, and the only one on the West Coast, participating in the Korean Civil Service Fellowship Program, which presents a unique professional development opportunity for government officials from the Republic of Korea.

The program allows its participants the flexibility to study a particular subject in depth related to their profession while pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree and executive training courses.

Elements of the program at the Evans School include:

• Rigorous executive training courses through the Cascade Center
• Academic courses with other Evans School students
• Intensive English courses
• Professional development opportunities through work with local public, private, and nonprofit organizations

The participants are also required to enroll in an International Fellows Seminar at the Evans School for one credit per quarter.

The Korean Civil Service Fellowship Program is funded by the Civil Service Commission of the Republic of Korea and administered by the Human Resources Development Bureau of the Republic of Korea.

For more information about the Korean Civil Service Fellowship Program at the Evans School, contact our Student Services office at evansdss@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4900.