Middle Eastern and African student leaders at MSU for State Department-sponsored leadership program

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Twenty college students from 12 Middle Eastern and Northern African countries are in Bozeman for an intensive six-week Middle East Partnership Initiative Program at Montana State University. ...

In addition to their academic study while in Bozeman, MEPI program participants will enjoy leisure and cultural activities throughout the region including a trip to Butte on July 11.

The MEPI Study of the United States Institutes program is part of the U.S. Department of State’s public diplomacy initiative in the Middle East and North Africa. The MEPI Study of the United States Institute at MSU is one of six programs that take place in the summer on campuses across the U.S. The program provides students with an opportunity to understand American culture, explore human rights and civic engagement, develop leadership skills, build self-confidence and facilitates cross-cultural dialogue and understanding. This is the 10th year that MSU has hosted the MEPI program.

To learn more about the 2015 Middle East Partnership Initiative Program, please contact Janelle Rasmussen at jrasmussen@montana.edu. To learn more about the MSU Office of International Programs, Training Programs Division, please visit http://www.montana.edu/international/training/index.htm.

Janelle Rasmussen (406) 994-7602, jrasmussen@montana.edu