The MPA program received funding for a second Muskie/Freedom Support Act Fellow who began working toward the master of public administration in fall 2002.  Joining second-year student Ilhom Maksudov (Uzbekistan) is Frunzik Voskanyan.
Frunzik comes to ECU from Yerevan, Armenia, where he worked as a research associate for the Center for Policy Analysis at the American University of Armenia.  Frunzik has worked on several research projects concerning local government in Armenia and plans on concentrating in state and local administration in the MPA program.  He will return to Armenia when he completes the MPA program.
The Muskie/Freedom Support Act provides financial support for graduate students from the former Soviet Union to pursue master of

public administration degrees in U.S. universities.  After completion of the MPA degree, Muskie/FSA students return to their home countries to become professional public administrators.
As an update on former Muskie/FSA students: 
Shokhrat Orazov (MPA, 2000: Turkmenistan) is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Turkmenistan.  He is the Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan coordinator for a project on environmental protection.  This past year, Orazov was named one of the Muskie Program's featured alumni for its first ten years. 
Arevik Saribekyan (MPA, 2000: Armenia) has organized a nonprofit in Armenia to fight corruption.  As she writes, "The only drawback is that this is an NGO (non-government organization) and the salaries are very low, and we are very overloaded."

Yelena Sazonova (MPA, 2001: Russia) is working at the Urals Academy of Public Administration (UAPA) in Ekaterinburg, Russia, as vice rector for international affairs.  She is the Russian coordinator of the ECU-UAPA Public Administration Partnership Grant from the US State Department.
Zhanna Servetnyk (MPA, 2002: Ukraine) returned to Kiev in August, 2002, after interning in  Washington, D.C. 
Nizami Akhverdiev (MPA, 2002: Azerbaijan) was scheduled to return to Azerbaijan in the Summer of 2002.  However, he decided to take his health and medical training to an area of the world that really needed it-Kabul, Afghanistan. 

munity and helps the department acquire the resources it needs to meet its goals.  The founding members include: Melonie Tyson Bryan, Randy Doub, Jessica Ennis, Michael Fox, Wayne Holloman, Mitchell Hunt, Harry Stubbs IV, and Scott Thomas.
Members serve a two-year term

and will meet once or twice a year.  If you are interested in joining the PSAC or nominating someone for membership, please contact   Dr. Richard C. Kearney, Chair, Department of Political Science at Kearneyr@mail.ecu.edu.