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Russian’s 2nd Visit to Bemidji Professional Exchange
(Bemidji, MN) – Open World leaders from
Russia arrived in Bemidji, Friday, October 30th
for a week long program to promote mutual
understanding between Minnesota and Russian
nurse educators. Bemidji area volunteers
organized a citizen diplomacy program thatwill continue the professional nursing exchange
that was begun in 2008 and the visit by Bemidji
nurses to Tomsk, Siberia in June 2009. Once
again, educators of nurses from Balakova and
Tomsk explored with Bemidji area nurses current
issues in nursing and nurse education in the
U.S. and Russia.
Managed by the independent Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress, Open World is designed to enhance understanding and capabilities for cooperation between the United States and the countries of Eurasia and the Baltic States by developing a network of leaders in the region who have gained significant, firsthand exposure to America’s democratic, accountable government and free-market system.
Delegates met with nursing faculty and students
at Northwest Technical College and Bemidji
State University. BSU faculty hosted 3 days
which included attendance in a Transcultural
Nursing course, shadowing clinical experiences
at North Country Health Services, Student
Health, and St. Philip’s School.
The Open World Program is a non-partisan
initiative of Congress designed to build mutual
understanding between the United States and
Russia. Since 1999 more than 15,000 Open
World participants from Russia and other
former Soviet countries have been hosted in
all 50 states. Delegates represent official
government offices, private business owners,
managers of non-governmental organizations,
and citizen volunteers.
To read more articles from Bemidji State University nursing program newsletter please click here.
For more information about Open World, please visit www.openworld.gov.