Global Presence
Â鶹ӰԺ State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
Over the past several weeks, Â鶹ӰԺ faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.
Â鶹ӰԺ State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
A group from Â鶹ӰԺ State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Â鶹ӰԺ State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference dedicated to promoting peace through education, opened Tuesday, July 11, in Kigali, Rwanda, with delegates from throughout the United States and 14 countries participating.
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Â鶹ӰԺ State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, Â鶹ӰԺ State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Â鶹ӰԺ State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Â鶹ӰԺ graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Â鶹ӰԺ State’s outreach efforts there.