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�鶹ӰԺ State's Kigali Summer Institute transforms students into better peacemakers.

Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by �鶹ӰԺ’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, �鶹ӰԺ State’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda’s Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world. 

Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, �鶹ӰԺ’s Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the �鶹ӰԺ State-sponsored conference, “Peace Education in an Era of Crisis,” which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.

�鶹ӰԺ State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future. 

�鶹ӰԺ State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience. 

A group from �鶹ӰԺ State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

A host of �鶹ӰԺ faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the �鶹ӰԺ State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from �鶹ӰԺ State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

A group of �鶹ӰԺ students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.