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Kent State students check out the Kigali skyline

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

Over the past several weeks, ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø 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.

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence, Community & Society

Kent State Today

Survivors and perpetrators embracing at the reconciliation village

Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

Students in Kent State's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about forgiveness after the genocide against the Tutsi with both survivors and perpetrators.

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Kent State Today

Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys

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

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education

Kent State Today

Kent State graduate student Camille Tinnin gives a presentation on peace through storytelling, on July 12 at Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference being sponsored by ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool

A trio of ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø students took the lessons they learned on an education-abroad trip to Colombia last year and used them as a framework for promoting peace education practices at a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Education

Kent State Today

Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

Kent State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø 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.

Tags: School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Global Reach, Global Education, Community & Society

Kent State Today

James Smith, keynote speaker of the peace conference in Rwanda

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis

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

Tags: Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education, School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Kent State Today

Kent State students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace

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

Tags: Global Reach, Office of Global Education, Global Presence, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Education Abroad

Kent State Today

Pacifique laying flowers at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Photo credit: Aegis Trust/Patrick Ndayishimiye

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Kent State-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, Kent State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Kent State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

Tags: Global Reach, Community & Society, Global Presence

Kent State Today