Global Reach
Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
Over the past several weeks, ÂÌñÉç 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.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Let's Dance!
ÂÌñÉçstudents experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
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.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys
A group from ÂÌñÉçvisiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Creating Places for Peace Education
All this week, "In A Flash" will feature images from the ÂÌñÉç group's trip to Rwanda. Isobel, Day, a recent ÂÌñÉçgraduate from Grove City, Pa., presented at Day Two of Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference…
Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
A trio of ÂÌñÉç 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.
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.
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.
Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Kent State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ÂÌñÉçstudents visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ÂÌñÉçKigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Leading ÂÌñÉçOutreach Efforts in Rwanda
ÂÌñÉç graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Kent State’s outreach efforts there.