Global Presence
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
A group from Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ 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 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹-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 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s outreach efforts there.
A group of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.