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Dance troupe in Rwanda.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience. 

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Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

A group from Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

James Smith, keynote speaker of the peace conference in Rwanda

The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, gives a welcome address to open Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda, sponsored by Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University, the University of Rwanda, and the Aegis Trust.

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. 

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Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

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

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. 

Pacifique Niyonzima, far right, program manager of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Office of Education Abroad in Africa, based in Kigali, Rwanda, greets students taking part in the Kigali Summer Institute, upon their arrival in Rwanda on July 2, 2023..

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.

 

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Sarah Schmidt, Ph.D., far left, instructor in Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, and the students taking part in this year's Kigali Summer Institute in Rwanda.

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.

Educators from Stow-Munroe Falls City School District will attend a peace education conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School; Kristy Prough, BA ’99, MED ’02, EDS ’04, assistant superintendent and director of special services; Associate Principal Amanda Murray; and Assistant Principal Evelyn Haught, BSE ’07.

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.