Global Presence
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
Over the past several weeks, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
A group from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State-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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s outreach efforts there.