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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State visitors meet at the Rwandan Ministry.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future. 

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students check out the Kigali skyline

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.

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Dance troupe in Rwanda.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State-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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State 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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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

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.

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

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. 

Pacifique Niyonzima, far right, program manager of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State'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..

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.