All this week, "In A Flash" will feature images from the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University group's trip to Rwanda.
Members of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State delegation attending , a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda, were treated to a soaring show by this mother with her baby from a group of local velvet monkeys. Velvet monkeys are common throughout East Africa and live in rural and urban environments.
The conference is sponsored by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the and the , a non-profit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other global atrocities.
Bringing together peace and conflict experts and educators from around the world, the conference is another building block in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s growing relationship with the University of Rwanda. In May 2022, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Board of Trustees approved Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State opening a base of operations at the University of Rwanda for creating collaborative educational exchanges and to serve as a base of operations for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s recruitment throughout Africa.