Global Reach
Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
Over the past several weeks, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Let's Dance!
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda
Students in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about forgiveness after the genocide against the Tutsi with both survivors and perpetrators.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys
A group from ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Creating Places for Peace Education
All this week, "In A Flash" will feature images from the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University group's trip to Rwanda. Isobel, Day, a recent ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì graduate from Grove City, Pa., presented at Day Two of Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference…
Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
A trio of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University students took the lessons they learned on an education-abroad trip to Colombia last year and used them as a framework for promoting peace education practices at a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Leading ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Outreach Efforts in Rwanda
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s outreach efforts there.