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Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

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James Smith, keynote speaker of the peace conference in Rwanda

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis

The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace

A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

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

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

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Pacifique Niyonzima, far right, program manager of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'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..

Rwandan Genocide Survivor Leading Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Outreach Efforts in Rwanda

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s outreach efforts there.

 

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Sarah Schmidt, Ph.D., far left, instructor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, and the students taking part in this year's Kigali Summer Institute in Rwanda.

Peace on the Horizon

A group of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.

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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.

Ohio Educators Heading to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Peace Conference in Rwanda

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. 

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Students from Mexico at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« for an exchange program to research sustainable agriculture visit Martha's Farm in Ashland, Ohio in June.

Food Production and Cultural Preservation at Heart of Exchange Program

For the second year in a row, students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City have taken part in an international exchange to continue their research on food production, cultural preservation and economic inclusion. 

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Kigali Rwanda on a map

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe. 

 

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Students Returning Home Following Paris Explosion

Several Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students who were studying at the Paris American Academy in Paris are currently on their way home after an explosion occurred  in the building where the academy is located on Wednesday. Some of the students have decided to stay in Europe.

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