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Global Presence

Baby mountain gorilla at Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals. 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ visitors meet at the Rwandan Ministry.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students check out the Kigali skyline

Over the past several weeks, Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ-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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 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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Â鶹ÊÓƵ students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

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

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

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