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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. 

Pacifique Niyonzima, far right, program manager of Â鶹ÊÓƵ'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..

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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’s outreach efforts there.

 

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

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

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.

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. 

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

For the second year in a row, students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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. 

Kigali Rwanda on a map

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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. 

 

Paris American Academy

Several Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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.

American Academy Students in Curitiba, Brazil

For Brazilian student Rafael Bahls, being involved in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ American Academy in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, has expanded his worldview in a multitude of ways.

Hollywood sign in Florence

Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award.