Global Presence
Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Leading ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Outreach Efforts in Rwanda
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s outreach efforts there.
Peace on the Horizon
A group of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Ohio Educators Heading to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State 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.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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.
Carving Out His Path from Brazil to Broadway
For Brazilian student Rafael Bahls, being involved in the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï American Academy in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, has expanded his worldview in a multitude of ways.
Hollywood Comes to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Florence
Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award.
‘Being Here in Florence Means Touching History’
What first began in 1972 with a small group of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.
IN A FLASH: Bringing NEO Innovation to Brazil
A group of educators from Brazil spent two weeks at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State participating in workshops and field trips to area schools.
Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980
A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Before he leaves the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.