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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students check out the Kigali skyline

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

Over the past several weeks, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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.

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence, Community & Society

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Dance troupe in Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Let's Dance!

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience. 

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Survivors and perpetrators embracing at the reconciliation village

Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

Students in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State'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.

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Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys

A group from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State graduate student Camille Tinnin gives a presentation on peace through storytelling, on July 12 at Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference being sponsored by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool

A trio of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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. 

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Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, 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 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. 

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