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Traditional dancers perform at the Urugo Women's Opportunity Center In Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Exploring Rwanda

Kent State students in Rwanda visited an opportunity center for women and one of the country's national parks. 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence, Office of Global Education

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Barbara Wien, senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington D.C., teaches a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda at Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, global peace conference.

National Expert on Peace and Conflict Studies Says Time Was Right for Kent State Peace Conference

Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 5X社区鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the Kent State-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.

 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Education, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, College of Arts and Sciences

Kent State Today

Baby mountain gorilla at Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: 鈥楢n Amazing Experience鈥

Kent State visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda鈥檚 Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals. 

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education, University Communications and Marketing

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Kent State students check out the Kigali skyline

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

Over the past several weeks, 5X社区 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

Kent State Today

Survivors and perpetrators embracing at the reconciliation village

Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

Students in Kent 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.

Tags: Global Reach

Kent State Today

Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys

A group from Kent 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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Kent 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 5X社区, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool

A trio of 5X社区 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. 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Education

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