Global Reach

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys
A group from žžÀ² State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Creating Places for Peace Education

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
A trio of žžÀ² 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.

žžÀ² State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda
A host of žžÀ² 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.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the žžÀ² State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from žžÀ² State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for žžÀ² State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, žžÀ² State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the žžÀ² 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 žžÀ² State Outreach Efforts in Rwanda
žžÀ² graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading žžÀ² State’s outreach efforts there.

Peace on the Horizon
A group of žžÀ² students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.

Ohio Educators Heading to žžÀ² 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.