Global Reach

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
A trio of ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.

½ÄÏÌåÓý State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda
A host of ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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 ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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 ½ÄÏÌåÓý State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ½ÄÏÌåÓý State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ½ÄÏÌåÓý State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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 ½ÄÏÌåÓý State Outreach Efforts in Rwanda
½ÄÏÌåÓý graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading ½ÄÏÌåÓý State’s outreach efforts there.

Peace on the Horizon
A group of ½ÄÏÌåÓý students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.

Ohio Educators Heading to ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.

Food Production and Cultural Preservation at Heart of Exchange Program
For the second year in a row, students from ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.

½ÄÏÌåÓý State and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace
½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.