Pacifique Niyonzima lost most of his family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Now he is earning a graduate degree in higher education administration at Kent State so he can give back to his native country. By Pacifique Niyonzima as told to Jan Senn April 2018 marked the 24th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide—the mass slaughter of the Tutsi tribe by members of the Hutu majority government, who recruited and pressured Hutu civilians to kill their Tutsi neighbors and destroy or steal their property.  An estimated 800,000 to 1 million Rwandans were killed during 100 days between Ap...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, June 6. The Board is scheduled to convene at 1:45 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of University Library.   Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-10 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.”   Board committees will meet as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 10:15-11:15 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room. Audit ...