Global Education
![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 Kent State University, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust. 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 Kent State University, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Camille%20Tinnin.jpg?VersionId=HHAZ20LWOGHduj_HDxIluWRXK8rH0KBj&itok=AjEpJmeS)
A trio of Kent State University 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.
![Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Molly%20Merriman%20presenting.jpg?VersionId=26xoDzOHyfD.Ot4J9lSUBTmDH_5mqnZ_&itok=fQmluNh1)
A host of Kent State University 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.
![Students from Mexico at Kent State for an exchange program to research sustainable agriculture visit Martha's Farm in Ashland, Ohio in June. Students from Mexico at Kent State for an exchange program to research sustainable agriculture visit Martha's Farm in Ashland, Ohio in June.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/martha%26%23039%3Bs%20farm.jpg?VersionId=.DuMTlNEyONCcEul0Cv8c.4Ju6ZVwExz&itok=o8zx1Igt)
For the second year in a row, students from Kent State University 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.
![Brian Johnson, programming director for Black United Students, traveled to Israel with Hillel Jewish campus organization Brian Johnson, programming director for Black United Students, traveled to Israel with Hillel Jewish campus organization](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Israel%20group%203%20%282%29.jpg?VersionId=4dFZP3u7BknM2xkRtygzBlnL95ou4sJ6&itok=qBAjMCVQ)
Senior Brian Johnson traveled to Israel Jan. 3-13 with a group of 19 student leaders with the Student Leaders Trip to Israel sponsored by Hillel, a Jewish campus organization.
![Kristina Spangler Kristina Spangler](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/KristinaSpangler_1500w_1.png?VersionId=zKXYTtqv403ftjDRsmVXsjYwuJrMaSdl&h=95e8b8da&itok=_qJGNX2v)
![Malia Politzer of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting talks to students in Taylor Hall about her investigative reporting.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IMG_0680.jpg?VersionId=hBwH3FbXfPMPszsIqKGv9RB7htwt36C5&h=862666cc&itok=CBuNGhEI)
![Agadez’s elite business classes now include drug dealers, smugglers and pimps – the types of people who rape newly trafficked women to “break: them, beat migrants who haven’t paid their passage or bribe officials so this illicit work may continue. Agadez’s elite business classes now include drug dealers, smugglers and pimps – the types of people who rape newly trafficked women to “break: them, beat migrants who haven’t paid their passage or bribe officials so this illicit work may continue.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/niger2.png?VersionId=OtUo5OD7rOYzTJP9B5.6rIhTNdrOsDRc&h=800e04d3&itok=muCF8X5W)
![Kent State students traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to learn about human trafficking and local organizations working to eradicate it.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Trafficking.png?VersionId=9wCKpD8_NPxtrfZZ_9YRwakQaIwuGViG&h=98bdeb58&itok=UeJPOEJL)