Global Reach
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Creating Places for Peace Education
All this week, "In A Flash" will feature images from the Kent State University group's trip to Rwanda. Isobel, Day, a recent Kent State graduate from Grove City, Pa., presented at Day Two of Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference…
Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
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.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Kent 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 Kent State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Kent State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, Kent State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Kent 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 Kent State Outreach Efforts in Rwanda
Kent State University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Kent State’s outreach efforts there.
Peace on the Horizon
A group of Kent State University students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Ohio Educators Heading to Kent 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 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.
Students Returning Home Following Paris Explosion
Several Kent State University students who were studying at the Paris American Academy in Paris are currently on their way home after an explosion occurred in the building where the academy is located on Wednesday. Some of the students have decided to stay in Europe.