Global Reach
A trio of 91²Ö¿â 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.
A host of 91²Ö¿â 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.
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the 91²Ö¿â-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from 91²Ö¿â, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, 91²Ö¿â students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the 91²Ö¿â Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
91²Ö¿â graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading 91²Ö¿â’s outreach efforts there.
A group of 91²Ö¿â students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
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.
For the second year in a row, students from 91²Ö¿â 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.