Global Presence
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s outreach efforts there.
A group of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.
For Brazilian student Rafael Bahls, being involved in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ American Academy in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, has expanded his worldview in a multitude of ways.
Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award.
What first began in 1972 with a small group of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.
A group of educators from Brazil spent two weeks at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ participating in workshops and field trips to area schools.