In the News
A Hop, Skip and 5,000 Miles to Kent State
April 25, 2025
If you look into the stands of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center during a Kent State women's basketball game, you’ll find a mother-daughter pair of students from Brazil cheering with all their might. Five thousand miles from home, Hetty and Fernanda have found new…
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Kent State Working to Bring Fashion and Aeronautics to Rwanda
Jan. 22, 2025
Kent State University’s partnership with the African nation of Rwanda continues to blossom with the School of Fashion, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences all working to add program partnerships in Rwanda.
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Cultural Flavors Shine Bright on Kent State's First Snowy Night
Nov. 22, 2024
As the first light snow of the season fell on Kent State University, the Student Center Ballroom radiated warmth and camaraderie during the International Cook-Off Competition. The event, part of International Education Week, brought together hundreds of students, faculty and…
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Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. '19
June 27, 2024
Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. ’19, finds new opportunities for students through partnership between his alma mater and home country.
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Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
July 17, 2023
Over the past several weeks, Kent State University faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.
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Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
July 13, 2023
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.
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IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace
July 10, 2023
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Kent State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
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Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Kent State-Sponsored Peace Conference
July 10, 2023
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…
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Peace on the Horizon
July 2, 2023
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.
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Ohio Educators Heading to Kent State Peace Conference in Rwanda
June 30, 2023
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.
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