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Kent State students and staff, finishing a safari in Akagera National Park.

‘Sharing the influence of sports on society’: Athletes, staff give back in Rwanda

John Hilber, Assistant Sports Editor January 23, 2024

Twenty student athletes, administrators and staff members traveled to Rwanda in January on a service trip where the group learned about the community and the effects of the Rwandan genocide. Plans for...

Tri-Towers dorms blocked out by the snow on November 28, 2023.

Rwandan students stick together over winter break

Andrew Bowie, Reporter December 7, 2023

Over winter break, students are given the opportunity to stay in a dorm by filling out an application for $25 a day, or $725 for all of break.  Ashley Andrews, assignments coordinator for University...

Emily Spencer, Kent State family studies student, hugs Pacifique goodbye on her way to the airport, leaving the trip a few days early for work.

Visiting Rwanda 30 years after Genocide: Week 3

Sophia Lucente, NewsL@b Photographer August 8, 2023

Beginning our last week in Rwanda, the class met with the Ministry of Education, the national police and private sectors, learning about how the government implements peace education, community policing...

Primary school children stand outside the classrooms after school, waiting for their parents to pick them up.

Visiting Rwanda 30 years after Genocide: Week 2

Sophia Lucente, NewsLab Photographer July 29, 2023

The second week of the Kigali institute started with the Peace in an Era of Crisis conference, a collaboration of the Peace and Conflict school at Kent State and the Center for Conflict Management at the...

Sarah Schmidt and her students honor the people killed during the genocide in Rwanda by placing a wreath of flowers at the genocide memorial.

Visiting Rwanda 30 years after genocide

Sophia Lucente, NewsLab Photographer July 18, 2023

In 1994, armed militias within the Hutu power government of Rwanda committed genocide against the minority Tutsi during the Rwandan Civil War. An estimated one million people were killed in a span of about...

Kent State partnership with the University of Rwanda brings new opportunities to students

Ashley Caudill, Reporter February 23, 2023

Kent State and the University of Rwanda developed a program in 2018 that has grown rapidly to provide unique opportunities to students. The University of Rwanda is hosting Kent State and the two universities...

Kent State Rwanda community benefit company to begin operations by fall 2022

Vivien Starcher, Reporter June 18, 2022

On May 25, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of community benefit company offices to be located in Rwanda, Africa. Now, the Office of Global Education said the company will be operational...

Andrew Atkins.

The president needs a lesson: Compassion 101

Andrew Atkins January 21, 2018

A white envelope appeared in my mailbox last week. It only had my name scribbled across the front in purple pen.Inside was a small card. The front was decorated with a picture of pink and purple tulips...

Wails, sobs: Rwanda marks 20 years since genocide

Jason Straziuso & Katherine Sullivan: Associated Press April 7, 2014

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Displaying both pride and pain, Rwandans on Monday marked the 20th anniversary of a devastating 100-day genocide that saw packed churches set on fire and machete-wielding attackers...

News on the go: April 8, 2014

Taylor Williams April 7, 2014

After searching for the Malaysia Flight 370 for a month, ships detected a faint pinging noise Monday deep in the Indian Ocean. Search leaders call this the “most promising lead” yet. Officials are...