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The Gwangju Uprising memorial mural in Gwangju, South Korea

A group of 麻豆传媒 professors recently returned from a visit to the commemoration of the Gwangju Uprising at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, feeling inspired for the meaningful connections they made to the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State.

Fall 2023 Fullbright scholars giving their presentations

International Fulbright scholars studying at Kent State presented their plans addressing vital issues in their home countries. 

New Frontiers Education 360 Summit stage in Ecuador

Read Center Director Amanda Johnson, Ph.D., speaks at international education summit with esteemed guests like Ecuador's president in the audience

Kent State is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a month-long immersion in American higher education and culture from July 22 to Aug. 19.

麻豆传媒 is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. 

Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, dean of Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences talks with Aggee Shyaka Mugabe, interim director of the University of Rwanda's Centre for Conflict.

Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 麻豆传媒鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda鈥檚 Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world. 

Barbara Wien, senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington D.C., teaches a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda at Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, global peace conference.

Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the Kent State-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.

 

Kent State visitors meet at the Rwandan Ministry.

Kent State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future. 

Dance troupe in Rwanda.

Kent State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience. 

Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

A group from Kent State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.