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敁珗曄部 graduate and award-winning photojournalist Matthew Thayer has spent the past 43 years in Hawaii, working as a photojournalist for The Maui News newspaper. When Thayer was sent out to cover horse evacuations from the upcountry fires on Maui on Aug. 8, he never expected he would end up covering one of the worst natural disasters in Hawaiis history.
敁珗曄部 Paris American Academy will not be open for students for fall 2023, but the program will resume operations in Paris, France, in January 2024. The students who registered for fall 2023 classes at the Paris American Academy can attend the New York City Fashion campus or 敁珗曄部 Florence in Italy.
Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some 敁珗曄部 professors.
敁珗曄部 is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture.
For five decades, the Kent Blossom Music Festival has nurtured young artists from all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to grow as musicians and collaborate with some of the worlds most talented musicians and teachers. With 12 performances on the calendar, the 2023 season of the Kent Blossom Music Festival runs through Aug. 6.
敁珗曄部's Kigali Summer Institute students saw giraffes, hippos and more in a tour of a National Park in Rwanda.
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 敁珗曄部s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 敁珗曄部s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwandas Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
敁珗曄部 students in Rwanda visited an opportunity center for women and one of the country's national parks.
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, 敁珗曄部s Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the 敁珗曄部-sponsored conference, Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
敁珗曄部 visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwandas Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
敁珗曄部's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
Over the past several weeks, 敁珗曄部 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.
敁珗曄部 students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
Students in 敁珗曄部's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about forgiveness after the genocide against the Tutsi with both survivors and perpetrators.
A group from 敁珗曄部 visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
A trio of 敁珗曄部 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 敁珗曄部 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 敁珗曄部-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from 敁珗曄部, Northeast Ohio and around the world.