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A visiting scholar from Turkey came to Kent State to speak about culturally diverse themes in picture books for young readers.

A group of ������ 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.

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

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

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

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 ������’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda’s Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world. 

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, ������’s Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the Kent State-sponsored conference, “Peace Education in an Era of Crisis,” which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.

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

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

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