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As an entrepreneurship major at Kent State, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his Kent State education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L’uva Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
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, Kent State University’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 visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
Kent State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
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.
Kent State students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
Students in Kent State'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 Kent State visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/.
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.
Time in nature, the spirit of competition and bonding are just a few of the many benefits of a golf outing. For the past 25 years, the Glenn Davis Golf League has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community for Kent State, on and off the green.
Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.
Kent State is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.
A host of Kent State University 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.
New research methods and topics have emerged as society has taken a greater interest in mental health issues specifically when it comes to cognitive psychology, which includes how we process music or how motivation fosters in the brain.
The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Kent State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference dedicated to promoting peace through education, opened Tuesday, July 11, in Kigali, Rwanda, with delegates from throughout the United States and 14 countries participating.
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Kent State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
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 Tutsi.