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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art

IN A FLASH: Meeting at The Met

Students from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.

Tags: School of Fashion, NYC Fashion, Students First, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact, Global Reach

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Students in South Africa

Exploring Racial Histories of the United States and South Africa

In May of this year, a group of seven students from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Center for African Studies embarked on a transformative journey to the  in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Florence, Italy, skyline

Journey Beyond Comfort: My First Week Study Abroad Experience

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ student Brad Smith shares his initial thoughts from the first week of his education abroad experience in Florence, Italy, as well as a few helpful dos and don'ts.

Tags: Global Reach, Students First

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wildfire stock art

Award-Winning Photojournalist and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Alum Captures Stunning Losses in Maui Wildfires

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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 Hawaii’s history.

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence

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The Louvre in Paris

Paris American Academy Program to Resume Operations January 2024

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Florence in Italy. 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence, Office of Global Education

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Professor Karl Kosko shows a Kent-area public school teacher how to use a 3-D printer.

Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad

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 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professors. 

Tags: Community & Society, Global Reach, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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.

Fulbright Program Brings International Students to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ

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

Tags: Global Reach, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Global Presence, Students First, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Kent Blossom Music Festival

Young Musicians Get a Chance to Bloom

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 world’s most talented musicians and teachers. With 12 performances on the calendar, the 2023 season of the Kent Blossom Music Festival runs through Aug. 6.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Arts & Culture, Global Reach

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Student Emily Spenser in Akagera National Park, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Students on Safari

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Kigali Summer Institute students saw giraffes, hippos and more in a tour of a National Park in Rwanda.

Tags: Office of Global Education, Global Presence, Global Reach, College of Education Health and Human Services

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Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, dean of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Arts and Sciences talks with Aggee Shyaka Mugabe, interim director of the University of Rwanda's Centre for Conflict.

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ-Sponsored Peace Conference Unites Delegates from Across the Globe

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 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’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. 

Tags: Global Reach, Global Education, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education

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