News & Media
News and media coverage of Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s work in Rwanda reflects both the university’s established presence and the continued evolution of the partnership into the proposed Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Rwanda.
From academic collaborations and workforce initiatives to national-level engagements and global visibility, these stories highlight the depth of existing partnerships and the momentum leading to the formal unveiling of the proposed Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Rwanda in June 2026.
Rwandan Media Embraces Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State's Fashion School Plans
June 23, 2026
When Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State unveiled plans for a proposed School of Fashion in Rwanda, the country's leading news outlets embraced the announcement as a milestone moment for Rwanda's creative economy — and for Africa's fashion industry as a whole.
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Coming Soon: Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Rwanda
June 22, 2026
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State unveiled plans for the proposed Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Rwanda and School of Fashion at a Kigali symposium, aiming to train designers and entrepreneurs to grow Africa's fashion industry.
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IN A FLASH: A VIP Visit from Rwanda
March 23, 2026
Rwanda's Minister of Health was part of a delegation that visited Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State to meet with administrators from Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State's Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State.
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A Rwandan Police Officer Journeys From Kigali to Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State, Earns His Degree and Returns Home to Pay It Forward
Feb. 19, 2026
In December 2025, Francis Rubagumya, 37, walked across the stage at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State's commencement with a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language — and a plan to take every lesson he had learned back to the country he loves Rwanda.
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Stitching Together a Global Fashion Tapestry
Feb. 9, 2026
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State's School of Fashion is on track to be the university's first worldwide program — and its most ambitious expansion yet is taking root in Kigali, Rwanda, where Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State will establish the only American university-level fashion school on the entire continent of Africa.
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Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Working to Bring Fashion and Aeronautics to Rwanda
Jan. 22, 2025
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s partnership with the African nation of Rwanda continues to blossom with the School of Fashion, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences all working to add program partnerships in Rwanda.
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Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. '19
June 27, 2024
Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. ’19, finds new opportunities for students through partnership between his alma mater and home country.
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Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
July 17, 2023
Over the past several weeks, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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.
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Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
July 13, 2023
A trio of Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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.
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IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace
July 10, 2023
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
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