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Rwandan Media Embraces Ģý's Fashion School Plans

When Ģý 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. 

Tags: Global Reach , Global Impact , Rwanda

Ģý in Rwanda

A panel discussion at the Ģý Fashion Symposium 2026 includes (from left to right) Brenda Tatenda Masocha, expert trainer in the Creative Arts Department at Rwanda Polytechnic-Kigali College; Alphonse Kwizera, “Made in Rwanda” business analyst at Rwanda’s Ministry of Trade and Industry; Matthew “Tayo” Rugamba, founder and creative director of House of Tayo; and Cynthia Butare, founder and creative director of IMIGANI. (Photo courtesy of Cornwine for Ģý)

Coming Soon: Ģý Rwanda

Ģý unveiled plans for the proposed Ģý Rwanda and School of Fashion at a Kigali symposium, aiming to train designers and entrepreneurs to grow Africa's fashion industry.

Tags: University News , Global Reach , Global Impact , College of Honors and Global Education , Rwanda , School of Fashion , College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Ģý Today

Ģý first-year students cheer during Convocation in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. (Photo credit: Rami Daud, Ģý)

Ģý Named Among Best Global Universities by US News & World Report

Ģý has been named one of the Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report for 2026-2027, the highest-ranked public university in northern Ohio on the list. The recognition reflects Ģý’s global research impact, international student enrollment, education-abroad programs and partnerships spanning more than 60 countries.

Tags: University News , Global Reach , Nationally Distinctive , College of Honors and Global Education , Rwanda

Ģý Today

Five planes piloted by Ģý students from Rwanda line up before takeoff. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

Blue Skies, Bright Future: Five Rwandan Students Make Their First Flights at Ģý

Five Rwandan students selected from 2,600 applicants are training to become professional pilots at Ģý – and just made their first flights.

Tags: Global Reach , Nationally Distinctive , College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Rwanda , College of Honors and Global Education

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Visit from Rwandan Minister of Health.

IN A FLASH: A VIP Visit from Rwanda

Rwanda's Minister of Health was part of a delegation that visited Ģý to meet with administrators from Ģý's Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at Ģý.

Tags: Global Reach , Nationally Distinctive , International Students , Global Impact , Rwanda

Ģý in Rwanda

Rwandan Francis Rubagumya earned his master's degree at Ģý now he is paying it forward.

A Rwandan Police Officer Journeys From Kigali to Ģý, Earns His Degree and Returns Home to Pay It Forward

In December 2025, Francis Rubagumya, 37, walked across the stage at Ģý'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.

Tags: Student Life , Global Reach , Global Education , Profiles , Rwanda

Ģý in Rwanda

Stitching Together a Global Fashion Tapestry

Ģý'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 Ģý will establish the only American university-level fashion school on the entire continent of Africa.

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Ģý in Rwanda

Rwandan students studying at Ģý meet with the Rwandan Minister of Education Claudette Irere, and officials from the Office of Global Education.

Ģý Working to Bring Fashion and Aeronautics to Rwanda

Ģý’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.

Tags: Global Reach , Student Life , Global Education , University News , Featured Story , Rwanda

Ģý in Rwanda

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Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. '19

Pacifique Niyonzima, M.Ed. ’19, finds new opportunities for students through partnership between his alma mater and home country.

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Alumni and Giving

Highlights of the Global Peace Education Conference in Rwanda - July 11-13, 2023

In July 2023, School of Peace and Conflict Studies faculty and students, as well as other members of the Ģý community and local educators, traveled to Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the “Peace Education in an Era of Crisis” conference.

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