News & Media
News and media coverage of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s work in Rwanda reflects both the university’s established presence and the continued evolution of the partnership into the proposed Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Rwanda in June 2026.
Rwandan Media Embraces Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Fashion School Plans
June 23, 2026
When Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Rwanda
June 22, 2026
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State unveiled plans for the proposed Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State to meet with administrators from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State.
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A Rwandan Police Officer Journeys From Kigali to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State will establish the only American university-level fashion school on the entire continent of Africa.
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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Working to Bring Fashion and Aeronautics to Rwanda
Jan. 22, 2025
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’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, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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.
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Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool
July 13, 2023
A trio of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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.
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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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
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