http://coehp.uark.edu/ en-us News from the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST On my last day in Rwanda, I decided to try to meet with officials of the United States Agency for International Development about obtaining external funding for the master's degree program in genocide studies and prevention. When I got to the embassy and put in a call, no one was available. I called the director of education, whom I had briefly met with two days earlier, and asked her if she knew of any funding opportunities at all that USAID or the American Embassy had that could possibly provide funding for the National University of Rwanda's new master's degree in genocide studies and prevention. She stated that she was not aware of any.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7354.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7354.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST Having spent three weeks on reconstituting the master's degree in genocide studies so that it once again would provide students with a global versus a parochial view of genocide studies and prevention, Rafiki Ubaldo and I have finally begun our effort to secure external funding for the master's degree program. The latter was something we had planned on doing from the outset of our arrival in Rwanda but due to the fact that the curriculum had been radically changed (and not for the better) either prior to or during the validation process at the National University of Rwanda, we had no choice but to focus all of our attention and time on a radical revision of the curriculum.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7345.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7345.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST Rafiki Ubaldo, my assistant, and I spent five hours revising the curriculum of the master's degree in genocide studies and prevention so that it, once again, had a global focus versus a Rwanda-centric focus (and one that was largely bereft of the prevention/intervention component so essential to a solid curriculum on genocide studies).

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7340.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7340.htm Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST From the moment I first met Emmanuel, I knew I needed to interview him.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7334.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7334.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST The student said that her idea was to develop, along with some of her fellow students in class, a radio show on genocide. She said that each show might feature a special topic – a topic that they (the producers of the show) knew would be of special interest to the citizens of Rwanda, or, conversely, topics actually suggested by listeners.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7325.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7325.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST It is not every day that a researcher or outsider has ready access to inner corridors of power within the country in which he or she is either conducting research and/or serving as a consultant. The fact that I had just that here in Rwanda speaks to the seriousness with which the development of the new master's degree in genocide studies is taken here.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7317.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7317.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST As we threaded our way through crowded Kigali traffic, circled the two beautifully manicured roundabouts near the city center with their neat rows of green and yellow hedges and multicolored lilies, and headed toward the outskirts of town, just the thought of heading to Butare and crossing over the scores of green-clad "land of a thousand hills" (milles collines) energized me.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7297.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7297.htm Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST Teaching a course on genocide is never easy as it involves both extremely complex issues and highly emotional subject matter. Teaching a course to survivors of a recent genocide is of another magnitude altogether.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7287.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7287.htm Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST The warm glow from a kind welcome began to cool when hints started being dropped that the NUR Senate validation of the original curriculum I developed had resulted in some deletions and additions of courses.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7286.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7286.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST The 1994 genocide, which began on April 6, 1994, and was halted the first week of July 1994, lasted 100 days. During that time, between 500,000 and 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slain at the hands of extremist Hutus wielding traditional farm tools such as hoes and machetes.

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