All this week, In A Flash will feature images from the 蹤獲扦 groups trip to Rwanda.
Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph. D., dean of 蹤獲扦s College of Arts and Sciences, and Pacifique Niyonzima, a 蹤獲扦 alumnus who is now leading 蹤獲扦s outreach efforts in Rwanda and its partnership with the , met with students at 賊滄硃紳餃硃s National Police College. The students will be on the Kent Campus this fall to begin their masters degree programs as part of the growing global education partnership between the two institutions.
A trek up the mountain
賊滄硃紳餃硃s , which includes a range of dormant volcanoes, is located near 賊滄硃紳餃硃s National Police College. The park is home to 12 troops of endangered mountain gorillas. The Rwandan National Police oversee security for the park and offered the 蹤獲扦 group a tour as their guests.
Excursions to see the gorillas are available to visitors through carefully controlled and guided mountainside tours, available by limited permit from the park.
Visitors and guides can view the gorillas in close proximity, from just a few feet away. The troop of gorillas the 蹤獲扦 group visited included two silverback males and two new baby gorillas. Bob Christy, senior coordinator, photography, in 蹤獲扦s University Communications and Marketing (UCM) department who captured these images, said, As you climb the mountain, the gorillas are all around you. When you find them, they will come very close to you, sometimes even touching you. Its amazing.
蹤獲扦 is looking toward including tours of the park in future education-abroad programs in Kigali.
A panoramic view, looking down the mountain from Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.
