Oct. 1: Rwandan minister to speak
Rwanda's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, UD alumna, to speak
11:04 a.m., Sept. 29, 2014--Louise Mushikiwabo, minister of foreign affairs and cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda and a University of Delaware alumna, will speak to the UD community at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Room 104 of the Center for Composite Materials.
The event, hosted by the School of Public Policy and Administration and Department of Political Science and International Relations in coordination with the Institute for Global Studies, is free and open to the public.
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Mushikiwabo immigrated to the United States in 1986. Two years later, she received a master of arts degree in languages and interpretation, with a focus in French, from UD.
She lived in the U.S. for 22 years, then briefly in Tunisia, before joining the Rwandan Cabinet in March 2008.
Mushikiwabo previously served as the Rwandan minister of information and is a public relations executive, speaker on Rwanda-related issues and an author.
Mushikiwabo co-authored Rwanda Means the Universe, an intergenerational socio-historical memoir, and has contributed to many newspaper and magazine articles.
In 2004, Mushikiwabo became the recipient of the Outstanding Humanitarian Award from American University’s School of International Studies.
This year, UD established relations with Rwanda through the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, and a College of Health Sciences summer nursing program supported by a Global Scholars Award from the Institute for Global Studies.