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MAP Alum Creates Podcast on Sexual Identity and GenderMay 20, 2024
Before Lena Vallianatou started her MA in International Peacebuilding, she recounts being unaware of some of her emotions, such as anger and sadness. She learned about trauma in a class and how to recognize it in herself and others. “It was like therapy,” Lena says. Getting that skill inspired her to create a podcast for her capstone project. The podcast raises awareness and educates about trauma around sexual identity and gender.
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President Joel N. Lohr Announces Plan to Step DownMay 13, 2024
Joel N. Lohr, an awarding-winning author, scholar of religion, and transformative leader in higher education, announced today that he will step down from his position as the 11th President of Hartford International University for Religion and Peace on July 30, 2025.
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Dear Friends: A Message from President Joel N. LohrMay 13, 2024
There is a path in front of me. I don’t know where it leads, but I know that God is calling me to it.
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Newly Designed Doctor of Ministry to Launch in Fall 2024May 13, 2024
A Doctor of Ministry degree will return to HIU this fall with a newly designed hybrid format.
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Dr. Walter Earl Fluker to Receive Honorary Degree from Boston University
May 6, 2024
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at Hartford International University for Religion & Peace, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Boston University during commencement ceremonies planned for May 16-19.
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Peacebuilding Scholarship Fund Established to Honor Eliot 'Bang' Williams
April 30, 2024
Alumni News
Dr. Irfan Omar '94 Reconnects with Old Friends at HIU
April 26, 2024
Dr. Irfan Omar ‘94, an MA alum, flew to Connecticut from Milwaukee, WI, to attend a conference at Yale University and along the way visited the HIU campus. Dr. Omar was once an international student from India who said that Marie Rovero, Library Acquisitions and Interlibrary Loans, and other staff members made him feel he had a family here.
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MAP Student Speaks at the United Nations on Social Justice for Lebanese Youth
April 22, 2024
In 2020, MA in International Peacebuilding student Amar Al Moussawy received support from the Youth Advisory Board leaders in the United Nations Development Program. In August 2023, she was accepted as a board member, developing leadership skills. This year, she spoke at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on "Social Justice for Lebanese Youth in Times of Crisis: The Vision vs. the Reality and Possible Alternatives for Better Inclusion."