{"id":33318,"date":"2026-01-23T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=33318"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:21:46","slug":"asking-big-questions-in-a-small-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/23\/asking-big-questions-in-a-small-country","title":{"rendered":"Asking big questions in a small country\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A&nbsp;new study abroad program in Rwanda&nbsp;led by two University of Washington Bothell faculty members&nbsp;takes international and interdisciplinary&nbsp;collaboration to the&nbsp;next level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of&nbsp;visiting&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;of&nbsp;14 million people&nbsp;as&nbsp;a cohort just from UW Bothell, 17 UW students recently&nbsp;spent four weeks studying,&nbsp;traveling&nbsp;and researching alongside&nbsp;16&nbsp;counterparts from across Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的ir&nbsp;focus: leadership and nation building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why&nbsp;Rwanda? Notorious for the&nbsp;1994 genocide in which&nbsp;one&nbsp;million Tutsis and moderate Hutus&nbsp;lost their lives,&nbsp;the country&nbsp;is now&nbsp;seen as&nbsp;a model for&nbsp;smart 21st-century development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThirty years since the genocide,&nbsp;Rwanda has become a&nbsp;global story in that it\u2019s one of the&nbsp;fastest growing economies and most&nbsp;secure countries in Africa,\u201d said&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Ben Gardner,&nbsp;program co-leader&nbsp;who first&nbsp;visited in 2022 for a teaching stint at the&nbsp;African Leadership University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041738ALUcampus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Grounded in&nbsp;partnership<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Determined to&nbsp;facilitate&nbsp;genuine connections&nbsp;between&nbsp;American and African students, he&nbsp;partnered with&nbsp;the&nbsp;same university&nbsp;to&nbsp;anchor&nbsp;and energize the study abroad&nbsp;program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cALU&nbsp;recruits&nbsp;students who want to make a difference and solve big problems,\u201d said Gardner, associate professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences<\/a>. About half of the ALU student body hails from Rwanda; the other half is drawn from more than 30 African nations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALU chose 16&nbsp;students from&nbsp;across the continent \u2014&nbsp;Burundi, Cameroon, Cot\u00ea&nbsp;d\u2019Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia and Zimbabwe \u2014&nbsp;to&nbsp;study alongside the 17 visiting Americans. Each day, all 33 students convened&nbsp;for&nbsp;classes and workshops&nbsp;at the ALU campus in the capital city of Kigali.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 opportunity for our students to work closely in collaboration with students from ALU was special and really a highlight,\u201d&nbsp;said&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Ron&nbsp;Krabill,&nbsp;co-leader&nbsp;and professor&nbsp;in&nbsp;the School of IAS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的&nbsp;richness&nbsp;of the&nbsp;learning&nbsp;community came as a pleasant surprise to&nbsp;at least one&nbsp;UW Bothell&nbsp;student.&nbsp;\u201cI thought I would get along with maybe one or two people,\u201d&nbsp;said&nbsp;Kalkidan&nbsp;Kabeto,&nbsp;a junior majoring in Psychology,&nbsp;\u201cbut during my trip I was able to connect with almost all of the students from the African Leadership University, even walking away with friendships I hold dear to my heart.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pillars of nation building<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Together,&nbsp;the&nbsp;multi-country&nbsp;cohort delved into a curriculum that covered topics from theories of power and representation to applied ethnography.&nbsp;足彩app哪个是正规的y also formed research teams to&nbsp;investigate&nbsp;how the&nbsp;Rwandan government approaches nation building in&nbsp;the wake of the genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的y&nbsp;zeroed in on four themes:&nbsp;global health, ecotourism, sports development and human rights. 足彩app哪个是正规的 teams\u2019 research culminated in proposals tackling a range of issues,&nbsp;from&nbsp;youth participation in sports&nbsp;to&nbsp;the need for&nbsp;a grassroots approach to&nbsp;human rights issues.&nbsp;足彩app哪个是正规的 ecotourism research group&nbsp;conceived&nbsp;a buddy system for African American travelers visiting Rwanda&nbsp;to&nbsp;connect directly with local people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 research presentations were interesting because the groups mixed American, Rwandan and other African students,\u201d said Krabill. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的&nbsp;perspectives were&nbsp;varied,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;students&nbsp;could all bring things from their countries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1042115-Enhanced-NR-7ALUcampus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A recipe for entrepreneurism<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of class,&nbsp;wide-ranging field trips and casual conversations showcased Rwandans\u2019 entrepreneurial drive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Layan&nbsp;Arrabi, a UW Bothell senior majoring in Mathematics, noticed this quality early on,&nbsp;when&nbsp;she&nbsp;shared&nbsp;Middle Eastern&nbsp;shortbread&nbsp;cookies&nbsp;with other students. 足彩app哪个是正规的&nbsp;buttery&nbsp;treats&nbsp;were a hit, especially with the Rwandans.&nbsp;When someone asked for the recipe,&nbsp;insisting it could be the&nbsp;foundation of a lucrative new business,&nbsp;Arrabi&nbsp;laughed off&nbsp;the request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, after meeting&nbsp;the heads of Rwandan businesses and&nbsp;non-governmental organizations&nbsp;on field trips over&nbsp;the next four weeks,&nbsp;she came to see the cookie conversation&nbsp;in a new light.&nbsp;\u201cThroughout our trip,&nbsp;over and over again, Rwandans referenced&nbsp;turning their humble beginnings into great projects,\u201d&nbsp;she said, noting that many people pointed to&nbsp;strong&nbsp;government support for entrepreneurial efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mulling&nbsp;these interactions later,&nbsp;Arrabi&nbsp;connected&nbsp;them to the bigger political picture:&nbsp;\u201cThis cultural push for entrepreneurship ties to the government\u2019s push for economic development and growth, as opposed to, say, liberal democracy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1052223Zipline-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Road&nbsp;testing&nbsp;big questions<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrabi\u2019s&nbsp;insight points to&nbsp;several&nbsp;larger questions&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;study abroad program raised:&nbsp;What are the perceived tradeoffs between prosperity and democracy? Are the&nbsp;economic benefits worth it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gardner put it like this:&nbsp;\u201cWhat do people need,&nbsp;and what can the state deliver? This&nbsp;teeny&nbsp;African nation&nbsp;becomes&nbsp;a really important&nbsp;site to think about nationalism and state development and power.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的s&nbsp;road&nbsp;tested these themes as they soaked in the sights,&nbsp;sounds&nbsp;and tastes of Rwanda. 足彩app哪个是正规的ir travels took them&nbsp;to&nbsp;the national girls\u2019 soccer championship in Kigali,&nbsp;the Meza&nbsp;Malonga&nbsp;culinary innovation village, a Partners in Health clinic&nbsp;and&nbsp;Solid\u2019Africa, a farm-to-fork&nbsp;program that serves food to people in hospitals and schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In between, they&nbsp;played ultimate frisbee with the locals,&nbsp;hiked&nbsp;in Volcanoes National Park&nbsp;and&nbsp;visited businesses such as Zipline, a drone delivery service that ferries medical supplies anywhere in the country within an hour.&nbsp;足彩app哪个是正规的 Rwandan government was Zipline\u2019s first&nbsp;customer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis trip and these experiences have definitely made me think about the role of government&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;and where and how it should have power,\u201d said&nbsp;Arrabi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/P1041973SolidAfrica.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A sustainable program<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Future&nbsp;study&nbsp;abroad&nbsp;participants&nbsp;will pick up where&nbsp;she&nbsp;and her peers left off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gardner and Krabill intend to make&nbsp;\u201cLeadership and Nation Building in Rwanda\u201d a long-term,&nbsp;sustainable project. To do so, they&nbsp;plan to&nbsp;recruit&nbsp;a cadre of professors&nbsp;who will&nbsp;rotate into&nbsp;leadership roles&nbsp;each year.&nbsp;For the inaugural program,&nbsp;they were joined by&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Sunila&nbsp;S.&nbsp;Kale from the&nbsp;UW\u2019s&nbsp;Jackson School of International Studies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a way to show that the UW is committed to keep showing up and offering a program that benefits ALU students as much as it benefits UW students,\u201d said Gardner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krabill credits the&nbsp;enthusiastic, risk-taking&nbsp;student&nbsp;cohort&nbsp;with the 2025 program\u2019s resounding success&nbsp;so far.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe always like to say that we can create a structure that can make something magical happen,\u201d he said, \u201cbut the students&nbsp;have to&nbsp;make the magic happen. 足彩app哪个是正规的y really did it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;This trip and these experiences have&nbsp;definitely made&nbsp;me think about the role of government&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;and where and how it should have power.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Layan&nbsp;Arrabi, senior in Mathematics&nbsp;<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>足彩app哪个是正规的 next Leadership and nation building in Rwanda Study Abroad program will be held in late summer 2026. 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