Synopsis: A guest lecturer at MTSU in March 2012, Carl Wilkens describes in this interview what it was like to be the only American to remain in Rwanda after civil war broke out in 1994 and how Rwanda has changed and improved since the war’s end.
An MTSU student who will study in Rwanda this fall explained her unusual choice of destinations during a recent edition of on “MTSU On the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org). Brentwood native Kaity Newman, who is majoring in both philosophy and international relations, says she…
Anti-Genocide activist and humanitarian Carl Wilkens, a Rwanda Civil War Survivor, urged MTSU students to enter a world 'Outside My Shoes.' Wilkens, the only American who chose to stay in Rwanda when the country's civil war erupted in April 1994, address the MTSU audience, March 28, in the State Farm…
Carl Wilkens, the only American who chose to stay in Rwanda when the country’s civil war erupted in April 1994, will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building. Wilkens is the founder of Spokane, Wash.-based “World Outside My…
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