Garfield/Palouse students meet official from Rwanda

Forty-four students from Garfield-Palouse High School Friday met with Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, the former Secretary General of the Rwandese Patriotic Front and former Chief of Staff to the President of Rwanda, and the former Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Rwanda. The students are members of Dennis Griner’s U.S. History and Current World Issues classes.

Dr. Bill Smith, director of the University of Idaho’s Martin School of International Studies, arranged the meeting while Dr. Rudasingwa was on the UI campus as part of the Borah Symposium.

The students discussed with Dr. Rud...