Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

This spring, George Mason University Professor Al Fuertes traveled to Rwanda to facilitate workshops for former victims and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan mass genocide.

Since fall 2020, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University has been hosting Peace Week, a semi-annual event that features a series of roundtables, webinars, and workshops.

Susan Allen joined WTOP’s Sarah Jacobs to discuss Carter’s achievements, including being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Former President Jimmy Carter is remembered foremost as an agent of peace by the school that bears his name.

Senior Seung Gyo Kim recently spearheaded the inaugural Korean ArtPop Storytelling Workshop, bringing together more than 100 students from diverse backgrounds during Peace Week.

In recognition of former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday on Oct. 1, George Mason University’s Board of Visitors (BOV) voted to award President Carter an honorary doctor of humane letters.

U.S. Navy chaplain Andrew Hoyle studied hard in the classroom to complete his master of science in conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University in one year, but he hasn’t stopping learning and gaining more experience. This summer, the active-duty officer interned at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C.

The Carter School and College of Engineering and Computing are teaming up on a peace engineering minor.

Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at George Mason, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.

WJLA ABC 7News interviewed Dean Özerdem about the life and legacy of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on Sunday, when she passed away.
When asked to put into words the impact Rosalynn will continue in the DMV, Özerdem said, “Her impact will live with us.”