April 1, 2010

Briar Cliff to Host Rwandan Genocide Survivor
Immaculée Ilibagiza

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University will host Immaculée Ilibagiza, a Rwandan genocide survivor, at 7 p.m., April 8 in the Saint Francis Center on campus. Sponsored by Briar Cliff Student Government, this free event is open to the public.

Regarded as one of world's leading speakers on peace, faith and forgiveness, Ilibagiza has shared her universal message worldwide of her survival of genocide in Rwanda, where her family was brutally murdered.

“Immaculée’s story is incredibly powerful,” said Lisa Kremer, Worthington, Minn., a senior nursing major at Briar Cliff and member of Student Government. “Her faith and perseverance are an inspiration to all.”

Ilibagiza has been honored with numerous humanitarian awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace and American Legacy's Women of Strength and Courage Award. Her best-selling book, Left to Tell; Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, has been adopted into the curricula of high schools and universities around the world.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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