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PEACEscholars 43 NOW OFFERING: S SCREEN AL L DIGIT 4 FUL We Do Birthday Parties FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER YOU WILL GET: Movie Pass for each child Kids Pack for each child 1 Hour before or after the movie in the game room for cake and presents $10 per child add on one hour of free game play for an additional $2 ea. For information on, or to book, any type of party or get together please call Linda at the theater. PHONE: 636-528-5341 MOVIE LINE: 636-528-4647 For movie listings, movie update emails and ticket purchasing go to: WWW.TROYMOVIEHOUSE.COM Imagine having the opportunity to learn about preventing bullying and conflict in your school from people from two countries riddled with years of conflict. International Peace Scholars Arik Gulter-Ofir of Israel and Juliana Amal-Obonyo of Uganda traveled to Troy, Missouri and spoke to 180 Troy Middle School students What are about conflict resolution. Rotary Peace Gutler-Ofir and Amal-Obonyo are Rotary International World Peace Scholars. The Fellowships? Troy Rotary Club had the opportunity to Each year, Rotary bring the duo, who had never met prior selects individuals to coming to Missouri, to teach students from around the about preventing conflict. The message world to receive fully to middle school students was simple. “It’s funded academic much easier to prevent conflict than to fellowships at one of resolve it later,” Gutler-Ofir told students. our peace centers. He referred to his own country of Israel as These fellowships a prime example. “Resolving a conflict that cover tuition and is hundreds of years old is very difficult,” fees, room and he said. board, round-trip During two hour sessions, students transportation, and all discussed how to prevent conflict and internship/field study solutions to real-life student “drama.” At expenses. Two types the prompting of Amal-Obonyo, students of peace fellowships ripped their nametags into little pieces are available – in 40 seconds. She then gave them two a Master’s degree minutes to piece the nametag “puzzle” back or a professional together and handed them tape. The lesson development learned from the exercise? According certificate. to a student, it was easy to tear it up and much more difficult to put the pieces back together. Amal-Oboyno added even if you were able to piece the nametag, which represented a person, with tape “the person will never be exactly like they were before they were torn down.” MASTER'S DEGREE Rotary International offers Master's degree fellowships at premier universities in fields related to peace and conflict resolution and prevention. Programs last 15-24 months and require a practical internship of 2-3 months during the academic break. Each year, up to 50 master's fellowships are awarded from these institutions: • Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US • International Christian University, Japan • University of Bradford, UK • University of Queensland, Australia • Uppsala University, Sweden To find out more about Rotary's Peace Scholars and Rotary International visit - www.rotary.org