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University Partnerships: VCU, UniBAM, UniSEG

Crisis notwithstanding, the Virgirginia Friends of Mali and Richmond Sister City Commission signed memorandums of agreement with the vice-rector of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Bamako, and the rector of the University of Segou. Use the following links to learn more:

Report on the VCU School of World Studies website
http://www.has.vcu.edu/wld/whatsnew/2013/mali.html

News coverage on ORTM of the signing with the University of Bamako
https://hassns.has.vcu.edu/vportal/VideoPlayer.jsp?ccsid=C-899328c1-7ccf-4016-8c4f-46b5dc480173:1# 

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