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News Archives December, 2007: Denton, Texas September 21, 2007: Abilene, Texas Roland Orr, a retired business man, CPA, and graduate of ACU's Certificate in Conflict Resolution program, volunteers for the Center for Conflict Resolution as a mediator and presenter. With a heart for peacemaking, Orr is particularly skilled in church mediation. More>> In June, ACU’s education department held its first Beginning Teacher Summer Institute. Joey Cope, Matt Dodd, and Lori Anne Shaw provided a seven-hour conflict resolution training to the returning ACU alumni educators attending the Institute. Specifically, the training forcused on equipping the teachers to successfully deal with conflict with parents, students, fellow teachers, and adminstrators. Joey Cope, Jerry Strader, and Roland Orr traveled to the Bammel Church of Christ in Houston to speak with Charles Siburt at ElderLink. Orr, a retired CPA and current elder at Highland Church of Christ, serves as a mediator for the Center. As a ministry of ACU, the mission of ElderLink is to equip, encourage and link those who lead and serve as elders in Churches of Christ. Jerry Strader and Joey Cope traveled to Fort Sam Houston for education and information-sharing sessions with the post’s leaders. Stader and Cope are shown here with Major General Russell Czerw, Commander of the post's Army Medical Department Center and School. As the army's largest medical training and educational facility, the Army Medical Department Center and School trains more than 25,000 students attending 170 officer, NCO and enlisted courses in 14 medical specialties as well as maintains several academic affiliations for bachelor and masters degree programs with the following major universities: Baylor University, University of Texas Health Science Centers at Houston and San Antonio, and University of Nebraska. More >> May 1, 2007: Online The "Counselor," the newsletter published by The Counselors of Real Estate, recently published a news item about the groundbreaking of the Diane and John Duncum Center for Conflict Resolution. John Duncum is a long-time member of the CRE and is active in bringing dispute resolution techniques to members of that organization. More >> April 9 - 14, 2007: Abilene, Texas The Center conducted a 40-hour Basic Mediation Training Workshop for Dyess Air Force Base personnel. All participating Dyess personnel earned their certificate in basic mediation as the training met the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable (TMTR) standards. The training was funded by Dyess' Military Equal Oppurtunity (MEO) office in an effort to create a pool of qualified mediators on base. More >> March 26, 2007: Online These courses will be taught online and simultaneously during the second half of the Spring 2007 semester. While these courses are not identical, they are sister courses in the sense that they cover similar concepts dealing with learning organizations and organizational systems. February 17, 2007: Abilene, TX Click on the link below to view a brief video from the Groundbreaking and share in our excitement. January 22, 2007: Online Mediation: Principles and Practice (CONR 604) is a graduate-level course focusing on the art and science of facilitating conversations and negotiations between parties in conflict. Designed for individuals in leadership roles in a wide variety of organizational and personal environments, as well as individuals seeking professional work in conflict resolution, the course presents opportunities for personal assessment and development of party and group facilitation, problem-solving skills, and approaches for conflict management through the role of mediator. January 1, 2007: Abilene, Texas Lori Anne Shaw accepted the position as Assistant Director of Program Development at the Center for Conflict Resolution.
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