Missouri State University professor of communication Dr. Charlene Berquist will be awarded the Association of Missouri Mediators President’s Award. … [Read more...] about University professor awarded national recognition
Communication professor and director for the Center for Dispute Resolution, Dr. Charlene Berquist, will be awarded by the Association of Missouri Mediators at its Oct. 17 annual conference in St. Louis. The non-profit organization, based in Jefferson City, promotes the use of mediation, an alternative dispute resolution, and co-sponsors regional training conferences for … [Read more...] about Professor to be awarded for work in mediation
The Center for Dispute Resolution will host a free training session this Saturday, Sept. 6, for women who wish to learn more about and/or volunteer to co-facilitate in the program Circles for Girls, a structured educational group for girls and young women. The training will take place from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the CDR offices in downtown Springfield, located at Park Central … [Read more...] about Center for Dispute Resolution seeks volunteers for weeks-long project with area middle school girls
The Center for Dispute Resolution (CDR) at Missouri State University was selected to present during the Association for Conflict Resolution's national conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October 2014. Specifically, representatives from the CDR will present about the Girls Circle program during a presentation entitled "From Both Sides Now: The Circle Experiences of Girls and … [Read more...] about Center for Dispute Resolution to present at ACR national conference
Dr. Charlene Berquist, professor of communication and director of the Center for Dispute Resolution (CDR) at Missouri State University, has been awarded a $52,138 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Missouri Department of Public Safety. The award will fund the “Network for Girls” program, whose goal is to reduce the … [Read more...] about Professor awarded grant to work with young female offenders