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Master’s Degree in Applied Conflict Management Survey

Kent State University is developing a master’s degree program in applied conflict management on the Kent Campus. The master’s degree will be situated in the larger field of peace and conflict studies, which examines the causes and consequences of violence, develops methods for…
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Kent State Broadens Government Relations With Office on Capitol Hill

Kent State University has established an Office of Federal Relations located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., becoming one of more than 30 universities with a government relations office in the nation’s capital. The office, which opened on March 1, is headed by Crystal…
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CACM Senior Evan Gildenblatt meets President Obama, Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel

Senior CACM major Evan Gildenblatt has had an exciting year.  In September 2012, Evan met President Barack Obama. In April 2013, he met Elie Wiesel, the noted Holocaust survivor. Not only that, Evan was a featured speaker at both events.…
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Kent State Senior Selected to Serve on Steering Committee for National Campus Leadership Council

Evan Gildenblatt, a Kent State University senior from Cincinnati majoring in applied conflict management and executive director of Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government, was selected to serve on the 2013 Steering Committee for the National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC…
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Dr. Hancock interviewed by Insight to Conflict on the role of local Zones of Peace

Dr. Landon Hancock, Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) was recently interviewed by Insight to Conflict on the role of local Zones of Peace. Local Zones of Peace are communities that have chosen to remove themselves from a wider conflict.
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45th Annual Distinguished Teaching Award

Every year, the Kent State University Alumni Association recognizes Kent State’s outstanding faculty members by awarding three nominated educators with the Distinguished Teaching Award. To be nominated, faculty members must have been employed at the university for at least seven…
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