07 Dec 2019
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Falasca First to be Awarded the Center’s UNITAR Fellowship

Falasca First to be Awarded the Center’s UNITAR Fellowship

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Francesca is from Rome Italy and is the center’s Graduate Assistant and is involved in the provision of services as well as teaching, workshop and training events.  The center is affiliated with the United Nations Institute for Research and Training (UNITAR) and as a result Francesca became the first graduate student to be awarded the Center’s UNITAR Fellowship.  This will allow her to work with us on research, over the next two years that focuses on developments in graduate academic programs as well as practical field based programs of conflict intervention.
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06 Dec 2019
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CADR Alum, Foutz Accepts Faculty Position at SU

CADR Alum, Foutz Accepts Faculty Position at SU

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On May 31, 2019, Bosserman Center Research Fellow Brittany Foutz successfully defended her dissertation on “Victim Satisfaction with Reparations from the International Criminal Court: An Examination of Child Soldier Cases from Kenya and Sexual Violence Cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo”. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. She accepted a faculty position with the Department of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution and is currently working on several research projects and program development in the Bosserman Center.  Dr. Foutz has previously worked with the United Nations Institute…
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06 Dec 2019
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Dr. S.I. Keethaponcaian (Dr. Keetha) Explores Post-War Dynamics of Sri Lanka

Dr. S.I. Keethaponcaian (Dr. Keetha) Explores Post-War Dynamics of Sri Lanka

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Dr. Keetha launched his newest book that explores the post-war dynamics in his home country of Sri Lanka.  It is packed with incredible insight that only a top rated scholar and someone who has lived through it can produce.  Dr. Keetha is well known and well regarded in Sri Lanka.  People from many ethnic groups and from across the nation read his work in national papers.  He has produced hundreds and hundreds of article and is known for being honest and as objective as possible with his analysis of the complex dynamics that swirl around the nation.  Because he shies…
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07 Oct 2019
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Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Open House

Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Open House

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Thursday, October 10th 1:00pm - 2:30pm Location: The Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution This event is for anyone interested in Salisbury University's Master's Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution. Come meet our faculty and current graduate students to learn more about the program. Light refreshments will be provided. Please contact Dr. Ignaciyas Soosaipillai atiksoosaipillai@salisbury.edu if you have any questions about the session.
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24 Aug 2019
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Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!

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Welcome back for the 2019/2020 Academic Year! This year we have many plans and happenings, so keep your eyes on this page for updates at the Bosserman Center. Hope you settle in and get back to work! Come by the Center and see us. We're on the corner of Camden and College Avenue, right across the street from Holloway Hall. Welcome back... and stay informed! The Crew at the Bosserman Center
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15 Jan 2019
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Carol Bosserman Passing

Carol Bosserman Passing

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It is with great sadness to relay to you all that Carol Bosserman has passed away. She and her husband, Dr. Phillip Bosserman, were an integral part of our Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution and it's creation at Salisbury University. Her lively, warm and loving presence will be missed. -- Dr. Brian Polkinghorn SALISBURY - Carol Ann Pokrant Bosserman dies on December 22, 2018 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake, Salisbury, Maryland. She was 85 years old. Born in Upper Darby, PA, she was the oldest daughter of the late Awald E. Pokrant and Pheobe M. Roberts Pokrant of Pensacola,…
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02 May 2018
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Foutz Receives 2018 Doctoral Research Fellowship with the Bosserman Center

Foutz Receives 2018 Doctoral Research Fellowship with the Bosserman Center

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Brittany Foutz (MA in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University, 2017) is the recipient of the 2018 Doctoral Research Fellowship with the Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution. Brittany just completed her first year of doctoral study in the School of Conflict management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.  She is also a graduate assistant with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).  Brittany has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including Gilman Grant through the US Department of State, the SU Presidential Scholarship and has worked with the UN in Geneva. During her…
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30 Apr 2018
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Bosserman UNESCO Fellows

Bosserman UNESCO Fellows

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Dana Day (Senior double major in conflict analysis and dispute resolution and psychology) and Harrison Leon (Sophomore double major in conflict analysis and dispute resolution and political science) are the first two Bosserman UNESCO Fellows. Named after the late founder of the center, Dr. Phil Bosserman, the UNESCO Bosserman Fellowship provides students with the opportunity to work in UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on timely programs relating to the prevention of violent extremism and empathy education. Dr. Mark Brennan, Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education at Penn State University and a UNESCO Chair in Community, Leadership, and…
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30 Apr 2018
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Ginta-Martin & Kesteven Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society

Ginta-Martin & Kesteven Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society

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Alexandra Ginta Martin (MA CADR) and Brittany Kesteven (President of the SGO and GA in the Bosserman Center) were inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society on November 17, 2017. Omicron Delta Kappa was founded on Dec. 3, 1914 on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. The Society was founded by a group of 15 students and faculty who believed that leadership at the collegiate level should be recognized and encouraged across all phases of campus life. The motives which guided the founders sprang from the desire to bring together one body…
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30 Apr 2018
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Ravizza Awarded 2018 Rotary International Peace Fellowship

Ravizza Awarded 2018 Rotary International Peace Fellowship

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Dr. Dean Ravizza was awarded a 2018 Rotary International Peace Fellowship to further his work in using sports to bring people together across war zones and ideological divides. Ravizza is one of only 25 professionals selected globally for the certificate program at the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkhorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The fellowship seeks to develop leaders who can become catalysts for peace, and conflict prevention and resolution. His honor is a first for SU, as well as for Rotary District 7630, spanning Maryland and Delaware. Rotary Peace Fellowships provide a backdrop for increasing the capacity of committed peacebuilders…
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