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Campus Review
October 8, 2014
Clayton State Holds First
Undergraduate Mediation Tournament
The Center for Business and International
Negotiation in the College of Business at
Clayton State University recently held the
University’s
first
Undergraduate
Mediation Tournament.
The Tournament, which was open to all
undergraduate students in any major,
sought to introduce students to mediation,
provide them with skills training, and give
them an opportunity to practice those
skills. The first place award went to Sia
Amadu, Legal Studies major from
Lithonia, Ga., and the second place award
went to Siraaj Rhett, a Legal Studies
major from Stone Mountain, Ga. These
and other students are now preparing for
off-campus tournaments taking place later
this fall.
Last year’s Clayton State mediation team
won multiple awards at every competition
they entered, including first place at the
International Intercollegiate Mediation
Tournament.
Clayton State’s tournament boasted an
impressive group of judges, including
members of the Center for Business and
International Negotiation’s Advisory
Board. Judges included: Shinji
Morokuma, director of the Georgia Office
of Dispute Resolution; Frederick Flory,
attorney and mediator, and adjunct profes-
sor at Clayton State; Angela Dash, Ph.D.
candidate in Conflict Analysis and
Resolution from Nova Southeastern
University and future ombudsperson at
Northeastern Ohio Medical University;
Carolyn Raines, mediator, facilitator and
trainer, and CEO of the New Decision
Management Associates, Inc.; and
Latangila Hodges-Bellamy, Supply Chain
Management graduate from Clayton State
and member of last year’s winning
Mediation Team. Well-known mediator
Bob Berlin also served as a judge and pro-
vided the opening training with a presen-
tation on, “Skillful Question in
Mediation.” Berlin is an attorney, former
judge, therapist, and founder of New
Decision Management Associates, Inc.
The following students volunteered to
play disputants in the tournament: Toyah
Fiatoa, a Management major from
Stockbridge, Ga., Ashley Stewart, a
Management major form Morrow,
Martine Moore-Simmons, Management
major from Ellenwood, Ga., and
Jacqueline Wright, a Legal Studies major
from College Park, Ga. Dr. Judith Ogden
is the director for the Center for Business
and International Negotiation and Dr.
Diane Fulton is the associate director.
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