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Graduates of the Master of Arts and Certificate Programs in Conflict Management and Peacemaking

2003 Graduates

Pictured are our MA graduates (l-r) Jill Schellenberg and Roxanne Claassen. Other MA graduates in 2003 are Darren Brassington, Andrica Monique Clark and Sheri Plett Wiedenhoefer.

2002 Graduates

Thorborn Baird and Bonnie Redfern received the MA degree. Bonnie Redfern is pictured with her husband Tony.

Douglas E. Noll, Giedre Gadeikyte, Patty Pistoresi, and David Vecchio graduated Spring 2001 with the M.A. in Conflict Management and Peacemaking. George Cartwright graduated from the MAAL program with a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Management and Peacemaking. We are waiting for bio data and photos of them for this page. David Vecchio has been working as a PACS associate in the Caruthers School District implementing Discipline That Restores.

1999 Graduates

	Pascal Kulungu, M.A.A.L. and Certificate in Workplace Conflict Management and Peacemaking, left Zaire to attend FPU and went home after graduation to Democratic Republic of Congo. Pascal writes: "I am fine with all my family in spite of the hardship economy. I am working for the Mennonite Brethren in the department of health and development. I am dealing with the employees' training in the area of conflict studies, leadership and management." Pascal's major project was translating PACS' materials into French to use at home.
	Mary Helen Ortega, M.A. Pupil Personnel Services and Certificate in School Conflict Management, shown at graduation with Professors Dalton Reimer and Ron Claassen.
	Blanca Stransky, M.A.A.L. and the Certificate in Workplace Conflict Management, is pictured here at graduation with Prof. Duane Ruth-Heffelbower. She was a manager for the U.S. Forest Service when she began her studies and planned to remain in that position.
	Ken Kaneversky, M.A. Conflict Management and Peacemaking, is pictured at graduation with Dalton Reimer and Ron Claassen. Ken is operations manager of a manufacturing company and works with the VORP program in Visalia along with his private mediation practice.
	Sue Kliewer, M.A. Conflict Management and Peacemaking, is pictured here (center) serving as co-trainer in Atlanta, GA as part of the Refugee Conflict Management Project with Prof. Duane Ruth-Heffelbower. Sue is Director of Human Resources at Fresno Pacific University.
	Ron Shepherd, M.A.A.L. and Certificate in Workplace Conflict Management and Peacemaking, is pictured at graduation with Ron Claassen. Ron works for the Regional Center as an advocate for disabled persons.

1998 Graduates

May 1998 - Diane Marie Diestel and Kathryn Marie Lesedi Derksen (pictured here with PACS faculty Dalton Reimer, Duane Ruth-Heffelbower and Ron Claassen) have received the first M.A. degrees awarded through the Conflict Management and Peacemaking program of PACS. Diane was working as a case manager for the Regional Center serving developmentally disabled clients when she entered the program. She is now Director of Program Operations for Community Integrative Work Program, a corporation which provides work training and experience for disabled persons. Kathryn returned in 2003 from a Mennonite Central Committee assignment working as a peacebuilder in Uganda. You can read about the work she was involved in at http://acholipeace.org/.

May 1997 - Tamara Soemali has become the first person to receive a graduate certificate from the Fresno Pacific Graduate School through the PACS program. The certificate awarded is in School Conflict Management and Peacemaking. Tamara is a Student Assistance Coordinator at Clovis High School. The program Tamara chose was to complete the necessary work following her M.A. degree to obtain a Pupil Personnel Service Credential/ School Counseling, School Psychologist credential and our Grad. Certificate. She hopes to use her education to become a School Psychologist. Tamara was very pleased to be able to coordinate all her course work to avoid duplication and back-tracking, and appreciates the inter-departmental cooperation that made it possible. Tamara is the mother of Tristan, age 7.

Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
Fresno Pacific University
1717 S. Chestnut Avenue
Fresno, CA 93702
559-453-3418, fax 559-252-4800
800-909-8677