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Doug Noll, PACS alum and San Joaquin College of Law professor and Chairman of the Board of Trustees celebrates his new book, Elusive Peace, at a book signing event co-sponsored by PACS and San Joaquin College of Law on September 9, 2011.

Pictured left to right: SJCL Dean Janice Pearson, SJCL/FPU coop program student James McCann, author Doug Noll, Professor and Director of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies Duane Ruth Heffelbower, and FPU Professor Emeritus Dalton Reimer, co-founder of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies.

Holly McFarlin left us on January 14, 2011 after 4 1/2 years as CPACS administrator to be with her two month old son full time. Those joining her farewell event were (l-r seated) CPACS Director Duane Ruth-Heffelbower, Holly, VORP Director Noelle Daoudian, VORP agreements manager Johnny Phouthachak; (back row) Mediation Services Director Don Fischer, student Craig FauntLeRoy, VORP mediation manager Daniel Foxvog, new CPACS administrative assistant Jennifer Clark, COSA Director Clare Ann Ruth-Heffelbower, faculty member Karen Crozier, faculty member Larry Dunn, student James McCann, faculty member Ron Claassen, faculty emeritus Dalton Reimer, student Tim Nightingale, MCC staff Emily Stednick.

Ron and Roxanne Claassen with Fr Kennedy and others from the LA Catholic Diocese Office of Restorative Justice at our PACS 13th Restorative Justice Conference, February 12-14, 2009. Ron and Roxanne were invited to display their new book, Discipline That Restores, in the Diocese Restorative Justice booth two weeks later at the Los Angles Religious Education Congress.

PACS at the annual FPU Thanksgiving dinner 2008

Wedding bells

PACS Administrative Director Holly Mattos married Cliff McFarlin November 1, 2008 with most of PACS in attendance. Congratulations to the McFarlins!

PACS faculty and staff April 2008

clockwise from center bottom: Holly Mattos, PACS Administrative Director; Kristen Gilster, Assistant to the Executive Director of West Coast Mennonite Central Committee (WCMCC has an office in one of the PACS houses); empty chair for photographer Duane Ruth-Heffelbower, Director of graduate academic programs of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Business faculty and faculty in the Leadership and Organizational Studies M.A. program, faculty in the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program ; Ron Claassen, Director of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Education faculty; Clare Ann Ruth-Heffelbower, Program Director of Circles of Support and Accountability; Jill Schellenberg, Director of the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program, Associate of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies; Dalton Reimer, Senior Associate of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Faculty Emeritus; Jason Ekk, Program Director, Restorative Justice Initiative in Fresno County; Noelle Daoudian, Director, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley, Inc.; Jessica Wood, Campus Discipline Case Manager/Mediator; Larry Dunn, Director of undergraduate programs for the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Science faculty, faculty in the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program; Johnny Phouthachak, Agreements Manager, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley, Inc.; Brianna Stobbe, assistant to the Administrative Director; Donald Fischer, Program Director, Mediation Services.

12th Restorative Justice Conference October 2006.

Victims panel and Ron Claassen at the 12th RJ Conference
Pictured Left to Right are: Cheryl Ward-Kaiser, Stephen Watt, Lisa Rea, Ron, Russ Turner, Michelle Renee

Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies Lifetime Achievement Award to James Rowland, "In recognition of his lifetime of service to victims and the community, through his resourcefulness, leadership in making California a pioneer in victims rights, his support of restorative justice, and his dedication to the principles of Shalom."

PACS contingent attends Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference in Sacramento, meeting with plenary speaker John Paul Lederach.

Faculty member Larry Dunn completes Ph.D.

Dr. Larry Dunn and family celebrate the completion of his Ph.D. at the PACS Christmas party December 13, 2002.

Basic Institute in Conflict Management and Mediation August 2001

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