Center for Applied Conflict Management 
302 Bowman Hall
330-672-3143 (phone)
330-672-3362 (fax)
e-mail: cacm@kent.edu

The mission of the Center for Applied Conflict Management is to conduct research, develop theory, and offer education, training, and public service in the field of conflict resolution. As an applied center, the Center's research, teaching, and public service activities are integrally connected. The public service projects provide a setting for research data collection, theory building, and testing. In turn, the knowledge and experience gleaned through research and service inform the teaching component of the Center. In addition to offering an undergraduate major and minor in Applied Conflict Management, Center faculty teach conflict-related courses in the Public Policy doctoral program of the Department of Political Science.  CACM also offers trainings in mediation, nonviolent action, and violence prevention, and provides services in meeting facilitation and organizational strategic planning.

Formerly the Center for Peaceful Change, the Center was established in 1971 as a living memorial to the events of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen killed four and injured nine Kent State University students during a student protest against the United States' war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.