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Community Mediation Center at CSM gets a new look

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Charles County’s Community Mediation Center at the College of Southern Maryland has a fresh look thanks to a design created by a senior at the Robert D. Stethem Educationa­l Center.

The Charles County Community Mediation Center was created this past fall to provide mediation as a free service to the county while educating people in the community about conflict management and providing direct grassroots education and outreach to individual community members. Mediation Center volunteer Marie Bottoms, a business education teacher who works at Robert D. Stet suggested hem Educationa­l Center, involving the Interactiv­e Media Production Class to create a logo for the center.

Mediation Center Coordinato­r Julie A. Walton worked with Stethem Instructor Kim Clements to give junior and senior students a chance to design logos for considerat­ion.

Of the logos created, the design by senior Br yce Demby was selected and the Charles County Community Mediation Center provided Demby with a certificat­e of appreciati­on and a CSM portfolio for his creative design with the new logo.

Demby will be attending CSM in the fall.

The Charles County Community Mediation Center provides mediation, facilitati­on, outreach and education for citizens of Charles County, and models collaborat­ive problem-solving as the standard to address challengin­g conversati­ons. The center provides training for volunteer mediators and facilitato­rs, and mediation services are available for free to the citizens of Charles County. For informatio­n on the Charles County Community Mediation Center, go to www. csmd.edu/community/ mediation/index.html.

 ?? SUBMITTED PHOTO ?? Bryce Demby, Interactiv­e Media Production student at Robert D. Stethem Educationa­l Center, receives a certificat­e of appreciati­on from Mediation Center Coordinato­r Julie Walton for his design of the center’s logo.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Bryce Demby, Interactiv­e Media Production student at Robert D. Stethem Educationa­l Center, receives a certificat­e of appreciati­on from Mediation Center Coordinato­r Julie Walton for his design of the center’s logo.

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