Conflict Resolution Program and Educational Workshops
The Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution area offers students the opportunity to address interpersonal conflicts and disputes through the following conflict management and restorative practices.
If you would like to learn more or have questions about our conflict coaching and restorative practices, please email odos@bgsu.edu and a staff member will be in touch.
COMMUNITY BUILDING CIRCLE
A facilitated dialogue where students come together who are a part of the same student group / organization / community / residence in order to strengthen relationships, build empathy, and establish trust. Community Building circles are also an opportunity to help re-center or re-establish the shared goals and values of the group and are tailored to address the specific goals of those involved.
CONFLICT COACHING
A process that helps students on a one-on-one basis develop or enhance skills, knowledge, and competencies to manage interpersonal conflicts and disputes more effectively. A session can help you with a specific conflictual matter or a more general concern related to your reactions and behaviors to gain increased self-awareness to handle interpersonal issues more effectively.
RESTORATIVE CIRCLE
A facilitated dialogue to discuss incidents in which one or more students have been negatively impacted in some way by the actions of another. Examples include but are not limited to roommate conflicts, classroom conflicts, student group/organization disputes, noise complaints and other community issues. A Restorative Circle is when all parties involved can express how they have been impacted and work together to develop solutions that address the harm, and work to restore trust.
Workshops
BGSU offers a number of workshop-style presentations covering issues related to healthy relationships and dating, power- and gender-based violence, and constructing masculinities. These 50-minute workshops are perfect for classroom settings, student organization meetings, faculty/staff trainings, and more! For more information on content covered, please email odos@bgsu.edu.
Workshops offered:
Green Dot Training - The Green Dot Strategy (90-minute Overview Talk or 3-hour Bystander Training), offered in partnership with The Cocoon, aims to shift campus culture and increase proactive preventative behavior by targeting influential members from across a community with basic education, skill practice, and reactive interventions to high-risk situations. Every choice to be proactive as a bystander is categorized as a “new behavior” and thus a “Green Dot.” Individual decisions (green dots) group together to create larger change.
Healthy Masculinities - Healthy Masculinities (50-minute workshop) is a beginner workshop that will assist students in recognizing how understanding their own identities is meaningful. This workshop will encourage students to do a deep dive into themselves and the way they choose to represent themselves as masculine. Participants will have their knowledge measured by taking a pre and posttest.
Healthy Relationships - Healthy Relationships (50-minute workshop) will provide students with information on red and green flags within a relationship and provide students with activities that will assist them in evaluating their own relationships. Participants will be provided with tools and information that will encourage them to better understand their relationships. Participants will have their understanding of healthy relationships measured by taking a pre and posttest.
Updated: 10/14/2025 03:29PM