“There’s not anyone who somehow escapes the struggle in life that conflict brings,” said Ouachita’s University counselor, Dan Jarboe. This is the basis from which a new “Faith Connections Seminar” is built.
The seminar will be offered next Thursday, March 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Young Auditorium of Hickingbotham Hall. The seminar is titled “Handling Conflict Well.”
Jarboe will give a lecture accompanied by discussion, drama and video clips, open to all faculty and students.
Jarboe said the seminar will be useful to anyone who plans to attend.
“It’s one of those things that just applies to everybody,” Jarboe said.
Those attending the seminar can expect to learn crucial and fundamental truths regarding conflict.
“The things that a person will learn are going to be really helpful to them in any relationship to be successful,” he said.
Freshman Jessica Winston plans to attend the seminar, expecting to leave with a new perspective on dealing with conflict.
“I believe this seminar will be very beneficial because many times we don’t know how to relate to one another without conflict,” Winston said, “and most of the time it turns out badly because people don’t understand how to manage it to turn out beneficial, because conflict doesn’t necessarily have to be negative.”
The familiar actions that cause “bad conflict” are prevalent among people. The seminar will address this issue.
“It is really designed to provide some awareness to the common mistakes that people make in conflict,” Jarboe said. “These are mistakes that really cause that conflict to be more destructive than constructive.”
Jarboe will offer a wide range of tools regarding all the people with whom one encounters conflict.
“The things that a person will learn are going to be really helpful to them in any relationship,” Jarboe said.
Jarboe believes the methods he will present to be “useful and immediately applicable tools.” He speaks from experience, because he often employs the ideas.
“These are things that have changed my life,” Jarboe said, “things I am applying and using myself.”
