It felt too informal to interview artist Tony Ellis (full disclosure: my husband) at home in my pajamas, so we moved our early morning interview to Café Paradiso. After ordering a tea for him (a Brit) and a cappuccino for me (addicted), we start the interview.
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MIU made its presence known at the International Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament held at the Drake University Law School November 13-14. 32 teams from 19 schools participated in the tournament. The client/advocate team of Tal Ron and Nahshon Yisrael came in 5th in the individual category (this was out of 64 team competitors) and the team of Tal Ron, Lauren Webster and Nahshon Yisrael after competing in the semifinals and finals placed third over all in the Client/advocate team category. The team of Janet McDonald, Lauren Webster and Nahshon Yisrael received a...
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Last weekend (October 23rd and 24th) Maharishi International University (MIU) hosted our annual Peacemaker’s Intercollegiate Mock Mediation Tournament. This is the 6th year we have hosted a competition. Ten teams competed in three rounds after a training session on Friday afternoon. Schools competing were University of Dubuque, Lewis University from Illinois and Principia College from Illinois.
MIU’s Lauren Webster tied for first place in the Individual Mediator category with Elle Lannon from University of Dubuque. Lauren Webster and Nashon Yisrael tied for first place in the Client/Advocate category. Tal Ron came in second in the same category. The MIU team...
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