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INITIATIVES

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SWCHRS Webinars provide professionals in education and related fields with practical, skills-based learning opportunities designed to enhance communication, leadership, and workforce effectiveness.

  • Managing Civil Discourse (MCD) - Fall 2025
  • Practices for Fostering and Maintaining Trust in Institutions - 2025/2026
  • Leading Through Complexity with Adaptive Leadership - 2025/2026
  • Shared Leadership & Participatory Conflict Facilitation - 2025/2026

2025/2026 - CEU Credits Available

The SWCHRS Live Learning Lab offers a total of 16 CEU credits. Each event will be live. 

  • CEU Day (6 credits)  - Location: Zarrow Hall at OU
  • Ethics Day (4 credits) - Location: Zoom
  • Three Different Virtual Sessions (2 credits session) - Location: Zoom

Fall 2025 - CEU Credits Available

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The SWCHRS CEU Hub delivers practical, skills-based training for professionals in healthcare and human services. Courses cover age-specific care, trauma-informed communication, healthcare access, and personal accountability. Live and self-paced options available.

CEU Credits Available

The Future is Hope: Higher Education and the Science of Well-Being. Transforming campuses through the measurable science of hope. SWCHRS offers a day-and-a-half virtual experience focused on applying hope theory—goals, pathways, and agency—to real-world practice. Participants will learn strategies for casework, supervision, and resilience, and will be eligible to earn a digital micro badge as a Hope Practitioner.

Spring 2026 - CEU Credits Available

The SWCHRS Regional Institutes brings together educators, leaders, and practitioners from across the region to address pressing challenges in higher education. Through interactive workshops and collaborative dialogues, this initiative fosters innovative strategies and shared understanding, enhancing institutional effectiveness and promoting practices across academic communities.

Technical Assistance, Consultation, and Training (TACT) provides comprehensive assistance to organizations addressing human conflict and resolution. By collaborating with both higher education and public education institutions, TACT develops tailored strategies to enhance internal capacity and promote conflict resolution, fostering a more harmonious educational landscape

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