Diverse Cultures Communication

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="sgt_taylor_graduates_fbi_aca.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sgt. Taylor Graduates FBI Academy"><IMG SRC="03e0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>   <A HREF="new_officers_hired.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Officers Hired"><IMG SRC="03f0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="whats_new_archives.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats New Archives"><IMG SRC="0410b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05196b30.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The University of Akron Police</B></FONT>    | <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The University of Akron Police">home</A> | <A HREF="whats_new_archives.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats New Archives">Up Level</A> |</div> <div> Diverse Cultures Communication</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>UAPD trains in Diverse Cultures Communications</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="40978fa0.jpg" border=0 width="376" height="250" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >August 2008 saw officers from The University of Akron police department spending time in the class room for training from Gottfried Oosterwal, the Director of the Center for Intercultural Relations; Berrien Springs Michigan and a professor of multi-cultural education at Western Michigan University.  Dr, Oosterwal spoke on the complexities of communicating with people of different cultural backgrounds.  Officers learned that something as simple as maintaining eye contact, a key observation point for officers looking for someone trying to hide something, may be treated entirely differently in cultures where eye contact is only acceptable in certain relationships.   "The University of Akron has students from 44 states and 79 countries, so we train our officers to try to be cognizant of and sensitive to the social norms of the people they are dealing with" stated Chief Callahan".  </FONT></div> <div> University Police have received training in the past from David Ayers, Director of UA's International Programs and this training built on that previous training.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Pictured from left to right, UAPD's Training Coordinator and Crime Prevention Specialist Chad Cunningham, Dr. Oosterwal and Chief Paul Callahan.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>