GRAD NEWS
Grad News is dedicated to providing current and timely announcements to graduate students in Criminal Justice. Check in often to see what is going on. If you have an announcement you would like to post, send it to the Graduate Program Coordinator, Dr. Gene Bonham, Jr. at lbonham@ucmo.edu.
NEXT COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULED
The next comprehensive examination is scheduled for October 2, 2009. Those wishing to sit for this exam should apply by completing the form located at www.ucmo.edu/cj/grad under the Online Forms button, item #4. Questions can be directed to Dr. Gene Bonham, Jr., Graduate Program Coordinator.
CJ GRAD HIRED TO HELP SOLVE COLD CASES
Jennifer E. Meisberger, recent graduate of our program, has been hired to help investigate cold cases in the Kansas City area. Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar announces the creation of the Cold Case Unit in the video clip below. Jennifer is the young lady to Mr. Kanatzar's right at the beginning of the brief clip. The link to the video clip is: http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=4374399&item_index&genre_id=00000845 .
Jun 1, 2009 CJ Students Graduated in May 2009
Major congratulations to our Spring 2009 Master of Science degree graduates:
Elizabeth Ann Brooks
Heather Nicole Cox
Brandi N. Fischer
Clarinda M. Garrett
Jennifer Rebecca Gierer
James A. Hasch
Mark A. Kutrip
Rosita Lopez
Seth Alexander Meek
Kellen Drew Rapier
Melissa A. Simmons
Hayli D. Strouse
Donald C. Stubbings
Thomas Bryan Sullivan
Jason C. Townsend
Kimberly Ann Wheeler
James Z. Wicker
Joseph C. Williams
Timothy Paul Wilson
Seventh National Title – American Criminal Justice Association/Lambda Alpha Epsilon – 2009 National Conference
The Gamma Epsilon Delta Chapter (G.E.D.) of the American Criminal Justice Association/Lambda Epsilon Delta (ACJA/LAE) at the University of Central Missouri won their seventh consecutive National Championship at the National Conference held in April, 2009 in Jacksonville, Florida. LAE is the professional criminal justice fraternity.
The chapter had thirty-eight members representing them at the conference at all levels, lower division (under 70 semester hours), upper division (70 hours of over) and professional division.
Their First Place finish by winning the Sweepstakes Award was very impressive. In the area of Academic Testing, which includes the areas of Criminal Law, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Police Management, LAE Knowledge and Crime Scene Investigation, individuals within the chapter took thirteen of the fifty-four trophies.
In Firearms Competition, they took eight of the nine individual trophies and five of the nine team trophies. MAJ Richard Gillespie won Top Gun honors, as the top shooter. The chapter also took five of the nine Crime Scene Investigation (Team) trophies.
One member received a trophy in the Physical Agility Course. Another member received a trophy for the Talent/Lip Sync Contest.
Students received three of the nine awards for the Student Paper Competition.
In addition to receiving the Sweepstakes Award, G.E.D. also won the Spirit Award. The Spirit Award is based on attendance at all events during the week long competition, participation in the various areas of competition, proper conduct and attire, and overall good citizenship.
Region 3 (the nine-state region which includes the State of Missouri) was chosen as the Outstanding Region, also for the seventh consecutive year. Dr. Roger Pennel, faculty advisor of the organization, is the President of Region 3