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Building the College's Future Brick by Brick
Be one of the growing ranks of alumni who are taking the unique opportunity to leave their mark upon the College by purchasing a brick ($250 or $500), a tree ($1,000) or a bench ($5000) on the Jay Walk, a 60,000 square foot esplanade that will link Haaren Hall to the new building on 11th Avenue. It's a way to both commemorate a significant person in your life as well as provide needed scholarships for our students through a tax-deductible donation. To learn more about this campaign, click here or call 212.237.8688.
Super Bowl XLV Tickets
A pair of Super Bowl XLV tickets will be raffled off on January 17, 2011 as the grand prize of John Jay's 2010-2011 Baseball Raffle. The winner will also get hotel accommodations (3-days/2-nights) and roundtrip airfare to Texas where the game will be played at Arlington's Cowboys Stadium on February 6, 2011. Tickets are $100; only 300 will be sold. All of the proceeds from the raffle will be used to support John Jay College Baseball. The winner will be notified personally on January 17 and his or her name posted on the College's Athletics website www.johnjayathletics.com. For further information, contact: Daniel J. Palumbo (212) 237-8299.
Safe Communities Initiative Receives Federal Grant
A $447,000 grant from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) was awarded to John Jay's National Network for Safe Communities. The funding will be used to further implement the program's innovative crime-fighting strategies. Of the 75 cities in the National Network to date, 51 are official members whose police chiefs, prosecutors, corrections officials, elected officials and others form a coalition dedicated to building a new standard of practice for reducing violent crime and eliminating overt drug markets. "With this support from COPS, the NNSC will enhance its capacity to share and improve crime prevention strategies that are protecting communities from both drugs and violence and from the unintended consequences of traditional law enforcement," said Professor David Kennedy, Director of the College's Center for Crime Prevention and Control.
John Jay Alumnus Tapped as New York City Sheriff
Edgar A. Domenech (BA '84) became the city's 117th sheriff in December after being appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Domenech, 48, is the fourth John Jay alumnus to hold this position. He is a 25-year veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives where has served as the agency's Deputy Director. As Special Agent in Charge of the New York City field division during the September 11 attacks, Domenech led the agency's effort to rebuild its operation when its World Trade Center offices were destroyed. As sheriff, he will oversee a staff of 174, including 118 deputy sheriffs, and a $16 million annual budget.
President Travis Celebrates the College's Successes, Outlines Plans for Future
While hard fiscal times are ahead for John Jay, as they are for all of CUNY, there is much to celebrate, said President Jeremy Travis to an assembly of faculty, staff, students and guests at his annual State of the College address. "We have been working hard over the past six years to transform the core of this College," he said. "We have remained true to the mission of 'educating for justice,' but we have brought that mission up to date with new standards, expanded faculty and revitalized academic programs. We have been working hard, and the results are very gratifying." Among the successes highlighted by Travis were increased admissions standards, the introduction of John Jay's first-ever all baccalaureate class and the creation of the CUNY Justice Academy. New majors and a redesigned General Education curriculum, he said, "will take their place as among the most innovative academic offerings in the nation." During this time of fiscal crisis, if the College can embrace the challenges that lie ahead, it will ensure, said Travis, that "John Jay is poised for greatness." To read the entire State of the College address, click here.
What's Going On?
Would you like to share your recent career and/or personal achievements with your fellow alums and the John Jay community? Let us know what you're doing these days. Your submissions will be considered for inclusion in the alumni class notes section of the upcoming spring edition of the John Jay Magazine. Just click here and fill in the information.
Bloodhounds vs. Bearcats
John Jay's men's basketball team will play against Baruch College.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
For more information on this or any John Jay athletics event, please visit us at www.johnjayathletics.com, call 212.237.8322 or email mdamon@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
4th Floor Gymnasium
New York City
6th Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Conference on Crime and Justice in America
Monday, January 31, 2011 9:00 AM -- 6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:00 AM -- 6:00 PM
The Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay is pleased to host this two-day conference that brings together journalists, academicians, practitioners and legislators from around the country for wide-ranging discussions on criminal justice issues facing the United States, and to promote informed debate through the media on those issues. The event will also feature the presentation of the College's Sixth Annual Awards for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting.
To register, click here. For more information, call 212.484.1175 or email ctabachnick@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Lloyd Sealy Lecture
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 6:00 PM
President Jeremy Travis cordially invites you to the Lloyd Sealy Lecture that will feature Houston, TX, Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Human Rights Seminar Series Spring 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
John Jay's Center for International Human Rights, the PhD/MA Program in Political Science, and the Global Studies Collective present "Assessing Compliance: The Role of Human Rights Monitoring." This series explores how monitoring mechanisms are utilized to assess compliance with international human rights norms and standards. This seminar examines the U.S. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and an assessment of the UPR process. The speaker is Sara Paoletti, Senior Coordinator, US Human Rights Network Universal Periodic Review Project; Practice Associate Professor of Law & Director, Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Law School.
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Room C203
New York City
Even while he studied philosophy in the rarified atmosphere of Ivy-League Dartmouth College, NYPD Captain Brandon del Pozo (MA '06) knew that he would one day work in public service, preferably at a job that gave him an opportunity to put into action the questions of right and wrong, crime and punishment that he pondered as an undergraduate. It is what ultimately led him to policing, he told The Dartmouth.
Del Pozo, 36, holds a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard, a master's degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay, and is one dissertation away from a doctorate in Philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center. He became commander of the 50th Precinct in the Bronx in 2009; he is a 12-year veteran of the NYPD. Public service runs in del Pozo's blood. His initial interest began with his father, a Cuban immigrant who served as a medic in Vietnam. His maternal grandfather was a paratrooper during World War II. "I was brought up in this environment where it is an honor to wear your uniform for your community and your country," said del Pozo. "I knew that whatever I wanted to do, I wanted it to be a mentally demanding job and have a physical component to it."
Del Pozo has served in the NYPD's intelligence division in the Middle East and was sent to India in 2008 to investigate the terrorist bombing of commuter trains outside of Mumbai. Closer to home, del Pozo has instituted new policies at the Bronx precinct: Office hours for citizens to come speak with him and community affairs officers. "Citizens have more interaction with the police than any other branch of government...they should be able to affirmatively go to the police leadership in their community and discuss things that matter to them," he told The Riverdale Press. What matters to them? In addition to concerns about violent crimes, what residents want is a little bit of peace. "People really do want quiet enjoyment in their homes, the noise and litter and rowdy teenagers are the things you'll hear about from the public even more than you hear about robberies," he said.
Marina Bontkowski was awarded the Graduate Assistantship in Homeland Security in June of 2011. She is currently working towards the Certificate in Terrorism Studies offered by the Center on Terrorism and will complete her Masters in Forensic Mental Health Counseling this Fall at John Jay College. Ms. Bontkowski earned a B.A. in Psychology with a certificate in Mind, Brain, and Behavior and citation in Spanish from Harvard University. She developed an interest in terrorism research after interning at the Department of Justice and taking terrorism classes at John Jay College. Ms. Bontkowski hopes to pursue a career in Federal law enforcement.
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