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Special thanks to our alumni from Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD who returned to John Jay to make presentations and answer students' questions at Spring Orientation. Francesco D. Pasqualino, BS '01, Special Agent, U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, joined us as the featured speaker for transfer students, and Darlene (Addie) Kennedy, BA '88, JD, LL.M., Visiting Professor of Law, Widener University, spoke to incoming freshmen. And, a special word of appreciation is in order for the City of Yonkers Police Commissioner Edmund Hartnett who graciously hosted the Connect and Reconnect Open House at his Yonkers headquarters with board members, Thomas Belfiore, BA `79, MA `96, Treasurer and Michael McCann, President, BS'74, JD.
- Jerylle Kemp, Director of Alumni Relations
Nominations for the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus/a and Distinguished Faculty Awards
The members of the John Jay Alumni Board invite you to nominate candidates for the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus/a Award and the 2010 Distinguished Faculty Award, which will be presented at the Alumni Reunion at John Jay on Monday, April 19th.
Distinguished Alumnus/a Award: This award recognizes a John Jay graduate holding an undergraduate degree or graduate degree whose outstanding professional accomplishments motivate and inspire our students to excel.
Past recipients:
Katherine Ramsland, MA '00 (2008 Recipient)
Anthony J. Lamberti, BS '78 (2009 Recipient)
Distinguished Faculty Award: This award recognizes a John Jay faculty member whose professional achievements, leadership, and commitment to the College provide models for our students to emulate.
Past recipients:
Jannette O. Domingo, PhD, Dean, Graduate Studies Program (2008 Recipient)
Karen Kaplowitz, PhD, President, Faculty Senate (2009 Recipient)
To Submit a Nomination
Please email all nominations by noon on Friday, March 19, 2010 to Sunil Persaud at cpersaud@jjay.cuny.edu. Please include the following information for each nominee:
1. A one-page, type-written letter of recommendation (no more than 250 words)
2. The nominee's biography or resume
3. The nominee's mailing address, phone, and preferred email
4. Your name, mailing address, email, phone and John Jay affiliation
The Alumni Board plans to make its selection in late March. The 2010 honorees will be required to make brief remarks at the April 19th Reunion. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please call 212.237.8547.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to seeing you at the Reunion!
-The Alumni Association Board
Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting
George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer of the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat and Jordan Smith of the Austin Chronicle are the winners of the College's 2010 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards, which were presented at the 5th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium last month. Pawlaczyk and Hundsforfer won for their series "Trapped in Tamms," a hard-hitting multi-part investigation of the Tamms Correctional Center in Illinois -- the state's only supermax prison. As a result of their reporting, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced a 10-point program to improve aspects of inmate treatment. Smith won for her investigation into the 1992 conviction of Fran and Danny Keller for multiple counts of child sex abuse at their Austin day care center. As a result of her article, the Texas Innocence Project hopes to reopen the case, which "remains an object lesson of what can happen during periodic panics about child abuse or similar crimes," said Chronicle News Editor Michael King in his nomination letter. "This year's winners," said President Jeremy Travis, "join our honor roll of journalists whose work has had a dramatic impact on their communities and the criminal justice system." Hosted by the John Jay Center on Media, Crime and Justice, the lineup of speakers at the Symposium included Bernard Melekian, the new director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing, Connecticut State Senator John Kissel, former NYC Corrections Commissioner Martin Horn, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, and CNN Correspondent Jeff Toobin.
It's never too early to plan ahead.
Alumni Reunion
April 19, 2010
Monday Evening
@ John Jay
Save the Date!
(See below for details)
Alumni Open House for Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS '74, JD), Alumni Association President; Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey (BS '75), and Executive Board Member Suzanne Chiofolo (BA '00), cordially invite all alumni in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties to attend this open house as part of the continuing series to Connect & Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Lawrence Kobilinsky, Chairperson of the Sciences Department, will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served. Parking is available.
To RSVP, please confirm your attendance by phone, 646.557.4674 or email to jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu. Please be sure to include your name, degree(s) and graduation year(s), email address, and the date of the event you will attend. For more information, contact Alumni Relations at 212.237.8547.
Nassau County Police Headquarters
1490 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, New York
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, March 8, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be a conversation with Tony Kushner.
Admission is Free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City
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Zombie
By Bill Connington
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7:00 PM |
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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7:00 PM |
Once upon a time, Jeffrey Dahmer was the normal guy next door. Now meet Quentin P. - mild mannered, unassuming, and a serial killer - who is attempting to turn young men into his zombie slaves. Get inside the mind of a homicidal psychopath, if you dare. The play is adapted from the novella by Joyce Carol Oates.
Tickets are $15. For tickets contact Ticket Central at www.ticketcentral.com or 212.279.4200.
John Jay College
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
899 Tenth Avenue
New York City
Graduate Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:30 PM
The first lecture of the Spring 2010 series is "Eyewitness Research in the Courtroom" presented by Distinguished Professor Steven Penrod of the Department of Psychology.
For more information, contact Petula Bailey at pbailey@jjay.cuny.edu or 646.557.4518.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Society of Professional Investigators
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:00 PM
The Society of Professional Investigators (SPI) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a forum to enhance the professionalism of its members through education, networking, and liaison with the law enforcement community. The special guest speaker for March is Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, John Jay Professor of Sciences and an internationally renowned forensic scientist who has served as an advisor to criminalistics laboratories in several countries including Mexico, China, Brazil and the Dominican Republic and others.
The cost of $45 includes dinner. To RSVP, click here. For more information about the organization and membership, go to www.spionline.info or contact Bruce Sackman at BruceS@spionline.info.
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York City
Race & Justice Lecture Series
Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Center on Race, Crime, and Justice; the Graduate Studies Program; and the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice invite you to a lecture and book signing for "A National Jailers: Mass Incarceration and the Quality of American" by Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Brown University.
RSVP to Nicole Hanson at rcenter@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.484.1151.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City
The Jerry McCabe Fellowship Breakfast
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:30 AM
The McCabe Foundation cordially invites you to celebrate the exchanges between An Garda Siochána, the Irish National Police and John Jay College.
The cost is $30 per person. RSVP to mccabefellow@jjay.cuny.edu. Please make checks payable to the John Jay Foundation.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, March 15, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "Revolt Against the Cult of Domesticity" by Joanne Meyerowitz, PhD.
Admission is Free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Advanced DNA Evidence Collection
Monday & Tuesday, March 22-23, 2010
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
This two-day course is designed for detective and crime scene evidence personnel who have taken a basic one day DNA evidence collection course, but would benefit from a more extensive, hands-on course with ample opportunity to practice DNA recognition, collection and proper packing techniques. The instructors are Lieutenant Daniel Sollitti and Officer David Humen joined by Dr. Albert Harper, Director of the Crime Scene Academy and Distinguished Lecturer in Science at John Jay.
The cost is $295, which includes course materials and handouts, continental breakfast and refreshments. Due to the intensive hands-on training, the class is strictly limited to 24 participants. Checks should be made payable to John Jay College/Crime Scene Academy and sent to Dr. Albert Harper, Director, Crime Scene Academy, John Jay College, 555 West 57th Street, Suite 603, New York, NY 10019.
For more details, contact Dr. Albert Harper at 212.237-8660 or aharper@jjay.cuny.edu or click here.
John Jay College
555 West 57th Street, Room 603 BMW
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, March 22, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "A Case Study of Resistance: The Rosenberg-Sobell Case Film: Heir to an Execution" by Ivy Meeropol.
Admission is Free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Race & Justice Lecture Series
Thursday, April 8, 2010 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
The Center on Race, Crime, and Justice; the Graduate Studies Program; and the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice invite you to "Black Women, Male Violence and the Build-up of a Prison Nation: Reflections on Race, Class, Gender and Crime" by Beth Richie, Professor of Criminal Justice and African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago .
RSVP to Nicole Hanson at rcenter@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.484.1151.
John Jay College
445 West 59th Street, Multipurpose Room
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, April 12, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "The Role of Folk Music as an Element in An Emerging Counter-Culture" by Peggy Seeger.
Admission is Free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Race & Justice Lecture Series
Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:00 Noon -1:30 PM
The Center on Race, Crime, and Justice; the Graduate Studies Program; and the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice invite you to "Neighborhood Context and Urban Violence: Examining the Role of Immigration" by Jorge Chavez, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University.
RSVP to Nicole Hanson at rcenter@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.484.1151.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
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Alumni Reunion
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President Jeremy Travis, Alumni Association President Michael McCann (BS '74, JD) and the Alumni Board cordially invite all alumni to return to John Jay for the 2010 Reunion. All graduates are invited. We will recognize milestone alumni celebrating their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, and 45th anniversaries since graduation. The Milestone Classes are 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970 and 1965. The Endowed Alumni Scholarship, Distinguished Alumnus Award and Distinguished Faculty Award will be presented.
RSVP to jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu or 646.557.4674. Please provide your name, degree & year, preferred email and the date of the event you will attend. For more information, please call 212.237.8547.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue
New York City
Forensic Science on Trial:
The impact of the National Research Council Report
Monday, April 19, 2010 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Forensic Science on Trial is an unprecedented opportunity to understand the significance of the NRC report and what steps you might consider to improve the quality and reliability of forensic science. Once held to be infallible, it is now clear that the "science" of forensic science in many cases is something less than what is required for proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The program, including a luncheon, is made available at no cost due to the generosity of the John A. Reisenbach Foundation whose goal is to make New York a safer place to live and work.
Space is limited to 150 guests. Please reserve space for you and your staff by contacting Marilyn Simpson at 212.237.8641 or msimpson@jjay.cuny.edu. For additional information, contact Dr. Albert Harper at 212.237.8660 or aharper@jjay.cuny.edu. Click here for details.
New York City Bar Association
42 West 44th Street
New York City
Graduate Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:45 PM
The second lecture of the Spring 2010 series is "Ritual and Signature in Serial Sexual Homicide" presented by Professor Louis Schlesinger of the Department of Psychology.
For more information, contact Petula Bailey at pbailey@jjay.cuny.edu or 646.557.4518.
John Jay College
445 West 59th Street, Room 1311N
New York City
In a career that has spanned decades, Robert Koval (MPA '86) has successfully blended his two professional "loves" -- the military and law enforcement. He works for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as its liaison officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. The catalyst that brought together his professional interests was John Jay's Master of Public Administration program at West Point.
After receiving his bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy, Koval recalls, "I initially wanted to pursue a military career, which I did serving 10 years of active duty." While teaching at the Academy in the mid-1980s, he started taking classes in John Jay's graduate program."It was during the Cold War and I was antsy to make a career change. Some of my fellow students turned me on to the DEA. It generated my interest. I hate drugs and the agency seemed very proactive and action packed. I've been with the DEA almost 22 years and I haven't regretted one moment of it. I love the fact that every day you go to work, you're doing something good for society. One of the nice things about the DEA is that it allows you to keep your military commission." In 2008 Koval completed 30 years of military service -- 10 years of active duty plus 20 years in the reserves, achieving the rank of full colonel in the military police.
During his tenure with the DEA, he has witnessed some significant changes. One of the biggest has been in area of technology. "We are now every bit as highly technological as the drug traffickers we go after," he says. Another change over the decades has been the connection between drugs and terrorism. Although the DEA has been following the money for quite a number of years now, since 9/11 there is growing evidence that drug trafficking proceeds are being used to finance terrorism. According to Koval, "After 9/11, the government went after these quasi-legitimate fundraising organizations that were set up to fund terrorism. As those sources of funding are drying up, the terrorists have gone after other sources and that's where drug trafficking comes in. At least half of the 44 organizations that the U.S. has deemed terrorists organizations finance their terrorist activities through drug trafficking. And as investigations continue, it is likely that there will be more."
In his current position, he serves as the interagency senior advisor to the Joint Chiefs on all counter-narcotics matters. The Department of Defense (DOD) has a large counter-narcotics component and with its increased emphasis on an interagency process, the DEA and the DOD work together, particularly in Afghanistan, the largest poppy growing country in the world, where the Afghan National Police are being trained in counter-narcotics operations.
Within days after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the John Jay community began to mobilize. President Jeremy Travis noted, "As a College we are committed to supporting members of our community who suffered personal loss, providing assistance to the aid efforts now underway and making a long term commitment to bring our talents, resources and unique expertise to the task of rebuilding Haiti." The college's response will be directed by Vice President of Student Development Berenecea Johnson Eanes and fundraising efforts on campus have already begun. At the suggestion of our Haitian students, the theme of the campaign is "Help Rebuild Haiti," a title that underscores their commitment to the long term rebuilding effort. For one John Jay student, response to the earthquake was personal and direct. Reina Batrony, a graduate student in psychology, was at home in Haiti on January 12 when the earthquake struck. She survived the quake and is now trying to do what she can to offer comfort and aid to its victims. In an email to a faculty member, she described medical facilities saturated with victims of all ages. "I have been volunteering...providing psychological assistance pre-and post- operation [to] many of those victims who have lost limbs. I work with them to help them understand and cope with this new way of being. I have also volunteered as a translator for the doctors from around the world (Americans, Europeans and Koreans). I have joined a group that collects funds to buy supplies such as medicine, food, water and primary utensils to distribute to those in great need. I am trying to help as much as I can. I feel that it is my duty to do so, not only as a survivor of this earthquake, but as a professional in my field." As President Travis put it, "Her response is so typical of John Jay students - resourceful, professional and committed."
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