1st Vice President
Nicole N.
Napolitano, MA '03,
PhD '16
2nd Vice
President
Oscar Odom, III,
BS'83, JD, EdD
Andrew Schweighardt,
MA '09, PhD '12
Treasurer
Sheila Nickens, MA'85
Secretary
Danielle Barrett,
BA'04
Historian
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April
30-May 4, 2018
Research Creativity Week
2018 This year, from April 30 to May 4, the John Jay
campus will once again be teeming with over 340 undergraduate and 20
graduate students, proudly presenting their research to their peers,
faculty, family, and friends.
Sexual Justice Now!
Seeing Rape - Original short plays about sexual violence
written by John Jay students. Conversation with actors and
playwrights immediately following. This event is part of the Sexual
Justice Now! Series.
Karen Mason - Vocalist Karen Mason has starred on stage
and television, and in recordings. On Broadway, she dazzled audiences
in Wonderland, originated the role of Tanya in Mamma Mia!, and earned
ovations for her performance as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
Art of Stepping presents
the World Of Step Competition
This jam-packed performance is for all those in attendance to
experience step dancing in a whole new way. Join in on artistic and
step performances, meet greet with celebrity judges and so much more!
Art of Stepping designed this exclusive and one-of-a-kind competition
to further assist the cultivation of step!
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Alumni
Return to Campus for 10th Consecutive All-Class Reunion
On
April 20, John Jay alumni gathered on campus to celebrate their
accomplishments and enjoy a night with old friends at the annual
Alumni Reunion. Over 400 alumni and guests registered for the event.
This year's Alumni Reunion was the 10th consecutive all-class reunion
in John Jay's 53-year history. The event coincided with the 25th
anniversary of the highly successful McNair Scholars program, and
several McNair graduates, and former faculty members associated with
the program, returned to campus to celebrate the momentous event. Read more
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Torey McNeil ('17) Creates
a Scholarship for Students
with Full-Time Jobs
When Torey McNeil graduated last year, the president
asked how many students worked either a part-time or full-time jobs.
"The entire audience stood up," says McNeil. "That's
who we are at John Jay, we're working jobs and we're driven. With
that drive we lead our own way to success." Read More
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Deborah Koetzle, Associate Professor, Receives City
& State New York Above & Beyond Award
Deborah Koetzle, Ph.D., Associate Professor and the
Executive Officer of the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice, was in
El Salvador working to help improve severe prison overcrowding, when
she received an unexpected email from City & State New York, a media
organization dedicated to covering local politics and policy. The
email said that she would be one of their 30 Above & Beyond Award
Honorees, recognizing extraordinary women in education, health,
labor, law/lobbying, government and real estate. "I was shocked,"
says Koetzle. "There are so many people here at John Jay, and
elsewhere, doing such amazing work. And when you're in the weeds, I
think we sometimes forget that what we're doing actually makes a
difference. It was a huge validation that the work I'm doing really
matters." Read more
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McNair Scholars Program
Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary
It's been 25 years since the Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program was first launched at John Jay
College, and to celebrate the program's outstanding track record of
getting students accepted to Ph.D. programs, a series of events were
scheduled through the spring semester. Read more
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Career & Internship Fair
Gives Students Invaluable Networking Opportunities
On March 15, over 900 John Jay students took full
advantage of the Career & Internship Fair produced by the Center
for Career & Professional Development. "Each semester, the
Career Center works hard to bring in a diverse group of employers to
help students think about future career opportunities," says the
Career Center's Senior Director, Will Simpkins. "It is clear
that local and national employers place John Jay College at the top
of their list of recruitment sites, and they routinely tell us that
our students are the most prepared, most curious, and most
driven." Walking through the event, it was impossible not to
notice the infectious enthusiasm the students had with the 101
employers in attendance. Read more
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John Jay Hosts First-Ever Conference on Women
in Law Enforcement
On
March 23, during Women's History Month, John Jay hosted the
first-ever Symposium on Women in Law Enforcement, sponsored by
the John Jay College Department of Public Safety and the FBI-New
York Office, and with generous support from Siemens Corporation. The
daylong conference featured presentations from invited guests and
John Jay faculty members on current topics in the field, including
cybersecurity, community policing, and the opioid crisis. In
attendance were alumni and students, as well as women employed in law
enforcement, some of whom traveled from out of state to network and
receive professional development on navigating the largely
male-dominated field. Read more
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27th Lloyd George Sealy Lecture
On March 13, 2018, The National Organization of
Black Law Enforcement Executives(NOBLE) and the Department of
Africana Studies, in partnership with the Lloyd George Sealy Library,
presented the 27th Annual Lloyd George Sealy Lecture. The lecture,
titled "Moving Toward Community Justice in the 21st
Century" was delivered by Kenton Buckner, Chief of Police of the
Little Rock Department in Arkansas.
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John Jay College Researchers Develop First of its Kind
School Shootings Database
March 20, 2018, New York, NY - Researchers at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice are creating a first of its kind national, open-source
database to track shootings on K-12 school grounds and sharpen the
public's understanding of these tragedies. In partnership with
University of Texas at Dallas and Michigan State University, the
project is supported by a grant from the National Institute of
Justice's Comprehensive School Safety Initiative - a research-focused
initiative that seeks to develop knowledge about the root causes of
school violence and to foster and evaluate strategies for increasing
school safety. Read more
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Hon.
Carmen R .Velasquez, BA, '84, JD was elected 2nd Vice
President of the Association of Supreme Court Justices of the State
of New York.
Eric
L. Ortiz, BS, '15,
has become Director of Global Operations, Facilities and
Security Systems at Condé Nast.
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