You are on page 1of 2

@John Jay News and Events of Interest

to the College Community


iÜÃÊ>˜`Ê Ûi˜ÌÃʜvʘÌiÀiÃÌÊ
January 28, 2011
̜Ê̅iÊ
œi}iÊ
œ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ

Worth Noting Scholarships Await


January 31 – February 1 8:30 AM Tapping the Rich Vein of Opportunities at John Jay
6th Annual Guggenheim
Scholarships offer perhaps the best way to to connect John Jay students with the universe awards. From alerting students to existing or
Symposium on Crime in America offset some of the costs of higher education, of scholarship support available to them. emerging scholarships, to helping them craft
Law & Disorder: Facing the Legal & Economic while significantly enhancing the overall quality Scaduto’s office handles in-house scholarships, compelling résumés and personal statements,
Challenges to American Criminal Justice of one’s college experience. This unique special- and McNickle’s the external ones. Between the the workshops help give students the confidence
Keynote Speaker: Chief Judge Jonathan focus issue of @ John Jay looks at some of the two offices, there are dozens of scholarship to say “I can do this,” McNickle observed.
Lippmann, New York State Court of Appeals. many scholarship opportunities for John Jay and fellowship opportunities available, and the “I think the scholarship game is addictive,”
Presented by the Center on Media, students. directors say far too many students don’t take she said. “Do it once and you’ll do it again and
Crime and Justice. “We have many students who are good advantage of them, for one reason or another. again and again.” The trick is to take that first
candidates for scholarships,” observed Litna “We tell students that if you meet the minimum step, she added. “For some students, it’s a lack
Room 630, Haaren Hall
McNickle, Director of the Office of Honors, requirements, apply,” said McNickle. “Even if of familiarity with the options and the process.
Awards and Special Opportunities (HASO). your application is unsuccessful, the process of It’s particularly troublesome among first-
February 1 6:00 PM “We want more of them to compete for these applying is going to be beneficial in and of itself.” generation college students, who might have no
Screening: Fair Game awards.” To this end, HASO conducts a year-round reference point from family members.”
McNickle’s unit works with the Scholarship series of workshops to help more students HASO and the Scholarship Office take an
A new film by Doug Liman,
Office, under the direction of Michael Scaduto, successfully negotiate the path to scholarship aggressively proactive approach to getting the
followed by a conversation with the dierctor
word out to students. A new HASO Web site
Multipurpose Room, North Hall recently went online (www.jjay.cuny.edu/HASO)
and creating a Facebook presence for the office
February 8 6:00 PM is on the to-do list for the current academic year.
On April 28, an information session will be held
Lloyd Sealy Lecture for prestigious fall fellowship opportunities (time
Police Chief Charles A. McClelland Jr. and location to be announced). Also during the
Houston, TX spring semester, the office will begin recruiting
Room 630, Haaren Hall promising freshmen for next fall’s sophomore
class in the John Jay Honors Program.
Scaduto encouraged students to sign up
February 11 9:00 AM online for the “John Jay College Scholars
Occasional Series on Network,” which provides information about
Reentry Research new and current scholarships, application
information and deadlines, invitations to
National Justice Atlas of Sentencing & Correction workshops and seminars, and other updates.
Eric Cadora, Director. Justice Mapping Center “We’re taking more a strategic direction with
Presented by the Prisoner Reentry Institute regard to scholarships,” he said.
Room 630, Haaren Hall [Contact the Office of Honors, Awards and
Special Opportunities at 212.237.8553, or the
Scholarship Office at 212.237.8872.]
February 12 12:00 N PORTAL TO SUCCESS: Litna McNickle, Director of the Office of Honors, Awards and Special Opportunities.

Varsity Basketball
Women’s and Men’s Teams vs. Lehman College
Gymnasium, Haaren Hall
Opening Doors for Research-Minded Students
Students with a penchant for research can by science professor Nathan Lents, will be working member, proof of participation (e.g., a preliminary
February 23 7:00 PM get significant help in those endeavors through a to identify promising students and connect them conference program) and an estimated budget.
variety of scholarship opportunities. to faculty members. “Students have to know what BA/MA students who are in their fourth year
Lecture Series: The 1960s — Undergraduate, graduate and BA/MA research opportunities are available, who’s doing what, who of study have access to their own scholarship
The Struggle for Justice Intensifies scholarships are available to high-achieving is interested in having a student assist them and support, through John Jay’s BA/MA Research
Music as Advocacy: How Songs Can Change History students, who may be awarded each of the what kinds of research projects are available,” Scholarship. The $4,000 award requires
Peter Yarrow scholarships just once during their academic said Lents. “The same with faculty — are there submission of a General Scholarship Application,
career. interested students?” a 700-word essay describing the student’s
Room 630, Haaren Hall
The new Office of Undergraduate Research, led Undergraduate Research Scholarships in the research project, a letter of recommendation from
amount of $1,500 are available to students with a supervising faculty member and a research

Think Globally: Scholarship a minimum GPA of 3.2 and 60 earned credits. In


addition to a completed John Jay College General
Scholarship Application, applicants must submit a
budget, if applicable.
Graduate Research Scholarships provide
$2,000 in support to students with 12 earned

Help Aids Study-Abroad Efforts 500-word essay describing their research project,
a letter of recommendation from a supervising
credits and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in a John
Jay master’s degree program. Application
Study at John Jay and see the world! family income cannot exceed $75,000. faculty member and a proposed research budget. requirements are comparable to those for
With the help of three different sources of The deadline for STOCS applications is March John Jay also offers Young Scholars Awards undergraduates and BA/MA students. (Visit www.
scholarship support, John Jay students are 14 for summer 2011 study abroad programs. of up to $1,000 for students who are interested jjay.cuny.edu/375.php for details.)
finding it easier to study abroad for part of their More information is available on the STOCS in presenting their research at a scholarly Lents observed that the overall goal “is that
undergraduate experience, in places as disparate Web site, www.cuny.edu/academics/programs/ conference but lack the necessary funding. students will have a body of work that’s their own
as Egypt, Greece and the Caribbean, to name just international/students/ scholarships/stocs.html. Students may apply before or after participating that they can present at conferences. It’s really
a few. Outside scholarship assistance is also available in such a conference, and must submit a empowering for students. It gets them plugged into
Students who have been approved for a study for students seeking to study abroad. The General Scholarship Application, a one- to two- the scholarly community.”
abroad opportunity, but require further financial Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship page abstract of the presentation, a copy of [For more detailed information on student
support, can take advantage of the John Jay Program, created by Congress in 2000, provides the faculty-approved paper or research, a letter research scholarships, application requirements
Study Abroad Scholarship, which can provide up awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are of recommendation from a John Jay faculty and deadlines, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/1202.php.]
to $1,000 in aid. Interested students must have receiving Pell Grant funding at two- or four-year
completed at least 30 credits by the date of the colleges or universities to participate in study Carpe Diem
program with a GPA of 3.0 or above. They must abroad programs worldwide. Additional scholarship opportunities for John Jay students.
complete and submit a John Jay College General A John Jay student-athlete, Norhan Basuni, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Gary Boccia Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship Application along with a 300-word was chosen as a Gilman Scholar for winter 2011 New York Needs You (NYNY) Fellowship (Forensic Science)
essay describing the study abroad program, the and is currently studying in her native Egypt. She National Science Foundation Scholarship in International Student Scholarship
need for support and how the experience will add previously participated in a John Jay study-abroad Computer Science/Forensic Science Maria I. Ramirez Memorial Scholarship
to their studies. summer session in Greece. Other students who Justice Scholarship Rising Sophomore Scholarship
The participants in the “academically rigorous” have received recent Gilman scholarships have Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Upper Division Scholarship
John Jay programs may also qualify under the studied in Italy, Argentina and Australia. Program Graduate Scholarship
Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students The application deadline for summer 2011 Faculty and Staff Memorial Scholarship International Graduate Scholarship
(STOCS) program. STOCS grants provide students Gilman scholarships is March 1. For more
[For information about these and other scholarships, contact the Scholarship Office at 212.237.8872, or the Office of
with $750 to $1,500 in financial aid for overseas information, visit www.iie.org/en/Programs/
Honors, Awards and Special Opportunities at 212.237.8553.]
study. The grants are income-based; a recipient’s Gilman-Scholarship-Program.
‘Best & Brightest’ Sought Alumni Association Gives
for Honors Program Back to Help Students
The revamped John Jay Honors Program seeks enrolled its first freshman class in 2010, is about John Jay’s alumni know how to “pay it forward.”
to “cultivate, encourage and nourish” the College’s more than just academic excellence, although The Alumni Association Board offers an annual
most talented students, according to Professor that is very much at its core. By working closely $5,000 scholarship to one student completing
John Matteson, the program’s academic director. with faculty members and peers in an ongoing his or her sophomore year. The Alumni Endowed
The innovative, theme-based program, which learning community, students explore the idea Scholarship is awarded to support the student’s
of the common good in a sequence of enriched, continued study at the College.
challenging interdisciplinary courses that use New The 2010/2011 winner of the alumni scholar-
York City as a laboratory for learning. ship, Jamie Bridgewater, is a native of St. Kitts,
Matteson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and who is majoring in English and carrying a 3.982
member of the English department, noted that the grade point average. Upon receiving the scholar-
program stresses critical thinking, creativity and ship at the 2010 alumni reunion, she told the
ethical decision-making with attention to global capacity audience, “You have made it possible for
concerns, community responsibility and civic me to have at least one more year of my education
engagement. “We are very interested in seeing and I thank you so very much.”
what we can do to encourage John Jay students Bridgewater, who was also recently selected for
to take an active role in the New York community the Vera Fellows Program at John Jay, is a service-
beyond John Jay,” he said. oriented academic achiever. As a Peer Ambas-
Entering freshmen enrolled in the Honors sador student leader, she regularly represents the
Jamie Bridgewater
Program receive scholarship aid of $1,000 per college community at on- and off-campus events.
semester, along with an Apple laptop computer. The 2009/2010 winner of the Alumni Endowed The Alumni Association also presents, in con-
Participation in the Honors Program requires Scholarship, Joseph Onwu, is now president of the junction with the College’s Center on Terrorism,
young scholars to conduct original research on John Jay Student Council. Majoring in political sci- a graduate scholarship in terrorism studies to
topics dealing with crime, social justice, criminal ence with minors in history and English, he intends honor the John Jay alumni who died in the terror-
justice and societal contexts for justice. They are to apply to law school, with his eye on a career as ist attacks of September 11, 2001. The $2,000
then given opportunities to present their research a lawmaker in his native Nigeria. scholarship supports advanced academic studies
at important national conferences. Six honors Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.2. that promote better understanding of terrorism,
students traveled last February to the annual They must complete the John Jay College General strategies for countering it and policies for prevent-
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference Scholarship Application and submit a letter of ing it. The 2011 award was presented to Marina
to present their thesis research. recommendation from a John Jay faculty member, Bontkowski, a Harvard graduate who is now pur-
[For more information on the Honors Program, and a 300-word essay describing accomplish- suing a Master of Arts in Forensic Mental Health
contact the program’s administrative director, ments and future professional aspirations. Final- Counseling at John Jay.
Litna McNickle, in the Office of Honors, Awards ists must attend a personal interview with the The deadline for the 2011/2012 scholarship is
Professor John Matteson and Special Opportunities, 212.237.8553.] Alumni Association Board. February 22.

St. Guillen Jolly Good Fellows


Remembered Vera Program Combines Mentoring, Academics & Service
Through the Vera Fellows Program, a

in Graduate collaboration between John Jay and the Vera


Institute of Justice and its spinoff agencies, 10

Scholarship students each year get an opportunity to intern


with front-line criminal justice agencies. For
their efforts, the Vera Fellows gain invaluable
Through the annual Imette St. Guillen
experience in addition to a stipend of $1,000 per
Scholarship, John Jay honors the memory of a
semester.
24-year-old graduate student who was abducted
Students in the Vera program, coordinated
and brutally murdered in February 2006. Imette
by Professor Abby Stein of the Interdisciplinary
St. Guillen was deeply committed to the criminal
Studies Program, also attend a weekly seminar
justice field and was close to completing her
that includes scholarly reading and discussion,
master’s degree when her life was taken.
guest lectures and site visits to the agencies and
The scholarship, which has been awarded
to courtrooms.
five times since its inception, is presented to
One recent Vera Fellow was placed in an intern-
a promising second-year student in John Jay’s
ship with the Neighborhood Defender Service,
graduate program in criminal justice, who
a community-based organization that provides
demonstrates both a dedication to service in
free legal representation and social services to
the criminal justice field and a desire to have a
residents of upper Harlem. During the internship,
positive impact on society. The scholarship covers John Jay’s Vera Fellows, along with their mentors and faculty members, gather at the College in November for a celebration.
she got the chance to shadow agency attorneys
the complete cost of full-time graduate tuition,
as they met with clients and discussed their Fellowship have been uniformly positive. “Interning am and what I would like to do in life, and gave me
fees and book expenses for up to two semesters,
cases, and was regularly peppered with questions with a Vera agency has completely changed my the confidence that I can achieve that.”
as well as a modest stipend.
that challenged her views about what she had perspective on what my future could be,” said [For more information on the Vera Fellowship
Shea Donato, the 2008-2009 St. Guillen
­observed during trials and other proceedings. one. “The Vera Fellowship is a truly one-of-a-kind, program, contact Professor Abby Stein at
Scholar in recalling the experience of applying
The reactions of students to the Vera hands-on experience that helped me define who I 212.237.8453; e-mail astein@jjay.cuny.edu.]
for and winning the scholarship noted that this
reaffirmed everything I’ve believed about what I
want to do with my life and what kind of impact I
want to have on the people around me — perhaps
A Gift That Keeps on Giving
the same kind of impact Imette herself may have
wanted to have on the world around her.”
Former John Jay VPs Step Up to Help Change Students’ Lives
Among the requirements for the scholarship, One of the profound satisfactions of being an (now Clark Atlanta University),
applicants must be matriculated students in educator is the ability to help students achieve then to the Hunter School of
the master’s program in criminal justice, with a their professional and academic goals. The new Social Work for a master’s degree
minimum GPA of 3.70, and have completed at James and Rubie Malone Scholarship at John Jay and to Columbia University for
least 12 John Jay credits with a minimum of 12 — like the professors behind it — aims to do just a doctorate, retired in 2009
credits left to fulfill the degree requirements. that. as John Jay’s Assistant Vice
A letter of self-nomination must be submitted Winning a basketball scholarship changed the President for Strategic Planning.
by March 7, 2011, that details the applicant’s course of James Malone’s life, just as winning Their scholarship will provide
commitment to public service and how he or she an academic scholarship changed the life of his support for a first-semester
embodies the spirit in which the scholarship is wife, Rubie. With the Malone Scholarship, the two sophomore with a high GPA and
awarded. former vice presidents of John Jay College would some level of financial need. It
like to give other students the same opportunities will also ask that the student
they had to reach their potential. have a strong commitment to
@ John Jay is published by the
Office of Marketing and Development
“We’re both people who realize that education community service.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice is the way in which individuals can become “We want to provide support
899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 successful, not only change their lives but change for a first-semester sophomore
www.jjay.cuny.edu the lives of their families and their communities,” because those are the students Student benefactors — and former John Jay vice presidents — James and Rubie Malone.
said James Malone. who need it the most,” James that in the future, they would have enough funding
Editor: Peter Dodenhoff
James Malone attended the University of Malone said. “They got through their freshman to support a second or third sophomore.
Submissions should be faxed or e-mailed to: Akron and went on to become director of John year okay; they got a lot of counseling that first [For more information on this scholarship,
Office of Communications
Jay’s SEEK Program, the Dean of Students and year. But they kind of get lost in that second year.” application requirements and deadlines, contact
fax: 212.237.8642
ultimately, Vice President for Administrative While the funds they raise will provide a stipend the Scholarship Office at 212.237.8872; e-mail
e-mail: pdodenhoff@jjay.cuny.edu
Affairs. Rubie Malone, who went to Clark College for one student, Malone said they were hopeful scholarships@jjay.cuny.edu.]

educating for justice

You might also like