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Outstanding alumni and undergraduate students honored at the 2018 Department of Sociology and Criminology Award Ceremony
Outstanding alumni and undergraduate students honored at the 2018 Department of Sociology and Criminology Award Ceremony

Criminology Alum Jaden Rankin-Whalers Selected For The Inaugural Class Of The Young Alumni Ambassador Program
Jaden Rankin-Whalers is one of five recent graduates selected for the inaugural class of the Young Alumni Ambassador Program.

Criminology alum named chief of police at University Park
Keith Morris, chief of the Allentown Police Department in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been named chief of police at Penn State’s University Park campus, effective April 20. Morris earned a bachelor of science in administration of justice from Penn State in 1995.

Alumni and Students Honored at 2017 Sociology and Criminology Award Ceremony
Outstanding alumni and undergraduate students were honored at the 2017 Department of Sociology and Criminology Award Ceremony on April 7 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Sociology alumnus, Matthew S. Hall recognized for early career achievements
Penn State Graduate School alumnus Matthew S. Hall received the Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS) Early Career Award on March 25 at the annual GSAS recognition dinner. This award was established to recognize alumni who have demonstrated exceptional success in their chosen field within the first ten years after obtaining their graduate degree.

Retired LAPD Captain Joins Alumnae Leadership Conference
1984 administration of justice graduate spent three decades with LAPD

Alumna Creates New Endowed Professorship in Criminology
A portion of a recent $3 million gift made by Penn State alumna Mary O'Neill Marsh will be used to create the Dr. John Kramer Professorship in Criminology in the College of the Liberal Arts.