MSUM alumni A.J. Schlee, Andy Werk and Taylor Huss were sworn in as the Moorhead Police Department’s newest officers on Friday. The trio graduated in 2015 with degrees in criminal justice. Help us in thanking Schlee, Werk and Huss for their service to the community! See coverage of the event from WDAY, Valley News Live and KVRR.
The Tri-College NEW (National Education for Women’s) Leadership Development Institute, coordinated by Dr. Deborah White, Sociology, was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Women’s Fund. The grant will be used to help fund the 2017 Institute.
On Thursday, May 5, the faculty in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice inducted 17 students into one of three national honor societies, including one student was inducted into two national honor societies. The faculty also announced the winners of the department’s annual awards.
Gerontology students Amy Bechtle, Jessica Boonstra, Merianne Bott, Ana Brakel, Beau Cummings, Mayu Ishikawa, and Keren Mabisi, along with Gerontology Program Coordinator Sue Humphers-Ginther and Professors Shawn Ginther (Social Work) and Jessica Hausauer (Sociology), attended the 40th annual meeting of the Minnesota Gerontological Society in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 22, 2016.
Jessica Hausauer, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, was recently awarded a prestigious SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award through the American Sociological Association’s Section on Teaching and Learning. The purpose of this competitive award is to “prepare a new generation of scholars and leaders in the Teaching Movement in Sociology by providing supplemental funds to support participation in […]