PENN STATE ALTOONA 1 CJO 12222021 Introduction 2

PENN STATE ALTOONA 1 CJO 12/22/2021

Introduction 2 The Criminal Justice Organization (CJO) was created (2000) by and designed for students with common interest in criminal justice FALL 2009 meetings will held every Thursday, during the common hour (12: 15 p. m. – 1: 05 p. m. ) in 138 Hawthorn Building CJO 12/22/2021

Current Officers (2009 -2010) 3 Co-Presidents: Mike Barnes (msb 5267@psu. edu) & Joshua Keele (jmk 5532@psu. edu) Vice-President: Jonathan Fagerholm (jlf 5166) Treasurer: Gerald Hoffman (gph 5015) Secretary: Harley Moore (hmm 5089) CJO 12/22/2021

Topics of Discussion 4 The organization was designed with four factors in 1. 2. 3. 4. CJO mind: A social element An educational element A service component A support component Anyone interested is encouraged to join 12/22/2021

Topic One: A Social Element 5 The CJO was developed to provide a forum for those students with common interests in criminal justice. This could include such things as: Pizza parties, movies, casual “get together’s, ” etc. CJO 12/22/2021

Topic Two: Educational Element 6 Educationally, the CJO is a key instrument in helping with career decisions and academics The CJO works towards bringing speakers to the campus who are working as a professional in some area of criminal justice The criminal justice program also has an active Mock Trail Team and Mediation Team CJO 12/22/2021

Topic Three: A Service Component 7 The CJO was designed with a service component in mind. This is intended to allow students to work within the community and represent, not only themselves and the CJO, but, Penn State Altoona as well This is done by coordinated volunteer work in the nearby communities CJO 12/22/2021

Topic Four: A support Element 8 Members of the CJO are willing to lend a helping hand to fellow students who are having problems with their academics This comes about in the form of mentoring CJO 12/22/2021

If you’re interested: 9 Contact a member of the CJO today. In addition, you may contact one of the criminal justice Faculty/Staff for information pertaining to membership: Michael Arter, Ph. D. , Assistant Professor (mla 14@psu. edu) Vidisha Barua, LLM, Ph. D. , Assistant Professor (vub 1@psu. edu) L. Edward Day, Ph. D. , Associate Professor (led 7@psu. edu ) Scott Kelly, Ph. D. Student, Counselor & Part-Time Lecturer (sak 229@psu. edu ) Amir Marvasti, Ph. D. , Assistant Professor (abm 11@psu. edu) Mary Ann Probst, Esquire, CJ Program Coordinator (map 141@psu. edu) Nicholar Rowland, Ph. D. , Assistant Professor (njr 12@psu. edu) Robert Worley, Ph. D. , Assistant Professor (rmw 24@psu. edu) CJO 12/22/2021

Remember: 10 The Criminal Justice Organization is open to anyone The CJO is designed for anyone who has an interest in criminal justice Officers are elected by the CJO members for a term of one year CJO 12/22/2021