2008 Woodie Awards
Criminal Justice Association places 1st in competition
Rachel Harper
Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: News
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At the Region III competition, Central's G.E. Davila Chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association - Lambda Alpha Epsilon - claimed the championship for the fourth consecutive year. Forty-six criminal justice students and three faculty advisors attended the three-day conference Oct. 28 to 30 in Springfield, Mo.
There were seven schools present at the competition. Region III consists of nine states. There were 193 participants at the competition from the region.
"We have a big area that isn't densely populated, but we are the largest conference out of all six regions," said Roger Pennel, advisor of Central's LAE.
Central's team earned 11 individual first place, nine second place and eight third place trophies. Mary Andrew, received the top academic student award.
"She is very quiet, unassuming person and smart, but I did not realize how smart," Pennel said. "She did an awesome job."
"Mary is an excellent student and a very hard worker," said Andrew Crowther, instructor in criminal justice and chapter advisor. "She is very studious, intelligent, kind. I really can't say enough about her. She is very respectful and modest."
Also receiving top honors was Maj. Richard Gillespie of Central's Department of Public Safety, an LAE advisor. He received the "Top Gun" firearms award. Gillespie trains the students in firearms.
"With his training, he has been a mainstay for the chapter the last few years," Pennel said. "He has worked with the students on firearms to help get their proficiency up, and he is proficient at the range too."
"I know students respect him as a shooter and a teacher," Crowther said.
In the team competitions, Central received three first place, two second place and one third place trophies.
"All the people that went, worked hard," Pennel said. "Many of them have put in four nights a week for firearms, crime scene, etc. and multiple nights on academics."
The academic and skills competitions are divided into lower, upper and professional divisions. The lower division is made of students who have less than 70 credit hours. The upper division consists of students who have 70 to 140 credit hours. The professional division consists of criminal justice professors, graduate students and full-time criminal justice professionals.
There were seven schools present at the competition. Region III consists of nine states. There were 193 participants at the competition from the region.
"We have a big area that isn't densely populated, but we are the largest conference out of all six regions," said Roger Pennel, advisor of Central's LAE.
Central's team earned 11 individual first place, nine second place and eight third place trophies. Mary Andrew, received the top academic student award.
"She is very quiet, unassuming person and smart, but I did not realize how smart," Pennel said. "She did an awesome job."
"Mary is an excellent student and a very hard worker," said Andrew Crowther, instructor in criminal justice and chapter advisor. "She is very studious, intelligent, kind. I really can't say enough about her. She is very respectful and modest."
Also receiving top honors was Maj. Richard Gillespie of Central's Department of Public Safety, an LAE advisor. He received the "Top Gun" firearms award. Gillespie trains the students in firearms.
"With his training, he has been a mainstay for the chapter the last few years," Pennel said. "He has worked with the students on firearms to help get their proficiency up, and he is proficient at the range too."
"I know students respect him as a shooter and a teacher," Crowther said.
In the team competitions, Central received three first place, two second place and one third place trophies.
"All the people that went, worked hard," Pennel said. "Many of them have put in four nights a week for firearms, crime scene, etc. and multiple nights on academics."
The academic and skills competitions are divided into lower, upper and professional divisions. The lower division is made of students who have less than 70 credit hours. The upper division consists of students who have 70 to 140 credit hours. The professional division consists of criminal justice professors, graduate students and full-time criminal justice professionals.