Alumni Association Newsletter (January 2008)

Alumni Association Funds Scholarship
The Alumni Association Board is proud to announce that it has established the John Jay College Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship for approximately $4,000. The purpose of the scholarship is to offer financial support each year to a highly qualified sophomore who is completing her or his second year at John Jay by providing a strong incentive for the student to remain at John Jay. The eligibility criteria are: a completed scholarship application, a 3.2 GPA, a 300 word personal essay setting forth past accomplishments and future plans, a letter of recommendation from a John Jay faculty member, a financial aid application, and a personal interview with the Alumni Association Board. The application deadline is February 28. For more information, contact Mary Nampiaparampil at mnampiaparampil@jjay.cuny.edu or 646.557.4516.

Statewide DNA Training
As part of a $2 million contract awarded by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services to the College’s Office of Continuing and Professional Studies, John Jay to date has trained 560 criminal justice personnel. One million dollars of this contract was passed along to the New York City Police Department and the remainder used by John Jay to train New York State police, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. Dean of Continuing and Professional Studies Judith Kornberg noted, "Our trainers covered the state from Niagara in the west to Suffolk in the east, from Plattsburgh in the north to Westchester in the south, and many points in between." Herb Johnson of the Criminal Justice Center, Peter Diaczuk of the Center for Modern Forensic Practice and Marilyn Simpson of the New York-New Jersey Regional Community Policing Institute based at John Jay, were responsible for the training.

Arrest Made in the Disappearance of Stepha Henry (BA’06)
New York City police arrested Kendrick Williams in Brooklyn on January 15 in the murder of Stepha Henry who was last seen in Florida while visiting family last May. According to recent news reports, Miami-Dade police had located the car used by Williams and matched the bloodstains in it to Henry. Florida authorities notified the NYPD that they suspected Williams was in New York City where police were able to locate him through his cell phone use. Since her disappearance, the College has hosted services to celebrate her life and established a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. President Jeremy Travis noted that, "Stepha was our beloved alumna and co-worker. She embodied the values we hope to impart to all our students - a thirst for knowledge, a commitment to excellence and a desire to ensure fairness in the pursuit of justice. She was full of hope and promise. We mourn the fact that she was unable to fulfill her dreams."

In Memoriam 2007

Alumni
Renee Chong, BS `93
William Cunneen, BS `67
Thomas Patrick Curry, MA `76
Edward Gallagher, BS `76
Moncy Mathews, BA ’05
Robert McCarthy, MA ‘78
Howard Steven Meadow, MA ‘76
James H. Oliver, BS ‘76
Louicasse Pierre, MPA ‘00
Gilbert Powell, BS `77
Matthew Sam Rader, MA `79
Leonard S. Schrier, MA `76
George Triffon, CUNY BA

Faculty & Staff
Myrna D. Bain, African American Studies
Sheila Brandt, retired, Business Office
Herbert Erlanger, Physical Education and Athletics
Joseph Grunberger, Human Resources
Goldye Tanenhaus, retired, Office of the Provost

Public Safety Agencies Recruiting on Campus
The Job Assistance Program at John Jay is pleased to announce that the following agencies will be recruiting in the College’s North Hall at 445 West 59th Street:

Music in Our Lives by Young International Musicians: A Narrated Concert for Children and Parents
Sunday, February 3, 2008 2:00 PM

The Mozart Academy at John Jay is pleased to present a concert for children by children. The concert will be conducted by Todd Dean and performed by the Carnegie Hill Orchestra whose members range in age from 8-15. Program highlights include the "Toy" Symphony by Josef Haydn; "The Great Gate at Kiev" by Mussorgsky; "The Swan" by Saint Saens; and "Danse" by Ravel. Refreshments and an orientation for the Mozart Academy classes immediately follow the concert. Admission is free. Reservations are required.

To reserve seats, email conted@jjay.cuny.edu. Your email confirmation is your ticket. For more information, call 212.484.1101

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue
New York City

Exhibition Opening Reception - Dads
Monday, February 4, 2008 6:00 PM

The John Jay College Gallery is proud to present Dads by photographer Stephen Shames. The exhibit documents programs across the country that bring fathers and children together while strengthening families and communities. Shames’ images are in the permanent collections of many museums including the National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Photographic Arts. The exhibition is part of Moving Walls, an annual documentary photography exhibition produced by the Open Society Institute, a private operating and grant-making foundation based in New York City. Dads will be on view until June 27, 2008.

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Sixth Floor Gallery
New York City

Alumni Open House in Brooklyn
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:00 PM -8:00 PM

President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS ’75, JD), Alumni Association President; and Teresa Coaxum (BA ’93), 2nd Vice President, cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part the series to Connect and Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Delores Jones-Brown, Director of the Center on Race, Crime and Justice, is the invited presenter. Refreshments will be served.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Jerylle Kemp, Director of Alumni Relations, at jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8964. Please be sure to provide your full name, degree(s), graduation year(s) and your email address.

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCada)
80 Hansen Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Graduate Lecture Series in Forensic Science:
The Real C.S.I.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:30 PM

Dr. Mechthild Prinz will speak on "Solving New York City Cases through DNA hits." Dr. Prinz is the Director of Forensic Biology at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

John Jay College
445 West 59th Street, 2nd Floor, Multi-Purpose Room
New York City

Alumni Reception in Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

President Jeremy Travis cordially invites all alumni to attend the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Reception at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting (AAFS).

Please confirm your attendance at this reception to John Jay Alumni Relations at 212.237.8964 or email jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu. Please be sure to provide the following information: your full name, degree(s), graduation year(s) and your email address. (Those interested in the AAFS Annual Meeting, should visit www.aafs.org.)

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Room - Wilson A
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC 20008

Alumni Open House in the Bronx
Friday, February 22, 2008 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS ’75, JD), Alumni Association President; and Larry Cunningham (BS ’97, JD), the Bronx Coordinator, cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part of the series to Connect and Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Jose Luis Morin, Interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies, will be the presenter. Refreshments will be served.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Jerylle Kemp, Director of Alumni Relations, at jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8964. Please be sure to provide your full name, degree(s), graduation year(s) and your email address.

Riverdale Garden Restaurant
4576 Manhattan College Pkwy.
Bronx, NY

The Annual Lloyd George Sealy Lecture
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:00 PM

President Jeremy Travis invites you to the annual Lloyd George Sealy Lecture featuring New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New Orleans Police Superintendent William J. Riley who will discuss "Policing America’s Cities in the 21st Century: Challenges and Triumphs." Dr. Ellen Scrivner of John Jay’s Leadership Academy will serve as moderator. A reception will be hosted by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE).

RSVP to iae@jjay.cuny.edu

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City

Stop and Frisk Conference
Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Center on Race, Crime and Justice; the Office for the Advancement of Research; and the New York Civil Liberties Union are sponsoring this conference to explore the use of this police tactic.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Professor Delores Jones-Brown at djonesbrown@jjay.cuny.edu or 212-237-8390.

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City

Annual Malcolm/King Breakfast
Friday, February 29, 2008 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The African American Studies Department is pleased to invite you to the 18th Annual Malcolm/King Breakfast which this year will honor David Lamb, author of Do Platanos Go Wit’ Collard Greens. Dominick Carter of New York One will be the keynote speaker.

RSVP to 212.237.8764.Tickets are $35 (payable to John Jay College, African American Studies Department). It is preferred that responses be sent in advance to: Professor Kwando Kinshasa, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 445 West 59th Street, Room 3227, NY, NY 10019.

John Jay College
Gymnasium, 4th Floor
899 Tenth Avenue
New York City

Law Day at John Jay
Saturday, March 1, 2008 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Pre-Law Institute of John Jay is pleased to present a day of workshops with panels focusing on various aspects of law school admissions including financial aid, admissions criteria, the life of a law student and career options for those with a JD degree. The panels will feature law school deans, professors, admission directors and John Jay alumni who are now in law school.

The Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, will give the keynote address at the luncheon. In recognition of her commitment and dedication to the law, Judge Kaye will also receive the College’s first John Jay Medal of Justice at that event. Admission is free. Lunch will be served.

RSVP to lawday@jjay.cuny.edu.

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue
New York City

Alumni Open House in Long Island
Friday, March 4, 2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS ’75, JD), Alumni Association President; Suzanne Chiofolo (BA ’00), Secretary and Queens/Long Island Coordinator; and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey (BA ’75) cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part the series to Connect and Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Ric Curtis of the Anthropology Department is the invited presenter. Refreshments will be served.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Jerylle Kemp, Director of Alumni Relations, at jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8964. Please be sure to provide your full name, degree(s), graduation year(s) and your email address.

Nassau County Police Headquarters
1490 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501

Transitional Jobs for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: Early Impacts from a Random Assignment Evaluation
Friday, March 7, 2008 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

The Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College invites you to a presentation by Dan Bloom, Director of the Welfare and Barriers Policy Area of the Manpower Development Research Corporation. He will present early results from an evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York City, a highly-regarded employment program for formerly incarcerated individuals. This lecture is part of the Institute’s Occasional Series on Reentry Research.

RSVP to Nicole Lindahl at 646-557-4534 or nlindahl@jjay.cuny.edu

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City

2008 John Jay Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Reception
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:00 PM

The Department of Physical Education and Athletics cordially invites you to celebrate the achievements of William Allard (BS ’74) for pistol shooting; Greg Andrew (BA ’96) for basketball; Carri Raffone (BA/MA ’04) for softball; Heather Stewart (BA ’02) for softball; Derrick Tinsley (BS ’92) for baseball and basketball; and retired professor and coach Daniel Jesmur.

To RSVP and for more information, contact Laura Drazdowski at 646-557-4528 or ldrazdowski@jjay.cuny.edu.

John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York City

Graduate Lecture Series in Forensic Science: The Real C.S.I.
Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:30 PM

Professor Peter DeForest will address the issues surrounding "The Physical Evidence Record and Alternate Sources of Information in Criminal Investigations."

John Jay College
445 W. 59th Street, 2nd Floor, Multi-Purpose Room
New York City

Alumni Spotlights

Larry Cunningham (BS ’97, JD), Bronx Coordinator
Larry Cunningham is an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney's Office. As a member of the office's Appeals Bureau, he litigates post-conviction matters in state and federal court. He is also the Mental Health Coordinator, supervising approximately 10 lawyers who, on a part-time basis, litigate post-adjudication insanity review proceedings. Prior to joining the Bronx County District Attorney's Office in 2006, he was a law professor for three years at Texas Tech University where he taught criminal justice-related courses and directed a criminal litigation clinic. During that time, he was pro bono counsel in a successful, high-profile appeal challenging the prosecution of pregnant women for delivering controlled substances to their fetuses. He was also a visiting professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and Stetson University College of Law. Cunningham was previously an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, where he prosecuted juvenile delinquency offenses and gang cases. He tried numerous cases to verdict, including attempted murder, robbery, arson, drug offenses, malicious wounding, and sexual assault. Cunningham holds a BS in criminal justice from John Jay, where he was valedictorian, and a JD magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an executive editor of the Law Review. After graduating from Georgetown, he clerked for the Honorable Claude M. Hilton, then-Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Cunningham is a published author of several law review articles in the areas of juvenile justice, prosecutorial ethics, insurance law, professional responsibility, and criminal procedure. He teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School.

James Brito (BS’05), Staten Island Coordinator
Like so many John Jay students, James Brito worked his way through college. He was employed as a security guard for the law firm of Proskauer Rose and for the Gerber Group, which operates a number of upscale lounges and restaurants in New York City and elsewhere. As a student, he majored in police studies and minored in security management. After he graduated in 2005, Brito became a full-time employee with the Gerber Group where his duties quickly expanded from those of consultant to event coordinator. He is responsible for all aspects of security planning and protection - a position that often involves security coordination for high profile guests. As an entrepreneur, Brito is also involved in the production and promotion of musical and cultural events and is also a security consultant to event producers at a number of television networks.

Thinking Globally
Edwin M. Hernandez has a global perspective and after he completes his education, he hopes to return to the Dominican Republic to practice international law. He was one of 50 students selected from a national competition in the Dominican Republic to get a scholarship to attend CUNY. He selected John Jay because of its public administration program - particularly because the program has a concentration in international public administration. Since he came to the College, he has received numerous other scholarships and awards including the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship and the Justice Scholarship. In 2006-2007 he was the recipient of the International Student Award. One of the things he likes best about John Jay is its diversity. "The diversity at John Jay is very enriching. It gives me the opportunity to learn about other cultures and share experiences," he says. Last summer he participated in the College’s Pre-Law Summer program, a collaboration with St. John’s University Law School. Hernandez was able to take law classes, participate in an internship with the Queens District Attorney’s Office where he worked with victims of domestic violence, and clerked for the Honorable Stephen Bogacz of the State of New York Family Court. "John Jay opened the door to many opportunities for me," he says. This spring, he will be attending the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria, where students engage in a intensive seven-day international experience exploring issues of worldwide concern.