News Release

March 20, 2007


BSU Criminal Justice Students Excel at Nationals

Members of Boise State University’s Alpha Kappa chapter of the Alpha Phi Sigma honor society for criminal justice students took home a number of awards at the recent APS national conference in Seattle. Boise State students won eight awards, including three awards for the chapter:
• Leadership award: For service and fundraising activities
• Ethics award: For National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) event and Books for Israel project
• Best Web site award

Individually, members took home the following awards:
• Laura Keys: First prize for best paper in the undergraduate division
• Suzann Lathrop: First prize in the graduate-level paper competition
• Heath Hiatt: First prize in the undergraduate general knowledge test
• Jon Cooper: First prize in the graduate general knowledge test
• Lathrop, Pam Hall and Amanda Freeman: College bowl

Cooper is the APS president and Andy Giacomazzi, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration, is the group’s adviser.

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Contact: Andrew Giacomazzi, Department of Criminal Justice Administration, (208) 426-4162, agiacom@boisestate.edu 
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Tuesday, April 10, 2007