{"id":4574,"date":"2022-05-11T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.cas.wsu.edu\/crmj-newsletter-wds\/?page_id=4574"},"modified":"2025-06-26T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:07:51","slug":"2022-awards-ceremony-and-reception","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/2022-awards-ceremony-and-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Awards Ceremony and Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2022 Criminal Justice and Criminology Awards Celebration<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Alumni, faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and friends of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology gathered to recognize outstanding service and achievements with scholarships, awards, and other forms of appreciation. Below are images from the 2022 Criminal Justice Awards Ceremony held in the CUB Junior Ballroom on the Pullman campus on April 19, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Dr.
Alumnus Kevin Wright spoke at the awards ceremony and reception.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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\"10-year
10-year Anniversary Cake<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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\"10-year
10-year Anniversary Cake<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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\"Keynote
Alumnus Kevin Wright delivered the keynote.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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\"Dr.
Kevin Wright and Melanie-Angela Neuilly<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Alumni Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award:<\/strong> Kevin Wright<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Department Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Community Partner Award:<\/strong> Mindy Breiner and Staci Hoff<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Appreciation Award:<\/strong> Lorena O’English<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Faculty Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Outstanding Criminal Justice Professor Award:<\/strong> John Snyder<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award:<\/strong> Amelie Pedneault<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Greg and Beth Pierce Faculty Award in Criminal Justice and Criminology:<\/strong> Hillary Mellinger<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        \"Hillary
        Hillary Mellinger and Melanie-Angela Neuilly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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        \"Anna
        Anna Stiegler, Mary Miller, and Amelie Pedneault<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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        \"Mary
        Mary McMillin and Dale Willits<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

        Graduate Student Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • Dr. Otwin Marenin Outstanding Doctoral Student:<\/strong> Samantha Tjaden<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Outstanding Criminal Justice Graduate Student Instructor and Outstanding Ph.D. Instructor:<\/strong> Mary Miller<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Outstanding Masters Student:<\/strong> Mary McMillin<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Recognition of Graduate Student Association: <\/span><\/strong>Hillary Mellinger (advisor), <\/span>Brittany Solensten (president), <\/span>April Kraft-Duley (GPSA representative), <\/span>Leah Reddy (vice president), <\/span>Mary McMillin (treasurer), <\/span>Mazarine Higgins (secretary), <\/span>Ciara McGlynn (first-year representative)
          <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          \"Graduate
          Hillary Mellinger, Ciara McGlynn, Mary McMillin, April Kraft-Duley, Brittany Solensten, and Prof. Dale Willits.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

          Undergraduate Student Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • Diego Moreno Memorial Scholarship:<\/strong> Jacob Stanley<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Kathleen E. Taylor Scholarships: <\/strong>Annette Alejandre, Alejandro Bruno, Stephanie Quinones, Marinna Sanchez, Katherine Vescio, Aritalia Williams, and Kira Zook<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Outstanding Graduating Senior:<\/strong> Noah Hansen<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Recognition of Alpha Phi Sigma: <\/strong>John Snyder (advisor), Anna Stiegler (president), Dita Lamdjani (vice president), and Mike Chan (secretary)
            <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Recognition of Criminal Justice Club: <\/strong>John Snyder (advisor), Anna Stiegler (president), Mike Chan (vice president), Anneliese Leach (secretary), and Dita Lamjani (public relations)
            <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Tompkins Family Study Abroad Award in Liberal Arts:<\/strong> Jack Maloy<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Rebecca W. and Robert M. Gates Education Abroad Scholarship:<\/strong> Maryann Hanes<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GSA Staff Recognition Awards:<\/strong> Kiva Bloxham-Bliss, DeeDee Torgeson, Tina Krauss, M.R. Orozco, Sisouvanh Keopanapay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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            \"Staff,
            Kiva Bloxham-Bliss, DeeDee Torgeson, Tina Krauss, M.R. Orozco, and Sisouvanh Keopanapay<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4012,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4574"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4574\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4574"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crmj.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}