Criminal Justice Department
Student Accomplishments 2007
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Buffalo State's Forster to be Honored as Football Scholar Athlete
Three local college football players, including Buffalo State’s Scott Forster (E. Otto/ Cattaraugus-Little Valley), have been named as the 2007 WNY College Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Western New York Amateur Football Alliance. They will be honored at the organization’s annual season-ending awards banquet on Monday, December 10 at Ilio DiPaolo’s Restaurant in Blasdell, along with three HS football scholar-athletes from the area.
Forster, a senior criminal justice major, has maintained a 3.61 grade point average since transferring from Alfred State in 2005. The safety finished second on Bengals with 78 tackles, including 42 solo stops. He also had two interceptions and team-best 12 pass breakups. An Honorable Mention All-NJAC selection, he is also a member of the conference’s All-Academic Team.
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Spring 2007 Dean's List - Criminal Justice Department
- Maa Achampong
- Nejwa Ali
- Russell Andolina
- Michael Bochniarz
- Joseph Carey
- Christopher Caruana
- John Ceretto II
- Kevin Cramer
- Sean D'Abreu
- Taylor Diuguid
- Shannon Ennis
- Scott Forster
- Ellianne Gallardo
- Matthew Gavigan
- William Ginnick
- Nicole Gurski
- Nicole Harris
- Duane Henry
- Jose Hidalgo
- Gregory Imbrosci
- Sara Irwin
- Lukas Jafari
- Nicholas Jarmusz
- Nathanael Kapperman
- George Kaufmann
- Kanasha Kennedy
- Cory Kinal
- Lindsey Kuhnle
- Alexander Labbate
- Julie Landsman
- Jillian Leffler
- Victoria Masser
- Kevin McPhail
- Zachary Miller
- Michael Myers
- Michael Myers II
- Daniel Nevins
- John Newcomb
- Justine Parada
- Michael Phillips
- Matthew Pitcairn
- Ashly Rias
- Suzanne Rizeq
- Ryan Roetzer
- Arturo Santiago
- Kevin Scheffler
- Michael Schepisi
- Vanessa Seville
- Lashante Thomas
- Rebecca Vallon
- Mark Vara
- Nicole Welsh
- Eric Wolbert
- Mavis Yeboah
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Friday, September 28, 2007:
Young Alumnus Achievement Award Recipients
The Buffalo State College Alumni Association honored two Criminal Justice Graduates. Joseline Peña-Melnyk, '87, State Delegate, The Maryland House of Delegates, District 21, College Park, MD & Kevin R. Ryan, M.S. '05 Special Agent, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs, Buffalo, NY
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2007 Award Recipients
Matthew Gavigan-Donald J. Griffin Memorial Scholarship Award
Thomas Gianadda-Criminal Justice Faculty Certificate of Merit
LaShante Thomas-Looseleaf Law Certificate of Merit, EOP Director’s Award 2007 Graduate Award
Gwaina Wauldon-Morgan Graduate Award
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Thursday, March 22, 2007:
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
The 2007 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will include the names of 41 students from Buffalo State College who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders. Buffalo State's campus nominating committee and the editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities, and potential for continued success. They join an elite group of students from more than 2,000 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign nations. Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934. Students named this year from the Criminal Justice Department are:
Joel A. Capellan, Criminal Justice minor
Natalie T. Jordan, Criminal Justice major
LaShante M. Thomas, Criminal Justice major
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Friday, March 16, 2007:
Scott J. Baryza has been awarded the Robert J. Elmes Jr. Memorial Scholarship.
Scott J. Baryza has been awarded the Robert J. Elmes Jr. Memorial Scholarship for the Spring 2007 semester. This scholarship has been established to assist CSEA members financially in their quest for a college education.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
On Sunday, March 18, Chief Demba of the Town of Cheektowaga Police Department presented George L. Kaufmann, Special Agent for the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department, with a Letter of Commendation for an incident that occurred on July 23, 2006, where agent Kaufmann apprehended an armed robber after he fled from a local gas station, then turned him over to Town Police.