Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice

Alumni

The Department’s alumni are a talented and diverse group of people and a vital part of our department’s community. Our goal is to improve alumni communication and connection. We would like to know more about you, most especially your career path. Please complete the brief online questionnaire. The survey only takes a few minutes. The last question on the survey lets us know whether you would like to stay on the list of alumni to receive an annual letter from the Department and news about recent changes, upcoming events, and other Department and College activities. Click here for the Alumni Survey.

Our aim is to create a website that recognizes the important contributions of our alumni as well as supply information that will bring you closer together with us. We are open to your ideas and creativity. If you have an idea to further our goal of increased communication and connection, please share it with us. Please call or email Sheri Miller, Alumni and External Relations Assistant, at (814) 863-5407 or sam1@psu.edu.

Alumni in the News: Anna Burger and Crime, Law and Justice Alumni Student Professional Development Workshop

Ann Burger ('72 Sociology) Named Alumni Fellow

Anna Burger, 1972 Sociology Alumnus, was honored for her outstanding professional accomplishments and given the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. Anna received the award on October 10. While on campus she met with students and faculty in the Department of Sociology and Crime, Law & Justice as well as the Department of Political Science. .

Hailed by Gannett as "the most influential woman in the U.S. labor movement" and named as one of Washingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006, Anna Burger is both a top ranking officer at SEIU, the nation's largest and fastest growing union, and the first chair of America's newest labor federation, Change to Win. As the Chair of Change to Win, Burger is the first woman to lead an American labor coalition. See and hear President Graham Spanier present the Alumni Fellow award to Anna: http://streams.wpsx.psu.edu/Anna_Burger10102.html.

Crime, Law and Justice Alumni Society Participates in Student Professional Development Workshop

Members of the Crime, Law and Justice Alumni Society met on campus October 7 and 8. Each semester dedicated CLJ alumni participate in the Crime, Law and Justice Alumni Society Student Professional Development Workshop. The workshop held at the Nittany Lion Inn brings together our professional alumni with CLJ undergraduate students, future professionals, for a day of professional development that includes career panel discussions, resume reviews and mock interviews. Students gain insight into career choices as well as hone professional skills.

The workshop attracted seventy-three Crime, Law and Justice students. Also visiting with alumni were faculty and senior lectures from the Crime, Law and Justice Program.

Graham Spanier and CLJ students listen to Charles Lutz, Chair of the CLJ Alumni Board (below right). President Spanier loves spending time with undergraduate students. He recently accepted students' invitation for a 'home made' spaghetti dinner at a downtown apartment.