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Criminal Justice Memorial Scholarships
The Department of Criminal Justice, History and Social Sciences has opened the application process for the 2012 Criminal Justice Memorial Scholarships. The scholarship process includes a requirement that each student submit an application along with an essay addressing their plans to impact and contribute to their criminal justice career, and to explain how the degree will help them accomplish their goals. Additional requirements for consideration for these scholarships include a major in criminal justice, junior or senior status (except for the Doyle & Barbara Bailey Scholarship), an overall minimum GPA of 2.5, and a minimum major GPA of 3.0. Students needs complete only one application to be considered for all of these scholarship opportunities. Deadline to turn in applications is February 28 , 2012.
The Glen Den
ning DeVanie Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Glen Denning DeVanie, a criminal justice major and an Alexandria deputy marshal at the time of his death in the spring of 2003. The scholarship honors Glen through financial assistance by encouraging students who are working toward their Criminal Justice Degree to take their learning experience along with Glen's legacy into the future.
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radley Alan Daughtry Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the memory and legacy of Bradley Alan Daughtry, a Northwestern State University student, majoring in criminal justice, who lost his life in the fall of 2006. The scholarship was set up by friends of the Daughtry family with a temendous outpouring of support from Brad's hometown, Winnfield, Louisiana. Brad Daughtry was a graduate of Winnfield Senior High School where he participated as a member of the football team. Brad also worked as a dispatcher for the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office where he developed a desire to continue work in the area of criminal justice. Preference for this scholarship will be given to residents of Winn Parish.
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Frank C. Kyle Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Frank C. Kyle, a deceased faculty member of the Department of Criminal Justice at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Frank was a member of the faculty from 1999 to 2004. Frank's desire to provide real world experience to the educational experience of students and increase the understanding to those graduates who enter the world of professionalism within the Corrections disciplines is his legacy.
The Doyle & Barbara Bailey Criminal Justice Scholarship is funded by Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bailey of Natchez, Louisiana and will be awarded to a deserving Criminal Justice major. The Baileys have worked with law enforcement in the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing area for a number of years and want to help develop talent for law enforcement. This scholarship is available for any Criminal Justice major and is not limited to juniors or seniors.
The Marion T. Lofton Endowed Scholarship - Loftin was a 1935 graduate of Louisiana State Normal College (now Northwestern State University) and went on to earn a master's degree at Louisiana State University and a doctorate at Vanderbilt University. He joined the faculty of Mississippi State University in 1949 as an assistant professor. Loftin was named vice president of graduate studies and research in 1979, serving in that position until his retirement in 1985. He was a Thomas L. Bailey Professor of Sociology and Rural Life, head of the sociology department and dean of the graduate school. Loftin passed away in 1997. His fond memories of Natchitoches resulted in a gift to the NSU Foundation.