This endowment was set up to benefit graduate students through both assistantships and scholarships. Preference will be given to degree candidates from Aurora, Illinois Police Department. In the absence of such nominees, recipients can be selected from currently enrolled and newly admitted graduate students. This endowment was made possible by the generosity of the Criminal Justice alumni and the School's supporters on the occasion of the School's fiftieth anniversary. This fund is offered to graduate students in all areas of criminal justice and supports the School's graduate program through assistantships, scholarships, library acquisitions and funding of research initiatives.
Student support is the fund's number one priority.
She was an Ann Arbor detective who died from a rare respiratory disease. This scholarship is preferentially given to women. The student must possess the capacity, motivation and initiative to realize educational and professional goals and show a demonstrable interest in law inforcement on the local, state or federal level. This scholarship can be renewed for the fourth year if satisfactory academic progress is shown. This endowment is used to upgrade outdated equipment, to provide for equipment upkeep, to maintain the laboratory space, to purchase or upgrade computer software and to staff the lab.