UNH Student Karina Sheremet of Austin TX Wins Criminal Justice Competition at Regional Conference.

2011 Nov 3

WEST HAVEN, CT (11/10/2011)(readMedia)--

University of New Haven students dominated the competition when the Psi Omega Chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association, Lambda Alpha Epsilon (LAE) held its annual Region IV Conference Oct. 27-29.

Karina Sheremet took highest total score top academic award, first place/ upper division in criminal law competition, first place/upper division corrections competition, second place/upper division LAE knowledge, second place/upper division police management, second place/upper division juvenile justice, first place/lower division crime scene.

The competition, in which students from 10 colleges and universities from throughout the Northeast participated, included written tests, crime scene analysis tests, firearms and agility competitions, as well as guest speakers and a job fair. The conference was hosted this year by UNH.

UNH students won 21 of 30 academic awards, five of six crime scene awards, seven of 12 firearms awards and two of six agility awards.

UNH has dominated the regionals for several years and often finishes at or near the top at the national competition, said Daniel Maxwell, club advisor and an instructor in criminal justice at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at UNH.

"We were pleased to host the competitions this year and are especially proud of the performance of our students both as competitors and as event volunteers," Maxwell said. "Our students demonstrated how much they have learned and how proud they are to represent our university."

A leader in experiential education, the University of New Haven provides its students with a valuable combination of solid liberal arts and real-world, hands-on professional training. Founded in 1920, UNH is a private, top-tier comprehensive university with an 82-acre main campus. The university has an enrollment of nearly 6,400: approximately 1,800 graduate students and more than 4,600 undergraduates, 70 percent of whom reside in university housing. The university offers 75 undergraduate and graduate degrees through the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, the Tagliatela College of Engineering and University College. University of New Haven students study abroad through a variety of distinctive programs.