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Sociology & Criminology

Sociology and Criminology Department News

Phi Betta Kappa initiates:

  • Emily Ann Welter
  • Hannah Elaine Wysong

 The 2011-2012 Sociology Department Award Winners:

  • Hannah Wysong  - Award for Excellence, presented to a graduating senior who has demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement in the major.
  • Virginia Christ  - Jane Addams Award, recognizes the student who best demonstrates the link between sociological thought and service.
  • Stephanie Lander  - C. Wright Mills Award, presented to the student who best demonstrates the application of sociological imagination to social issues.
  • Trisha Wilcox  - Edwin G. Sutherland Award, given to the student who best displays an aptitude for criminology.
  • Emily Welter  - Emile Durkheim Award, presented to the student who best demonstrates the link between social theory and empirical research in her/his senior research project.
  • Katelin Biermann  - Max Weber Award, recognizes the junior student who best demonstrates an aptitude for sociological thought.
  • Haley Cook and Elizabeth Rosich  - Dr. Richard E. Martin Scholarship Award, presented to two students based on academic performance and service to the community in memory of Martin, a sociologist, professor and administrator at Butler for 31 years.

 John Weidner 2012 Scholarship & Award for Altruism

  • Dan Peterson
  • Troy Gulden

The Butler Sociology Student Association honors students for acts of altruism. For more information: The John Weidner Foundation for Altruism.

 

 Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology International Honor Society 2012 Initiates

  • Katelin Elizabeth Biermann
  • Katie Graham Clark
  • Laura Ellen Fennelly
  • Nicole Suzanne Humphrey
  • Michael Dean Moore
  • Brett Andrew Thomaston

  

Congratulations to Our 2011 Graduates!

Barek Allen Christine Hazuka LaShea Walker
Sarah Briggs Jesica Hyndman Brian Wanbaugh
Derek Brockus Kelsey Isenberg Marielena White
Terra Burns Baylea Jackson
Kristyn Campbell Sophie Kincaid
Jenny Crouse Robert Olszewski
Nicholas Estey Kaylee Regula
Travis Garcia Sarah Simpson
Mark Giacomantonio Shawn Vanzant

Class of 2011, what are your post-graduate plans?

Please send an email to the Sociology and Criminology Department Administrative Specialist, Pam Crea, with your updates: pcrea@butler.edu. 

 

Other News

Katie Hegarty Paris Small
Katie Hegarty, majoring in Sociology, taking the Spring 2007 Semester to study abroad in Rome.
Katie Hegarty Vatican Small
Katie Hegarty at the Vatican