FHSU University Communications
Fort Hays State University students and their professors represented their chapter of the Lambda Alpha Epsilon at last month’s National Conference of the American Criminal Justice Association in Kansas City, Mo.
Ten different club members and three professors placed in numerous events ain four different divisions: lower, upper, graduate, and professional.
It was the first such conference held since 2019 because of the pandemic.
In addition to conference events, students and faculty engaged in a team-building activity with three teams participating in separate escape rooms, attended an educational session at the Charles Evans Whittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo., and completed a volunteer service activity at the Rose Brooke Domestic Violence Shelter.
FHSU award winners from NW Kansas are:
• Zoe Buffington, Hays
Lower division: First, ACJA scholarship (cash award); second, criminal law; second, crime scene team with Caleb Purvis and Karen Thew.
Upper division: Third, academic poster.
• Isaac Schoen, Downs
Upper division: First, ACJA scholarship (cash award); first, national paper competition (cash award and paper will be published in LAE Journal of American Criminal Justice Association).
• Masen Torres, Ellis
Upper division: Third, corrections; third, police management; third, firearms team with Gavin Powell and Ethan Sprecker.
• Dr. Tamara Lynn, associate professor and department chair
Professional division: first place crime scene team with Enrique Cabrera-Rodriguez and Abigail Hayes;
Third, ACJA knowledge written exam.
• Dr. Ziwei Qi, assistant professor
Second, women’s 26- to 35-year old physical agility.
• Dr. Morgan Steele, assistant professor
Professional division: First, Homeland Security; second, forensic psychology; third, criminal law.