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Welcome!
Introduction
This website is aimed toward future college students who are interested in enrolling in The Jefferson Community College (JCC) Criminal Justice Program. As a current Criminal Justice student and a former Liberal Arts graduate of JCC, my goal is to inform you of my first hand experiences and convey valuable information about campus life, enrollment, financial aid, required courses and some helpful tips on making your experience at JCC as successful and enjoyable as mine.
First, let's take a look at JCC's location and surrounding areas.
Map Key Buildings
Introduction
This website is aimed toward future college students who are interested in enrolling in The Jefferson Community College (JCC) Criminal Justice Program. As a current Criminal Justice student and a former Liberal Arts graduate of JCC, my goal is to inform you of my first hand experiences and convey valuable information about campus life, enrollment, financial aid, required courses and some helpful tips on making your experience at JCC as successful and enjoyable as mine.
First, let's take a look at JCC's location and surrounding areas.
Map Key Buildings
- 1 Robert E. Lansing Building
- 2 Samuel Guthrie Building
- 3 John Foster Dulles Building
- 4 James McVean Student Center
- 5 Melvil Dewey Library Building
- 6 The Jules Center
- E Extended Learning Center (Modular Building)
- 8 John T. Henderson Childcare Center
- 14 East Hall
- A Staff and Faculty
- V Visitor’s Circle Parking Lot
About JCC's surrounding community and New York State
JCC is located in Watertown, NY which is only 30 miles from the US/Canadian border. This area, known as the North Country, is also home to the U.S. Army's Ft. Drum and the 10th Mountain Division. Daily interaction with military personnel is a major and much appreciated part of our daily lives.
Criminal Justice Program Staff
You will interact with a variety of professors, faculty, and staff while attending the Criminal Justice Program at JCC or any other program for that matter.. Their purpose is to provide you with everything you need to fulfill your educational needs. In my experiences, they have always gone above and beyond my expectations whenever I required assistance. Within the Criminal Justice Program, there are two advisors that deal primarily with Criminal Justice Major students and Criminal Justice specific classes. These instructors are:
Alteri, Paul (1999)
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
B.A., Le Moyne College;M.S., SUNY Oswego
2011 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
[email protected]
315-786-2442
Shelmidine, Cynthia (1996)
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
A.A., A.S., Jefferson Community College;B.A., SUNY Oswego;M.A., SUNY Albany
2008 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
[email protected]
315-786-2441
Department: Criminal Justice
The following is a write up of Professor Shelmadine's experience and qualifications in the field of Criminal Justice.
An Investigation of Cindy Shelmidine: Assistant Professor Cindy Shelmidine’s career in the criminal justice field wasn’t always a smooth endeavor; one could say it was a bit rocky….literally. Anthropology was Cindy’s first passion, and was an anthropology major while earning her bachelor in arts degree from SUNY Oswego. Her love for teaching wasn’t realized until much later.
Cindy first began working for the Department of Social Services when she decided to pursue a career in the criminal justice field. While working full time, she began taking night classes at Jefferson in the criminal justice program and graduated with two Associates Degrees. She was hired by the Watertown Police Department as the first female rode officer and her first title with the WPD was patrolMAN; it wasn’t until six years later that the title was finally changed. Cindy certainly had her challenges as the first female officer, and remembers having to share a locker room with the men on the force. They simply had no accommodations for a female officer. “The police department really didn’t care so much that I was female, they just wanted someone there that could do the job, not someone who was there only to make a statement; and I could do the job,” she said.
It wasn’t until Cindy started teaching at the police station in the 1980’s that she knew teaching was her true calling. “I began as an adjunct instructor at Jefferson in 1990 and Bob King, a former JCC professor really helped me along the way. He always thought I could do anything I wanted to do, and he really believed in me,” she said. Cindy went on to earn her master’s degree from SUNY Albany and began teaching full-time at Jefferson in 1996. “I love seeing my students grasp the legal concepts and realize the importance of our legal system.” Cindy’s connection with her students goes beyond the classroom, and she still keeps in touch with many of her former students and follows their careers. “I like to tell my students that they can make their own futures, and what they do now will affect the rest of their lives……so choose wisely.”
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