Loyola University Chicago

• Undergraduate Criminal Justice Student Organization (CJO)
• Graduate Criminal Justice Student Organization (GSO)

Undergraduate Criminal Justice Student Organization

Loyola’s criminal justice students organized the Criminal Justice Student Organization (CJO) in order to expand upon the education received in their CJ classes. The CJO has three committees that design and implement programs and projects: the Career Information Committee, the Special Events Committee, the Community Service Committee, and the Crime Awareness Week Committee.

Programs conducted by the CJO include a Career Fair, guest lectures, seminars, and symposia by participating criminal justice officials, debates on timely CJ issues, and field trips to correctional facilities, Chicago’s 911 center, and elsewhere. These programs, which are open to the student body, enhance classroom learning and make it come alive. Non-majors are welcome to attend these events and activities in order to sample the kinds of issues and concerns that are studied by criminal justice students.

The CJO is open to any CJ major or minor who has junior or senior standing, who has taken at least three CJ courses at Loyola, and who is recommended by two members. If you are interested in membership, contact either the CJO faculty sponsor Dr. Magnus Seng (mseng@luc.edu), 918 LT, WTC, (312) 915-7562.

Graduate Criminal Justice Organization

The Department of Criminal Justice is proud to house the Beta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society. The society recognizes academic excellence of undergraduate and graduate students of criminal justice. There are over 250 chapters in the nation, and each chapter is made up of people who share a commitment to learning and improving the criminal justice field.

The Alpha Phi Sigma membership requirements are as follows:

• Undergraduate student membership
• Enrollment as a criminal justice major or minor
• Completion of three full-time semesters, including four CJ courses
• Minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, and a minimum of 3.2 in CJ courses
• Graduate Student Membership
• Enrollment in M.A. Program in Criminal Justice, or Combined B.S./M.A. Program in Criminal Justice
• Completion of four CJ courses (a maximum of three undergraduate CJ courses with a minimum grade point average of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale may be applied in this area)
• Minimum overall grade point average of 3.4, and 3.4 in CJ courses

The Loyola chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma is interested in recruiting members who have not only evidenced their academic strengths, but who are also interested in developing their leadership skills and are willing to offer their time in support of volunteer public service projects that advance the work of criminal justice agencies in the Chicago area.

Numerous opportunities are available to assist criminal justice agencies, and it is our goal to do so collaboratively and within the context and constraints of our busy students' schedules. These opportunities not only provide needed assistance to often overworked public agencies, but also provide a means of exposing Loyola's best CJ students to valuable real-world experiences in the field. In the early fall organizational meeting new officers will be elected and project ideas and commitments will be discussed.

For further information about the honor society, contact the National Headquarters at www.alphaphisigma.org, or Jona Goldschmidt, Associate Professor and Sponsor, Dept. of Criminal Justice, Loyola University Chicago, LT 921, 820 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 915-6299, (jgoldsc@luc.edu)