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Outstanding Academic Achievement
This biannual award is for a graduating criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community College that has the highest GPA overall. This award is an objective award that does not have a nomination process and is determined by comparing all GPAs of criminal justice student majors that are graduating that academic semester.
Outstanding Inclusivity and Equity Achievement
This biannual award is for a criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community College that has an active commitment and engagement in direct advocacy toward justice, equity, and inclusion of a marginalized segment of society such as, but not limited to, People of Color, immigrants, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, those incarcerated, women, youth, survivors, houseless, economically disadvantaged people, nonhuman animals, and the environment. We recognize that oppression exists, and that action needs to be taken to address inequity and injustices in society.
Nominations can be submitted by a student, professor, administrators, or staff at SLCC. The award is determined by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Utah Criminology Student Association.
https://forms.office.com/r/jDfyHPXgXB
Outstanding Service Achievement
This biannual award is for a criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community College that has an active commitment and engagement in serving voluntarily, and not as a paid job or internship, within the community at a government agency or social service nonprofit organization that is not religiously, or political party affiliated. Serving others and the community is a central part of justice and a healthy community.
Nominations can be submitted by a student, professor, administrators, or staff at SLCC. The award is determined by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Utah Criminology Student Association.
https://forms.office.com/r/wuBQXH6b4B
Outstanding Health and Wellbeing Achievement
This biannual award is for a criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community College that has an active commitment and engagement in personal fitness, health, and mental wellbeing. We want to support students and not shame students for taking care of themselves over academics. As schools have led to a high rate of student anxiety, depression, unhealthy dietary and physical habits, and suicide. Further, the field of criminal justice has fostered similar habits too. This person must regularly demonstrate in their personal life selfcare, such as, but not limited, exercising, involvement in organized athletic competitions, eating healthy, and seeking out counseling and advising.
Nominations can be submitted by a student, professor, administrators, or staff at SLCC. The award is determined by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Utah Criminology Student Association.
https://forms.office.com/r/c2RHggkFEm
Outstanding Rise Up Achievement
This biannual award is for a criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community that has succeed against many personal social adversities, such as death in the family, unsheltered, drug use, incarceration, domestic violence, or theft.
Nominations can be submitted by a student, professor, administrators, or staff at SLCC. The award is determined by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Utah Criminology Student Association.
https://forms.office.com/r/PQeHeaiDrP
Outstanding Scholarship Achievement Award
This biannual award is for a criminal justice student at Salt Lake Community that engages in research, scholarship, organizing academic publications and events, and participates in furthering their knowledge, education, and learning through reading, writing, attending forums, clubs, organization, and watching films.
Nominations can be submitted by a student, professor, administrators, or staff at SLCC. The award is determined by the Department of Criminal Justice and the Utah Criminology Student Association.
https://forms.office.com/r/L1fM7sjwKD
Outstanding Criminal Justice Faculty
This annual award is dedicated to recognizing one adjunct or full-time faculty member in the Department of Criminal Justice at Salt Lake Community that demonstrates excellence in teaching, inclusion, equity of ideas and identity of individuals in our college community.
