Written by: Jessica Kindig (BSPA’04, MSCJPS’12) I am no firefighter. I’m not a police officer nor an EMT. But I help keep IUPUI safe as the university’s Emergency Management Coordinator. My O’Neill degrees (BSPPA’04 and MCJPS’12) have taken me through the public sector, the private sector, and back here to my alma mater. Emergency management… Read more »
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O’Neill student receives public safety scholarship
Candace Smallwood is the first in her family to attend college. Her mother is a preschool teacher—her father, an aviation mechanic. “Even though they hadn’t attended college, my parents were incredibly encouraging and gave me the critical emotional support I needed to know that I belonged here,” she says. “IUPUI and O’Neill picked up the baton… Read more »
Diplomacy Lab helps O’Neill graduate students make a difference in Kosovo
As O’Neill students return for the fall 2021 semester, those in O’Neill Senior Lecturer Bill Foley’s J-531 National and Homeland Security in America course will get the chance to contribute to the U.S. Department of State’s policymaking process. For the seventh time in as many years, Foley will lead his students through a Diplomacy Lab… Read more »
Correctional experiences inspire Elite 50 recipient to work toward change
Stepping into the world of criminal justice and corrections can be an eye-opening experience for some students. It’s often a world very different from their own—and for Blaire Viehweg, it was one in which she knew she could make an impact. “I studied criminal justice as an undergraduate and found my passion for positive programming… Read more »