Starting college is often filled with a mixture of anxiety and excitement about new freedoms, new academic expectations, and a new social setting. To help students adjust before their first day of class, incoming freshmen attend Bridge Week at IUPUI. “Bridge Week helps calm those nerves that make the start of school so hard,” says… Read more »
It was a friend returning to prison that led Mary Hampo into the world of criminal justice. “I wasn’t taking any criminal justice classes,” Hampo says. Hampo was a Master Public Affairs graduate student at O’Neill, focusing on policy analysis and refugees. Yet her friend’s return to prison left her with a lot of questions…. Read more »
As Sukhdeep Kaur prepares for commencement, she knows this isn’t the end of her educational journey. Her next step? Law school. Sukhdeep has big plans for the criminal justice system. She’s already interning with Bleecker, Brodey, and Andrews, an Indianapolis-based law firm. She says O’Neill helped prepare her for that position, as did her participation… Read more »
It’s been a decade since Sara Hindi walked into her first O’Neill class. In 2012, she was working on her bachelor’s degree in Media and Public Affairs. Ten years later, Sara is set to graduate with her second O’Neill degree—a master’s in Public Affairs—and two prestigious honors: a spot among IUPUI’s Elite 50 graduate students… Read more »
After spending 29 years working for the Fishers Police Department, Michael Johnson knew his time as an officer was coming to a close. Retirement was approaching—but Michael isn’t one to sit around. He knew retirement would merely be a transition for him. That’s when he began planning for life after law enforcement. “I thought earning… Read more »
