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Clubs & Scholarships

Clubs & Scholarships

The Sociology & Criminology Department supports our students through encouraging scholarship and community service.

We offer several scholarship opportunities that highlight students' participation in their community as well as their participation in the classroom. If you're a student interested in a scholarship, we encourage you to apply.

Sociology & Criminology Club

The UNCW Sociology & Criminology Club serves to increase the awareness of criminal justice and sociological issues and concerns among the students of this university. The main focuses of the organization are career, community, and campus life.

Sociology and Criminology Club

President: JT Olsen jto7933@uncw.edu
Treasurer: Georgia Smith gls2968@uncw.edu
Secretary: Grace Wheatley gmw2979@uncw.edu

Club Meetings: Please reach out to JT Olsen if you have any questions.

Troy Douglas Carr Memorial Scholarship

Troy Douglas Carr graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the spring of 1992 and received his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. After graduation, Troy joined the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (A.L.E.) and settled in Fayetteville, N.C. On the morning of May 14, 1994, Agent Carr was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty. He was only 24 years old.

Agent Carr's family and friends have established a scholarship fund in his memory.

Carr Scholarship Application

Recipient will be selected according to the following criteria:

  • The award is available to a rising junior or senior pursuing the BA degree in Criminology.
  • The student should possess a minimum GPA of 2.5
  • The student must demonstrate the potential and character to serve the people of North Carolina in a law enforcement career.
  • The student must also show a history of volunteer involvement with law enforcement groups.

The scholarship committee may ask for a brief interview with final candidates and will announce the recipient of the scholarship.

If you have any questions, please reach out through the department email: soccrm@uncw.edu

UNCW Department of Sociology and Criminology

The Department of Sociology and Criminology invites all criminology majors to apply for the Troy Carr Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is in recognition ALE agent Troy Carr (UNCW Class of '92) who was killed in the line of duty in May, 1994.

One recipient will be awarded a scholarship. Students who are majoring in criminology or criminal justice are eligible. Applicants are required to complete an application form.

Application forms are available:

Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid, scholarship application

We encourage students to complete both the general scholarship application, as well as the department-specific portions of the application to answer questions related to the scholarship offered by our department majors.

Applicants should submit the following items to the department office:

  • A completed application form
  • A 500-750 word essay based on the following prompt: Tell the selection committee about yourself, your volunteer and community service work (including any work with a law enforcement agency), and how the Troy Carr Scholarship will further your academic and career goals.
  • A recommendation letter by an active or retired law enforcement officer from North Carolina
  • Evidence of financial need, if applicable, but not required
  • Supporting documentation recommended but not required

Applications open December 1 through March 1

  • Lisa C Osmundsen
    1994-1995
  • Walter James McDonald
    1995-1996
  • Matthew C Causey
    1996-1997
  • Brian Dwight Powers
    1997-1998
  • Michelle L Ashmus
    1998-1999
  • Mandy Louise Difelice
    1999-2000
  • Natasha Markovich
    2000-2001
  • Kristin D Grigerick
    2001-2002
  • Scott Livengood
    2002-2003
  • Jasper Smith
    2003-2004
  • Michael Casey
    2004-2005
  • Wilbert Artis
    2005-2006
  • Jeff Desjardins
    2006-2007
  • Brendan Roth
    2007-2008
  • Adonicca McAllister
    2008-2009
  • Kevin S Whitley
    2010-2011
  • Caroline Sferruzzo
    2011-2012
  • Tyler Michael McCarty
    2013-2014
  • Travis Musselman
    2014-2015
  • Brian Louis Wilson
    2015-2016
  • William Michael Scarbrough
    2016-2017
  • Gabriella Holdridge
    2017-2018
  • Cole River Gray
    2018-2019
  • Timothy Bryer Powers
    2019-2020
  • Crystal Nicole Beaulieu
    2020-2021
  • Aaron Michael Schwartz
    2021-2022
  • Ellen Grace Russo
    2021-2022
  • Paigelyn Reese Gragg
    2022-2023
  • Allyson Nichole Priebe
    2023-2024

Keely Geyer Latterner

The Keely Geyer Latterner Graduate Student Award 

This award is named in honor of Keely Latterner, who received her graduate degree in sociology & criminology in 2013 and passed away in 2016.  The award recognizes the graduate student who has demonstrated academic excellence during their matriculation in the program. Only graduate students who have completed their degree requirements during the preceding academic year are eligible.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

Kristen nicole Robeson 2019
Marshall Brown 2020
Lindsay Jean Baker 2021
Maggie Ruth Anne Hanzel 2023
Hannah Michelle 2023
Jacqueline Jeneanne Crowell 2024

 

Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) & Alpha Phi Sigma (APS)

Membership in these honor societies requires a GPA of 3.5 in their disciplines and are life-long members of these organizations.

Learn Membership Benefits