RSO Spotlight: Criminal Justice & Political Science Club
Provides a forum for students interested in discussing subjects of politics and community affairs, a means of exploring local and state government functions of interest, airing pertinent political films, having debates, and involving GHC students in elections generally. This group is not affiliated with any specific political party, but will rather be open for and inclusive of all political ideologies.
It is primarily active on the Floyd Campus.
Faculty Advisors: Randy Green, regreen@highlands.edu; Dr. Greg Sumner, gsumner@highlands.edu; Scott Akemon, sakemon@highlands.edu
Student Leader: President Thomas Boylan, tboylan@student.highlands.edu. There are vacant officer positions open and available for interested students, vice president, secretary/treasurer. Please contact a club advisor if interested in filling one of these roles.
Pre-COVID:
Meetings were typically held once per month, with lunch and refreshments provided. Monthly meetings included special guests/presentations by the GBI, Floyd County police, a mock crime scene demonstration, other guest speakers, field trips, and club meetings with discussions on political issues and constitutional issues.
Post-COVID:
We plan to still meet monthly, whether that is in-person with social distancing or virtually is yet to be determined. We do already have a special meeting with agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration scheduled for our November 2020 meeting.
Club members joined in with Student Life’s field trip to Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee!
