UWP alumnus speaks at Criminal Justice Career Day
PLATTEVILLE - Career opportunities in federal law enforcement is the topic of the keynote address for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's 33rd annual Criminal Justice Career Day. This year's speaker is 1977 UWP alumnus Richard Byrd, director of the Atlanta Field Compliance Services of the Wage and Investment division of the Internal Revenue Service. Byrd has experience as a federal agent, supervisor and executive, both in the field and at the Washington D.C. headquarters. President Bush has honored him for his outstanding community service volunteer work.
Byrd will discuss the vast array of federal law enforcement jobs available to 2006 criminal justice graduates. Besides the more familiar jobs with the FBI, Secret Service, ATF or DEA, Byrd notes that there are at least 50 other federal law enforcement agencies in need of new agents. His presentation is open to the public and will be held March 6, from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Velzy South Room of the Ullsvik Center.
The annual Criminal Justice Career Day has been hosted by the Criminal Justice Association since 1972 and has grown to become the largest criminal justice career day in the upper Midwest. In 2005, representatives from 70 criminal justice organizations attended, including federal, state and local enforcement groups; military investigations; state and federal corrections; social services agencies; and private protection services.
In addition to its highly regarded on-campus undergraduate criminal justice program, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville also offers an online graduate degree in criminal justice and online non-credit supervisory training courses. For more information about the criminal justice program or about Criminal Justice Career Day, contact Professor Joe Lomax, chair of the Criminal Justice Department, at lomaxj@uwplatt.edu or Cheryl Banachowski-Fuller, program director, at banachoc@uwplatt.eduDetails about the online criminal justice program may be found at www.uwplatt.edu/disted
Prepared by: Ellen McFall, Distance Learning Center, (608) 342-1468mcfalle@uwplatt.edu
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