DeSales gave me the tools to figure out
who I can be and who I want to be and I
think that if I was in a different situation maybe at a
different college I don't necessarily
know that I would have had those same
opportunities so I'm certainly grateful
for that. The criminal justice program
here actually has a number of specific
tracks that are designed depending on
the students interest. For example, we
have a new track in digital forensics,
that allows students to prepare for
working in a field that actually
evaluates cell phones, computers, iPads
and other electronic devices that are
used during the commission of a crime. We also have an intelligence track that
focuses on the issues of homeland
security and terrorism we also provide a
track for pre law for students
interested in pursuing law school as a
prosecutor or defense attorney. You're
getting practical instruction from
people that are either currently in the
fields that you desire to be in or from
people that have been in the field
previously, who are going to teach you
not just from what a book tells you
about criminal justice from what it is
actually like in the field. We've had
students intern at the US Marshal
Service at a number of local police
department. We also have specifically for
desales students an internship at the
Lehigh Valley Coroner's Office at the
Lehigh Valley digital forensics
laboratory and also at the Lehigh County
Intelligence Center, and your instructor
makes a proactive effort to get to know
you not only as a student but as a
person. So I think that personalized
touch that you get here at DeSales is a
unique advantage for students because
they're not going through the process
alone their entire four years the
faculty is here to guide them. We have a
unique program available where a student
can get their undergraduate degree in
criminal justice and their master's
degree in criminal justice in just five
years. Students essentially are able to
save both time and money by getting
several graduate courses completed with
their undergraduate degree and their
undergraduate tuition. We have students
that go on to federal agencies like the
Secret Service or custom and Border
Patrol we also have students who are
interested in local and state law
enforcement like the State Police or
local police or people who want to work
with children in the Children and Youth
Services. So really they have their
option of jobs at either the local state
or federal level and I believe our
degree prepares them for a successful career at any of those
levels. One of the the biggest mottos or
sayings in the school is "Be who
you are and be that well" and I think
that both the undergraduate and graduate
programs allow you to discover what
you're good at not not something that
you're not not something that you think
you'd like to be but figure out where
your center is figure out who you are as
a person, as a student and then take
that and make yourself the best of
being that person.
