{"id":8680,"date":"2022-11-15T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&p=8680"},"modified":"2022-11-15T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:50:04","slug":"uw-platteville-collaborates-to-launch-women-in-criminal-justice-mentor-program","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-platteville-collaborates-to-launch-women-in-criminal-justice-mentor-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Platteville collaborates to launch women in criminal justice mentor program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A student in UW-Platteville’s Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation programs examines evidence. (Photo credit: UW-Platteville)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently rolled out its first women-focused mentoring program for criminal justice majors, in collaboration with the\u00a0Wisconsin Department of Justice<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0UW-Madison Center for Law, Society, and Justice<\/a>. The University of Wisconsin Women in Criminal Justice Mentoring Program provides students with mentors from multiple agencies at the federal, state and local levels.<\/p>\n

The program kicked off with a virtual speed mentoring event that introduced students to the participating mentors, so they could get to know them before selecting the mentor-mentee pairings.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two UW-Platteville students are participating in the program, including Hannah Christian, a current student in UW-Platteville\u2019s\u00a0Master of Science in Criminal Justice online program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose to become a mentee for the UW Women in CJ Mentoring program as I believe this will help me stay on track to accomplish my goals even when I feel discouraged,\u201d said Christian. \u201cI have always been a woman who is empowered by other women, specifically those who are in the field of criminal justice. In addition, being a mentee will allow me to expand my career network.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly 40 mentors are participating in the program, including 22 alumni and faculty from UW-Platteville. Mentors represent 26 different organizations, covering a variety of experiences in the criminal justice field.<\/p>\n

Lisa Pettera, a mentor in the program, is the corrections program supervisor at the Prairie du Chien Correctional Institute and a graduate of UW-Platteville\u2019s Master of Science in Counselor Education program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be difficult for students with little life experience to know what they want to do,\u201d said Pettera.\u00a0\u201cHaving access to others who have \u2018been there, done that\u2019 can be so helpful in trying new things, discussing options and pitfalls, and recognizing and exploring strengths you didn\u2019t know you had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mentors will meet with their mentees throughout the year.<\/p>\n

UW-Platteville has distinguished itself as a leading criminal justice college since 1966, when it became the first institution of higher education in Wisconsin to grant a bachelor\u2019s degree in criminal justice. For more information about UW-Platteville\u2019s criminal justice programs, visit\u00a0www.uwplatt.edu\/department\/criminal-justice-and-social-sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Written by Alison Parkins<\/p>\n

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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently rolled out its first women-focused mentoring program for criminal justice majors, in collaboration with the\u00a0Wisconsin Department of Justice\u00a0and the\u00a0UW-Madison Center for Law, Society, and Justice. The University of Wisconsin Women in Criminal Justice Mentoring Program provides students with mentors from multiple agencies at the federal, state and local levels. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[93],"story_category":[],"class_list":["post-8680","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-platteville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/8680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=8680"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=8680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}