Cutler Fund Boosted to $1 Million at SUNY Oswego
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onations by 1974 SUNY Oswego alumnus David Cutler have brought a fund to support the college’s public justice program and student experiences to $1 million. The founder and executive director of the Arapahoe Community Treatment Center, a residential community corrections facility in Englewood, Colorado,., Cutler established the excellence fund for public justice in 2004 to help educate the next generation of leaders in corrections and law enforcement. Since then, he has infused the fund with additional gifts, most recently adding $500,000 to bring the endowed Cutler Public Justice Excellence Fund to $1 million. His generosity has helped public justice majors with opportunities to advance their studies and careers. “Attending Criminal Justice Educators Association of New York State changed my life,” said Anna Jimenez, a paralegal at Cummings & Lewis LLC in Spartanburg, S.C. She now has her heart set on becoming a criminal law paralegal in a defense attorney’s office and then eventually a victim’s advocate for children who have been abused. “Prior to this conference, I had no idea what type of law I wanted to be involved in,” she said. Jaclyn Schildkraut, assistant professor of public justice, said the Cutler Fund currently supports several key projects each year: • Student travel and fees to attend the CJEANYS conference • A day trip for students to visit two correctional facilities in Central New York • Presentation of outstanding freshman and senior awards at the annual Alpha Delta Omega honor society induction ceremony • A popular lecture series that brings high-profile speakers to campus “With one of the largest donor funds on campus, I believe that the Cutler Fund helps to distinguish us from our peers simply in how much we are able to do, virtually without restriction, for our students,” Schildkraut said. “Any idea that we have that can be used to improve the quality of education and experience for our students typically is covered.” DECEMBER 2017 / JANUARY 2018
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