SMC Student Receives $1,000 ASIS International Scholarship

04/16/10

(pictured above, l-r:  Rick Hunt, Regional Operations Manager for Security Forces Inc.; Sarah Arms; and Jay Woodard of Integrated Solutions Specialist Group)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -  A Spartanburg Methodist College student  was recently named the recipient of a scholarship awarded within the College's Criminal Justice program.
 
Sophomore Sarah Arms, of Travelers Rest, SC, has been awarded $1,000 by the Upstate chapter of ASIS International. ASIS International is the preeminent organization for security professionals, with more than 37,000 members worldwide.
 
A committee selected Arms based on the scholarship requirements and  Criminal Justice criteria.. ASIS requirements for the scholarship are that the student must be either full-time or part-time; they must have completed at least one year of study (30 credits); and they have at last a 3.0 GPA.

She will be graduating from SMC in Dec. with an Associate in Criminal Justice and an Associate Degree in Arts. Arms plans to transfer to a four-year institution and is yet undecided on an undergraduate major.

 While at SMC, Arms was a student-athlete on the women's cross country team and served as a member of Psi Beta psychology honor society, Sigma Kappa Delta English honors society, and Kappa Sigma Alpha service fraternity She was a both Dean's List and President's List honoree and has had various pieces published in Illusions, the College's fine arts magazine.

"I am very proud of Sarah and what she has accomplished during her tenure at SMC.  She is very deserving of this award and an excellent representative of the Criminal Justice program and SMC," Lorna Hanson, professor of Criminal Justice and SMC's director of the Criminal Justice Program.
 
Founded in 1955, ASIS International is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security professionals by developing educational programs and materials that address broad security interests, such as the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits, as well as specific security topics. ASIS also advocates the role and value of the security management profession to business, the media, government entities and the public. By providing members and the security community with access to a full range of programs and services, and by publishing the industry's No. 1 magazine-Security Management-ASIS leads the way for advanced and improved security performance.
 
Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 100th year of providing a quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.
 
For more information, please contact Brian Fulkerson, director of public information, at (864) 587-4254; Lorna Hanson, director of the Criminal Justice program, at (864) 587-4292; or Vicki Moeser, with ASIS International, at (703) 518-1466 or vmoeser@asisonline.org