For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and achievements of University of Delaware faculty, students and alumni.

Recent presentations, honors and new appointments include the following:

Presentations

UD Police Chief Patrick Ogden met with Delaware’s congressional delegation on March 7 as part of Capitol Hill Day 2018, organized by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Senior IACLEA leaders met with members of Congress and their staff to raise critical issues and share their expertise on public safety policy matters. During the day, Ogden, who chairs IACLEA’s Government Relations Committee, met with U.S. Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester. The UD Police Department in the only police department in Delaware accredited by IACLEA.

Honors

The UD chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society nominated Jennifer Margaret Barker, professor of music, for the 2018 Pi Kappa Lambda Chamber Music Commissioning Project this past June. This grant is awarded every two years. This process is rigorous and lengthy – nearly 10 months from nomination to selection. Barker advanced past the nomination round and was invited to submit scores and recordings for consideration this fall, and this week she was selected for the commissioning grant. She is in excellent company with past winners, such as Cynthia Folio and Jennifer Higdon. The work will be premiered on Nov. 17, 2018 at the PKL annual convention, which also marks the honor society’s 100th anniversary.

New appointments

The University of Delaware Police Department has hired three new police officers, all of them graduates of the Delaware State Police Academy. Lance Chandler retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves after 32 years of service, eight of them on active duty, and he was a master corporal with the Dover Police Department for more than 22 years. Brandon Smith, who holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UD, is certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and has held positions as a cadet and security officer with the UD Police Department. Christian Swann, a graduate of Delaware Technical Community College and a current UD student, has previously worked at UD Police as a cadet and as a seasonal officer with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. 

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