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Two scholarships established in memory of Dr. Bernie Meyer

Two new scholarships honor the memory of Dr. Bernard G. Meyer, who taught criminal justice at Pitt-Bradford from 1996 until shortly before his death in May of last year.

Two new scholarships honor the memory of Dr. Bernard G. Meyer, who taught criminal justice at Pitt-Bradford from 1996 until shortly before his death in May of last year.

The first is an endowed scholarship established by a fellow Pitt-Bradford faculty member who wished to remain anonymous. The Bernard G. Meyer Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a first-generation Pitt-Bradford student from Meyer's native Elk County.

The second scholarship is the Bernie Meyer Student Scholarship Award, which will be awarded annually by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators, of which Meyer was a past president.

“Bernie was a great colleague, and I have fond memories of us working together in growing the Pitt-Bradford criminal justice program,” said Dr. David R. Champion, who taught in the criminal justice program at Pitt-Bradford and now teaches at Slippery Rock University. Champion presented the first Meyer Scholarship at the PACJE conference in March.

During his 19 years at Pitt-Bradford, Meyer developed and taught courses on all aspects of law enforcement, advised students and supervised internships, among other duties.

He also conducted staff training at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto and trained local police officers in DUI countermeasures, juvenile justice, and probation and parole issues.

Meyer presented papers on policing, training and other criminal justice topics throughout the Northeast, conducted workshops and served as a consultant in many educational and community settings.  He published articles in The Journal of Correctional Training and The Law Enforcement Journal, among others.

Prior to his tenure at Pitt-Bradford, Meyer was chief probation and parole officer for the Court of Common Pleas of Elk and Cameron Counties.  He was past secretary/treasurer of the Pennsylvania Association of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers, past secretary of the Pennsylvania Association of Chief Adult Probation Officers, and past chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Probation, Parole and Corrections. He was a member of Bucktail Lodge #96 of the Fraternal Order of Police.

He earned his doctoral degree in criminal justice workforce education and development from Penn State in 1995.

In 2004, he was named to “Who's Who Among America's Teachers.”

Anyone wishing to make a contribution to the fund may contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (814)362-5091 or visit www.givetoupb.org.