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Ten cadets and four leaders from the Volgograd Law Academy in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), Russia, visited the college Feb. 20-25, 2006, as part of an ongoing exchange between the academy and the college's Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies.
During their week-long visit, the Russian contingent toured the Orlando campus; listened to presentations by faculty members about the U.S. criminal justice system (above); attended the Criminal Justice Career Fair; met with ROTC cadets and leaders; met with a state attorney and public defender; and observed a mock trial put on by the UCF Trial Team.
Their off-campus activities included a visit to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a tour of the county jail and "ride-alongs" with deputies.
Before heading to Disney World on Saturday, Feb. 25, the group met at the college to collect some 200 scarves knitted for Russian children through a project established by the School of Social Work. They will deliver the scarves to the Volgograd Center for Youth Policy and Social Work, a local agency that works with area youth, street children, orphans and adolescent substance abusers.
The visitors returned to Volgograd on Feb. 27.
Photos: Top of page, Thomas Alan Smilie; bottom of page, courtesy Paul Maiden.
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