Student Professional Development in Compassionate Forensic Science Fund

The William Michael Hogan and Dr. Dana Kollmann Student Professional Development in Compassionate Forensic Science Fund helps ensure that future generations of students can participate in professional development experiences.

Investing in the Future of Forensic Science 

Grateful for the dedicated work of Towson University in bringing their son home, Sandy Hopkins and Michael Hogan created the William Michael Hogan and Dr. Dana Kollmann Compassion Fund for Forensic Science.

The fund covers professional membership, training, conference participation fees, and associated expenses for a student who demonstrates a passion and aptitude for forensic anthropology and a sensitivity to the lives of those whose physical remains form the subject of study.

Funding also provides the lab with the means to purchase field and laboratory equipment critical to a successful search and related partnership with law enforcement agencies.

Criteria

All applicants must meet minimum eligibility criteria including:

  • status as a full-time undergraduate student in the College of Liberal Arts
  • 3.0 cumulative G.P.A.
  • completion of Anth 357 or equivalent, with at least one year of undergraduate study remaining before graduation
  • participation in one or more field searches for human remains

Recipients are chosen based on non-discriminatory criteria, such as need and/or merit. The program director will establish the selection process.

The selection committee will give additional consideration to students who:

  • exhibit extraordinary compassion and empathy in the performance of outreach activities to families of missing persons;
  • demonstrate commitment to assisting the team;
  • possess an aptitude for forensic science;
  • diligently apply knowledge gained in the classroom when working in the field.

Previous Award Winners

Name Current Position
Lauren Asbury
2022 - 2023		 Towson University Anthropology Student
Alexis Garloff
2021 - 2022		 Baltimore City Police: DNA Laboratory
Noelle Neff
2020 - 2021		 Maryland State Police: Toxicology Laboratory
Taylor Shafirovich
2019 - 2020

Baltimore City Police Department: Firearms and Toolmark Unit
Jake Arnold
2018 - 2019		 Howard County Police Department: Mobile Crime Scene Unit
Lauren Asbury is a dual anthropology and spanish major, who is the student manager for the William Michael Hogan Memorial Laboratory in the CLA Building.

Helping the community through forensics

Awardee Lauren Asbury traveled to Spain to help excavate remains from the Spanish Civil War.

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