Kari Nuszkiewicz, a student in UW-Platteville's online criminal justice master's program, has received the Dawn Drake Excellence in Distance Education Scholarship worth $500.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in child psychology and is pursuing her master’s degree with an emphasis in victim and offender services, with a Child Advocacy Studies Certificate. After graduation, she hopes to develop programs and materials for mandated reporters and would like to pursue a career in forensic interviewing.