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Campus Review
May 7, 2013
Clayton State Celebrates Scholars and
Donors at Annual Scholarship Luncheon
by John Shiffert, University Relations
New Film Minor Prepares its
Students for Atlanta’s Booming Film Industry
by Samantha Watson, University Relations
Clayton State continually adapts to its
changing surroundings, which makes the
institution a leading participant in the
development of its students’ and the sur-
rounding community’s future. In order to
have students’ dreams be made real,
Clayton State has an ear to every door,
ready to open it even before opportunity
has a chance to knock. In response to the
explosion of the film industry in the
Metro Atlanta area, Clayton State intro-
duces the Department of Visual and
Performing Arts’ new Film Minor.
According to Dr. Virginia Bonner,
associate professor of film and media
studies, the undergraduate Film Minor
develops and strengthens students’ pro-
duction, performance, critical thinking,
and writing skills for success in all aca-
demic and professional endeavors. It
fulfill the last 12 credit hours are a
combination
of
upper
level
Communication and Media Studies
(CMS) and Theater classes.
Graduates earning a Film Minor will
receive official recognition of this
achievement on their university tran-
scripts. Students wishing to declare a
Film Minor should complete and sub-
mit the Change/Addition of a Minor
Form to Visual and Performing Arts
Department, and the Film Minor
Graduation Worksheet to the Registrar
attached to their graduation applica-
tion.
Bonner also notes that now is the time
to get involved in the strong job market
also prepares stu-
dents for entering
the workforce or
earning graduate
degrees in profes-
sional areas such
as film perform-
ance, film studies,
and film produc-
tion.
Any
students
majoring in other B.A. and B.S. programs
may earn a Film Minor. The minor
requires a minimum of 18 credit hours
(six courses), which can also apply toward
the elective requirements of many other
majors. The Minor requires two lower
division courses; CMS 2100: Introduction
to Film, and THEA 1880: Introduction to
Acting. The remaining course options to
Clayton State celebrated some of its finest
scholars, and the donors who made their
dreams real, at the Clayton State University
Foundation Scholarship Luncheon.
A chance to bring various Clayton State
scholarship recipients together with the
individuals and organizations that made
their
scholarships
possible,
the
Foundation’s Scholarship Luncheon drew
a strong turnout of recipients, donors and
Clayton State administrators, in addition
to Foundation Board Chairman and
Heritage Bank CEO Leonard Moreland.
“The Foundation is charged with going out
and finding funds for the University to
make dreams real,” he said in his remarks to
the audience. “Scholarships improve the
community, they help it to prosper even
more. They help businesses, schools, the
public. This is a very worthwhile cause.”
“Our donors have made an act of faith, an
act of judgment, to make a better life for
our students,” commented Clayton State
President Dr. Thomas Hynes in his open-
ing remarks. “The return on investment is
high when investing in Clayton State stu-
dents, and the students here today have
shown your trust to be warranted, and
have repaid it, time and time again.”
Among the speakers at the luncheon were
three scholarship recipients; Tracye Lamar
(Ellenwood), Todd Burke (Columbus) and
Loretta Smith (Locust Grove).
Lamar, one of the 2012/2013 group of
Presidential Scholars, noted that her
scholarship has allowed her to participate
in Study Abroad, various leadership activ-
ities and to volunteer in the community. A
former dual-enrollment student at Clayton
State, Lamar is a sophomore academical-
ly, double majoring in nursing and health-
care management.
“This has all been possible because people
like you make my dreams real,” she said.
Business major Burke, like Lamar a
Presidential Scholar and an officer in
Clayton State’s chapter of the Alpha
Lambda Delta first-year student honor soci-
ety, said his scholarship gives him a focus.
“It gives you something to push yourself,”
he said.
Smith, the mother of four and a formerArmy
National Guardsman who holds a J.E.
Edmonds Scholarship, is an English major
working towards a secondary education
teaching certification. Her long term goal is
to become a college English professor.
“My journey at Clayton State has been an
awesome one,” she said. “The J.E.
Edmonds Scholarship helps me achieve
my dream. I’d like to thank my donor for
helping my dream become real.”
Dr. Virginia Bonner
Luncheon, cont’d. p. 8
Film, cont’d. p. 9