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Campus Review
June 3, 2013
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ural to me.” She is grateful, however, and
“honored that Transition House chose to
recognize my efforts to support their
organization in this way.”
During her internship Peters is thankful
that she “gained insight into the kind of
strength and commitment it takes to turn
one’s life around once you have hit rock
bottom. I have total admiration for the
veterans who successfully complete the
Transition House program because it is
hard work.”
Along with her long-standing commit-
ment to volunteer work, Peters founded
Realizing the extent of her present oppor-
tunities, and the breadth of her future
ones, Polson made the decision to switch
her English concentration from purely lit-
erature to education.
Foreshadowing Polson’s future success
was her long-term substitute-teaching job
in fall 2012 at Eagle’s Landing High
School. There she taught 10th and 11th
grade English for an entire semester, and
she is proud to announce that, during her
semester as a sub, her 11th grade students
had a 98 percent pass rate on the Georgia
High School Writing Test.
As fate would have it, a position became
available at Eagle’s Landing in the spring
for the following school year, which
Polson applied for and was accepted to.
She signed her contract with Henry
County Schools May 21, and will have
her very own classroom this August. She
exclaims that she couldn’t be more excit-
ed to start this new chapter of her life.
Polson’s college years were filled with many
awards and achievements, which include her
position as vice president of Sigma Tau Delta
English Honors Society. She also won the
2012 Debra DurdenAward for Excellence in
Teaching of English, the 2011 Bill Pasch
Award for Outstanding Senior English
Major, and an Academic Achievement
Award in 2011 and 2012.
Polson grew up in Stockbridge, has a dog,
named Roxy, who she spoils like a child,
and was recently proposed to at the
Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta. Needless
to say… she said yes. She loves to read
and write in her spare time, and enjoys
traveling, photography, and crocheting.
While awaiting her position at Eagle’s
Landing, she currently works as a store
supervisor at the Stockbridge Chick-fil-a
Dwarf House.
“The great thing about teaching literature
is that there are so many life lessons to be
learned through each character’s experi-
ences — there’s something for everyone,”
states Polson.
the Non-Traditional Student Organization
(NTSO) at Clayton State in 2010. NTSO
won the University’s Outstanding New
Student Organization award that same
year. She is also secretary for Clayton
State’s Student Veterans Association, a
member of two honor societies, made the
Clayton State Dean’s List four years in a
row, and won the Clayton State Academic
Achievement Award in 2012 and 2013.
Peters majored in Psychology and Human
Services, graduating on May 4, 2013. She
intends to find a position with an organi-
zation that provides support for veter-
ans/military members. She will eventually
pursue a master’s degree in applied psy-
chology with a research focus on the
effectiveness of bio field energy modali-
ties in the treatment of PTSD.
Peters, cont’d. from p. 8
Polson, cont’d. from p. 9
Clayton State University
Butterfly/Hummingbird
Garden Dedicated
The Clayton State University Butterfly/Hummingbird
Garden, planted by the Clayton State Retirees
Association (CSRA) and the University’s Facilities
Management Landscape Department in September
2012, was dedicated to the University on Friday, May
31 at 10 a.m. Clayton State President Dr. Thomas
Hynes, members of the Facilities Management staff,
and CSRA members were present for the dedication,
along with Clayton State faculty and staff. A bronze
plaque was placed in the garden during the ceremony.
(L to R): Sandy Golden, CSRA Member & Master Gardner; Justin Brooks, Clayton State
Assistant Landscape Management Director; Martha Wicker, CSRA Vice President; Carol
Hatfield; Gene Hatfield, CSRA President. Photo credit: gr8photo.com