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June 3, 2013
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Alexander Hall Named Director of Honors Program
Clayton State Students Present at Mathematics Conferences
Dr. Kevin Demmitt,
associate vice presi-
dent of Extended
Programs at Clayton
State University, has
announced
that
Associate Professor
of Philosophy Dr.
Alexander Hall has
been named the fourth
director of Clayton State’s Honors
Program.
Hall succeeds Professor of History Dr.
Adam Tate. Now-retired Professor of
History Dr. Eugene Hatfield was the
founder of the Honors Program in 1995.
He was followed as director by Demmitt,
who was followed by Tate as director.
“I would like to thank Dr. Adam Tate for
directing the Clayton State Honors
Program for the past six years,” says
Demmitt. “Under his tenure, the Honors
Program curriculum has been strength-
ened and enrollment has increased signif-
icantly. He has helped build a strong foun-
dation that will serve us well for years to
come.
“Dr. Hall was selected from a very qualified
pool of candidates by a committee of facul-
ty and honors students. He is recognized by
faculty and students as one of the top teach-
ers and scholars on campus. He is an excel-
lent role model for our students.”
The director of the Clayton State Honors
Program oversees the management and
development
of
the
Program.
Responsibilities include recruiting quali-
fied students, working with departments
to develop and schedule Honors courses,
managing the budget for scholarships and
operating expenses, and working closely
with the Honors Student Association.
“I have with pleasure taught for several
years in the Honors Program at Clayton
State; and I look forward to stepping into
the role of director and the opportunity to
work with Dr. Demmitt and the faculty
and staff of the University to build on the
success of Dr. Tate and his predecessors,
Drs. Hatfield and Demmitt,” says Hall.
“It was a great pleasure to serve as honors
director,” says Tate. “Dr. Hall will do an
excellent job developing the Honors
Program further.”
“The Honors program is excellent, it
shows what Clayton State students can
do,” adds Dr. Wallace Shakun, now-
As the spring 2013 semester was drawing
to a close, Clayton State University math-
ematics students were travelling to con-
ferences at Morehouse College and the
University of Tennessee.
Dr. Christopher Raridan of the Clayton
State University Mathematics Department
in the College of Information and
Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) escorted
10 Clayton State students to the 11th
Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on
Undergraduate Mathematics Research,
held at Morehouse on Apr. 6.
One week later, on Apr. 13, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics Dr. Elliot Krop
escorted eight Clayton State undergradu-
ate students to the seventh annual mathe-
matics conference hosted in Knoxville,
Tenn., by the University of Tennessee
Mathematics Department.
Clayton State students attending the
Morehouse conference were Hung Hua
(Morrow), Maria Morales-Beale (St.
Louis), Michael Ngo (Morrow), Thuhong
Nguyen (Forest Park), Chidozie Okoro
(Lagos, Nigeria), Laura Parrish, Pritul
Patel (East London, England), Petra
President (Derniere Riviere, St Lucia),
Jessie Roberts (College Park), and Jarvis
Turner (Morrow).
Twenty-six presentations were given at
Morehouse by 41 students from seven dif-
ferent colleges and universities, including
the host institute, Clayton State, Georgia
State,
Albany
State,
Spelman,
Birmingham-Southern and Paine.
Five Clayton State students gave presen-
tations. Ngo, Nguyen and President pro-
vided a group presentation concerning
results from their research entitled “Small
Pattern Gallai-Ramsey Numbers.” Parrish
presented results from her research enti-
tled "On Opinionated Complete Bipartite
Graphs." Patel gave a presentation on his
research entitled "On the Edge-Balanced
Index Sets of Complete Odd Bipartite
Graphs."
Ngo is a junior majoring in math and
Nguyen and President are seniors com-
Pictured (left to right): first row, President, Morales-Beale, Ngo, Parrish, Nguyen; second row,
Turner, Okoro, Raridan, Patel; third row, Roberts, Hua.
Dr. Alexander Hall
Hall, cont’d., p. 5
Mathematics, cont’d., p. 11