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Campus Review
June 3, 2013
Two Nursing Faculty Honored
For Nursing Excellence by the AJC
AmeriCorps Program
Honored by Local Mayors
Two members of the School of Nursing
faculty in the College of Health at Clayton
State University were recently nominated
for the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s
Nursing Excellence Award.
Elicia S. Collins, clinical instructor and
student navigator in the school of
Nursing, and Dr. Debra Jennings Cody,
assistant professor of Nursing, were rec-
ognized in both the AJC’s “Celebrating
Nurses: Nursing Excellence Awards” May
5 insert and at the Eighth Annual Nursing
Excellence Awards Luncheon, held on
May 7 at the Cobb Galleria Centre.
The Nursing Excellence Awards are given
to nurses who go above and beyond to
significantly impact their clients and stu-
dents. Nominations
for the award are typi-
cally made by friends,
patients and col-
leagues of the nomi-
nees.
Collins
holds
a
B.S.N., from Mercer
University and an
M.S.N.
from
Indiana
Wesleyan
University. Cody’s B.S.N. is from the
Mississippi University for Women, and
her M.S.N. and Ph.D. degrees are from
Georgia State University.
Clayton State University’s AmeriCorps
program coordinated efforts to gain
recognition for service in late April as
part of the national Mayors Day of
Recognition for National Service.
Two local mayors -- Mayor Joy Day of
Jonesboro, and Mayor Linda Lord of
Forest Park -- signed proclamations for
the Mayor’s Day of Recognition to rec-
ognize Clayton State students’ contri-
butions to the local community.
The Georgia Commission for Service
and Volunteerism coordinated Mayors
Day of Recognition in Georgia, while
the Corporation for National and
Community Service led a nationwide
effort for mayors across the country to
recognize the key role that national
service plays in solving important prob-
lems within their communities.
Together 832 mayors in 50 states offi-
cially recognized the work that
AmeriCorps state and national mem-
bers, VISTA, and Senior Corps volun-
teers are doing to make cities better and
stronger.
The Mayors Day of Recognition in
Georgia also specifically mentioned
Clayton State’s efforts in its newsletter
recapping the event.
“One way that AmeriCorps members
are making a difference in local cities is
through local schools. Almost half of
AmeriCorps state funding goes to sup-
port K-12 students attending local
schools. A great example is the Clayton
State AmeriCorps team…. (which)
annually supports over 300 students
through tutoring and mentoring but also
collectively serves thousands of hours
each year in community service proj-
ects in great cities such as Jonesboro
and Forest Park.”
College of Business
Students Excel in
Clayton State’s
Academic Research
Conference
Clayton State University’s Annual
Academic Research Conference (ARC)
saw students from the College of Business
excel in their presentations.
Dr. Beverly Wright groomed five gradu-
ate student groups from the College of
Business to present their research at the
spring 2013 ARC.
Wright’s students were from her MBA
course BUSA 6100, “Decision Making
Under Uncertainty,” wherein students are
required to work with a client in the com-
munity, either in a for-profit or non-profit
setting, on a practical research project
using their newly acquired skills.
Two of Wright’s groups were judged wor-
thy of the top prizes. First prize for oral
presentations, a cash prize of $100, in the
College of Business went to Dalia
Matthias, Ali Fawaz, Nytha Thoth and
Mariama Fanneh, who presented their
findings on "A Better AGERA, A Better
Community." Second prize of $80 for oral
presentations was given to Timothy
Parson, Michele Adams-Johnson and
Maher Balbaid for their research on
"Mav's Pizzeria."
Dr. Diane Fulton, the College of
Business’ representative on the ARC com-
mittee, and Dr. Thomas Garsombke from
the College of Arts and Sciences, worked
collaboratively with undergraduate stu-
dents in their MGMT 3101 “Principles of
Management
and
Organizational
Behavior” and TECH 4101 “Leadership
in Technology” courses to give students
mentoring and incentives to create viable
research projects on leadership and man-
agement topics. Four undergraduate stu-
dent groups registered for the conference
from their classes with first prize for
“Best Poster Session” going to a leader-
ship presentation called "Baynard Rustin -
The Master Strategist and Unknown Civil
Business, cont’d., p. 7
Dr. Debra Cody