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Campus Review
June 3, 2013
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Lynn Stover Receives
UAB Alumni Award for Innovation
by Samantha Watson, University Relations
International Student Spotlight:
Ahmed Alhussain of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Lynn Stover, asso-
ciate professor of
Nursing at Clayton
State, was selected as
the recipient of the
University of Alabama
at Birmingham (UAB)
Marie L. O’Koren
Alumni Award for
Innovation in April.
She was recognized at the UAB School of
Nursing’s Alumni Night Dinner and
Awards Ceremony on Apr. 24.
This is the inaugural year for this presti-
gious award, which was named after UAB
School of Nursing’s second dean. The
Nursing Chapter of the UAB National
Alumni Society along with the award selec-
tion committee recognized Stover’s nomi-
nation application as the most outstanding.
“I was very honored to be one of the first
recipients of this nursing alumni award,”
comments Stover. “Being a graduate of
UAB School of Nursing has presented me
with many challenging opportunities and I
am proud to be a graduate of UAB. My
professors were rigorous with their expec-
tations and I learned so much from them
that I continue to use every day as a facul-
ty member at Clayton State University.”
Dr. Helen Taggart, Nursing Department
head and tenured professor at Armstrong
Atlantic State University in Savannah,
Ga., prepared Stover’s nomination appli-
cation.
Dean and Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair
in Nursing Doreen Harper, says that it is
Stover’s leadership in nursing and her
dedication to the profession that make her
unquestionably deserving of receiving the
esteemed award in the category of
Service.
Students come in all shapes, sizes,
races, and ethnicities, and have a wide
variety of hopes and dreams.
Recognizing this, Clayton State
University welcomes and embraces
student diversity in all its glory.
Ahmed Alhussain is not only a Laker
community member and Smyrna,
Ga., resident, but also a citizen of
Saudi Arabia. He is a graduate stu-
dent, hoping to graduate from Clayton
State this summer with a Masters in
Health Administration.
“The graduate program at Clayton
State fits my needs; having a strong
curriculum and being closer to my
family,” states Alhussain.
He explains that a major difference
between university life at home and
the U.S. is American universities
offer the opportunity to build good
and close relationships between stu-
dents, professors, and staff.
Alhussain recently received admis-
sion into the University of South
Carolina Health Administration Ph.D.
program. His ultimate goal is help devel-
op the healthcare system of his home
country, “from my view, our healthcare
system will improve if we improve our
knowledge.”
With more than 70,000 Saudi students
enrolled in American universities through
Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Mission to the
U.S.A. (SACM), Alhussain believes this
is a good opportunity to improve Saudi
healthcare services, and other related
fields.
Along with having a wife, who is current-
ly a graduate student at Georgia State
University, and a three-year-old daughter,
Alhussain also has an internship at Hands
of Mercy Hospice as a part of his graduate
project. He is also well connected to other
Clayton State Saudi students -- 18 in total.
When asked what he misses about home,
Alhussain admitted to missing his family
the most, “I have a big family and a strong
relationship with them.” He also misses
mosque, “In Saudi Arabia there are
mosque at every corner and I can attend
every prayer. Here, the mosque is far
away from my home.”
Alhussain loves to read, especially
leadership related text. His favorite
Saudi dish is Kapsa (rice and meat),
but he loves American fast food like
Chick-fil-A. His favorite phrase in
Arabic is الحياة حلوة بس نفهمها =
“Life is Good, but you have to under-
stand it.”
Dr. Lynn Stover