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Campus Review
June 3, 2013
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Athletics
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has
honored two members of the Clayton State
women’s team. Freshman Jessica Matthews
was named the Southeast Region’s Field
Athlete of the Year, while assistant coach
Clive Caesar was named the Assistant
Coach of the Year.
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The Clayton State men’s and women’s
track & field teams had four student-ath-
letes recognized last week by the Peach
Belt Conference office in Augusta with
All-Academic awards. The Lakers had
three student-athletes from the women’s
team receive the All-Academic honor and
one from the men’s team. Paige Galvin
and Samantha Walling were named to the
first team, while Silvia Espelt received
honorable mention recognition. For the
men’s team, Matt Bailey was named to the
first All-Academic team.
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Clayton State’s Jessica Matthews placed
11th at the NCAA Division II Outdoor
National Championships. A freshman
from Monroe, Ga., Matthews had a jump
of 39-feet 7 ¾-inches (12.08m) at
Colorado State University-Pueblo’s Neta
and Eddie Rose Thunderbowl stadium.
Her jump in the national meet was her
second best performance of the season.
Amanda Ouedraogo, from Abilene
Christian, won the triple jump at 44-0-¾
(1.3.43m), a new national meet record.
Matthews, who was named the NCAA
Division II Southeast Region Field
Athlete of the Year, qualified for the
national championships with a jump of
40-foot 7 ¾ inches (12.39m) at the Coach
“O” Invitational earlier this year.
Chemistry
Local high school student Minh-Thu
Phan, who was awarded grant money
from the American Chemical Society
SEED program to work with Dr. Jonathan
Lyon last summer on a chemistry research
project, has been awarded a $5,000 schol-
arship from the SEED program to pursue
a college education.
College of Business
Clayton State faculty members Dr.
Alphonso Ogbuehi and John Parkerson,
both of the University’s College of
Business, were recently invited to be on the
Advisory Board of the American Nigerian
International Chamber of Commerce
(ANICC). Ogbuehi and Parkerson support
ANICC’s mission to facilitate international
business opportunities between the United
States of America and the Federal Republic
of Nigeria. Their service on the board will
focus around promoting the development of
trade, commerce and investments.
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Dr. Ali Dadpay, assistant dean, MBA direc-
tor and assistant professor of Economics in
the College of Business, recently had an arti-
cle, “The Problem is the Same: Economy,”
published on the IranOpinion website,
http://iranopinion.com/node/49.
International Programs
John Parkerson, Clayton State director of
International Programs, has decided to
leave the University at the end of the con-
tract year to concentrate on his interna-
tional legal practice and outside teaching
opportunities. As a result of this change,
and considering the need to economize at
every opportunity, Academic Affairs is
moving International Programs under Dr.
Kevin Demmitt as a part of the Division
of Extended Programs in order to explore
different structures for promoting interna-
tional programs at Clayton State.
Music
Dr. Michiko Otaki, Clayton State
University’s director of Keyboard
Studies, will perform from Chicago on
"Live from WFMT" with English violist
Roger Chase on Monday, June 3, at 8 p.m.
CDT (9 p.m. EDT). The live broadcast
recital may be heard world-wide via
WFMT's web streaming audio feed at
www.wfmt.com. The concert spotlights
works by English composers of the early
20th Century, including Sir Arthur Bliss,
Edward Elgar, Benjamin Dale, and Frederic
Delius, as well as a 1987 sonata by
Geoffrey Grey which was commissioned
by Chase for his Wigmore Hall debut.
Recreation & Wellness
The Wellness Council encourages every-
one to engage in “deskercise.” As pub-
lished in the May 2013 monthly newslet-
ter by the National Center on Health,
Physical Activity, and Disability, this arti-
cle provides 20 easy exercises that can be
performed at your desk; http://www.nch-
pad.org/1061/5452/Deskercise~~20~Way
s~to~Get~Moving~While~you~Work.
All individuals are encouraged to get a
minimum of 150 minutes (30 minutes,
5+/week) of physical activity per week
(per the American College of Sports
Medicine). For assistance in getting start-
ed, consider registering for the 60 miles in
60 days incentive program which will be
launching in June. Or, reach out to the
experts available at the SAC Fitness
Center. For more information regarding
exercise programs or the upcoming incen-
tive program, please contact Lisa
Williamson or Cindy Lauer.
Student Affairs
Clayton State’s Gold Key International
Honour Society Chapter travelled to
Pate's Creek Elementary School in
Stockbridge, Ga., on Tuesday, May 28 to
read to Pate’s Creek’s first graders. The
event qualified the Clayton State chapter
as a Bronze Level chapter for the year,
notes Amanda Laine, the chapter’s out-
reach liaison. Golden Key International
Honour Society is the world’s premier
collegiate honor society, with nearly two
million members from more than 190
countries who have been recognized at
more than 375 chapters at colleges and
universities. Members of the Society gain
exclusive opportunities and connections
through more than $600,000 annually in
numerous scholarships and awards, part-
nerships with major corporations, career
advancement and graduate programs.
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