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Vol. 43 No. X
Serving the
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Community
June 11, 2012
Inside
Departments:
Across the Campus . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Trivia Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
In This Issue:
Clayton State Welcomes
New AD McAloose . . . . . . . . . . .2
Linda Campbell to Retire . . . . . . . .2
Day of Action, June 21 . . . . . . . . .3
Spivey Hall Kodaly
Teacher Training . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
NARA Hosts Obama
“Roots” Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Dental Hygiene Pinning
Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
“Who’s Who in Education”…
It’s Clayton State’s Hynes and Ogbuehi
Clayton State Receives USG Funding
For Strategic Institutional Priorities
by John Shiffert, University Relations
How do you close an 18 percent gap
between the numbers of Georgians who
currently have some type of college
degree and what the state’s workforce will
need in 2020? That is the challenge facing
Georgia, its colleges and universities. It’s
a challenge being addressed through the
state’s Complete College Georgia
Initiative.
Ongoing work by Georgia's public col-
leges and universities to close this gap
will get a boost in the upcoming year with
$72.5 million in new funds. Gov. Nathan
Deal and the General Assembly fully
funded the University System's enroll-
ment formula, and as a result, all 35 insti-
tutions will receive new funding to
strengthen programs serving the system’s
almost 320,000 students.
At Clayton State University, a total of
$636,200 in funding will be used to
address Clayton State key institutional
priorities and support the college comple-
tion efforts of Clayton State students.
Included in these funds are: $ 473,200 for
seven new faculty positions; $118,000 for
three staff positions that will enhance stu-
dent services, these include a Financial
Aid counselor, an academic advisor, and a
position in the Registrar’s Office; and
$45,000 for a development officer.
In addition to these funds, Clayton State
has also received $250,000 funding for
the Complete College Georgia Plan.
According to Clayton State Provost and
Clayton State University President Dr.
Thomas J. Hynes, and Dean of the
College of Business Dr. Alphonso
Ogbuehi, are two of the top 100 leaders in
education in the Atlanta area, according to
the Atlanta Business Chronicle (ABC).
As part of the ABC’s annual “Who’s Who
in Education” issue, both Hynes and
Ogbuehi are featured as local leaders in
education. The two Clayton State educa-
tor/administrators are in good company
among the 100 leaders thus profiled. As
the Business Chronicle notes in its intro-
duction to the special insert, “Each year
we offer a look at some of the top leaders
in the education field – from those vested
with government responsibility for our
education system to the leaders of public
and private primary and secondary
schools, and the heads of our top universi-
ties and colleges. Within this section you
will find names and faces of key leaders
of metro Atlanta and Georgia educational
institutions and programs.”
The ABC Who’s Who highlights Hynes’
Clayton State career from his appointment
by the University System Georgia as
interim president on May 18, 2009.
Among the highlights noted are the
University’s comprehensive strategic
plan, its ranking in the first tier of region-
al colleges by U.S. News &World Report,
and its encomium from James magazine
(a “treasure of a Georgia university”).
Also noted is the doubling of the
University’s on-campus residential hous-
ing, a record enrollment, and the estab-
lishment of growing partnerships with the
Clayton, Henry and Fayette public
schools.
The recent successes of the College of
Business, including national recognition
for its supply chain management program,
landed Ogbuehi’s photo on the cover of
the ABC’s Who’s Who section (in addi-
tion to his profile inside.) Also noted are
the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
that brought NCR CEO Bill Nuti and
Entrepreneur Advisors CEO Cliff Oxford
to campus.
Hynes
Ogbuehi
Funding, cont’d., p. 5