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Campus Review
June 11, 2012
Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr.
Micheal Crafton, these funds will be used
to hire a data analyst and to provide sup-
port for those bottleneck academic areas
that tend to lengthen a students’ time to
degree, notably Math and English. These
efforts will come under the direction of
Dr. Mark Daddona, associate vice presi-
dent for Enrollment Management &
Academic Success, whose office has
already established a track record of suc-
cess with the University’s First Year
Advising & Retention Center (FYARC).
“Our Complete College Georgia Team is
currently finalizing the Clayton State plan
which will include a detailed budget
developed to support the institution’s
goals, objectives, and strategies,” says
Daddona.
The seven academic positions which
make up the heart of Clayton State’s insti-
tutional priorities as previously submitted
to the USG include faculty lines in Health
Care
Management,
Psychology,
Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Studies,
Social Sciences, and Archival Studies.
“We listed in our original statement of
institutional priorities several faculty and
staff positions that we considered critical
to maintain and enhance our academic
and student support mission,” explains
Crafton. “Our requests for funding were
based upon strategic needs and upon over-
whelming demand on our resources.
Crafton notes that the University’s pri-
mary strategic priority in Academic
Affairs is health education. At Clayton
State, that includes Nursing, Dental
Hygiene, Health Care Management,
Psychology and the science courses and
majors that feed those health care majors.
As a result, two of the seven positions are
assigned to Health Care Management, a
program Crafton characterizes as “grow-
ing and ever burgeoning.”
Along these same lines, two other posi-
tions in this strategic area were assigned
to Psychology and Chemistry.
“The Psychology position was demanded
by exceptional enrollments, whereas the
Chemistry position was not yet over-
tasked by enrollment, but is needed to
meet our strategic priorities,” he explains.
Two more positions were assigned to the
new department of Interdisciplinary
Studies and to the Teacher Education
Program.
“These two likewise fit our strategic
needs,” says Crafton. “The interdiscipli-
nary department handled all of our adult
education and degree completion objec-
tions and their enrollments are exception-
al. The second position assigned to our
teacher education program is likewise a
strategic need and a growing part and
soon to be a significant pillar of our aca-
demic programming.”
The archives position is based on the
desire by the University, and by funding
from both the state and federal govern-
ment, to take advantage of Clayton State’s
unique strategic geographical location
adjacent to both the national and state
archives; the only location in the country
where a national and state archival facili-
ty are co-located. Clayton State’s growing
Master of Archival Studies program is in
need of a second faculty position in order
to achieve its potential, adds Crafton.
In addition to the seven faculty positions,
the USG funding also benefits staff sup-
port of various aspects of Clayton State’s
strategic plan, including the University’s
ability to seek additional funding on its
own.
“The office of development has collabo-
rated with various departments and divi-
sions on campus to prioritize initiatives
which advance the University’s strategic
plan,” notes Director of Development
Reda Rowell. “The addition of a develop-
ment officer will enhance our ability to
seek funding sources to fulfill those prior-
ities.”
helping secure a $5 million gift, the
largest cash contribution in the school’s
10-year history, for the construction of the
school’s $20 million Alico Arena.
In addition to his success in building the
FGCU program, several individual teams
and many student-athletes were also suc-
cessful on the playing field, in the class-
room and active in the community during
his tenure at the school.
The FGCU student-athlete grade point
average was over 3.1 each semester and
the department averaged more than 7,500
hours of community service each year. A
total of 10 athletic squads advanced to the
NCAA postseason in the school’s final
year at the Division II level, which includ-
ed two teams ranked number one in the
country. Later, at the Division I level,
seven FGCU teams won conference
championships in the school’s first two
years of competing at the NCAA’s highest
membership level.
Along with his experience as an athletic
director, McAloose also brings a wealth
of experience in athletic conference
administration. He served as the commis-
sioner of the NCAA Division II Great
Lakes Valley Conference from 1996 to
2000 after serving as the associate com-
missioner in the Big South Conference
from 1992 to 1996. He also served in
associate athletic director roles at both
Coastal Carolina University and at West
Chester State (Pa.) University.
He earned a master’s degree in Education
with a concentration in Physical
Education and Athletic Administration
from Frostburg State University in 1988.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Physical
Education from McDaniel College.
McAloose has three children: Krista, 19;
Savannah, 16; and Hunter, 14. Krista
McAloose is just starting her college
career this month at the Air Force
Academy in Colorado Springs, Co.
Funding, cont’d. from p. 1
McAloose, cont’d. from p. 2