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Campus Review
August 28, 2012
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Athletics
The Peach Belt Conference board of
directors and Commissioner David R.
Brunk have announced that men’s and
women’s outdoor track and field will
become official conference championship
sports beginning in 2012/13. Additionally,
the league welcomed the University of
Alabama at Huntsville and Nova
Southeastern University as its first associ-
ate members to help meet the NCAAmin-
imum sports sponsorship, which requires
six teams to formally conduct a league
championship. With the two new schools,
the PBC has six men’s and seven
women’s track and field programs,
including, of course, Clayton State.
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Former Clayton State soccer standout Cherie
Sayon racked up the awards while starring
for the Laker women’s team during the 2009
and 2010 seasons, and the recognition contin-
ues as she has advanced to the next level.
Sayon, fromMonrovia, Liberia, was recently
selected as one of four players from the
Georgia Revolution for the inaugural
Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL)
Southeast All-Conference Team. Sayon, who
graduated earlier this spring from Clayton
State with a degree in Healthcare
Management, led the Revolution of the
newly formed WPSL to a second place and
the Southeast Conference trophy.
College of Business
Nnaoke Ufere, a member of the College
of Business Advisory Board, recently had
a paper published in World Development.
Continuing Education
Thanks to the efforts of Lauren Bell, Atlanta
area director for Kaplan, and Mary
Hudachek-Buswell, Kaplan is offering a free
practice test registration for Clayton State stu-
dents with Kaplan’s “Classroom Anywhere
Practice
Tests.”
Go
to:
bit.ly/ClaytonStatePracticeTest. The exams
are offered from Sept. 15 through Oct. 27
only. It is on a first come first serve basis.
This link includes all upcoming computer
exams for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT,
DAT, OAT and PCAT, so anyone thinking
about a graduate program will be interested.
Dental Hygiene
Clayton State University’s Department of
Dental Hygiene has announced the oppor-
tunity for all interested parties to provide
feedback on the University’s Dental
Hygiene Program to its accrediting
agency.
The
American
Dental
Association’s Commission on Dental
Accreditation
(http://www.ada.org)
invites the constituents of the Clayton
State Dental Hygiene Program to submit
written and signed letters providing sup-
port of, or feedback on, the program no
later than Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dr. W.
Gail Barnes, department chair of the
Clayton State Department of Dental
Hygiene, which is a part of the
University’s College of Health, encour-
ages any and all interested parties to send
a letter to: The Commission on Dental
Accreditation,
American
Dental
Association, 211 E. Chicago Ave.,
Chicago, Ill. 60611.
Graduate Programs
Thanks to the efforts of Lauren Bell,
Atlanta area director for Kaplan, and
Mary Hudachek-Buswell, Kaplan is offer-
ing a free practice test registration for
Clayton State students with Kaplan’s
“Classroom Anywhere Practice Tests.”
Go to: bit.ly/ClaytonStatePracticeTest.
The exams are offered from Sept. 15
through Oct. 27 only. It is on a first come
first serve basis. This link includes all
upcoming computer exams for GMAT,
GRE, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT and
PCAT, so anyone thinking about a gradu-
ate program will be interested.
International Programs
Clayton State Director of International
Programs John Parkerson, speaking in his
role as president of World Trade Center
Atlanta, made a presentation on “U.S.
Trade and Development Agency: Foreign
Marketing, Development and Start Up
Assistance and Grants” to the Economic
Development and Partnership Gwinnett.
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John E. Parkerson, Jr., director of the
Office of International Programs at
Clayton State University, and Honorary
Consul for Hungary for the southeastern
United States, was the keynote speaker at
“Coming to America: Celebrating the
Immigrant Experience,” at the National
Archives at Atlanta, on July 20.
ISSO
Clayton State is currently the "Featured
School" on the Study Georgia website. Go
to http://www.studygeorgia.us/ and look
at the bottom of their home page. Study
Georgia is a membership-driven non-
profit organization formed for the purpose
of bringing talented international students
to diverse educational programs offered
by Georgia’s institutions of higher educa-
tion and English language programs.
Clayton State is a founding member of the
Study Georgia consortium.
Psychology
Georgia State University will be present-
ing Conflict Resolution Education
Teacher Education Training (CRETE) and
Educators for Social Responsibility
Training at Clayton State University’s
Harry S. Downs Center on four days in
August, starting on Thursday, Aug. 16 and
Friday, Aug. 17, and concluding on
Friday, Aug. 24 and Saturday, Aug. 25.
This free conflict resolution training is for
local secondary educators.
Recreation & Wellness
Attention students and Fitness Center
members! Free group X classes are being
held at daily the SAC Fitness Center. To
view the complete schedule, please visit
http://www.clayton.edu/recwell/fitness-
center/groupexercise. For more informa-
tion, contact Lisa Williamson at (678)
466-4975.
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The Department of Recreation &
Wellness’ X Factor Outdoor Yogalates
classes will be held every Thursday from
Sept. 6 through Sept. 27 (rain date is Oct.
4) from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., on the Laker Hall
Green (in front of the Laker Hall sign).
Outdoor Yogalates is a four week session
that will help you relax and tone up using
bodyweight exercises and deep breath-
ing/stretching techniques. For more infor-
mation, contact Lisa Williamson at (678)
466-4975 or lisaroth@clayton.edu.
Registrar
Are you planning on graduating in May
2013? Graduation Applications for spring
2013 are due in the Registrar’s Office —
STC 239 — by Sept. 15, 2012. Since
Sept. 15 falls on a weekend this year, we
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