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International Spotlight
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Campus Review
October 3, 2012
Clayton State’s International Footprint
Extends to the Governor’s International Awards
Clayton State Hosts
Business School
Delegation
From Senegal
Clayton State University’s Office of
International Programs and the College
of Business recently hosted a U.S.
Department of State - sponsored delega-
tion from Senegal. The Senegalese dele-
gation was visiting Atlanta to explore
international business school models.
Clayton State President Dr. Thomas J.
Hynes, Jr., Dr. Alphonso Ogbuehi, dean
of the AACSB-accredited College of
Business at Clayton State, and John E.
Parkerson, Jr., Clayton State University
director of the Office of International
Programs, and a professor in the
College of Business, welcomed the del-
egation from Senegal’s largest private
business school, High Institute of
Management (Institut Supérieur de
International Graduate Students Bring
The World to Clayton State University
by Sabrina Frang, Graduate Studies
Thanks to its international students, the
School of Graduate Studies at Clayton
State is part of the global mix.
International graduate students at
Clayton State create a diverse and
dynamic campus environment inside and
outside the classroom. By sharing their
unique perspectives with others, interna-
tional graduate students contribute to the
educational experience of all Clayton
State students. They may come from dif-
ferent countries, speak different lan-
guages, and have different customs, but
international graduate students all share
one thing in common; an unflinching
desire to succeed in their graduate pro-
grams. This is even more impressive
when one considers that some of our
international students are also athletes
and must divide their time between ath-
letics and academic achievements.
The School of Graduate Studies wel-
comed seven new international gradu-
ate students into its degree programs
for this fall semester. In all, Clayton
State has a total of 15 international
graduate students from all over the
world, hailing from a myriad of coun-
tries including Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
Ireland, India, Zimbabwe, Uganda,
Finland, Germany and the United
Kingdom.
Half of Clayton State’s eight graduate
programs have accepted international
applicants -- the Master of Business
Administration (MBA), Master of
Health Administration (MHA), Master
of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Master
of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)
degree programs.
Clayton State University will be well-rep-
resented at Atlanta’s international busi-
ness event of the year, the upcoming
annual Governor’s International Awards.
On Thursday, Oct. 4, the Atlanta Business
Chronicle and the World Trade Center
Atlanta (WTCA) will co-host the presti-
gious annual awards, marking the fourth
year of their collaboration. The awards
gala and dinner, which will run from 5
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Georgia International
Convention Center, like international
business in Georgia generally, continue to
attract growing participation.
“The simple fact that the Atlanta Business
Chronicle and the WTCA, once again,
have partnered to sponsor this year’s
Governor’s International Awards is a
reflection of the increasingly important
role of international business in Georgia’s
economy,” says John E. Parkerson, Jr.,
WTCA president and director of the
Office of International Programs at
Clayton State University.
Attending the Governor’s International
Awards from Clayton State along with
Parkerson will be Dr. Alphonso Ogbuehi,
dean of the College of Business at
Clayton State, Dr. Ali Dadpay, director of
the MBA program at Clayton State, Cele
Blair, assistant director of the Office of
International Programs at Clayton State,
and two Clayton State students.
As befitting the occasion, the students are
Clayton State’s current exchange students,
Zsuzsanna Hunyadi from University of
Pannonia (Veszprem, Hungary) and
Giorgi Vadachkoria from Georgian
American University (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Hunyadi and Vadachkoria will be in
charge of the Hungary booth at the World
Showcase that precedes the International
Awards. Another one of Parkerson’s
“hats” is that of the Honorary Consul for
Hungary for the Southeastern United
States.
Parkerson also notes that the awards cate-
gories for the program reflect Georgia’s
expanding
international
presence;
International Deal of the Year,
International Trade, Individual of the
Year, International Education Program,
New Company of the Year, and Lifetime
Achievement (Senator Johnny Isakson
will receive this award.)
International, cont’d., p. 9
Senegal, cont’d., p. 9