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Campus Review
November 13, 2013
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Alumni
One of Clayton State’s favorite alumni,
Dr. Benita Moore, reports that son Lee
Moore is in Taiwan for about eight
months in school and is working on spe-
cial projects. And... he will leave Taiwan
and start his Silk Road trip in April or
May 2014. He has a blog now in prepara-
tion for the Silk Road trip. Http://very-
stickytofu.com.
Athletics
The Clayton State men’s golf team fired a
two-under par team score of 286 to place
second in the UWG Matt Dyas
Invitational played at the Oak Mountain
Country Club and hosted by the
University of West Georgia. Host West
Georgia won the event with a three-round
total of 853, while Clayton State finished
second with a three-round total of 868.
The Lakers were led by senior Fredrick
Lindblom, who shot a sizzling five-under
par 67 in the final round. He finished sec-
ond in the tournament, only two shots
behind low medalist Corey Evans of West
Georgia. Lindblom had scores of 72-72-
67 on the par-72 7,026-yard course.
Freshman Patrick Kim tied for fifth in the
event after rounds of 69-73-73, finishing
one-under par. Sophomore Keith Egan
also posted a top-10, tying for ninth with
scores of 74-71-72.
*****
Clayton State men’s soccer player Alhagi
Toure was named to the 2013 Peach Belt
All-Conference team at the league’s ban-
quet in Evans, Ga. Toure led the Peach
Belt in goals scored and in points during
the 2013 regular season with 18 goals and
38 points. He also led the league in shots
attempted. Toure finished the regular sea-
son ranked second in the nation in goals
scored. Along with being named first-
team All-Conference team, Toure was
named the Brine Golden Ball Winner for
the most goals scored this year in the
Peach Belt. A senior from Decatur, GA,
Toure was named the Peach Belt Player of
the Week on two different occasions this
season. His 18 goals on the season were
two goals shy of matching Clayton State’s
single season record of 20 set by Jason
Nidiffer in 1995.
*****
The Clayton State women’s cross country
team placed fourth Saturday in the NCAA
Division II Southeast Regionals, barely
missing its second straight trip to the
NCAA National Championship meet. The
Lakers finished with 147 total points, 13
points behind third place finisher
Columbus State in the 31-team meet at
McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, NC.
The top three teams in the Southeast
Regional meet will advance to the NCAA
Division II national meet in Spokane,
WA. Wingate won the meet with 75
points, followed by Flagler with 107
points and Columbus with 130 points.
Behind Clayton State in fourth, UNC
Pembroke rounded out the top five with
170 points. Junior Jessica Smith led the
Lakers, placing 22nd in the meet with a
time 23:08.7 in the 6K race, followed by
junior Racquel Valadez in 24th with a
time of 23:12.2. By finishing in the top-
25, both Smith and Valadez earned All-
Southeast Region honors.
Auxiliary Services
According to the EPA, consumers pur-
chase approximately three billion house-
hold batteries (alkaline and nickel cadmi-
um, or NiCad) each year. These batteries
contain valuable metals and plastics that
can be recycled and reused to produce
other products. Batteries that are not recy-
cled can end up in a landfill and have the
potential to leak toxic materials into the
environment. Clayton State’s Go Green
student organization has provided the
campus community with a simple
approach to recycling your clean (non-
corroded) household batteries. For your
convenience, battery recycling containers
have been placed in both the Laker Card
Office and the Loch Shop.
Business and Operations
Clayton State employees delivered work-
shop presentations at the recent 2013
Georgia Summit Conference. Leon
Wheeler, HRMS coordinator with the
Office of Human Resources, presented
“Using Process Workflows to Solve HR
Challenges” and Vickie Smith, director of
Grant Accounting & Compliance, pre-
sented “Using PeopleSoft Financials for
Effective Grants Management.” The pur-
pose of the Georgia Summit Conference
is to facilitate interaction among users of
all University System of Georgia enter-
prise applications and services.
Center for Academic Success
Clayton State is known for its student-
centered culture. Support for students is
one of the hallmarks of the University,
and that support will be in action on
Wednesday, Nov. 20 and Thursday, Nov.
21 when the Center for Academic Success
(CAS) will hold the second Tutoring Blitz
of 2013 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days
in the Commons Area of the James M.
Baker University Center. A bi-annual
event (the first 2013 Tutoring Blitz took
place in April at the end of the spring 2013
semester) the Tutoring Blitz gives stu-
dents the chance to drop in for assistance
with their upcoming exams, without hav-
ing to make an advance appointment.
Continuing Education
Sarah P. Holmes, one of the Clayton State
Continuing Education Medical Coding
Specialist Certificate Program instructors,
was named the 2013 Medical Manager of
the Year at the 25th Annual PAHCOM
Conference Awards
Banquet
in
Clearwater Beach, Fla., on Oct. 23.
Public and Media Relations
The Clayton State University Office of
University Relations has changed its
name to the Office of Public and Media
Relations, effective Nov. 1, 2013. The
change does not directly affect the func-
tions of the office, more so it is to better
reflect those functions – relating to the
University’s various immediate publics,
including faculty/staff, students, alumni,
friends and relating to the media, which in
this case covers both the traditional news
media and the phenomena that has caused
a paradigm shift in the communications
world, social media. The Office of
University Relations at Clayton State was
formed in August 1995 as the Office of
College Relations with John Shiffert as
the founding director. The office became
University Relations in November 1996
when Clayton State College gained uni-
versity status as Clayton College & State
University.
Across the Campus...
Across the Campus, cont’d., p. 16