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Campus Review
December 12, 2013
Students Heading for Alternative Winter Break 2013
as a pressure bag to quickly get the fluids
in as her pressure was dropping. We gave
her Benadryl to combat the reaction.”
With a medical emergency on board, the
pilot began procedures for an early land-
ing. However, Foster points out that, “the
rash and angioedema started to subside
and she starting speaking to us. We were
able to take a quick history and she said
this was her typical reaction to peanuts.”
As a result, the plane landed as scheduled
in Detroit and the paramedics met the
flight onboard. The young woman report-
ed to Foster late in the week that she was
now back to normal.
Foster adds a couple of additional notes to
her story. First, the young woman said she
had not eaten peanuts, but that she may
have been exposed to them in another
form, likely through peanut oil. Also, a
plastic surgeon and a neurosurgeon were
both on board the flight, but they really
couldn't help very much in these circum-
stances.
“They are great at what they do, but they
are not into acute care,” notes Foster.
Finally, Foster’s travelling companion for
the trip to Daejeon Health Sciences
College, Clayton State Associate Vice
President for Extended Programs Dr.
Kevin Demmitt, got to see his colleague
“in action,” and gave her high marks for
her professional skill.
“What a flight,” says Foster.
Not all Clayton State University students
headed directly home for the holidays
once exams ended on Monday, Dec. 9.
Two teams of students will participate in
the 2013 Alternative Winter Break
Volunteer Program taking place during
the week of Dec. 9 to Dec. 13, 2013.
Team Orlando – consisting of Jessica
Dent (Augusta), Sara Diggins (Austell),
Josee Dolce (Riverdale), Keyauna
Hopkins (Macon), Catherine Hutchins
(Atlanta), Exell Jackson (Columbus),
Samantha Lapier (Dalton), Joel Lymon
(College Park), Christopher Manning
(Houston), Jevon Miller (Macon),
Nicholas Reed (Statesboro), Hillary
Rimes (Savannah), Venus Royster
(Atlanta), Breanna Simpson (Jonesboro),
Whitney Smith (Macon) Racquel Valadez
(Colorado) along with Jennifer Welch,
AmeriCorps program coordinator and Dr.
Samuel Maddox, associate professor of
Psychology, will travel to the
Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida area to vol-
unteer with Give Kids the World Village.
Give Kids the World is a 70-acre nonprof-
it storybook resort located in Central
Florida where children with life-threaten-
ing illnesses and their families are treated
to a week- long, cost-free fantasy vaca-
tion. Throughout the week, Clayton
State’s students will have the chance to
both support community needs, and
engage in experiential learning by volun-
teering in a variety of areas in the Village,
including food service and entertainment
venues. In addition to offering a valuable
service to the community, the students
will also have the opportunity to address
the emotional and psychological impacts
on children and families of terminally ill
young people, notes Maddox.
Team Atlanta – consisting of Arabia
Bellinger (Lawrenceville), Jessica Canty
(Decatur), Felisa Creamer (Athens),
Avery Dawson (College Park), Oscar
Hopkins (Morrow), Taylor Hughes
(Lithonia), Erika Smith (Lithonia),
Santana Postell (Morrow), Sochea Ung
(Jonesboro), Hang Phan (Forest Park),
and Thadeous Taylor (Lithonia) along
with LaShanda Hardin, Campus Life
service learning coordinator and Dr.
Charlotte Swint of the Clayton State
School of Nursing, will fulfill their goal of
affecting the world without a passport, or
even leaving the Atlanta area.
Participants will also serve in community
support and experiential learning, in this
case at four local non-profit organizations,
all with a global presence and outreach;
Books For Africa, The Global Soap
Project, The International Rescue
Committee and Project Medshare.
Students will have the opportunity to see
how local efforts have an international
impact and why Atlanta is the preferred
location for so many international non-
profit organizations. Swint will serve as
faculty advisor for the trip and a valuable
academic resource for participating stu-
dents.
The Alternative Break Volunteer program
is an opportunity for students to engage in
community-based service projects during
the University’s designated Winter and
Spring Semester Breaks, notes Hardin.
“This program was developed to create an
understanding and appreciation of the
issues people of various communities
encounter daily. Students return from the
experience with a deeper understanding of
volunteerism, community service and
activism to help create change,” she says.
Foster, cont’d. from p. 3