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CAMPUS REVIEW
An Empowering Experience
Clayton State University is a place of empow-
erment. Without question, this is a university
where students—from all walks of life and from
a wide range of life experiences and back-
grounds—know they can come and receive an
excellent education, develop relevant skills,
and position themselves for impressive profes-
sional achievements.
The University’s academic reputation is
among the top three reasons students choose
to attend. Students encounter an experience
that empowers them to make the most of their
potential and achieve their goals in life.
As put by one student, “When I first came
here, the feeling I got was like nothing else.
Clayton State University
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You just got a sense that every single person here
had a purpose. That they want to be here because
they have places they want to go in life and this is
the place that can help get them there.”
An Inclusive Diversity
In most cases, people limit the meaning of diversity
to race and ethnicity. That’s clearly not the case at
Clayton State University. Obviously, with more than
70 percent of the student body comprised of minor-
ity students, race and ethnicity are a big part of the
diversity conversation. But, at Clayton State, diver-
sity goes much deeper than that.
As defined by President Hynes, “…we must
continue to deepen and enrich that diversity to in-
clude student connections to international experi-
ences, connections across not only race, but class,
prior educational and geographical experiences,
and ethnicity.”
At Clayton State, it is the very diversity of the
people, the interests, and the dreams that bring the
community together and give everyone a feeling of
inclusion. It is interwoven throughout everything—the
classes, the activities, the dozens of multicultural
clubs and events, the atmosphere across campus.
And, most importantly, it is embraced by all.
As put by one alumnus, “Diversity at Clayton
State is just natural, it’s seamless. In every one of
my classes I benefited from the life experiences that
my fellow students brought with them, and they
from mine.”