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Vol. 43 No. III
Serving the
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Community February 13, 2012
Inside
Departments:
Arts Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5
Across the Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Trivia Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
In This Issue:
Loch Visits with Old Friend . . . . . .2
International Student
Re-certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Alternative Spring Break in
Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Cost Saving Alternatives to
Traditional Textbooks . . . . . . . . . .6
CE Returns to North Fulton . . . . . .6
CMS Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Emily Poole Wins Fayette
Chamber Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Veterans News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
John Mascaritolo Named
MAC Supply Chain Professional of the Year
Clayton State University Assistant
Professor of Supply Chain John
Mascaritolo was recognized Feb. 7 as the
winner of the 2011 Supply Chain
Professional of the Year by the Metro
Atlanta Chamber (MAC).
The award was announced at MAC’s
Sixth Annual Atlanta Supply Chain
Forum and Awards Luncheon held Feb. 7
at the Georgia World Congress Center.
The event was managed by MAC’s
Supply Chain Leadership Council and the
Council of Supply Chain Management
Atlanta Roundtable. Mascaritolo, the
director of the Center for Supply Chain
Management for Clayton State’s AACSB-
accredited College of Business, was rec-
ognized as the individual had made a sig-
nificant contribution in advancing the
supply chain sector in 2011.
Mascaritolo has more than 35 years of
diversified industry experience in all
aspects of transportation, warehousing,
and global logistics and supply chain
management. Prior to joining Clayton
State, he was the commodity director of
global logistics for the NCR Corporation.
During his industry tenure, he successful-
ly developed and implemented many sup-
ply chain programs that supported high
volume and service sensitive product lines
in businesses expanding consumer goods,
health-care, third party logistics industries
and even event management by planning
the logistics infrastructure for the Atlanta
1996 Olympic Games.
At Clayton State, Mascaritolo has suc-
cessfully developed a supply chain man-
John Mascaritolo, director of logistics practices
and assistant professor of supply chain man-
agement, Clayton State University (left), and
Bob Pertierra, vice president of supply chain
and advanced manufacturing at the Metro
Atlanta Chamber (right), at the Metro Atlanta
Chamber’s Supply Chain Forum and Awards
Luncheon on Feb. 7. Mascaritolo was awarded
the Supply Chain Professional of the Year by
the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Photo credit: Mat
Jones, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Friday Pep Rally to Highlight
Homecoming Events
Clayton State students Jamie Taylor and
Edward Parks will emcee the
Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday, Feb.
17, starting at noon in the Commons area
of the James M. Baker University Center.
The Homecoming Court and athletic
teams will be introduced, along with the
first public appearance of the new Loch
mascot. Interested parties will even be
able to have a photo op with Loch (don’t
worry, he’s friendly.) The Clayton State
cheerleaders will be on hand, and refresh-
ments will be served.
The Court has been set for the 2012
Homecoming Queen and King. (See the
names below.) Voting for the 2012
Homecoming King and Queen will begin
on Monday, Feb. 13, and will be open
until noon on Friday, Feb. 17. The
Homecoming Court will be announced at
the men's basketball game on Saturday,
Feb. 18, at 8:30 p.m. Students can con-
gratulate the new Homecoming Court at
the SGA Homecoming Reception and
Dance immediately following the game in
the Student Activities Center Ballrooms;
dress is casual.
Queen Candidates
Darnisha Milton
Krystal Allen
Makia Collins
Matika Holmes
Priyani Patel
Raquel Outlaw
King Candidates
Christian Reynolds
Corenza Morris
Joshua Davis
Reginald Banks
Tony Yaacoub
Beginning Monday, Feb. 13, the Clayton
State Alumni Association will be selling
Homecoming Game T-shirts, which will
say “Will the Real CSU please Stand Up,”
since, as you may have noticed, Clayton
Mascaritolo, cont’d., p. 3
Homecoming, cont’d., p. 2