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Campus Review
February 13, 2012
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Veterans Resource Center Now Open
SVA Welcomes
Back Veterans
VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER
The Veterans Resource Center (VRC) is
in its final stages of preparing for its grand
opening. The VRC is located in the
Student Center next to The Loch Shop.
The VRC will serve as a informational
and lounge area for veterans to support
one another, share information, conduct
meetings and also provide an atmosphere
for rest and relaxation. The VRC is open
for use by all veterans of America’s armed
forces; this is your facility, please stop by.
SVA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
SVA President Edwin Starks attended the
Student Veterans of America National
Conference in Las Vegas last month. The
theme was, “Combating Veterans
Employment.” Each chapter had an
opportunity to share information specific
to their chapter as we attempted to move
each chapter in a positive direction. The
opening of the VRC will greatly assist in
our ability to share information. Starks
will provide specific information during
the next general membership meeting.
ACTIVITY HOUR
With the activity hour now on Friday¸ and
few students attending classes on Friday,
this presents a small challenge in channel-
ing information. Please provide feedback
on how you would like to see information
shared. Starks plans on using the VRC
extensively as a platform to provide infor-
mation but, he’d also like to continue to
have face-to-face time as an organization.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The members of the Executive Board
remain the same (see below). Your secre-
tary, Jacky Bailey, and Starks, are the
most accessible members. Feel free to
contact any member.
President- Edwin Starks,
estarks1@student.clayton.edu
Rickey Davis,
rdavis21@student.clayton.edu
Misha Valmont,
mvalmont@student.clayton.edu
Jacky Bailey,
jbailey13@student.clayton.edu
We are honored to have Dr. David Gilbert,
davidgilbert@mail.clayton.edu, as our
faculty advisor. Gilbert is a veteran of the
United States Navy.
The scheduling of the “Grand Opening”
for the Veterans Resource Center (VRC)
is in the final planning stages. The official
date will be announced as soon as it is set.
Despite not having our grand opening
date yet, I am pleased and excited to share
with you that the Veteran’s Resource
Center is currently open. The VRC is
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday. I encourage you to stop by
and visit a place that we can now call
“home” here at Clayton State University.
Every veteran should stop by while we are
in the midst of furnishing our VRC to
make it more comfortable. Please use the
suggestion box to submit your ideas and
let us know what things you’d like to see
and what services you would like to be
offered in the Veterans Resource Center.
Our mission is to serve the needs of all
veterans on campus. I need for you all to
let us know how to do that to your expec-
tation. Please give us your input. This is
your facility and I want your voice to be
heard.
The VRC is in need of decorative items to
make it more comfortable for you. Below
is a list of items that would assist us in
making the VRC feel like home. If you
have any of these items and would like to
donate, please let me know.
• Coffee table
• End table
• Items to decorate walls
• Bookcase
If you would like to make a small dona-
tion in lieu of donating items, please con-
tact me or your treasurer, Jacky Bailey.
The SVA will purchase a coffee pot as
soon as we can get a table.
Your mission:
1. Stop by and visit the VRC.
2. Take a fellow veteran to the VRC.
3. Put a suggestion in the suggestion box
Clayton State Celebrates the
American Democracy Project
by John Shiffert, University Relations
The New York Times is currently cele-
brating the 10th anniversary of its part-
nership with the American Democracy
Project (ADP), an initiative focused on
preparing college students to be
informed, engaged citizens for democ-
racy in America.
Clayton State University is also cele-
brating the American Democracy
Project with its on-going series of New
York Times Talks, and the upcoming
Fourth Annual Civic Engagement
Research Conference. Clayton State’s
involvement with ADP is an effort that
started in 2004, and was led by with
Professor of History Dr. Gene Hatfield,
the University’s first campus coordina-
tor for ADP. In fact, Hatfield attended
an ADP national conference to find out
what the organization was about before
Clayton State became actively involved.
Over the years, Clayton State has host-
ed numerous ADP programs, starting in
November 2005 when the University
hosted the ADP Southern Regional
Conference,
featuring
Elizabeth
Bumiller, White House correspondent
for the New York Times, addressing a
packed house as the keynote speaker.
Speaking to an audience that ranged
from historians from throughout the
Southeastern United States, to Clayton
State administrators, faculty, staff and
students, to local middle school students
and their teachers, Bumiller focused her
address on the subject of Democracy,
which she noted was the main theme of
the second George W. Bush
Administration. Bumiller recalled
Bush's key phrase from his second inau-
Democracy, cont’d., p. 12