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May 19, 2014
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HFM Meets the Gold Standard for NSCA
by Siera Blasco
City, Curtis volunteers with the Freedom
Foundation where she supports with mar-
keting,
inventory
management,
Alternative Break programs, and their
flagship program, Random Acts of
Theatre Company.
The vice president of the Clayton State
SAM chapter, Mannor grew up in
Chicago, and now resides in Fayetteville.
She is working towards her Bachelor of
Business Administration degree in
accounting, and is planning on graduating
in the spring of 2015. A member of the
Clayton State Accounting Club and the
Georgia Society of CPAs, her goal is to
obtain her MBA and CPA certification
after graduation.
Jeboda is an international student, coming
to Clayton State from London. He is pur-
suing a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Management. His inter-
ests include, but aren’t limited to; soccer,
technology, finance, traveling, music,
movies, and general knowledge. He is
currently serving as the treasurer of
Clayton
State’s
Honor
Student
Association, the treasurer for Clayton
State’s SAM Chapter, and the student
manager for Clayton State’s Course Hero
program. He plans on one day becoming
the CFO of a prominent technology firm.
Brayboy is majoring in business manage-
ment with a minor in marketing, and
already holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science from the University of
Georgia. Along with participating in the
SAM case competition, she is also
involved in empowering her fellow
Clayton State students as a mentor in the
College of Business’ Major Mentor
Program. Her past employment experi-
ences include Sprint Nextel Corporation
and AFB&T, a division of Synovus Bank.
She is a native of Atlanta, and currently
resides in Ellenwood.
Last year’s second place SAM competi-
tion team, which produced a case study of
Netflix, consisted of four different
Clayton State students, including two
non-traditional students and an interna-
tional student; Azadeh Aarabi-Taft,
Henrick Drummond, Martha Mobley and
Rodrecus Hughes.
Aarabi-Taft was born in Tehran, finished
her high school education in Iran, and
moved to the United States in February
2011. She started her college education at
Gordon College and transferred to
Clayton State University in fall of 2012 as
a pre-business major. She expects to
receive her degree in Accounting by the
summer of 2014.
Drummond was 25 years old during last
year’s SAM competition. Another
Accounting major, he has done his own
work empowering his fellow students at
Clayton State as an accounting tutor. He is
also very involved with student activities
at Clayton State, having served as presi-
dent of the Accounting Club, treasurer for
SAM, and as another mentor for Major
Mentors. He was recognized as a national
outstanding student at the 2013 SAM con-
ference.
Another
non-traditional
senior
Accounting major prior to his May 2013
graduation, Hughes was born in Millen,
Ga., in 1986 and now resides in
Jonesboro. Last year’s SAM president and
a member of the Accounting Club, he pre-
viously served in the U.S. Army for four
years as a combat medic, completing a 12-
month tour in Iraq.
Another May 2013 graduate, Mobley now
has a Bachelors degree in Business
Administration (majoring in marketing)
from Clayton State. While a student at
Clayton State, she revived the school’s
marketing club, joined SAM as the chap-
ter vice president and joined the Major
Mentor Program. She also individually
received the SAM regional award for
being an outstanding student, and Clayton
State honored her as the Outstanding
Graduate of the Year in Marketing and the
Service and Leadership Award in
Marketing.
Clayton State University’s Health and
Fitness Management program is the only
program in Georgia to be awarded recog-
nition from the National Strength and
Condition Association (NSCA) for meet-
ing the gold standards of health and fit-
ness practice as required for the Education
Recognition Program (ERP).
The criterion for NSCA recognition
includes offering a Health and Fitness
baccalaureate degree and having a full-
time professor, Clayton State’s being
Assistant Professor of Health and Fitness
Management Dr. Chris Dr. Pitsikoulis,
that is a Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist who teaches at
least one of the many required EPR class-
es per year. According to Health and
Fitness Management Program Director
Dr. Melanie Poudevigne, Clayton State
not only meets these points, but exceeds
them, by also offering additional courses
like First Aid and CPR, Injury Prevention
and
Rehabilitation,
and
Sports
Psychology.
As program director in charge and over-
seeing the requirements of EPR,
Poudevigne developed Clayton State’s
application for recognition by NSCA.
According to Poudevigne, by getting this
credit, Clayton State will now have oppor-
tunity to offer CPT and CSCS certifica-
tion trainings on campus, with an addi-
tional 25 dollars for each student in the
CSCS certification.
Clayton State will also be able to use the
NSCA logo for ERP status on the website
while Clayton State’s listing will be dis-
played on NSCA’s website.
“This will cultivate exposure and merit
that will attract future Lakers to our
school as well as potentially increase
internship and career opportunities for our
students,” says Poudevigne.
SAM, cont’d. from p. 10