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May 19, 2014
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Clayton State University Announces
Staff Nominees, Winner for Annual Alice Smith Award
Clayton State University gathered on Apr.
29 in Spivey Hall to honor faculty and
staff with the annual Service Awards cer-
emony. This year also celebrated the 19th
annual announcement of the Alice J.
Smith award winners. The Service
Awards Ceremony is a time for Clayton
State to celebrate and honor faculty and
staff through recognizing years of service,
tenure, promotions, and retirement.
This year’s staff nominees are: from the
Department of Campus Life, Atawanna
Royal; from Department of Facilities
Management, Ana Gordon; from Public
Safety, Angela Evans; from the
Registrar’s Office, Andrea Clark; and
from Spivey Hall, Sam Dixon.
Ana Gordon was recognized as the 2014
Alice Smith Staff Award winner.
A staff member since 1998, Ana Banzuelo
Gordon is no stranger around the campus.
She serves campus as a Service
Maintenance Worker and enjoys engaging
with people of all ages and getting to see
bright students, facul-
ty and staff every day.
She currently resides
in the city of College
Park, Ga.
Gordon has a strong
passion for education
and writing. She came
to the United States
from the Philippines to pursue education.
She just celebrated her 35th year in the
United States. She and her husband have
been married for 30 years and have
encouraged their children to pursue high-
er education. Her son is a 2008 Clayton
State graduate with a degree in
Information Technology. Her daughter is
currently pursuing a degree in Health and
Fitness Management with a minor in
Business at Clayton State.
“My nomination for being one of the
finalists of the Alice Smith Award is a
great part of my success story because
Clayton State has recognized my longtime
sacrifice, struggle and determination for
the sake of education,” says Gordon.
Royal, from Savannah, Ga., is a 2008
graduate from Clayton State University.
She recently obtained a M.Ed. of Higher
Education from Georgia Southern
University. She is currently an Assistant
Director of Campus Life where she cher-
ishes serving the student body and helping
them to grow emotionally and academi-
cally.
Her passion for students is truly reflected
in the many Student Choice Awards she
has received; Staff Member of the Year in
2011, 2013, and 2014. She was also given
the 2014 Student Choice Tribute Award.
“Reflecting on the establishment of the
Smith Award which is in honor of the
incredible teaching career and passion for
learning of Mrs. Alice Smith, I can’t help
but feel a sense of pride and a sense of
accomplishment as I too am extremely
Clayton State University Announces
Faculty Nominees, Winner for Annual Alice Smith Award
Clayton State University gathered on Apr.
29 in Spivey Hall to honor faculty and
staff with the annual Service Awards cer-
emony. This year celebrated the 19th
annual announcement of the Alice J.
Smith award winners. The Service
Awards Ceremony is a time for Clayton
State to celebrate and honor faculty and
staff through recognizing years of service,
tenure, promotions, and retirement.
This year’s faculty nominees are: from the
College of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Richard
Singiser and Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller;
from the College of Information and
Mathematical Sciences, Richard Pearce-
Moses; from the College of Health,
Joanna Harris-Worelds; and from the
College of Business, Dr. Margaret
Thompson.
Dr. Kurt-Alexander
Zeller was recognized
as the 2014 Alice
Smith Faculty Award
winner.
A native of Portland,
Ore., Zeller currently
lives in Morrow where
he takes great pride in
walking to work every day. He has been a
part of Clayton State since 2002 and holds
many titles; Professor of Music, Director
of Opera and Vocal Studies, and
Coordinator of the Division of Music.
He holds a degree a B.A. in Theater, B.A.
in Music Voice Performance from the
Meadows School of the Arts at Southern
Methodist University. He received his
Master of Music in Voice Performance
from the College Conservatory of Music
of the University of Cincinnati where he
stayed on to earn a Doctor of Musical
Arts.
“I am very pleased and honored that my
faculty colleagues in the Department of
Visual and Performing Arts have
expressed their admiration for my artistic
and pedagogical work by nominating me
for the Alice Smith Award — all the more
so as it is actually the fourth time in the
last decade that they have done so. That I
continue to be re-nominated, even without
ever being successful at `bringing home
the gold’ seems to me to be a particularly
powerful statement of the high regard in
Gordon
Zeller
Smith Staff, cont’d., p. 25
Smith Faculty, cont’d., p. 24