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Campus Review
May 19, 2014
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President Hynes and Dean Eichelberger
Traveling to South Korea to Sign a New MOU
by John Shiffert
Birla College Professor Supports
Expanded Relationship with Clayton State
Clayton State University President Dr.
Thomas Hynes and Dean of the College
of Health at Clayton State Dr. Lisa
Eichelberger will be traveling to Seoul
and Daejeon, South Korea to visit
Daejeon Health Sciences University.
Their visit is in conjunction with the ini-
tial MOU between Clayton State and
Daejeon Health Sciences University, orig-
inally signed in March 2013. That MOU
serves as a general framework for inter-
institutional cooperation between the
College of Health at Clayton State and
Daejeon Health Sciences College.
Eichelberger coordinates the application
of the agreement with Dr Hyen-sook Jeon,
dean, School of Nursing and Bongnam
Lee, director, International Programs, of
Daejeon Health Sciences College.
“This is a very significant development in
Clayton State’s international partnerships,
as it is Clayton State’s
first formal partner-
ship with a higher edu-
cation institution in
Korea,” said Hynes at
the time of the MOU
signing. “It opens the
door to expanded aca-
demic collaborations –
student and faculty
exchanges, joint teach-
ing or collaborative
degree
programs,
Korean student enroll-
ment - between the
College of Health and
foreign institutions
that have compatible
health curriculum.”
Hynes
and
Eichelberger will be leaving on Mother’s
Day for a eight-day trip that will include
meeting with 16 individuals who will be
coming to Clayton State for classes this
July, and to sign an official MOU further
solidifying Clayton State’s growing
agreement with Daejeon, which may in
the future include additional educational
possibilities and partnerships in other
areas besides nursing. Eichelberger will
also be giving a lecture, and both Clayton
State administrators will be meeting with
many different groups and touring med-
ical facilities. Hynes and Eichelberger
will also be tweeting from South Korea
during their trip. They can be followed at
@tim2333 (Hynes) and @DocLisaEich
(Eichelberger).
The 16 representatives from Daejeon
Health Sciences University will be com-
ing to Clayton State in July to study med-
ical terminology and English, visit local
hospitals and to take in several cultural
opportunities. They will be staying in
Clayton State’s Laker Hall.
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma, assistant professor
and head of the Department of English at
Birla College of Arts, Science &
Commerce, an affiliate of the University
of Mumbai, is no stranger to Clayton State
University.
For that matter, faculty members at both
institutions have enjoyed a relationship
that dates back more than 10 years. It’s a
relationship that has been marked by
numerous faculty exchanges, including
one in March 2012 when Sharma first vis-
ited Clayton State’s Department of
English. On a return trip to Clayton State
in April 2013, Sharma took time out from
a busy schedule that included lecturing to
Clayton State classes, to talk about both
where she hopes the relationship between
Clayton State and Birla College might go
in the future, and the learning process.
During a luncheon with Interim Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Kevin Demmitt, Sharma expressed the
desire to expand the Birla/Clayton State
relationship beyond faculty exchanges, to
include student exchanges as well.
Demmitt, who at the time of the meeting
was serving as the Associate Vice
President for Extended Programs, is
pleased with Birla College’s desire to con-
tinue to grow and expand the relationship.
“We have enjoyed a mutually beneficial
relationship with Birla College over the
years,” he says. “The faculty who have
visited India have been overwhelmed by
their hospitality and the eagerness of their
students to learn. And it is very beneficial
for our students when they have the
opportunity to learn from their faculty
during their visits to Clayton State.
“One of our next goals is to for our stu-
dents to experience this cultural exchange
through study abroad and other pro-
grams.”
One group of Clayton State students who
had the opportunity to diversify their edu-
cation this semester was Dr. Mary Lamb’s
Careers in Writing class. The connection
was a natural, since Sharma, in addition to
being an English professor, is also a pub-
lished author, essayist, poet, critic and
journalist in India. In addition to having
her poetry and research articles appear in
wide variety of international publications,
she had published “In the Shadows:
Women in Arthur Miller’s Plays” in 2012.
She is also a widely-published critic and a
regular freelance writer for Times of India
and Mumbai Mirror.
Eichelberger
Hynes
Sharma, cont’d., p. 13