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Campus Review
May 19, 2014
Bruce Gant Gives Back To Veterans Through Scholarships
by John Shiffert and Lauren Graves
Clayton State University Foundation
Trustee Bruce B. Gant, Jr., and his wife
Vicky Gant, have established a scholar-
ship for veterans at Clayton State
University.
A decorated veteran of the VietnamWar, a
long-time Foundation trustee and busi-
nessman in Clayton County, Gant and his
wife have recently established the Clayton
State Veterans Scholarship.
The Clayton State Veterans Endowed
Scholarship is being established by the
Gants in order to support veterans through
scholarships in perpetuity. Until the
endowment is fully-funded, the Gants will
make an annual contribution so that the
scholarship can be awarded as early as
next fall. As a medic in the Vietnam War,
Bruce Gantt is a veteran and a member of
the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Recognizing the supreme sacrifice that
veterans make for the nation, this scholar-
ship is a way to give back to those who
wish to complete their degree.
A long-time agent – now retired -- for the
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Company, Gant earned State Farm’s pres-
tigious President’s Club ranking three
times in his career and also won Clayton
County’s “Small Business of the Year”
award in 1999.
After returning from Vietnam where he
had served as a Senior Corpsman (medic)
Donates $7500 for Excellence
Georgia Power Joins Corporate Partners Program
Georgia Power Co., a long-time supporter
of Clayton State University dating back to
the last years of the 20th Century, has
once again recognized excellence at the
University, joining the Clayton State
Corporate Partners Program and donating
$7500 to two of Clayton State’s
Excellence Funds.
The Clayton State University Corporate
Partners Program was created to develop,
enhance and support partnerships between
the business sector and the University.
Internships, employee recruitment, net-
working opportunities, and a heightened
corporate visibility are just a few of the
ways to these partnerships have developed.
“Through this program, our corporate
partners gain access to a talented, educat-
ed student body and access to dedicated
senior administrators and award-winning,
knowledgeable faculty,” notes Clayton
State Vice President for External
Relations Kate Troelstra. “Our students
benefit through engaged learning and
increased opportunities for success.”
Georgia Power’s recent donation is in two
parts, $5000 from the Georgia Power
Foundation to the President’s Excellence
Fund and $2500 to College of Information
and Mathematical Science’s (CIMS)
Dean’s Excellence Fund.
The CIMS Dean's Excellence Fund sup-
ports Clayton State students in
Mathematics, Computer Science, and
Information Technology who come from
diverse backgrounds and experiences,
providing scholarships for students who
demonstrate need and funding for
engaged learning experiences such as
travel to professional conferences where
students present their research results.
“Georgia Power has a strong history of
supporting Clayton State University stu-
dents, particularly underrepresented
groups such as women and minorities,
who are in the STEM (Science
Technology
Engineering
and
Mathematics) fields,” says Dr. Lila
Roberts, dean of the College of
Information and Mathematical Sciences.
“We are grateful for their continued sup-
port of our programs and students.”
The Clayton State President's Excellence
Fund currently supports student scholar-
ships, student success programming –
notably in the Office of Career Services,
faculty/staff support programs and other
programming that adds to the richness of
the educational experience at Clayton
State University.
Clayton State currently has four types of
scholarships; Academic Scholarships,
Department
Scholarships,
Honors
Scholarships, and Private Scholarships.
For more information on Clayton State
scholarships, plus information on free
scholarship search sites, go to the Clayton
State Office of Financial Aid web pages at
h t t p : / /www. c l ay t on . edu / f i nanc i a l -
aid/Scholarships.
Veterans, cont’d., p. 15