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Campus Review
May 19, 2014
Clayton State’s First Dream Catchers Recognized
Retired Clayton State University
Psychology professor Dr. Willie
James Manning of Vienna Ga., passed
away recently. He was laid to rest on
Wednesday. May 7, at Antioch A.M.E.
Church in Stone Mountain Ga.
The legend of the dream catcher embodies
the idea that only good dreams are filtered
through the netting allowing the good to
pass through the feathers to the people.
Clayton State is an entire community that
rallies around the individual dreams and
aspirations of its people. Clayton State’s
key attributes are creating an empowering
experience, offering a supportive commu-
nity, as well as offering inclusive diversi-
ty and an engaged, experiential prepara-
tion.
The “Dream Catchers” program allows
faculty and staff to nominate a fellow col-
league, themselves or even a department
that really embodies one or all of the
attributes. It’s a way to remind all of us
what makes our university unique! We
will recognize these nominations monthly
and encourage all of you to tell us how
dreams are made real in your area.
Below are the March 2014 nominations
along with excerpts from their nomina-
tion:
Brett Reichert, Associate Director of
International Student Services
“Brett has assisted numerous international
students on campus to realize and go for
their dreams in ways they didn’t know
were possible. For example, he helped a
student who left her dreams of becoming
a dentist in India to follow her husband to
the U.S. for his high tech career. She
heard about Clayton State's Dental
Hygiene program and Brett helped her
change her status from H4 visa (his
dependent) to an F1 visa (full-time stu-
dent). She graduated from Clayton State
and he helped her obtain her own work
authorization to maintain her status and to
lawfully gain practical experience.”
Richard Singiser, Associate Professor of
Chemistry
“For the past three years his student eval-
uations of instruction have been above the
average of the college, department and
chemistry division ("exceptional instruc-
tion and support."). Students indicate that
he always provides immediate helpful
feedback on their assessments. They also
say that he is organized, knowledgeable,
and always available to help.”
Barbara Musolf, Associate Professor of
Biology
“Musolf has mentored many undergradu-
ate research projects and internships this
past year. She does not receive teaching
credit for this mentorship and this level of
mentorship/teaching consumes a lot of
time. It should be understood that it is
nearly impossible for undergraduate sci-
ence students to be successful in their
field and/or accepted into graduate/pro-
fessional programs unless they participate
in research experiences.”
Valerie
Baker,
Administrative
Specialist, Office of Career Services
“Her consistently calm demeanor and atti-
tude and warm tone welcomes students
into the Office of Career Services and
allows them to feel heard well before
being seen by other professional staff
members for presenting issues. The work
that she does with supervising student
workers in the office has been amazing.
I've seen her help transform our students
into confident, independent thinkers who
have gained useful skill sets transferable
to any workplace.”
Dr. Manning received his Bachelors
Degree from Tennessee State University ,
his Masters Degree form Howard
University and his Ph.D. from Georgia
State University. He also did studies at
Oklahoma University.
Dr. Manning is survived by his loving
wife Lillie Grace Thornton-Manning,
son Zario Manning, step-son Bobby
Lee Thornton Jr., step-son Eric
Thornton and his wife Natilus R.
Thornton.
Life’s Transistions
DREAM
CATCHERS