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School of Nursing Awarded
Two Board of Regents Grants Totaling $459,502
by John Shiffert
Anna Cox of Jonesboro High and
Jennifer Henley of Morrow High Named First Recipients
Clayton State Announces
Teacher Excellence Recognition Initiative
Campus Review
Serving the CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY Community
Vol. 45, No. V | July 7, 2014
DREAMS. MADE REAL.
For the 11th consecutive year, the School
of Nursing (SoN) at Clayton State
University has received grant money from
the Board of Regents (BOR) of the
University System of Georgia.
According to Dean of the College of
Health at Clayton State, Dr. Lisa
Eichelberger, the two, two-year grants
total $459,502 and have been awarded to
hire a technology staff person to support
the SoN faculty, and to establish a faculty
practice within the Clayton State Student
Health Center in cooperation with the
Office of Student Affairs.
“These grants are an outgrowth of a Board
of Regents appropriation for nursing,
aimed at recruiting nursing faculty. The
grants had to be targeted towards ideas
that would recruit or retain nursing facul-
ty. They were very broad, we were given
a creative opportunity to design programs
for the specific purpose of recruiting and
retention. The Board left it up to individ-
ual schools to come up with ideas.”
While these grants will provide support
for the Clayton State nursing faculty, they
will do much more, enhancing the
University’s reputation for providing sup-
port for both its students and its commu-
nity.
“The whole reason the Board of Regents
does this is not just for faculty,” says
Eichelberger. “The grant is the Nursing
Faculty Initiative, but the connection to
students is clear. The Board is doing this
so we can get more faculty to teach more
students. The reason we’re here is to turn
out more nurses for the citizenry of
Georgia.
“That’s why we want to recruit and retain
our nursing faculty. When the faculty has
the resources they need, they’re better
able to teach the students.”
Eichelberger notes that Clayton State took
advantage of the opportunity provided by
the BOR to see what issues were causing
stressors for the faculty, and to see what
was needed to support the work of the
nursing faculty and students. Since the
School of Nursing is one of the
In recognition of the important role that
excellent teachers play in the lives of stu-
dents, Clayton State University, along
with its Department of Teacher Education,
has announced the establishment of the
Teacher Excellence Recognition Initiative
(TERI). This initiative is designed to
annually recognize two high school teach-
ers from Clayton County Public Schools
who demonstrate excellence in teaching
and exemplify the Clayton State learning
experience; empowering, engaging, inclu-
sive and supportive; in their own class-
rooms.
Each yearly TERI recipient will receive a
$1000 stipend plus $250 to be used for
classroom materials. These awards are
made possible through the generosity of
the Jack and Sherry Hancock Clayton
County High School Faculty Recognition
Collaborative, in conjunction with the
Clayton State University Annual
Professorship Program. Jack Hancock is a
Clayton State University Foundation
board member, and an attorney with the
law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP.
“The education of our youth is the key to
the success of our nation,” says Hancock.
The winners of the 2014 Teacher
Excellence Recognition Initiative awards
are Anna Cox of Jonesboro High School
and Jennifer Henley of Morrow High
School.
Grants, cont’d., p. 19
TERI, cont’d., p. 20