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Vol. 43 No. XII
Serving the
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Community
July 16, 2012
Inside
Departments:
Across the Campus . . . . . . . . . .6
Trivia Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
In This Issue:
National Champions Get
Their Own Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Jester’s Creek Study
Enters its Fourth Year . . . . . . . . . .2
SEBA a Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Top 100 Workplace
Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
CMS Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Parkerson Meets President
Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Naming Clayton State-East . . . . . . .7
Clayton State Ranks Third Among State Universities
Economic Impact of USG Reaches $13.2 Billion
President Hynes Attends White
House Briefing and Round Table
A newly released report states that the
combined economic impact of the
University System of Georgia’s (USG) 35
institutions on their host communities
reached $13.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2011,
which is five percent higher than the
$12.6 billion reported for FY 2010.
The FY 2011 study found that Georgia’s
public university system generated nearly
132,000 jobs, or more than three percent
of all the nonfarm jobs that exist in
Georgia. The bottom line is that one job
out of every 29 in the State of Georgia is
due to the University System.
While common wisdom might conclude
that increased spending and jobs were the
result of institutional actions, the study
found just the opposite. Students account-
ed for the increased spending that generat-
ed more jobs off campus.
“Comparisons of the FY 2011 estimates to
those for recent years show that our pub-
lic college and universities really proved
their economic worth during tough eco-
nomic times” said study author Dr. Jeffrey
M. Humphreys, director of the University
of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic
Growth in the Terry College of Business.
The Selig Center’s data showed that
Clayton State University’s impact on the
Southern Crescent was impressive – a
$252,426,600 output impact in current
dollars, and 2,311 jobs. The output impact
is third among the USG’s 13 state univer-
sities, trailing only the much larger
Kennesaw State and University of West
Georgia. The jobs impact is fourth among
the state universities, trailing only
Kennesaw, West Georgia and Columbus
State.
Last year’s (FY10) figures for Clayton
State showed Clayton State’s output
impact in current dollars at $236.2 mil-
lion, and employment impact at 2,169
jobs. This represents an increase in output
impact of 6.9 percent, and an increase in
jobs of 6.5 percent.
The Selig Center analyzed financial and
enrollment data for July 1, 2010 through
June 30, 2011 to estimate the economic
impact that each of Georgia’s 35 public
colleges and universities makes to the
Clayton State University President Dr.
Thomas J. Hynes attended a White House
briefing and round table discussion on the
President's Interfaith Campus Challenge
on Monday, July 9, in the Indian Treaty
Room of the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building in Washington, DC.
The briefing and round table was present-
ed by senior White House, Department of
Education, and Corporation for National
and Community Service officials.
Upon returning from the Interfaith and
Community Service Campus Challenge
Hynes noted that he mentioned at the
round table what a wonderful gift Clayton
State has with the exceptional local faith-
based community, which has itself shown
a willingness to work with colleagues in
the American Democracy project for the
benefit of the community.
"We look forward to chances in the future
for other opportunities to serve the com-
munity together," he added.
Since his inauguration, President Barack
Obama has emphasized interfaith cooper-
ation and community service – “interfaith
service” for short – as an important way to
build understanding between different
communities and contribute to the com-
mon good. Interfaith service involves
people from different religious and non-
religious backgrounds tackling communi-
ty challenges together. Interfaith service
impacts specific community challenges,
from homelessness to mentoring to the
environment, while building social capital
and civility.
As such, support for interfaith service fits
into the Clayton State University strategic
Impact, cont’d. p. 6
Round Table, cont’d. p. 5