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Campus Review
September 19, 2012
Clayton State Students Build a Website for Lake City
by Ciji Fox, University Relations
Clayton State University students Simeon
Payne and Courtney Wynn, both workers
at the Clayton State student help desk, the
HUB, are currently working with Lake
City Staff Assistant Timothy Hoyle on
building a website for Lake City.
Payne, a business major with a minor in
marketing, does freelance work in build-
ing websites, business development and
tech support.
“After a phone call was referred to me, I
immediately contacted Timothy Hoyle
and scheduled an appointment to speak
with him in person,” Payne says. “I spoke
to him about the skills I possessed to build
a website for Lake City, and I let him
know that I would appreciate the opportu-
nity. I shared my work experience and the
fact that I am currently an IT support ana-
lyst for the HUB at Clayton State
University, and a web developer at
Encompass LLC. After an interview and
conversation with Hoyle and the city
manager, I was given the contract.”
A few days later Wynn, an information
technology major, asked to join Payne in
building Lake City’s website for Hoyle.
“Simeon and I meet once a week to dis-
cuss what each of us will do to further the
development of the website,” Wynn says.
“The next time we meet, we go over what
we each did and collaborate.”
Payne describes his experience as enrich-
ing and rewarding.
“The most rewarding aspect has been
meeting the city manager, the Lake City
Council members, Mayor Oswalt, and
even giving a presentation at a council
workshop in reference to the overall func-
tionality of the website,” Payne says. “I
feel blessed to have the opportunity to
build a web presence for Lake City and
will do my best to produce an excellent
end result.”
Wynn has also had a positive experience.
“I am passionate about making websites
and learning new ways to build them,”
Wynn says. “The most rewarding part
about building the website for Lake City
is the experience that I am acquiring and
the knowledge that I am gaining. Not only
am I learning more about a topic I enjoy,
but I can also use this experience to obtain
a job in a field that I love.”
“Timothy Hoyle has been an excellent
director/coordinator of this project and
Courtney is a very skilled partner,” Payne
adds.
Attorney General Olens and
Former Governor Barnes Highlight Constitution Week
Georgia Attorney General Samuel S.
Olens and former Georgia Governor
Roy Barnes will be visiting Clayton
State University as the highlight of the
University’s annual Constitution Week.
Olens, coming off his speaking
engagement at the Republican National
Convention, and Barnes will be
appearing on campus on Sept. 20, lead-
ing a conversation-style discussion, "A
Civil
Discussion
on
Living
Constitutionalism." Olens’ and Barnes’
discussion, which will include ques-
tions from students, will be held from
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., in room
UC272 of the James M. Baker
University Center.
Also on the schedule for Constitution
Week will be a voter registration drive
from Monday through Thursday, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, on Main
English and director of The Writers'
Studio. The screening also has limited
seating available.
Also in conjunction with Clayton
State's Constitution Week will be the
on-going display at The National
Archives at Atlanta. "The Lost Mural"
is a recreation by Andrew Sabori of a
mural that hung at Ellis Island. The
original mural, commissioned by the
WPA in 1938 and painted by Edward
Laning, was displayed at Ellis Island
until the early 1950s at which time a
storm destroyed most of the mural. In
2003 Sabori, an artist and muralist, vis-
ited Ellis Island to find out more infor-
mation about the original mural. He
subsequently uncovered a photograph
of the original and decided to recreate
it for exhibit and educational
purposes.
Street on the second floor of the Baker
Center. The voter registration drive will
take place along with voting for Clayton
State Student Government Association
Senate and a mock presidential election.
A constitutional debate will be held on
Wednesday, Sept. 19. The topic (another
potentially controversial subject); “225
Years: Is it Time for Another
Constitutional Convention?" The debate
will be held in room UC267 of the Baker
Center at 9 a.m.
Later that same day, from 5 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., The Writers' Studio at Clayton State
will host a screening of “Please Vote for
Me,” an award-winning documentary
from 2007 by Weijun Chen. The Writer’s
Studio is located in room G-224 of the
Clayton State Arts & Sciences Building. A
discussion of the film will be facilitated
by Dr. Sipai Klein, assistant professor of