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Campus Review
September 19, 2012
Judge Glenda Hatchett to Give Keynote Address
Campus Life Schedules Fourth Annual
Diversity and Multicultural Conference
Students Give College of Business’ SEBA High Marks
The AACSB-accredited College of
Business at Clayton State University’s
inaugural Summer Entrepreneurship
and Business Academy (SEBA) for
high school students attracted a
diverse group on 20 participants from
Clayton, Henry, Fayette, Fulton and
DeKalb counties to Clayton State this
summer. A group of students from
public high schools, private schools
and magnet schools attended the pro-
gram, which was designed to help pre-
pare students for the future by provid-
ing a unique and exciting hands-on
learning experience.
According to what some of the atten-
dees took away from the week-long
program, SEBA was a success.
“This week, I learned a lot more than
I thought I would. Not only have I
learned business, ethics and codes of
ethics that I didn’t know about the real
world, I also learned a lot about
myself,” says Mt. Zion Magnet
School’s Taylor Tinsley. “There were
a lot of realizations about myself and
about other people and how to work
with other people, strangers that you did-
n’t even know two weeks ago.
“I definitely recommend SEBA for other
high schoolers because it teaches you
communication, and cooperation. That’s
something that a lot of high schoolers
need because, you know, high school is
tough. It is always going to be tough. It is
good to be able know things about people
first hand and that’s what SEBA teaches
you.”
Akiah Dunlap, a Clayton County resident
who attends Grace Christian Academy in
Fayette County, also learned a lot at
SEBA.
“I’ve learned so much about the college
life, the major I want, and more majors I
might go into because of this camp,” she
says. “It opened a whole spectrum of
doors.
“I told my friends because this is a great
opportunity for them coming up as sen-
iors. I’ve learned so much in a short time,
and has impacted me in ways that I can’t
even express.”
“Our primary purpose for SEBA was
to prepare students for life after high
school and beyond,” notes College of
Business Dean Dr. Alphonso Ogbuehi.
“We were very pleased that 20 students
successfully participated in this inau-
gural program. The students left the
University with a new understanding
of themselves and the world around
them. They also learned about the var-
ious programs and opportunities for
study at Clayton State University.”
The conclusion all parties reaches
about SEBA was that the academy
challenged students to think critically
and provided them with a taste of col-
lege life. SEBA was moderated by
Clayton State professors from the
accounting, finance, management and
marketing fields, and the topics cov-
ered included entrepreneurship, busi-
ness, ethics, free enterprise, teamwork,
and personal skills.
Lakiesa Cantey Rawlinson, associate
director, Department of Campus Life at
Clayton State University, has announced
the date for the Fourth Annual Diversity
and Multicultural Conference. This year’s
event, with Judge Glenda Hatchett as the
keynote speaker, will be held on Friday,
Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Clayton State Student Activities Center.
The conference is a dynamic and interac-
tive development opportunity that gives
participants the essential knowledge and
strategies needed to lead and function in a
globally-complex society. The 2012
theme is “Building Community Through
Diversity.” The conference is free for
Clayton State students. The registration
fee is $20 for Clayton State faculty and
staff. The registration fee includes conti-
nental breakfast, lunch, and a conference
gift. To register, go to the conference web-
site at; http://www.clayton.edu/campus-
life/multicultural/conference, by Friday,
Sept. 28.
After graduating from Emory University
School of Law and completing a clerkship
in the U.S. federal courts, Hatchett accept-
ed a position at Delta Air Lines, as the
company’s highest-ranking African-
American woman. She served in dual
roles as a senior attorney for Delta, litigat-
ing cases in federal courts throughout the
country, and as manager of public rela-
tions, supervising global crisis manage-
ment, and media relations for all of
Europe, Asia and the United States.
Her contributions to Delta were recog-
nized by Ebony, which named her one of
the “100 Best and Brightest Women in
Corporate America.” She eventually made
the difficult decision to leave Delta in
order to accept an appointment as chief
presiding judge of the Fulton County,
Georgia Juvenile Court, becoming
Georgia’s first African-American chief
presiding judge of a state court and the
department head of one of the largest
juvenile court systems in the country.
Conference, cont’d., p. 10