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Sheryne Southard Makes History with
Regents Teaching Excellence Award
by John Shiffert
Clayton State “Tops Out”
Its New Science Building
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Serving the CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY Community
Vol. 45, No. VII | October 8, 2014
DREAMS. MADE REAL.
Each year the University System of
Georgia (USG) solicits nominations from
the 31 System institutions for excellence
in teaching and scholarship. As a result,
12 faculty or departments throughout the
USG are awarded the yearly Regents’
Teaching Excellence Award and the year-
ly Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning Award.
Prior to this year, a single faculty member
had never won both awards, considered to
be the highest honor for faculty at
Georgia’s public colleges and universities.
Four years ago, Clayton State University
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies
Sheryne Southard was selected as one of
the 2011 recipients of the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning Award. Two
weeks ago, Southard
was notified by Dr.
Houston Davis, execu-
tive vice chancellor &
chief academic office of
the University System
of Georgia, that she had
been named one of the
recipients of the 2015 Regents’ Teaching
Excellence Award. According to Candace
Sommer, executive director of the
University
System
of
Georgia
Foundation, Southard is first and only
person to be twice honored with the
Regents’ awards.
Southard’s most recent award is for her
online teaching over the past 10 years.
Clayton State University and builder
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
(www.mccarthy.com) celebrated the near-
completion of the frame of the
University’s new science building at a
“Topping Out” ceremony on Sept. 12.
Undaunted by the hot and humid weather,
a large and enthusiastic crowd of Clayton
State administrators, faculty (notably nat-
ural sciences faculty), staff and students
gathered along with McCarthy employees
for the topping out ceremony, with
remarks by Clayton State interim provost
and vice president for Academic Affairs
Dr. Kevin Demmitt, McCarthy Southeast
Division President Kevin Kuntz, and
Clayton State President Dr. Thomas
Hynes (pictured at the podium.)
“This will impact our students for years to
come,” noted Demmitt. “And our science
and healthcare management graduates
will meet the needs of the community for
years to come.”
Demmitt also pointed out that the labora-
tory space in the science building will
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Southard, cont’d., p. 9
Topping Out, cont’d., p. 8