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Campus Review
October 8, 2014
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Dr. Karen Young Named Gene
Hatfield Teacher of the Year
Clayton State University Professor of Social
Sciences Dr. Karen B. Young has been
named the Gene Hatfield Teacher of the Year
for the 2013/2014 academic year by the
University’s College of Arts & Sciences.
The Gene Hatfield Teacher of the Year Award
recognizes the accomplishments of outstand-
ing faculty members within the College of
Arts and Sciences. Now in its sixth year, the
annual award is presented to a teacher who
displays enthusiasm, creativity, compassion,
authority, authenticity, patience, persistence, or humor in their
teaching and interactions with students. The Arts & Sciences
Teacher of the Year award is made possible by, and is named after,
Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time (1976–2008) history professor at
Clayton State, the first director of the Clayton State Honors
Program and, coincidentially, the individual who hired Young for
the Clayton State faculty.
“I am deeply grateful to my faculty peers who felt me worthy
enough to be nominated for such an award and on the notion of
College of Arts &
Sciences Presents Initial
Gene Hatfield Service
Award to President Hynes
This year, the College of Arts and Sciences at Clayton State
University, with the generous support of Dr. Gene Hatfield,
has established the Gene Hatfield Annual Service Award,
whose purpose is to recognize an individual for their outstand-
ing and significant acts of service to the University and its
community.
For the past five years, the College of Arts and Sciences has
been presenting the Gene Hatfield Scholar of the Year and
Teacher of the Year awards to faculty members. As is the case
with the Service Award, these honors are made possible by and
named after Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time (1976–2008) his-
tory professor at Clayton State.
From the 2013/2014 academic year on, the Hatfield Scholar
and Teacher of the Year awards have been joined by the
Hatfield Service Award. At the recent awards ceremony, Arts
and Sciences Dean Dr. Nasser Momayezi announced that
Clayton State President Dr. Thomas Hynes had been named
the recipient of the first Gene Hatfield Service Award. As
Momayezi explains, Hynes’ contributions to the new science
building now rising out of the ground on the Clayton State
campus made the award a natural.
“As Clayton State’s president, Dr. Hynes has made enduring
and extraordinary contributions to this University in general,
and to the College of Arts and Sciences in particular,” says
Momayezi. “Since 2005, the Natural Sciences faculty have
been hoping for a much-needed science building. The lack of
a dedicated science building has limited the University’s
enrollment, in effect limiting the number of students who can
make their dreams real at Clayton State.”
Dr. Jere Boudell Named Gene
Hatfield Scholar of the Year
Clayton State University Professor of
Biology Dr. Jere A. Boudell has been named
the Gene Hatfield Scholar of the Year for the
2013/2014 academic year by the University’s
College of Arts & Sciences.
The Arts & Sciences Scholar of the Year
Award is made possible by, and is named
after, Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time
(1976–2008) history professor at Clayton
State. Preceding Boudell as recipients of the Hatfield Scholar of the
Year Award are Dr. Brigitte Byrd (2009), Dr. E. Joe Johnson
(2010), Dr. Jonathan Lyon (2011), Dr. Alexander Hall (2012) and
Dr. Shawn Young (2013). The companion award to the Hatfield
Scholar of the Year, the Hatfield Teacher of the Year, was awarded
for 2013/2014 to Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Karen
Young.
“Established in 2008 by a generous gift from Dr. Eugene A.
Hatfield, the College of Arts and Sciences Scholar and Teacher of
the Year awards are bestowed annually upon two full-time faculty
members whose contributions made a substantial impact in advanc-
ing the College’s mission of service through teaching, research, and
Boudell, cont’d, p. 15
Young, cont’d, p. 13
Hatfield Service Award, cont’d, p. 23