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Campus Review
October 22, 2012
CIMS Holds Saturday University
For Middle School Students and Parents
Paul Bowers, president and CEO of
Georgia Power also affirms the impor-
tance Georgia Power places on partnering
with institutions like Clayton State.
“Improving the educational experience in
the communities where we serve is an
example of our commitment to the state of
Georgia,” Bowers says. “Georgia Power
has been an active partner with our
schools in developing future leaders for
many years.”
In addition to donating to Wi2STEM,
Georgia Power also supports Clayton
State’s Excellence Fund, which primarily
provides honors scholarships. Georgia
Power has also been an active participant
in Clayton State special events.
“Georgia Power is a community friend
and partner that we can always count on
for support,” says Clayton State
University’s Director of Development
Reda Rowell. “We appreciate all they
have done and continue to do for educa-
tion at Clayton State University.”
Wi2STEM continues to take on more ini-
tiatives with the full support of Dean of
the College of Information and
Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Lila Roberts,
and the Dean of the College of Arts &
Sciences, Dr. Nasser Momayezi. To learn
more about Wi2STEM at Clayton State,
please
contact
MaryHudachek-
Buswell@clayton.edu or visit http://stu-
dentorg.clayton.edu/wi2stem/.
As an outreach program that is a part of
Clayton State University's partnerships
with Rex Mill Middle School and Morrow
Middle School, the College of
Information and Mathematical Sciences
(CIMS) at Clayton State held its first
Saturday University for Parents and
Students on campus on Saturday, Oct. 20.
“Our shared goal is to open the doors of
access for Clayton County's students into
the world of college and career participa-
tion,” says CIMS Dean, Dr. Lila F.
Roberts.
The morning involved tutoring, a finan-
cial aid information session, and other
activities for students in the James M.
Baker University Center and a workshop
in the Harry S. Downs Center for parents.
The parents’ workshop included financial
aid planning, continuing education oppor-
tunities, admissions planning, and career
guidance.
Roberts reports that more than 20
Clayton State students volunteered to
assist with the day's activities, and
notes that Dr. Adam Tate, director of
the Clayton State Honors Program,
recruited many of his honors students
to use their Saturday morning to pro-
vide tutoring and other assistance.
There were also Clayton State and
Rex Mill Middle School faculty vol-
unteers serving the 100+ parents, and
a like number of students, who were
on hand.
“This will be the first of what we hope
will be an annual event to bring middle
school students and their parents to cam-
pus,” says Roberts, also noting that a goal
of the Saturday University is to build a
“college-bound” culture in the Clayton
County community.
The Lakers will open their Peach Belt
Conference schedule on the road in
Americus, facing in-state opponent
Georgia Southwestern on Saturday, Dec.
15. The squad will turn right around and
open its home league schedule two days
later against another long-time rival in
Columbus State on Dec. 17.
This year’s league schedule will consist of
19 Peach Belt game with the addition of a
new team in Young Harris College to the
conference. The Lakers will host the
Mountain Lions on Thursday, Jan. 24 at
the Athletics & Fitness Center.
A couple of other notable league games
will be Saturday, Feb. 9, as the Lakers
host Montevallo for Homecoming, and
the Saturday, Feb. 23 contest against
Georgia Southwestern, which will be
Senior Night.
Clayton State closes its regular season on
the road at the Lumpkin Center on the
campus of Columbus State on Mar. 2, the
site of the 2013 Peach Belt Conference
Basketball Championships, which will be
held the following week.
Clayton State is coming off a solid 16-win
season and returns three starters off that
team. Gibbons also has an impressive
recruiting class that features six new play-
ers to the fold, including four, four-year
transfers, one junior college transfer and a
talented freshman from the high school
ranks.
CBS, cont’d. from p. 15
Wi2STEM, cont’d. from p. 4