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November 6, 2012
Business Committee, during which time
(in 1995) she was named the Chamber’s
“Pacesetter of the Year.”
A two- time finalist for Clayton County
Businesswoman of the Year, Rowell also
sat on the Board of Directors of Arts
Clayton from 1995 to 2006, serving two
terms as president. A member and past
president (2006/2007) of the Lake Spivey
Rotary Club, she was made an interna-
tional Paul Harris Fellow for service to
the club.
Clayton State University Jazz Combo
Presents “Swinging for Tony,” November 18
The Clayton State University Department
of Visual and Performing Arts presents
the Clayton State University Jazz Combo
in “Swinging for Tony” in Spivey Hall on
Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. This
event – held in memory of former Jazz
Combo member Tony Terrell – is free and
open to the public.
The tribute concert will feature jazz clas-
sics from the libraries of Art Blakey,
Freddie Hubbard, and Sonny Rollins,
recent works by current artists/composers
Kenny Garrett and Maurice Brown, and
new arrangements by Clayton State
University Jazz Combo director Stacey
Houghton (Rex).
"I find it important to keep standard and
well-loved melodies alive by giving them
exciting, fresh treatments for today's audi-
ences,” says Houghton. “These original
tunes have stood the test of time, and they
deserve to be preserved within the jazz
tradition.”
Performing in “Swinging for Tony” are
the following talented musicians:
Houghton, tenor saxophone; Josh
Singleton (Conyers), trumpet; Brandon
Patman (Decatur), tenor saxophone;
Rodney Allen, Jr. (Atlanta), alto saxo-
phone & piano; Kelly Jarrard
(Stockbridge), guitar & vocal; Ryan
Stegall (Jonesboro), bass; and Elliott
Phillips (Hapeville), drums. Guest
pianists include Marvin Pollock (Forest
Park) and John Bennett (Decatur).
In addition to several new arrangements,
the evening will also feature an original
piece Houghton composed in memory of
his friend and long-time fellow musician.
Terrell passed away on Sept. 20. He
played bass and trombone as a regular
member of the Clayton State University
Jazz Combo and the Clayton Community
Big Band from 2003-2009.
To learn more about the upcoming
“Swinging for Tony” performance, con-
tact
Houghton
at
HOUGHTONES@aol.com or call (678)
466-4750. Directions to Spivey Hall,
located on the main campus of Clayton
State University, are available at
www.clayton.edu.
Rowell led the effort to secure Clayton
State Foundation’s first million dollar gift,
a naming gift for the University’s “signa-
ture” building, the James M. Baker
University Center. She has also directed
Clayton State’s remarkably successful
yearly Faculty/Staff Fund Drive, which
has regularly drawn a participation rate in
excess of 90 percent, averaging 95 percent
over the past 10 years, and topping out
twice at 100 percent participation.
She also served as the Clayton State
Foundation’s liaison, providing leadership
for the creation and operation of CSU
Foundation Real Estate I LLC and CSU
Foundation Real Estate II LLC, the LLC’s
responsible for the building of Laker Hall,
the University’s first on-campus housing,
and the Student Activities Center. Thus,
along with her efforts on behalf of the
Baker Center, Rowell has played a semi-
nal role in Clayton State’s three largest
and most distinctive buildings.
Rowell holds of two degrees from
Clayton State, a Bachelor of Business
Administration
with
Management
Concentration in 1998, and a Master of
Arts in Liberal Studies with a History
Concentration in 2009.
She started at Clayton State in August
1996 as budget manager for the Division of
Continuing Education, remaining in that
position until July 1998, when she became
director of Operations and Resource
Development for Continuing Education.
From February 2001 to February 2006, she
served as both director of Development and
director of Alumni Relations, relinquishing
the latter role when the University hired its
first full-time director of Alumni Relations.
Rowell was also the founding president of
Sigma Beta Delta, the School of Business
Honor Society, in 1999.
A resident of Jonesboro, Rowell has been
heavily involved in the community since
starting a 15-year career at Loggins &
Associates, a CPA firm, in August 1981.
Among the highlights of her community
work have been serving on the board of
the Clayton County Chamber of
Commerce from 1991 to 1997, including
serving as vice chair of the Small
Rowell, cont’d. from p. 2