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Student Activities Center. The latter two were the result of creative funding in co- operation with the Clayton State Univer- sity Foundation through its subsidiary real estate corporation. The University also purchased the adjacent site of At- lanta Bible College for future expansion and Clayton State now has the Clayton State – Fayette instructional site in Peachtree City.
For spring 2009 Clayton State en- rolled 6,127 in what U.S. News & World
Report called the most ethnically and racially diverse student body of any pre- dominately baccalaureate institution in the Southeast. As President Harden departed in June of this year, leaving the University in the hands of Interim President Thomas J. Hynes, Jr., he left Clayton State with a strong program- matic and physical infrastructure poised for growth as the institution enters its fifth decade of service to the people of south metropolitan Atlanta.
Professor Emeritus of His- tory, former Professor of His- tory and former Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Bradley R. Rice retired from Clayton State at the end of fall semester 2003 after 27 years of service to the University.
Left: An aerial view of campus with Atlanta on the horizon. Left inset: The campus’ next expansion site, the former Atlanta Bible Col- lege, known as Clayton State - East. Right, top to bottom: Clayton State’s newest addi- tions to the campus infrastructure: the Stu- dent Activities Center, Laker Hall (the University’s first on-campus residence hall) and the School of Business Building. Below: The James M. Baker University Center. Opened in 2004, the building is named in honor of alumnus James (Jim) Baker.
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THE LAKER CONNECTION
Clayton State has had four names in its 40 year history. With each name, came a new logo. Below are the logos that have represented Clayton State from 1969 to the present.
WHAT’S IN A NAME