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Thomas George B.B.A. ‘90 (Alumni Association President 2001-03)
“Clayton State means the world to me, so I don’t even know where to begin. I am
where I am today because my teachers at Clayton State opened their doors, their arms, and their hearts to me. No matter where I go, I will always take a part of Clayton State and the spirit of my teachers with me.”
be used in surgical settings. His work led to him receiving the Joseph E. Johnson Clinical Award at the 2007 AAO Annual Session. He is also working on his Master of Sci- ence in Computer Science at Geor- gia State University.
MARCO CAPAZARIO (B.B.A. Marketing ‘03)
Capazario, of Johannesburg, South Africa, is the Business Development Manager for AdvanceNet. Ca- pazario starred on the men’s soccer team from 1998 to 2001, holds several school records, and is a former Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year.
GORDON CLARK HALL
(B.I.T. General Information Technology ‘03)
Hall, of Conyers, received an MBA from Georgia State in 2007, married Julie Dale Helton in 2008, and re- ceived Juris Doctorate from Atlanta's John Marshall Law School in 2009. He plans to practice in Conyers.
SHELIA RAMBECK
(B.A.S. Technology Management ‘03)
Rambeck, of Peachtree City, was named the Clayton State Alumni As-
sociation Distinguished Alumnus of 2009 for the College of Professional Stud- ies. Rambeck is an at- torney licensed in the State of Georgia. After graduating magna cum laude from Clay- ton State, she graduated from Geor- gia State University College of Law
in 2006.
DAPHNE (ROBINSON) SHAW (B.B.A. Management ‘03)
Shaw is currently a paralegal for Balch & Bingham, LLP. She will complete her B.A.S. in Administra- tive Management in August of 2009 from Clayton State and has been ac- cepted to Florida A&M University’s College of Law. She and her hus- band, Reginald, live in Atlanta.
2004
ALICIA MICHELE (WALKER) KELLEY (B.S. Psychology & Human Services, ‘04) Kelley was named the 09-10
Teacher of the Year for Ash Street Elementary School. Kelley holds a master’s degree in Interrelated Spe- cial Education and has taught in the Clayton County Public School Sys- tem since 2004.
ZULYNETTE (OLIVO) MARULANDA (B.S. Health Care Management ‘04)
Marulanda, a standout soccer player at Clayton State, lives in Atlanta, and is an Assistant Account Manager of Johnson & Bryan, Inc.
AMANDA K. ORI (B.B.A. Accounting ‘05)
Ori and her husband had their first child, Leo, in July of 2008, and says she, “still loves accounting work and being a mom!” A resident of Fayet- teville, she has been employed as a staff accountant with Hargrave, Freeman & Leto, P.C. since gradua- tion.
LAUREN SINGLETON
(B.S. Integrative Studies ‘05)
Singleton, of Sharpsburg, received a Clayton County Golden Service Award earlier this year for her outstand- ing customer service at the Morrow Tourist Center. She works at the Center as a Tourist Information
associate and event coordinator.
STACEY RIVERS
(B.A.S. Technology Management ‘05)
Rivers, of McDonough, was recently named the Clayton State Alumni As- sociation’s Treasurer to serve from 2009 to 2011. She is em- ployed by Turner Broadcasting and was recently pro- moted to the position of Director of Broadcast Production for Turner Studios. She was named the Association’s Alumnus of the Year from the College of Profes-
sional Studies in 2007.
2006
MIRRA D. CLEVELAND
(B.S. Health Care Management ‘06)
Following graduation, Cleveland pursued a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, which she earned in May 2009. Cleveland, of McDonough, is currently a candidate for a Doctorate in Higher Educa- tional Leadership and Policy (Ed.D).
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2005
SANDRA HILL
(B.A. Communication & Media Studies ‘05)
Hill, of Riverdale, works at IBM as a Security Analyst. She has a 12 year- old daughter who is a 7th grader at Rex Mill Middle School and part of the Magnet program. Hill hopes to start a master’s program this fall.
WHAT CLAYTON STATE MEANS TO ME