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Spivey Hall in the spring.
(now Huie Hall), Spivey Hall, and the Music Building. There were no new buildings from 2000 until the Baker Center opened for Fall Semester 2004.
Although they are not officially part of the Clayton State campus, it was a cooperative effort of the University, the City of Morrow, Clayton County, and others that resulted in the Georgia Archives and the Southeastern Region of the National Archives being located adjacent to Clayton State in 2003 and 2005. The University also encouraged the development of the privately-owned Clayton Place apartments just off cam- pus to provide convenient housing for many students.
A flurry of new structures planned in the Harden administration opened in 2008: the School of Business Building, Laker Hall residential facility, and the
Clayton Place, off-campus apartments adjacent to campus.
Georgia Archives
Southeastern Region of the National Archives and Records Administration
Loch, Clayton State’s current mascot, and Lucky, his predecessor, both look like they emerged from one of Clayton State’s lakes. But did you know that Clayton State once had a real Nessy in its waters? In the 1990s, an alligator was spotted (and promptly relocated) from its newfound campus home.
On Mar. 26, the University named its Jonesboro fa- cility in honor of long-time Jonesboro resident and former Clayton State Uni- versity Foundation trustee Lucy C. Huie, one of the Southern Crescent’s no- table civil rights pioneers and community activists. Formerly the Clayton State University Aviation Training Center, Lucy C. Huie Hall is located on land donated by Huie at 9157 Tara Blvd., in Jones- boro. The facility is cur- rently used by Clayton State’s Division of Contin- uing Education.
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NAMING HUIE HALL LOCH ONLY LEGEND?