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Letter from the Editor
Welcome to Clayton State University’s magazine,
The Laker Connection, which is dedicated to all of our 16,000+
alumni, plus the University’s current students, faculty, staff and friends of the University.
This issue of The Laker Connection focuses on our students – specifically, the services that the University provides for the 6,500+ plus individuals enrolled in Clayton State’s undergraduate and graduate programs. First and foremost among service providers for our students is Clayton State’s fourth president, Dr. Thomas J. “Tim” Hynes, Jr. Previously Clayton State’s interim president since May 18, 2009, Hynes was officially and permanently appointed to the position of president by the University System of Georgia on Feb. 9, 2010, or just after the previous edition of The Laker Connection went into circulation. Thus, this issue is, for many
of our readers, the first chance to get to know the president.
In keeping with the “Student Services” theme, we’re featuring three offices on campus that excel in this
area, so much so that, unlike President Hynes, it’s likely that most of our alumni readers are already some- what familiar with the Office of Career Services, the Disability Resource Center and the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services.
Also in this issue is a look at the new athletic logo that the Athletic Department recently unveiled. (Get your new look – or is it new Loch -- gear at the University Bookstore.) We’ll also profile the 2010 winners of Clayton State’s most prestigious faculty and staff awards, the Alice Smith Awards; go over the news from Clayton State from the past six months (in the Campus Update section); and help our alumni keep in touch with each other in the Class Notes section.
As for the future, keep an eye out this fall for a special edition of The Laker Connection that will cover the Oct. 1 inauguration of Dr. Hynes as Clayton State’s fourth president.
John Shiffert
Director of University Relations