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She and her husband, Diwan, live in Jonesboro.
1996
PHYLLIS K. PRUIKSMA (B.S. Nursing ‘96)
Pruiksma, of Fayetteville, Ga., and her daughter Melaine Davis, who is a nursing student at Clayton State, both took part in the Clayton State School of Nursing’s mission trip to Guatemala. The mother/daughter nursing team shared the experience along with other Clayton State nurses in the jungle of Rio Dulce.
1997
DINA M. SWEARNGIN
(A.S.N. ‘94, B.S.N. ‘97 & M.S.N. ‘09)
Swearngin, of Tyrone, Ga., was hon- ored for her work at DeKalb Medical Center by the AJC in their Celebrat-
ing Nursing ... Nursing Ex- cellence Awards. Only 300 nurses state-wide out of over 100,000 were rec- ognized with the honor. A part-time nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, she teaches full-time at Clayton State. She is
also president of the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and vice- president of the Clayton State Alumni Association.
1998
RICHARD M. JEFFARES
(B.A.S. Technology Management ‘98)
Jeffares has announced that he will be running for the state Senate District 17 seat. Jeffares had served as a Henry County Commis- sioner in 2008. A former recipient of the Clayton State School of Technol- ogy’s Outstanding Alum- nus award in 2005, he served as the city man- ager of Locust Grove from 2001 to 2008. Jeffares owns J&T Environ- mental Services, a small business
that provides operations and man- agement of water and wastewater treatment plants, water distribution and collection systems. He and his wife, Leslie, live in Henry County. He has four daughters and one grand- child. He attends Sharon Baptist Church.
1999
FREDRICK D. HICKS
(B.A. Integrative Studies ‘99)
Hicks, of Tallahassee, Fla., received the Outstanding Alumnus Award for the College of Arts & Sciences at the Alumni Association’s 2010 Annual Dinner. Hicks is the founder of the Hicks Evaluation Group (HEG) which has led 12 successful political
campaigns since its cre- ation in 2006. He is re- sponsible for the successful Atlanta City Council President cam- paign for Ceasar Mitchell in 2009 and he will also run the re-elec- tion campaign of Fulton
County Commission Chairman John Eaves. Hicks was active as a student in the Honors Program and served as SGA president from 1998-99.
2003
GORDON C. HALL
(B.I.T. Information Technology ‘03)
Hall, of Conyers, Ga., established The Gordon Hall Law Firm, P.C., in 2009.
KENDALL S. ELLIS (B.B.A. Marketing ‘03) Ellis, of Cumming, Ga.,
received the Outstanding Alumnus Award for the School of Business at the Alumni Association’s 2010 An- nual Dinner. He currently is em- ployed by the Oracle Corporation in Alpharetta, Ga., as a systems design engineer and has been recognized by both Oracle and Sun Microsys- tems for his work. While at Clayton
State, he was a mem- ber of Delta Epsilon Chi and won state and na- tional awards represent- ing the organization. He and his wife, Charmain, have two daughters, Kari and Erin.
LINDA M. PHILLIPS
(B.B.A. Business Management ‘03)
Phillips of Ellenwood, Ga., is owner of Phillips & Associates Realty which opened in 2003. She recently re- ceived her MBA from Strayer Univer- sity and graduated with honors.
FARRAH F. PULLIN
(B.A. Integrative Studies ‘03)
Pullin, of Fairburn, Ga., is a profes- sional assistant with the Fulton County Board of Education in Col- lege Park, Ga.
LEANNE (SCOTT) BRADBERRY (B.I.T. Information Technology ‘03)
Bradberry, of Senoia, Ga, and her husband, Scotty, wel- comed their first child, Jacob Scott Bradberry, on Jan. 25, 2010 (6 pounds, 15 ounces; 19.5 inches). Bradberry is currently the Web Support Specialist at
Clayton State.
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Dr. Mike Deis congratulates an MBA grad during their hooding ceremony.