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Campus Update
Clayton State announces second group of Presidential Scholars
Now in its second year, the Presidential Scholars pro- gram consists of six, four-year presidential scholarships that continue annually. With the program having started in the fall of 2010, by the start of the 2013 academic year Clayton State will have 24 honors students on presidential scholarships. The Presidential Scholars supplement the long-standing Uni- versity Honors Program.
The six recipients of the 2011 Clayton State Presidential Scholarships are as follows:
Jonathan Blake Anderson, Stockbridge High, Stockbridge, Ga. Todd Burke, Shaw High School, Midland, Ga.
Jacob Caldwell, Woodland High School, McDonough, Ga. Thao Duong, Mount Zion High School, Riverdale, Ga. Chaston Matheny, Griffin High School, Griffin, Ga.
Jon Skinner, North Oconee High School, Statham, Ga.
As Presidential Scholars for the 2011-2012 Academic Year (encompassing the fall and spring semesters), each stu- dent will receive: an annual university grant, a housing and meal plan grant, and a bookstore award, for a total annual value of approximately $12,000. These scholarship awards are in addition to any HOPE Scholarship funds for which the students would be eligible.
Clayton State University Archives building Nursing Program Collection
The Clayton State University Archives is building a col- lection about the history of the nursing program at Clayton State. As part of this effort, Clayton State Archivist Rosemary Fischer is asking for help from faculty, staff, alumni, retirees and the public to help create a complete picture of the program.
Fischer and her staff have been busy searching aca- demic catalogs, news clippings, campus publications, photo- graphs, slides, and other collections to discover information about the nursing program.
Alumni Association holds
19th Annual Dinner; Hamilton named Outstanding Alumnus
The Clayton State Alumni Association welcomed more than 100 alumni and friends on Thursday, Apr. 28 for a “great” night in the Great Hall of the
Fernbank Museum of Natu-
ral History.
The event was Associa-
tion’s 19th Annual Dinner,
wherein the alumni group
annually recognizes the
achievements of outstanding
and distinguished alumni of
the University. Along with
the awards ceremony, the
evening featured a dinner and an IMAX movie.
The highlight of the event is the naming of the award win- ners, where an alumnus is honored from all four of the Uni- versity’s undergraduate Colleges and Schools, including an overall Alumnus of the Year. This year’s overall Alumnus of the Year was Sherry Hamilton, a 1977 graduate with a degree in education.
Along with Hamilton, other honorees were: Jackie Dorst, Alumnus of the Year from the College of Health; Kyle Pinion, Alumnus of the Year from the College of Arts & Sciences; Joseph Echols, Alumnus of the Year from the School of Busi- ness; Ahsan Huda, Alumnus of the Year from College of In- formation & Mathematical Sciences; and Hiba Elhag, recipient of the Outstanding Future Alumnus Award.
Sherry Hamilton with then Alumni Association President Jamey Hicks
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Fernbank’s Great Hall