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University Health Services, counseling services, the library, the HUB, and a wide variety of non-academic programs in the Of- fice of Student Affairs... the list goes on and on.
“My experience at Clayton State Uni- versity has been incredibly positive,” says Master of Science in Nursing student Debra Curry, a past recipient of the Clayton State Retirees Association scholarship. “Regard- less of the services
utilized – financial
aid, dental and health
services, the center
for academic success,
IT, and librarian serv-
ices – commitment to
student success has
proven to be the order
of the day. My time at
Clayton State has re-
minded me of the joy of learning and dis- covery and the dreams that emerge from a place of higher education.”
Alisa Kirk is currently the area direc- tor of the Clayton State Small Business De- velopment Center. However, at one time she was an administrative specialist in the Clay- ton State Center for Instructional Develop- ment, with a 20-year dream. What
happened? She earned her MBA from the College of Business.
“The classes were challenging but the professors were so enthusiastic that it was contagious, and they were all very involved in wanting us to succeed,” she says of her academic experience at Clayton State, also noting that a lot of support came from her fellow students. “Achieving (an MBA) has made me feel that I am capable of much more than I ever dreamed.”
Dreams Made Real
These are just a few stories of how a diver- sity of people’s dreams have been made real at Clayton State. From the biggest dreams, like a national championship or the possi- bility of walking on all seven continents, to attention to the “little things” of college life, like engaging non-traditional students, Clayton State is all about making the hoped- for become reality. Dreams of undergradu- ates, graduates, faculty, staff, alumni; dreams from all walks of life and all aca- demic disciplines; from biology to psychol- ogy to teaching to media studies to math to computer science to nursing to business. As an empowering, diverse, engaging, support- ive University, Clayton State is dreams made real.
__ John Shiffert
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Curry
“The classes were challenging but the professors were so enthusiastic that it was contagious, and they were all very involved in wanting us to succeed. Achieving (an MBA) has made me feel that I am capable of much more than I ever dreamed.
Alisa Kirk
DREAMS. MADE REAL.
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