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Spivey Hall’s New Steinway Arrives
Clayton State University’s world-famous Spivey Hall has a new addition to its musical reper- toire, a new Steinway & Sons D-274 concert grand piano (serial number 591261), which arrived from Hamburg by
Lufthansa air cargo on Friday, Feb. 10.
The piano was picked-up by Steinway Piano Galleries’
piano movers, and delivered to Spivey Hall. Steinway Piano Galleries then spent most of the afternoon uncrating and as- sembling the instrument, named “Clara.”
Acquisition of the piano was made possible with a gen- erous seed grant from the Chaparral Foundation, augmented by a significant allocation from Clayton
State University, a grant from The Coca-Cola Company, special gifts to the Friends of Spivey Hall Piano Fund, and other donations from the Friends.
Zornosa, Davis Named Alice Smith Award Winners
Dr. Ximena Zornosa and Darius Davis are the winners of the Clayton State University 2012 Alice Smith Awards.
Clayton State’s Alice J. Smith Awards, for both faculty and staff, were presented at Clayton State’s Faculty/Staff Awards Cere- mony on Apr. 24.
Zornosa, a resident of Peachtree City, Ga., is married with a three-year-old golden retriever. Now an associate professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene, she began her full-time career at Clayton State in 2005. During the spring of 1999, she was a part- time clinical instructor.
Davis hails from Atlanta. He is cur- rently Assistant Manager – Customer Serv- ice & General Merchandise in the university bookstore, The Loch Shop. This fall will mark his 12th year at Clayton State. He is also a 2007 graduate of the Supply Chain Logistics program in the College of Busi- ness at Clayton State. And, he is currently pursuing an MBA from Clayton State.
Zornosa
Davis
An annual event since 1995, the Smith Awards are presented to the faculty member and staff member ranked most outstanding as determined by committees of their peers. The two, $1000 awards were established by local philanthropist Joseph Smith in honor of his wife, Alice.
Clayton State’s Veterans Resource Center Now Open
What originally began as a “coffee social” in 2008 has officially become the Clayton State University Veterans Resource Center (VRC), located on the first floor of the Student Center. Under the direction of Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Brian Haynes, the University held the grand opening and ribbon-cutting for the VRC. This event marked a significant milestone for Clayton State’s 400+ student vet- erans, and was also the culmination of many notable events and efforts at the University over the past four years. Many of those initiatives were the direct result of a tremendous amount of dedication and work by the student veterans’ best advocate on the Clayton State staff, Associate Di- rector and Training Coordinator of Counseling and Psychological Serv- ices Shiraz Karaa, pictured below at the VRC Grand Opening.
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