Page 12 - Laker Connection Fall 2013

WISTEM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Meeting
CLAYTON STATE TO HOLD SECOND ANNUAL
Consider these “headline events” that took place at Clayton State during 2012.
What do they all have in common? They all represent diversity in action at Clayton State.
DIVERSITY GOES DEEP AT CLAYTON STATE
By John Shiffert
If you were to stop 10 people on the street and take a quick survey, asking them the meaning of diversity in higher educa- tion, chances are that nine of them would make some reference to race and ethnicity.
That’s not the case at Clayton State, and, in addition, President Dr. Thomas Hynes is the “10th man” in that virtual survey. He defines diversity in a much broader fashion, congruent with the manifestations of diversity at Clayton State.
“We must continue to deepen and enrich diversity to include student connections to international experiences, connections across not only race, but class, prior educational and geograph- ical experiences, and ethnicity.”
Although it is true that more than 75 percent of the Clayton State student body is comprised of minority students, thus making race and ethnicity a big part of the diversity conversa- tion, diversity at Clayton State goes much deeper... to the classes, activities, dozens of multicultural clubs and events, the atmosphere across campus. However, those are just words.
The proof of Clayton State’s embracing diversity is in what actually happens on campus.
Whether it’s celebrating the life and work of America’s great- est Civil Rights leader, or promoting the inclusion of women in fields that were traditionally considered a male provenance, or hosting two major diversity conferences each year, Clayton State puts its commitment to diversity into action every year. So, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that if you type “diver- sity” into the “Search” field on the Clayton State website (www.clayton.edu) you’ll get 2,950 hits. That’s because, at Clayton State it is the very diversity of the people, their inter- ests, and their dreams that bring the community together and give everyone a feeling of inclusion.
Clayton State’s student body, named the “Most Diverse” in the Southeastern United States six times by U.S. News & World Report since 2000, encompasses a diversity of people – and there is also diversity of dreams. This is a university that helps make them succeed. Take for example, alumna Colleen Wal- ters.
10 THE LAKER CONNECTION
Clayton State to Hold Second Annual Women’s History Month Luncheon, “Women Together and Encouraging Advancement”
DEPARTMENT OF CAMPUS LIFE SCHEDULES FOURTH ANNUAL DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE
Clayton State International Student Association Elects Officers
CLAYTON STATE SCHEDULES ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., CELEBRATION
SCHOOL OF NURSING TO HOST ANNUAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
CLAYTON STATE’S NEW DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES... DIVERSITY PERSONIFIED
"Dialogue Across Differences" at Clayton State
“THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER” INTERNATIONAL FEAST
“The Real Diversity Awareness” Presented at Clayton State by National Federation of the Blind of Georgia President Garrick Scott
CLAYTON STATE READY FOR CULTURE SHOCK WEEK