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ClassNotes
Naghise (‘10)
the award-winning Hernando Farmer’s Market. Her eldest daughter, Lindsey, will soon be a Clayton State alumna and is on the cover of this issue.
2006
Jason Glover (B.S. Political Science) was re- cently selected to serve as the assistant director of the Atlanta Federal Records Center. Glover has worked for the National Archives and Records Administration since 2005, when he began his ca- reer there as a student intern. In the role of assis- tant director, Glover will be responsible for the daily operations of a 300,000 square foot ware- house facility that stores more than 1.7 million cubic feet of federal records. He is married to Tiffany Wilson, and they have three boys, ages six, four and two.
Larry Jordan (B.B.A. Management), a New Jersey native and McDonough, Ga., resident, has been an economic assistant
with the U.S. Department of
Labor/Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics in Atlanta since 2007
and a licensed realtor with
Keller Williams Realty Tra-
ditions in Stockbridge since
2006. Jordan currently
serves as the vice president
of the Clayton State Alumni Association. Jordan loves to watch and play sports, and he is currently learning to play golf. Jordan also likes to spend time with his family, travel, learn about different cultures, and work out at the gym.
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2009
Leslie Branson (B.S.N. Nursing), currently an intensive care unit nurse at Piedmont Fayette Hos- pital, was named the winner of the DAISY (Dis- eases Attacking the Immune System) Award for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY is part of a national program honoring nurses for their clinical skills and compassionate care for patients and their fam- ilies.
DeMario Lindsey (B.S. Health & Fitness) was promoted to clinical exercise physiologist at Saint Joseph Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Bradley McKibben (B.S. Psychology and Human Services), currently a first year doctoral student of counseling and
counselor education at The
University of North Car-
olina at Greensboro, was re-
cently awarded a
Leadership Fellow Award
for 2013-2014 through Chi
Sigma Iota, Counseling Ac-
ademic & Professional
Honor Society International. This award provides leadership involvement and mentorship through the honor society over the next year.
2010
Letitia “Tish” Naghise (B.A. Liberal Studies)
of T & C Transportation Enterprises, Inc. was rec- ognized by The Fayette Democratic Women as
Business Woman of
the Year. Tish is the
owner/operator of T
& C Transportation
located in Fayette
County. T & C is a
small business
where Tish manages
a staff of five men (including her husband and oldest son) who are all truck drivers. T & C Trans- portation has managed to keep all employees working through the turbulent economy without downsizing or decreasing hours. They have also been able to add staff to ensure service is at a pre- mium.
Michael Ratti (B.A. Liberal Studies) was in- vited to join the Jet Stunt Extreme show in Queensland, Australia as a
stunt performer at Sea
World Australia. A year ago
Michael worked as a Jet Ski
stunt instructor for six
months at the Abu Dhabi
Coast Guard base in the
United Arab Emirates, so he
was excited to have the
chance to live in and explore another country in conjunction with the sport he loves. Ratti is cur- rently living and working in the Gold Coast area of Australia where he continues to work as pub- lisher on the watercraft magazine he started in 2010, Pro Rider Magazine. He credits the won- derful professors of his journalism, marketing and philosophy courses at Clayton State with prepar- ing him for the world of entrepreneurship.
McKibben (‘09)
Ratti (‘10)
Jordan (‘06)
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