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DREAMS. MADE REAL.
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Lockhart
Marvin H. Bailey, Jr. (B.B.A. Marketing), a na- tive of Macon Ga., serves
as Secretary of the Clayton
State Alumni Association.
Bailey was afforded the op-
portunity to serve in the na-
tional membership process
for Alpha Phi Alpha as a
master trainer, where he
still serves today. He as-
pires to return to school this fall to work on a mas- ter’s degree in divinity along with a master’s in business administration. Some of his hobbies in- clude hanging out with friends and frat brothers as well as involvement at his church, the Greater Traveler’s Rest Baptist Church.
Orlando Burns (B.B.A. Accounting) finished his master of professional accountancy at Georgia State University in May 2012, received his CPA license in January 2013, and was offered a staff accountant position at American Tower Corpora- tion, an S&P 500 company, in March.
Kristy Clabaugh (B.B.A. Accounting) and her husband, Erik, welcomed their son, Spenser, into the world in January 2013. She continues to work as a tax accountant at Habif, Arogeti, & Wynne, LLP.
Scott Masters (M.B.A. Healthcare) is currently employed as director of emergency medical trans- portation at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Anissa Matlock (B.A. Theatre), a former stal- wart of the Clayton State Theatre, is moving from the stage to the screen, and from romantic comedy to zombie/apocalypse comedy. Matlock organized auditions for interested Clayton State students for roles in an independent film called “Welcome to the Bubs,” which she describes as being, “a zom- bie/apocalypse comedy.”
Debbie-Ann Lawrence (CER Paralegal Stud- ies) has published a book entitled, “Your Year of Turn Around: 40 Days of Encouragement.” Ms. Lawrence’s book is about encouraging the seeds of greatness within each of us by laying out a 40- day plan for achieving goals. Lawerence currently resides in Atlanta and hopes to secure a paralegal position while continuing to do motivational speaking, workshops, teaching, and freelance writing projects.
2013
Scharlie-Marteace Lockhart (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, MALS) The family of the late Scharlie-Marteace Lockhart, one of the Univer- sity’s best-known alumni and student workers, was present at the noon ceremony of the Saturday, May 4 spring commencement ceremonies to re-
ceive his posthumous Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree from Clayton State President Dr. Thomas J. Hynes. Lockhart, who previously earned a B.S. in Sociology from Clayton State, passed away unexpectedly on Mar. 1, 2013. A frequent visitor to the Clayton State Disability Resource Center (DRC) during his undergraduate days, Lockhart was working for the DRC, and Director Louise Bedrossian, as well as completing his MALS degree, at the time of his death.
Kristi Woodham, a LeCordon Bleu trained chef employed by
The Pecan, is en-
gaged to Neil
Baumgartner. The
couple married on
the beach in Gulf
Shores in front of
the family home on September 14, 2013.
Bailey (‘11)
Woodham (‘13)