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campus update
Gregory Kordecki was named depart- ment chair for the accounting, finance, legal and economic professors. His de- partment will be known as LEAF (Law, Economic, Accounting, and Fi- nance). Professor of Management Dr. Louis Jordan was named department chair for the marketing, management and supply chain management profes- sors. His organization is MMS (for Management, Marketing and Supply Chain). Professor of Health Care Man- agement Dr. Peter Fitzpatrick is now department head for Health Care Man- agement.
NEWLY-RENOVATED NATURAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BUILDING RIBBON CUTTING
Clayton State had a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 26 for one of the oldest build- ings on the 42-year old campus.
The Clayton State College of Arts & Sciences was celebrating the newly- renovated Natural and Behavioral Sci- ences (NBS) Building with a ceremony that included representatives of the ar- chitects (2WR) and contractor (Hogan Construction Group) for the renova- tion, the Board of Regents of the Uni- versity System of Georgia, and Clayton State President Dr. Thomas J. “Tim” Hynes.
One of the campus’ original facili- ties, previously named the Business and Health Sciences (BHS) Building, the 42,000 square-foot NBS has just undergone an extensive, $600,000 in- terior facelift, and has been given a new name in conjunction with its new tenants. As of the start of classes in August, BHS was renamed the Natural and Behavioral Sciences Building, home to both the University’s natural science programs (e.g., biology, chemistry) and the psychology program. NBS also houses Clayton State’s new First-Year Advising & Retention Center.
College of Business
SCHOOL OF NURSING RECEIVES $750K GRANT FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION
Clayton State University’s School of Nursing (SoN) recently received a $750,409 advanced nursing education grant from the Division of Nursing within Health Resources Services Ad- ministration. The grant runs through 2014.
“This grant will support a signifi- cant increase in enrollment in the RN- MSN program and includes strategies, such as faculty-student mentoring to support student retention. Faculty and students will be paired based upon common practice and scholarship in- terests,” says Associate Professor and Project Director Dr. Jennell Charles.
The grant will create an accelerated program, allowing students to move through the RN-MSN program in just six semesters. There will also be strate- gies to increase service learning op- portunities with emphasis on reducing health disparities. Each year, the grant will support students with a nurse and a non-nurse faculty scholar providing students with face to face and web meetings. There will be an in- tentional effort to provide a focus on nursing education as well as leader- ship and management.
Natural And Behavioral Sciences Ribbon Cutting
This is the first Advanced Nursing Education grant (awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS) for the SoN at Clayton State that supports graduate education. Clay- ton State’s SoN has received many fed- eral grants in support of undergraduate nursing education over the years.
CLAYTON STATE RETIREES ESTABLISH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
The Clayton State Retirees Associa- tion (CSRA) recently completed estab- lishing a fully-endowed graduate student scholarship for the University, reaching its initial goal of raising the minimum $25,000 required for an en- dowed scholarship
The idea for establishing an en- dowed scholarship originated with re- tirees Robert Koermer and Don Phillips in 2005, prior to Clayton State rolling out its first graduate program, the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.
The goal behind the scholarship was for the retirees to build a bridge connecting their past with the future of the University; and, by so doing, make a difference to future genera- tions of students. In addition, the scholarship gives retirees an opportu- nity to demonstrate their continued
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