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campus update
those individuals for
the past 25 years has
been Dirk Morrell,
who joined the staff
at Clayton State on
Oct. 1, 1986, as a de-
livery clerk. On Fri-
day, Dec. 23, 2011, Morrell retired as the head of Mail Services and Inven- tory Control, and it is safe to say that Clayton State will never be the same again.
You see, Morrell is one of a kind, a true original with an original sense of humor who is arguably one of the most mnemonic individuals to favor the University with his presence. A quick Q & A with Morrell, on the oc- casion of this retirement, speaks for it- self. For instance, when asked about his spending 25 years at Clayton State, he says, “I was just going to be here until I found a ‘real job.’”
Q. What are your plans for after you retire?
A. Watch TV and stay out of trouble. Staying out of trouble will almost be a full time job.
Q. What was your most memorable mo- ment during your time at Clayton State?
A. When Dr. (Susan) Hornbuckle got her hair cut short.
Q. Who was the most memorable per- son you have known at Clayton State?
A. Dr. Donna McCarty. She showed me that a person could be a liberal and still have some common sense.
Q. Who is your all-time favorite Clay- ton State person?
A. I cannot put one person in that cat- egory, but the staff of Clayton State are some of the best people I have ever met... they always keep things going.
Q. What’s been the biggest change in
Clayton State since you started work- ing here?
A. I would have to say the expansion of the campus. I remember when Budget & Finance, Accounting Services, HR, Pay- roll, VPAA ( 2 people), President, Devel- opment, Financial Aid, Admissions, Registrar, Computer Center, Mail room and Continuing Education where all housed in the A Building, which I think is now called Faculty Hall. Oh yeah, and Public Safety had a big closet in the Stu- dent Center.
Q. What advice do you have for who- ever takes your job?
A. Keep a smile on your face.
Q. What advice do you have for the
rest of the Clayton State staff?
A. Keep on looking out for each other.
Q. What is one interesting thing about Dirk Morrell that no one at Clayton State knows?
A. I comb my hair to hide my bald spot. I know that no one has ever no- ticed it.
Q. Who or what will you miss the most about Clayton State?
A. The people.
It’s safe to say that the people of Clay-
ton State will miss him as well.
MIKE MEAD NAMED INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Long-time Clayton
State University ath-
letic administrator
and coach Mike Mead
has been appointed
by President Dr.
Thomas J. “Tim” Mead Hynes as the Univer-
sity’s interim athletic director.
Mead succeeds H. Mason Barfield, Clayton State’s first athletic director,
who announced on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, that he was retiring as of Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Mead will serve as in- terim athletic director until the conclu- sion of a national search for an athletic director for the Clayton State Lakers. It is anticipated that the position will be filled as of June 1, 2012.
AMERO, GRIZZELL WIN CHANCELLOR’S CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS
Clayton State University’s Carolina Amero and Norman Grizzell have been named winners of the 2011 Chancellor’s Customer Service Awards.
Amero, Clayton State’s assistant vice president of Auxiliary & Admin- istrative Services, was named winner of the Joseph Greene Award as the USG’s Customer Service Champion of the Year. Grizzell, director of Auxil- iary Services and a direct report of Amero, was the silver medal winner in the Excellence Award of the Year for Individuals. Their awards were an- nounced on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at a ceremony at the offices of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG). All 35 institutions in the University System submit nomina- tions for the yearly Chancellor’s Cus- tomer Service Award program.
(L TO R): Norman Grizzell, Corlis Cum- mings, Chancellor Hank Huckaby, Carolina Amero, and President Tim Hynes
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