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Department of Information Technology
Adds Computer Science to its Name
The Department of Information Technology in the College of Information and Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) at Clayton State University has undergone a name change.
According to CIMS Dean Dr. Lila Roberts, the Department of Information Tech- nology is now the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.
“The name better reflects our organization
with programs in both information technology,
since 1999, and computer science, since 2009,” says Dr. Byron A. Jeff, chair of the Depart- ment of Computer Science and Information Technology. “The public generally lumps all com- puting disciplines under computer science, so adding that to the name improves visibility of both programs.
“It also reveals both computer science courses and programs to both internal and external audiences.”
Biology Professor/SEEDS Study of Jesters Creek Restoration
Now in its Fourth Year
In 2008, Dr. Jere Boudell, associate professor of biology at Clayton State University, started a long-term study of the Jesters Creek restoration project an urban stream restoration. Four years into the
Boudell
project, Boudell, along with both cur- rent Clayton State SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability) chapter members and alumni, are currently in the second round of the study, and the restoration project has expanded.
Jesters Creek is an urban headwater stream of the Flint River and is located about five minutes from the Clayton State campus, Boudell explains. Her
study is also investigating Little Falling Creek as a reference site. Boudell’s study, which is being done pro bono, is funded by the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) SEEDS program which is designed to increase the participation of underrepresented stu- dents in the ecological sciences. It has also been funded by the Clayton State College of Arts and Sciences and the Clayton State
Department of Natural Sciences.
Bonner, Hall Named Winners of the Fourth Annual Gene Hatfield Awards
Clayton State University Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Alexander Hall has been named the fourth annual winner of the College of Arts & Sci- ences’ Gene Hatfield Scholar of the Year Award. Dr. Virginia Bonner, an as- sociate professor of film and media studies who teaches courses in film, women’s studies and art history, is the Gene Hatfield Teacher of the Year Award winner for the 2011 to 2012 ac- ademic year.
In addition to his teaching respon- sibilities at Clayton State, Hall also serves as assistant director of the Soci- ety for Medieval Logic and Meta- physics, and as the Managing Editor of its Proceedings. In 2011, Hall co-edited the first nine volumes of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics Pro- ceedings, which were published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. He has also been one of the organizers of the Southeast Philosophy Conference, which annually brings a variety of na- tional and international speakers to the Clayton State campus.
Selected by a committee of profes- sors within the College of Arts and Sci- ences, Bonner considers her teaching philosophy key to what motivates her in the classroom.
“I have a real passion for the ma- terial that I teach, and I’m extremely dedicated to the art of teaching and the science of learning,” she says.
Bonner
Hall
The Arts & Sciences Scholar of the Year and Teacher of the Year awards are made possible by, and are named after, Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time (1976–2008) history professor at Clayton State.
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