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Clayton State Ranked Fifth Among Public Regional Colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report
Clayton State University has made its first appearance among the top five Southern public regional colleges in the current rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Clayton State is ranked fifth among public regional colleges in the South in U.S. News & World Report's 2013 edition of Best Colleges.
In addition, Clayton State is once again ranked in the first tier of the top re- gional colleges in the South, coming in at 55th overall. The rankings, which include evaluations of more than 1,400 schools nationwide, are currently available at www.us- news.com/colleges, and were also published in U.S. News & World Report's 2013 edition of Best Colleges, on Sept. 18.
Clayton State’s Wi2STEM Thanks
Georgia Power for Continued Support
Let’s hear it for the women. And Georgia Power. Clayton State University’s Wi2STEM, an organization that advances women interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, thanks Georgia Power for their continued financial support.
Through the Metro South Region Georgia Power Office’s faithful giving, Wi2STEM has received $10,000 from the utility company since the Clayton State stu- dent organization was established in 2009.
“Clayton State University is very well respected, and we see the results in its stu- dents’ successes and accomplishments via Wi2STEM and other noteworthy pro- grams,” says John D’Andrea, Georgia Power’s Metro South Region Manager for Butts, Clayton, Henry, South Fulton, Fayette and Coweta counties. “Georgia Power is proud to partner with such an organization that is involved in the success of our community.”
Clayton State Selected as a Lead Institution
In Civic Learning Leadership National Initiative
Clayton State University has been selected by NASPA -- Student Affairs Adminis- trators in Higher Education, as one of the lead institutions participating in a national initiative on civic learning and democratic engagement.
As a member of the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Network (CLDE), a group of higher education-related institutions that have come together with the goal of promoting engagement among college students, NASPA has made a commitment to encourage and highlight the work of student affairs in making civic learning and democratic engagement a part of every student’s college education... much in the same fashion as Clayton State has done through its Strategic Plan. Clay- ton State’s commitment as a lead institution will run through December 2013.
SAM Places First in National Business Competition for Second Consecutive Year
Tesla Motors may be checking in with the Clayton State University College of Business some day soon. That’s because the Clayton State Chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) recently took its sec- ond straight first place award at the SAM na- tional business competition in Las Vegas, Nev., an honor based on a marketing cam- paign for the cutting-edge electric car com- pany that’s based in California.
Led by SAM advisor Dr. Reza Kheiran- dish, assistant professor of economics in the College of Business at Clayton State, the SAM team of students Roxanne Gonzalez, Jordan Bryant, Corey Wagner, Janice Jack- man and Chris Cable won the national com- petition with what Kheirandish termed, “a stylish campaign.”
In addition, Wagner, Gonzalez and Cable also received regional outstanding student awards and Wagner and Gonzalez received the national outstanding student award.
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