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trustee profile
SUSAN HUNTER
A FRIEND OF SPIVEY HALL AND CLAYTON STATE
After becoming Friends of Spivey Hall charter members in 2002, Dr. Susan M. Hunter and her husband Jeff Adams have become increas- ingly involved in supporting the mission of Clayton State’s Spivey Hall. They have acted as concert sponsors for piano recitals as well as founding the Friends of Spivey Hall Council. Susan served as founding chair of the council and continues to serve as a member.
The Council develops initiatives to build com- munity among the Friends of Spivey Hall, to expand membership, and to advance public recognition of Spivey Hall and Clayton State University. One such initiative - the Friends of Spivey Hall Summer Travel Program - provides opportunities for Friends to travel together to hear excellent music. In June, 20 Friends will travel to the Schubertiade in Schwarzen- berg, Austria, where they will explore the Austrian
Jeff Adams (right) and Susan Hunter (left) from a Friends of Spivey Hall reception in the Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education Atrium with pianist Angela Hewitt, April 29, 2012. Here, Hewitt autographs a photo for Adams and Hunter, concert sponsors for her performance that afternoon.
Alps and hear concerts by internationally acclaimed classical artists.
Their active support has come to fruition with the Spivey Hall Endowment for Piano Artistry. This is a perpetual fund that Susan and Jeff created to maintain and advance the quality of piano artistry at Spivey Hall. The Endowment will support artists’ fees, piano master
classes, piano mainte-
nance, and other
needs deemed essen-
tial to piano perform-
ance of the highest
quality.
“After I retired from academia in 2008, I wanted to stay involved with Clay-
ton State and Spivey Hall, because I believe so strongly in their missions. Serving on the Foundation Board of Trustees and the Friends of Spivey Hall Council has given me a way to do so: I have been able to take a leadership role in advocacy for the mu- sical arts, and I have come to understand how impor- tant it is to support making a difference in the futures of Clayton State students who are the first in their families to attend college,” states Susan.
Susan retired as professor of English and head of the Language and Literature Department at Clay- ton State after 35 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate writing and literature. Prior to becom- ing department head, she had been the founding di- rector of the Master of Arts in Professional Writing program at Kennesaw State University. She has been a part of the University System of Georgia since 1991 when she relocated to Atlanta from southern California.
__ Erin Fender
Since the first
time we attended
a piano concert
at Spivey Hall in
1994, we have
enjoyed
beautiful music
in the intimacy
and acoustical
perfection of
Spivey Hall. We
developed a
passion for
Emilie Spivey’s
vision and have
continued to
increase our
support for its
programming
and our
advocacy on
behalf of Spivey
Hall.
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