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A New Scholarship Initiative; “Dream Makers”
As a means of addressing the ongoing challenge of students being stretched by increasing educational costs and the need to “make ends meet,” Clayton State University, where dreams are made real, has announced a new scholarship initiative, “Dream Makers.”
Dream Makers got its start when a working group of University officials representing Clayton State’s Complete College Georgia Initiative, the Office of Financial Aid, the Clayton State Honors program, and the Office of Development came together in the spring of 2013 to identify specific areas of student financial need and to explore possible funding solutions for those needs.
Dream Makers is a multi-faceted approach to helping those students who are either high achievers, are close to completing their degree, or both. Three separate initiatives will be a part of the Dream Makers program; Dream Makers Scholarships, the Loch Leaders In- vestment Fund, and Laker Completion Grants.
If you are interested in becoming a Dream Maker, contact Vice President for External Relations Kate Troelstra at (678) 466-4470 or visit the Dream Makers giving page online at https://giving.clayton.edu/dreammakersinitiative.
Taylor Foundation Establishes Annual Scholarships at Clayton State
Taylor
Since 1974, Marcia Taylor has been building her family-owned transportation and logistics company into a global corporation with annual revenue in excess of $260 million. Luckily for Clay- ton State University students, while creating her vastly successful business she also instilled a philosophy that, “Giving back should be a part of any successful organization.”
According to a recent announcement, The Taylor Family Foundation has awarded a grant of $10,000 to the Clayton State University Foundation to support four upperclassmen majoring in Supply Chain Management at Clayton State.
“The Taylor Family Foundation and Bennett International Group are proud to partner with Clayton State University and the College of Business by making these funds available to students so that they may continue their educational dreams,” states Lynette Alt, vice president of Bennett and the administrator for the Taylor Family Foundation in McDonough, Ga. “The annual scholarships continue a tradition es- tablished by Mrs. Taylor and Bennett International Group to be actively involved in the
communities in which we operate.”
Mediation Team Wins
The Highest Award
Add “mediation” to the list of fields where Clayton State students excel.
After returning from the Novem- ber International Intercollegiate Medi- ation Tournament at Drake University Law School in Des Moines, IA, there were no more mountains to conquer for the Clayton State Mediation Team.
“There are no more tournaments this season. We have won the highest award,” says Dr. Judith Stilz Ogden, as- sociate professor of law in the College of Business at Clayton State.
Indeed, the Drake tournament con- cluded a spectacular campaign for Clayton State’s mediation team of Tamara Johnson (Supply Chain Man- agement major), Bertha Amosu (Ac- counting), Latangila Hodges-Bellamy (Supply Chain Management), Patrick Moore (Legal Studies), Shannon Moul- trie (Legal Studies) and Matthew Blake (Legal Studies). In an international tournament with 42 teams from 25 col- leges and universities from various countries, Clayton State won the First Place Mediation Team Award.
In addition, the team also came in sixth for the Advocate/Client Team Award, and individually Moultrie and Amosu took second place for Individ- ual Advocate/Client. Also receiving in- dividual awards were Hodges-Bellamy and Blake (Eighth place Individual Ad- vocate/Client Award) and Johnson (15th place Individual Mediator).
Scholarship Luncheon scholarship recipients with Bennett’s Lynette Alt. (L to R) Kimone
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