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Norman Named Hatfield Award
Teacher of the Year
Clayton State University Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Mario Norman has won the University’s Student Choice Award for Teacher of the Year for three consecutive years.
So it’s not surprising that the College of Arts & Sciences awarded Norman the Gene Hatfield Teacher of the Year Award for the 2012/2013 academic year.
The Gene Hatfield Teacher of the Year Award recognizes the ac- complishments of outstanding faculty members within the College of Arts and Sciences. Now in its fifth year, the annual award is presented to a teacher who dis- plays enthusiasm, creativity, compassion, authority, authenticity, patience, persistence, or humor in their teaching and interactions with students. The Arts & Sciences Teacher of the Year award is made possible by, and is named after, Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time (1976–
2008) history professor at Clayton State.
Norman
Young
Young Named Hatfield Award
Scholar of the Year
Clayton State University Director of Music Management Studies and Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Shawn Young was awarded the Gene Hatfield Scholar of the Year Award for the 2012/2013 ac- ademic year.
The Arts & Sciences Scholar of the Year award is made possible by, and is named after, Dr. Eugene Hatfield, long-time (1976–2008) history professor at Clayton State. Preceding Young as recipients of the Hatfield award are Dr. Brigitte Byrd (2009), Dr. E. Joe Johnson
(2010), Dr. Jonathan Lyon (2011) and Dr. Alexander Hall (2012).
Young is a scholar of American Studies who says he is fascinated by how social move-
ments and music evolve in response to pluralism, and whose current research explores this intersection. He particularly focuses on popular religious music.
Former Clayton State Graduate Students are Now Clayton State Faculty
Within the past few semesters, several graduates of Clayton State University’s School of Graduate Studies have found themselves in a transition from student to faculty at Clayton State. The University now has seven faculty members that were once participants in Clayton State’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) English and Mathematics graduate programs, as well as
a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies gradu- ate.
Three of the recent graduates gradu- ated from the Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics program; James Kirksey, Aaron Rafter and Jennifer Harris now teach within the Clayton State Mathemat- ics Department. Kelley Gladden, Daniel Smoak and Ryan Strader graduated from
the Master of Arts in Teaching English pro- gram, while Toye Wheeler graduated from the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies pro- gram. All four of them now teach within the English Department at Clayton State.
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Clayton State University for Parents and Students -- Creating a College-Bound Culture
“We’re creating a college-bound culture in Clayton County,” says Dr. Lila Roberts, dean of the College of Infor- mation and Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) at Clayton State University, commenting on the “big picture” goal of the partnership between the Univer- sity and Rex Mill Middle School.
Students and their parents from Clayton County’s Rex Mill Middle School visited Clayton State Saturday, Oct. 5 for the Second Annual Clayton State University for Parents and Stu- dents, an outreach plan of the University designed to foster a “college bound” cul- ture among the middle schoolers and their parents. Hosting and welcoming the middle school students and parents were Clayton State President Dr. Thomas Hynes, Dean Roberts, and CIMS Associate Dean Jarrett Terry. The students were also accompanied by their principal, Camille Murner, and several Rex Mill teachers, including Clayton State alumnus and seventh grade social studies teacher Cindi LeMon.