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Demmitt Named Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Kevin Demmitt, a 20-year veteran faculty member and ad- ministrator at Clayton State, has been named Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
“Clayton State is blessed to have a number of individuals able to exercise leadership in times of transition. As Dr. Micheal Crafton leaves us after nearly five years of exceptional service, we are delighted to announce that Dr. Kevin Demmitt has agreed to serve as Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Af- fairs,” says Clayton State President Dr. Thomas Hynes in mak- ing the announcement of Demmitt’s appointment.
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Hynes points out that Demmitt has served the University in
wide variety of capacities, most recently in the Office of Academic Affairs as Associate Vice President for Extended Programs. Included in those leadership responsibilities have been oversight of Clayton State’s off-campus sites – notably the Peachtree City and Henry County locations – as well as on-line offerings, the growing dual enrollment program, and the Office of International Programs.
“I am excited about serving in this capacity,” says Demmitt, a long-time and well- known resident of Peachtree City, Ga. “We have a number of academic initiatives under- way, including developing new programs to support the film industry, increasing our engagement with the community through student internships, and continuing our efforts to help more students graduate and enter the workforce. My goal is to work with others to keep them moving forward.”
Alumnus Kevin Liles Covers the Sochi Olympics
Clayton State University may not have had any athletes in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics (of course, winter sports aren’t too common in the South in any case), but alumnus Kevin Liles was nonetheless on site at the winter games to unofficially represent the University.
Liles, a 2011 Clayton State graduate with a degree in Com-
munication and Media Studies, is a commercial and editorial
freelance photographer based in Atlanta. His clients have in-
cluded the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves, Reynolds Plantation,
USA Today Sports Images, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and
Clayton State. In addition, his work has appeared in Sports Il-
lustrated, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Newsweek, as well as other national and international publications. In Sochi, he was shooting for USA Today Sports Images.
In addition to his photographic work, Liles also blogged from Sochi, providing fol- lowers with some stunning photos of the Olympic venues, only what one would expect from the former editor of The Bent Tree who has photographed, among other subjects, the NCAA Final Four, no less than four NBA finals, and the cover of Clayton State’s The Laker Connection magazine. (http://kevindliles.com/)
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Clayton State Library Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Take Part in Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle
The Clayton State University Library has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to par- ticipate in a special initiative entitled Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle.
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Bridging Cultures initiative, in part- nership with the Gilder Lehrman Insti- tute of American History.
Erin Nagel, assessment & market- ing librarian and coordinator for Clay- ton State’s participation in Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Strug- gle, notes that the program will focus on four remarkable film depictions of various historic phases of the civil rights struggle. The four movies, which will become part of the Clayton State Library’s permanent collection, are; The Abolitionists, Slavery by An- other Name, The Loving Story, and Freedom Riders. The films will be screened on campus and community discussion events will be held.
“We hope that this programming will encourage participants to reflect on the lengthy, ongoing struggle for Civil Rights in America as well as ex- plore the ever-evolving meanings of freedom and equality in this country,” says Dr. Gordon Baker, Clayton State dean of Libraries.
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