Vol. 39 No. II Serving the CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY Community January 26, 2007 Clayton State Announces Newest Master’s Program by Leigh G. Wills, University Relations layton State University’s School semester, will be offered on the Morrow Last year, the School of Business’ accred- of Business is pleased to announce campus and depending on demand, later itation through AACSB, the Association Cthe newest masters program - the cohorts may be offered at other locations. to Advance Collegiate Schools of Master of Business Administration - Business, was a major accomplishment by approved by the University System of Since the 2000/2001 Clayton State the School’s faculty and staff (less than 15 Georgia’s Board of Regents on Tuesday, University has grown from 4,500 students percent of business schools worldwide Jan. 16. This long anticipated program has to 6,000 students, increasing its under- have earned AACSB accreditation) and promised to augment this burgeoning graduate programs by 70 percent. In the the addition of the master’s program is metropolitan university’s influence on past year alone, several of the University’s another major accomplishment. The business recruiters throughout the region. Colleges and Schools have been renamed School of Business also has the plus two new master’s programs have University’s only endowed chair, the C. S. The part-time program will offer a con- been added to better define the university Conklin Chair of Logistics/Supply Chain centration in Logistics/Supply Chain and to enhance the offerings to the metro- Management, held by Dr. George Messer. Management and is designed for the Atlanta community. Now, with the addi- This Chair has enabled the School to offer a working professional. The MBA will be tion of the MBA, the evolution of the uni- very successful undergraduate concentration, offered nights and weekends and struc- versity is well underway. which will carry over to the master’s program. tured so the degree can be completed in less than 18 months combining traditional “This MBA will be a great program that In the coming weeks and months the fac- classroom instruction with enhanced on- will meet the needs of our market and will ulty and staff of Clayton State’s School of line technology. The program’s initial only help improve the reputation of the whole cohort, planned to begin in the fall 2007 university,” says Dean Ernest (Bud) Miller. MBA, cont’d., p. 3 Inside Pulitzer Prize Winner Taylor Branch Speaks On Myths and Miracles from the King Years Departments: by John Shiffert and Leigh G. Wills, University Relations Food for Thought . .2 he foremost chronicler of, and sion of Civil Rights issues that was so The Keyhole . .3 T authority on, “The King Years,” his- common in the south in the 50s and 60s… Arts Page . .4,5 torian and author Taylor Branch, is a self- the crossover effect of black rock-n-roll, Across the Campus . .6 labeled “Southern white man” who had sitting in the segregated seating of Ponce Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! . .10 little interest in the Civil Rights move- De Leon Park to watch the Atlanta Trivia Time . .11 ment while growing up in Atlanta and Crackers play, the example of black girls Sports . .12 who never met Martin Luther King, Jr. as young as eight years old marching in Birmingham… all led him to a point The story of how Branch became a wherein, as a graduate student, he spent In This Issue: Pulitzer Prize winning author of the defin- the summer of 1969 trying to assess the itive trilogy on the King years, and his potential for black voter registration in 20 Scholars Visit South Africa assessment of those years and their place south Georgia counties. And to a point On Fulbright-Hays Grant . .2 in American history, kept an audience in where, “I decided to tell the story of the History Channel’s Steve Gillon Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall movement.” To Speak Feb. 7 . .3 spellbound last night as the keynote to the VITA . .5 University’s Seventh Annual Martin Branch emerged as a nationally-recog- Fitness for All . .7 Luther King Celebration. nized authority on the Civil Rights move- Bent Tree to ment with the 1988 publication of Hold Workshop Series . .9 Branch explained how a multiplicity of small steps took him away from the eva- Branch, cont’d., p. 8 Campus Review Page 2 January 26, 2007 Clayton State Scholars Visit South Africa on Fulbright-Hays Grant by Leigh G. Wills, University Relations Last December, five Clayton State University and College International University faculty members completed a Studies Consortium of Georgia, who 30-day International Studies program in organized the trip, were the five scholars South Africa as part of a Fulbright-Hayes who represented Clayton State program offered through the U.S. University. Department of Education. They were joined by 11 other scholars from sister Because of the varied disciplines of each Tips for institutions and high schools from of the participants, each came away with throughout the state of Georgia. a different perspective of South Africa. Maintaining One thing they all had in common how- Healthy The Fulbright-Hays Grant provides edu- ever, was the monumental problems the Relationships cators and administrators the opportunity country faces as a result of apartheid. to improve their understanding and Everyone plays a role in his or her rela- knowledge of the peoples and cultures of According to Deis, the seminar, titled tionship(s). However, you are only in other countries. The program offers short- "The Current Social, Political and control of yourself - your thoughts, your term study and travel seminars abroad for Economic Climate in South Africa," had feelings, and your actions. U.S. educators in the social sciences and an ultimate goal of promoting mutual humanities. The purpose of the program understanding between South Africa and “You can’t expect your partner to is to increase international and field expe- the U.S. The 15 individuals participated respect boundaries that he or she does rience and the knowledge of different in numerous field trips and lectures in not know exist. You have to communi- countries and relate that knowledge and Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town. cate them first.” Elaina Chance, experience to their classes. In addition to the 10 days spent in Counseling Services Johannesburg and the six days in Cape Dr. Ray Wallace, dean of the College of Town, they also spent three days in “Lots of people want to ride with you in Arts & Sciences and faculty members Dr. Durban, four in Port Elizabeth, and indi- the limo, but what you want is someone Michael Deis, associate professor of vidual days in Grahamstown, Knysna, who will take the bus with you when the Management, Dr. Shondrika Moss- and Hermanus. limo breaks down.” Oprah Winfrey Bouldin, assistant professor of Communication, and Dr. Victoria Pasley, Lectures were given at Witwatersand “You cannot be lonely if you like the per- assistant professor of History, along with University in Johannesburg, the son you're alone with.” Wayne W. Dyer Dr. Rajopal Sashti, assistant professor of geography and director of The Nine Grant, cont’d., p. 7 “Assumptions are the termites of rela- tionships.” Henry Winkler For more information on this or other topics, please feel free to contact Counseling Services: Office: Student Center 245 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., M-F Phone: (678) 466-5406 Online at: http://adminservices.clayton.edu/counseling South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Campus Review January 26, 2007 Page 3 “It's the 60s, Stupid”… The History Channel’s Steve Gillon To Speak at Clayton State February 7 Even individuals too young to remember the Clayton State Social Sciences the 60s will want to take advantage of Dr. Department and the Clayton State History Steve Gillon’s upcoming pres- Society. Gillon’s subject, the entation at Clayton State long term political relevance of University, “‘It’s the 60s, the 60s, is congruent with many Stupid’: How the 1960s Shaped of the remarks Branch made at the Politics of the 1990s.” his presentation. Among Branch’s key points was that The History Channel’s resident one of the myths about the Civil THE KEYHOLE historian, Gillon will be speak- Rights movement was that the ing at Clayton State on politics of the 60s were a waste Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 12:30 of time. p.m. in room 14 of the COMING SOON... University’s Lecture Hall. His Previously a lecturer on Modern presentation is free and open to History at England's legendary Information and Training Session the public, although seating Oxford University, and an asso- on Submitting Requests for will be limited. The second distinguished ciate professor of History at Yale Materials historian to speak on the Clayton State University, Gillon earned his A.M. and campus in the last month – following Ph.D. in American Civilization from Friday, February 9 Taylor Branch’s Jan. 18 address for the Brown University. Since 2002, he has been 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. MLK Celebration – Gillon is a professor named a “Distinguished Lecturer” by the Library, Room L-200 of history at the University of Oklahoma Organization of American Historians. RSVP to Media & Printing Services when he’s not working for the definitive (678) 466-4377 history source in the electronic media. The author of a number of critically acclaimed books (including those used in Gillon has anchored The History Channel Clayton State’s HIST 2111 and HIST Sunday morning current events program, 2112 classes) and articles on a wide range HistoryCENTER, since its debut in 1998, of topics in American history, he also DID YOU KNOW?… and also hosts Reel to Real.