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Clayton State News April 18, 2014
Monthly Payroll Reminder
Notice to all employees and managers/supervisors:
ADP E-time approvals of all monthly time must be approved by 6 p.m., Monday, Apr. 21, for the payroll ending on Apr. 30.
Any monthly time taken after approval on Monday, Apr. 21 will need to be reported on the monthly record of leave form located on the payroll web site listed below.
http://www.clayton.edu/payroll/forms
If you have any questions, including password resets, while attempting to approve or update a time card, please contact our SSC Customer Support Team at 1-855-214-2644.
Biology Seminar Speaker Series, Apr. 25
The last speaker for the Spring 2014 Biology Seminar Series is coming to Clayton State next Friday, Apr. 25, at 2:15 p.m., in room LAB 107.
The speaker will be Dr. Andrew Escayg, an associate professor in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University. The title of Escayg's talk is, "Using Mouse Models to Develop Better Treatment for Epilepsy."
Clayton State Lecturer of Biology Dr. Nikki Sawyer notes that Escayg was her graduate school advisor when she was in the Neuroscience Program at Emory. His lab uses genetic mouse models of various epilepsy disorders in order to better understand the mechanisms behind epilepsy and how to develop better clinical treatments for epilepsy.
Lost Flash Drive
A student lost a valuable flash drive around 9 p.m. on Tuesday night while walking between Clayton Hall and the Laker Hall parking lot. The drive was in a small black and grey Case Logic flash drive case designed to hold two drives. If anyone has found it, please contact Public Safety at (678) 466-4050.
Clayton State Theatre's Spring Show, The Illusion, Apr. 18, Apr. 19
The Clayton State Theatre's Spring Show 2014, The Illusion, by Tony Kushner, and, under the direction of Adam Howarth, will be presented on Friday, Apr. 18, at 7:30 p.m., with two shows on Saturday, Apr. 19, the first at 2:30 p.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m.
Performances next week will include 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursday, Apr. 24 and Friday, Apr. 25.
All performances will be in the Clayton State Theatre, room G-132 of the Arts and Sciences Building. Clayton State students are admitted free with their Laker Card, general admission is $5.
Earth Week Activities
The following activities for Earth Week are being led by Dining Services and supported by the Go Green student organization.
Recycle Art Contest – participants express their artistic ability using recyclable materials. Artwork must be submitted at the Lakeside Dining Hall on Friday, Apr. 18, where they will be on display until Apr. 25. Judging and winners will be announced on Apr. 21. Go to http://csudining.sodexomyway.com/promotions/index.html for more information.
Choose to Reuse Discount – Pizza Hut Express, Subconnection and Sandellas will feature a 35 cent discount from Monday, Apr. 21 to Friday, Apr. 25 on fountain beverages up to 32 oz. for anyone using a travel mug.
Grounds for Growth – Pick up free recycled grounds at Jazzman's Café and Bakery Monday, Apr. 21 to Friday, Apr. 25, while supplies last. Also on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Earth Day, Tuesday, Apr. 22.
Sustainability Photo Contest – Post your photo on Facebook – search: Clayton State Dining Services – or join us on Earth Day, Apr. 22 on Main Street between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The photo with the most "likes" on the Facebook page by May 1 wins a Fitbit.
PB&J Day – Reduce your carbon footprint and slow global warming… eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Earth Day, Apr. 22, in the Lakeside Dining Hall.
Clean Up & Green Up – Join the Clayton State Green Team on Thursday, Apr. 24 during their annual clean-up event to beautify the campus. Meet win front of the Lakeside Dining Hall at 3 p.m. to pick up your bag and gloves.
Director of Undergraduate Recruitment & Admissions Campus Presentations
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management & Academic Success Dr. Mark F. Daddona would like to invite you to attend the presentations for the following four candidates who are scheduled for campus interviews for the Director of Undergraduate Recruitment & Admissions. The presentations will be at 1:30 p.m. in room UC 260 of the James M. Baker University Center on each of the days.
Apr. 21, 2014 – Angelo Lee, Director of Admissions, Meharry Medical College
Apr. 23, 2014 – Joe Stone, Associate Director for Diversity Initiatives, Undergraduate Admissions, Ohio University
May 1, 2014 – Stephen Jenkins, Director of Admissions, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Mercer University
The candidates' resumes are also available from Daddona's office for anyone interested in reviewing them.
SBDC Small Business Financing Forum, Apr. 21
Monday, Apr. 21, 2014; 10 a.m. – noon
Clayton State University – East
5823 Trammell Rd.
Free (but registration is required)
Most companies need working capital to conduct their day-to-day business. This program discusses the use of working capital term loans of up to $50,000 to finance these operations.
Information about this important loan program is essential for anyone wanting to expand the operations of a current business or start a new venture.
Join us in helping you grow your business into the future.
Presented by Fred Crispen of Celtic Bank.
To register, go to https://www.georgiasbdc.org/subpage.aspx?page_name=view_classes&city=Morrow&searchMonths=6.
For more information, please contact Heather Chaney at 678-466-5100 or hchaney@georgiasbdc.org.
Women's Forum Annual Scholarship Luncheon, Apr. 22
The Clayton State Women's Forum Annual Scholarship Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 22, from noon until 1:30 p.m. in room 101 of the Harry S. Downs Center.
This year's luncheon will salute women veterans and will feature special guest speaker Colonel Angelique L. Faulise, U.S. Air Force (Retired). The cost of the luncheon is $13.50 and RSVPs are required by Apr. 14. Go to https://claytonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2nssi6mVBuX5mKN to register.
Dr. Crafton's Farewell, Apr. 23
Forsooth, he doth go west… thus it is time to bid farewell to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Micheal Crafton on Wednesday, Apr. 23, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in room 101 of the Downs Center.
To RSVP, please go to https://claytonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0NW9EDErHFapS1D.
Old English speech, attire and entertainment not required, but appreciated. Please, no Druids.
CYGNET Launch Party, Apr. 24
You are cordially invited to the CYGNET 2014 10 Year Anniversary Masquerade Party, Thursday, Apr. 24, from 4:40 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., in room 272 of terh James M. Baker University Center. Please come celebrate the launching of the Cygnet for the 10th year! There will be refreshments and cake provided. Don't forget your mask!
Second Annul Vendor Expo, Apr. 24
Procurement Services' Second Annual Vendor Expo will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 24 in room 101 and the Atrium of the Harry S. Downs Center.
Various vendors will be ready to showcase their products and services to the campus. This is a great opportunity to meet vendors and potentially find just what you need for your department. Make sure you bring your business cards.
Pat Keane's Retirement Luncheon, Apr. 25
Clayton State faculty and staff retire every year. It's part of the circle of life (to quote "The Lion King.") However, Pat Keane only retires once.
In 30 years at Clayton State, Pat has been the face of Clayton State as the institution has grown from a junior college (that's right, she started here when this was still Clayton Junior College) to a university. The winner of the 2013 Alice Smith Staff Award, and the University's senior staff member in terms of length of service, she is currently the administrative assistant in the Athletic Department; her fourth position at the University, which may be a record of some kind. She first worked part-time at Clayton State as the switch board operator, starting in 1984. She then moved over to work full time in the Continuing Education Division (under Dr. Bryan Edwards), and later spent several years in Media & Printing Services (keeping Paul Bailey on the straight and narrow) before running the Athletic Department for Mason Barfield, Carl McAloose and now Gareth O'Sullivan.
In honor of all she's done for Clayton State over the years, the Athletic Department is holding a retirement luncheon for Pat on Friday Apr. 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the basketball hospitality area of the Athletic Center. This is one event you don't want to miss, and RSVPs are NOT required.
Clayton State Named "Tree Campus USA;" Arbor Day Celebration, Apr. 25
The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Clayton State University with 2013 Tree Campus USA® recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and sponsored by Toyota to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Clayton State achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus USA's five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning project.
As part of its Tree Campus USA designation, Clayton State and the University's Tree Committee are hosting its Second Annual Arbor Day Observance on Friday, Apr. 25, at 10:30 a.m., featuring a representative of the Georgia Forestry Commission who will present Clayton State with its Tree Campus USA plaque.
The comprehensive public Arbor Day ceremony will also include a tree planting at the James M. Baker University Center and the Clayton State Tree Committee will be giving away tree seedlings at the ceremony. Also included on the day will be guided tours of the "Plants of the Piedmont" trail, located behind Spivey Hall, the Music Education Building and the Harry S. Downs Center. Following the ceremony, there will be trees planted at various locations throughout the campus.
Honors Program Spring Meeting, Apr. 25
The Clayton State Honors Program hosts its Spring Wrap Up meeting on Friday, Apr. 25, at noon in Room B14 of the Lecture Hall. The agenda includes thanking outgoing officers, electing next year's representatives, a brief Honors Program Orientation/Overview and discussion of ongoing committee business. Pizza and drinks will be provided. The event is free and open to the public.
SBDC Creating a Plan for Business Success on Facebook (Lunch & Learn), Apr. 25
Friday, Apr. 25, 2014; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Rd., Morrow
Your customers are on Facebook, are you? Learn:
* Why Facebook is a tool in your marketing toolbox; not the whole toolbox
* The difference between profiles and pages
* How social proof & social equity on Facebook can generate sales
* What is Edgerank and how to use it to reach your customers
* 5 Categories of content you need to produce
* 5 Strategies for using photos to generate engagement
Lunch will be provided as part of your registration fee.
Brigitte Byrd to Lead Poetry Workshop in Peachtree City, Apr. 26 A poetry workshop led by author and Clayton State University English professor Dr. Brigitte Byrd will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Apr. 26 at the Peachtree City Library. Lunch is included; pre-registration is required. Send $15 (checks payable to Friends of the Library) to 201 Willowbend Rd., Peachtree City, Ga. 30269 or pay at the library. For more information: ptc.library.friends@gmail.com.
Honoring Linda Nash, Apr. 29
Join the Clayton State Department of Mathematics on Tuesday, Apr. 29 to honor Dr. Linda Nash on the occasion of her retirement after 20 years of dedicated service, both inside and outside the classroom. Her reception will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Atrium of the Harry S. Downs Center.
For more information, contact Kelli Nipper at kellinipper@clayton.edu or (678) 466-4417.
Clayton State University's Annual Service Awards, Apr. 29
Clayton State University will gather on Tuesday, Apr. 29 in Spivey Hall to honor faculty and staff with the University's annual Service Awards ceremony. This year will also celebrate the 19th annual announcement of the Alice J. Smith award winners. The event will begin at 2 p.m., followed with a light reception.
The Service Awards Ceremony is a time for Clayton State to celebrate and honor faculty and staff through recognizing years of service, tenure, promotions, and retirement.
The University's 2014 Alice J. Smith Awards will be presented at the ceremony. An annual honor since 1995, the Smith Awards are presented to the faculty member and staff member ranked most outstanding as determined by committees of their peers. The award was established by local philanthropist Joseph Smith as a memorial to his wife Alice, to honor her career in teaching and her love for learning.
This year's faculty nominees are: from the College of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Richard Singiser and Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller; from the College of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Richard Pearce-Moses; from the College of Health, Joanna Harris-Worelds; and from the College of Business, Dr. Margaret Thompson.
This year's staff nominees are: from the Department of Campus Life, Atawanna Royal; from Department of Facilities Management, Ana Gordon; from Public Safety, Angela Evans; from the Registrar's Office, Andrea Clark; and from Spivey Hall, Sam Dixon.
Graduate Nursing Program to Hold First Research Symposium, May 2
Dr. Victoria Foster, assistant professor of Nursing and interim director of Clayton State University's Graduate Nursing Program, has announced that the Graduate Nursing Program will be holding the first of what it expects to be an annual series of Research Symposia.
The Research Symposium will be held on Friday, May 2, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Clayton State main campus in Morrow. The focus for the symposium will be clinical research and its impact on patient outcomes. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Elizabeth Tornquist, author of From Proposal to Publication: An Informal Guide to Writing About Nursing Research. Tornquist, who is retired from the University of North Carolina, travels across the country to speak about writing and publication. According to Foster, there will also be several dynamic and nationally-known nurse researchers/nurse scientists presenting their current research… providing Clayton State students and other attendees with an empowering opportunity within their profession.
"Our graduate students are exposed to educational research, but I wanted them to see and be aware of the importance of clinical research," explains Foster. "That was the thinking behind creating the symposium."
Among the presenters will be Clayton State Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. Dee Tanner, who will be doing a podium as well as a poster presentation. Dr. Lisa Eichelberger, dean of the College of Health at Clayton State (of which the Graduate Nursing Program is a part), will discuss the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Future of Nursing. She has been working with a group of other Georgia educators on IOM's mission. Also presenting will be Dr. Dawn Aycock and Dr. Patricia Clark, who are both faculty at Georgia State University, and will be presenting on their current research and different research methodologies.
In addition, Dr. Ora Strickland, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Florida International University, will speak about her research, but will also talk about leadership, since some of Clayton State's graduate nursing students are in the leadership track.
SBDC Why LinkedIn Is So Much More Than an Online Resume (Lunch & Learn), May 2
Friday, May 2, 2014; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Your customers are on LinkedIn, are you? Learn:
* How to create a profile that gets results
* Recommendations and endorsements – Give to get
* How to reach 500 connections, and why it's important
* Sharing information to increase your visibility
* Joining groups and how participation makes you the expert
* LinkedIn company pages that work
* How using LinkedIn well can make you money
* Creating an action plan for improving your activity on LinkedIn
Register for any class at https://www.georgiasbdc.org/subpage.aspx?page_name=view_classes&city=Morrow&searchMonths=6.
SBDC Video Lunch and Learn, May 7
"Why Video Is The Ultimate Tool for Your Business," Wednesday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Georgia Archives.
If a picture's worth a thousand words, what is a video worth to your business?
Used effectively, video can enhance your brand, marketing, and client satisfaction. It can educate, entertain, and energize customers, but only when it's relevant.
This informative workshop will show you how, where, and when video should be used in your business. You will learn from start to finish how to create a video and incorporate it in a marketing/outreach strategy through effective SEO.
We will also give you information on the latest software and equipment, along with hints for filming to the best advantage.
Lakeside Dining Hall Closing Date for End of Spring Semester
The Lakeside Dining Hall will close at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12, and will remain closed through the summer semester. The Dining Hall will resume normal operating hours on Monday, Aug. 18, when fall classes begin.
All Meal Plans End Monday, May 12
All meal plans and dining dollars will expire Monday, May 12, 2014. Unused meals and dining dollars expire at 2 p.m. when the Lakeside Dining Hall and retail units close.
Don't let either go to waste! Invite a friend or co-worker to lunch with you at the Dining Hall or to Jazzman's, Pizza Hut, SubConnection, or Sandella's to use your Dining Dollars.
Communications Conference on Social Media, May 12, May 13
The Communications Conference on Social Media is sponsored by the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia. This conference is designed for all employees of the USG and TCSG System offices and institutions that have any involvement or interest in social media. Each session is designed to give high-level insight into the different aspects of efficiently using social media in higher education.
The conference will be held on Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13 at the Marriott Macon City Center, 240 Coliseum Dr., Macon, Ga. Phone: 1-478-621-5300; Fax: 1-478-803-1649; Sales: 1-478-803-1628; Sales fax: 1-478-621-5330. The hotel rate is $107 per night, although this is only about an hour from the Clayton State campus.
Registration for the conference is $185 per person (considering that some social media conferences run over $1500, this is the bargain of the year.) Go to https://kms.tcsg.edu/registration/smc/default.aspx for on-line registration.
The conference agenda is as follows:
1-5 p.m.: Registration (pre-conference area)
1-2 p.m.: Optional "Social Media for Dummies"
2:15-3:45 p.m.: USG and TCSG separate meetings
4-5 p.m.: Keynote/Opening Session: Why You Should Be Using Social Media
6-7 p.m.: Welcome Reception
7 p.m.: Dinner on your own
7:30-8 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (provided)
8-9:15 a.m.: Social Media Content
9-10:45 a.m.: Social Media Policy and Guidelines
11-12:15 p.m.: Social Media and Crisis Communications
12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch (provided) and Introduction of Vendors and Sponsors
1:45-3 p.m.: Social Media Analytics
3-3:30 p.m.: Wrap-up
For more information, please contact: Thressea Boyd, Director of Communications, Valdosta State University, Email: thboyd@valdosta.edu, Phone: 1-229-333-2157.
Loch Shop/LakerCard Center – May 13 – May 20
Dining Services – May 13 – May 27
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Monday – Friday: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
All other dining locations will be closed during the semester break.
Clayton County Community Emergency Preparedness Seminar, May 13 Clayton County's Community Emergency Preparedness Seminar, "Community Emergency Preparedness Takes a Village" will be held on Tuesday, May 13, from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The National Archives at Atlanta, 5780 Jonesboro Rd., Morrow. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and the seminar will start promptly at 9:15 a.m. There is no registration fee, but registration is required. Email ccbohepr@dhr.state.ga.us for the registration form.
Bookstore Bucks Dates for Summer 2014
Bookstore Bucks (formerly Financial Aid Book Money) will be available May 21 to May 31, 2014. Up to $1,000 of your unused Financial Aid will be automatically deposited in your Bookstore Bucks account on May 21 for you to purchase anything in the Loch Shop.
Remember… your LakerCard is required for all purchases! After May 31, any unused Bookstore Bucks are returned to your student account and refunded around the second week of June based on your refund preference through Higher One.
Clayton State Reschedules Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for May 30
The Clayton State Department of Athletics has announced the rescheduling of the department's initial Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Friday, May 30.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for Feb. 14, but had to be postponed due to inclement weather. For the rescheduled event, there will be a change of venue as the Hall of Fame Dinner and induction ceremony will be held at Crystal Lake Golf and Country Club in Hampton, Ga.
The event will begin with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by the induction ceremony. In addition to the Hall of Fame event, the Department of Athletics is also sponsoring a golf tournament earlier in the day at Crystal Lake.
The tournament will be open to all supporters of Clayton State Athletics. Check-in for the tournament will be at 10:30 a.m., with a shot-gun start at 11 a.m. The cost of the tournament is $100 per person or $400 for a four-person team.
Participants of the golf tournament are also invited to attend the Hall of Fame event later that evening. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Clayton State Department of Athletics. To register for the tournament, please call (678) 466-4678.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2014 includes: Mason Barfield, Alex Dowling, Carlos Head and Nkiru Okosieme.
Clayton State Athletics Ready to Kickoff 2014 Summer Youth Athletic Camps
The Clayton State Department of Athletics is preparing to kick-off its 2014 summer youth athletic camp schedule.
The first series of camps will begin the week of June 2. All camps are held on the campus of Clayton State University. The department offers athletic camps for boys and girls in the following sports: soccer, basketball, tennis, speed development and a general sports activities camp.
The week-long camps are offered to youth ages six-to-17 years-old and run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Half-day camps are also available either in the morning or in the afternoon. Campers may also choose to combine two different half-day camps if they wish.
Cost of the full-day camp is $125 and for a half-day is $65. To register online or print out a registration form, please visit http://www.claytonstatesports.com/summer_camps/index.
Clayton State's athletic camps are designed to provide the highest quality instruction in a safe, fun, and socially-enriching environment. The primary goal is for all campers to enjoy themselves while also learning and improving their skills.
Daily activities are led by Clayton State head coaches and focus on character building aspects of each individual sport, including self-esteem, discipline and responsibility. The camps combine small group instruction as well as game play to ensure development of fundamental skills and game knowledge. For more information, contact the Clayton State Athletic Department at (678) 466-4678.
Temporary Organization of Extended Programs
During my service as Interim Provost, the activities of the Extended Programs Division will be overseen by the following:
· Leslie Moore will serve as the Interim Director of Academic Outreach. In this interim role she will supervise the Academic Outreach Staff (Dual-Enrollment, Off-Campus) and schedule off-campus courses in Henry County.
· Tammy Carter will resume her duties as Dual-Enrollment Program Coordinator when she returns in early May.
· Jill Lanewill oversee the Office of Distance Learning. This will include supervising the new director of distance learning that we hope to hire in May to replace Ginny Bass, who has retired.
· Raj Sashti will be the new Director of the Office of International Programs beginning Apr. 21.
· Alex Hall will continue his service as the Honors Program Director.
I wish to thank all of these individuals for their willingness to take on these additional responsibilities. It is good to know that our programs are in such good hands.
– Kevin Demmitt, Associate V.P. for Extended Programs
Boots Bargain for Body Butter at The Loch Shop
Need some makeup or facial care products? Buy any Boots product this month at The Loch Shop and receive a FREE full size body butter of your choice.
Request from Public Safety – Enter Your Number in the Text Message Data Bank
When there is an emergency situation that could impact the safety of our campus, whether it be a human threat or weather related, we send out notifications mainly by email and text message.
Since many of you probably see the text messages much quicker than the emails, it is essential that everyone who has a telephone capable of receiving text messages enter your number into the University system to ensure that you receive the messages. It is an "opt in" system, which means that you have to personally enter your number. As a reminder, the process is very easy and quick:
· Go to the Clayton State University website
· Click on the "Swan"
· Click on "My Tab"
· Scroll down to "Emergency Text Messages" and enter your telephone number and the communications carrier (e.g. Verizon, AT&T, or other)
· Then hit "Save" and you're done.
It's that easy, so if you haven't already done so, please do so now, or if you have changed numbers or carriers since last entered, please update now.
New Dream Catchers Program!
The legend of the dream catcher embodies the idea that only good dreams are filtered through the netting allowing the good to pass through the feathers to the people. Clayton State is an entire community that rallies around the individual dreams and aspirations of its people. Clayton State's key attributes are creating an empowering experience, offering a supportive community, as well as offering inclusive diversity and an engaged, experiential preparation.
The "Dream Catchers" program allows faculty and staff to nominate a fellow colleague, themselves or even a department that really embodies one or all of the attributes. It's a way to remind all of us what makes our university unique! We will recognize these nominations monthly and encourage all of you to tell us how dreams are made real in your area. You may submit your nomination here: http://www.clayton.edu/Brand/Dream-Catchers.
LANDesk Agent Update
An update for the LANDesk agent is available. This mandatory update will be installed automatically on all campus computers on June 2. This process will require the computer to restart three times.
To avoid any loss of data or untimely interruptions, please download and install the agent from the software deployment portal or the HUB's tab on the S.W.A.N. today. This agent addresses some performance problems and corrects several previously know issues.
The Library Needs Boxes
Faculty and staff — please save paper boxes for the Library this month. Contact Jennifer Duke by email to let her know if you have a paper box, or drop them off at the Library. These paper boxes are used for the state media festival in May. The Library will need at least 50 boxes.
Center for Continuing Education Offering English as a Second Language Classes
The Center for Continuing Education at Clayton State University will be offering English as a Second Language (ESOL) classes at the Center for Continuing Education in Morrow beginning in April 2014.
Information Sessions and Assessments for the ESL classes will be held at the Harry S. Downs Center on the Clayton State main campus on Monday, Apr. 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and on Wednesday, Apr. 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Clayton State — East location.
Students need only to attend one of the Information Session. Classes will begin the week of Apr. 28.
For further information, please refer to the Center for Continuing Education's website at www.conted.clayton.edu or call (678) 466-5118.
Fiscal Year End 2014 Deadlines
Requisition Deadline Based Upon DOAS Guidelines:
¨ Apr. 18, 2014 Request for Quotes (RFQ) agency contracts, open market/one time purchases.
¨ May 2, 2014 Request for renewal or extension of current contracts.
Bids posted by Clayton State, not on State contract:
¨ Apr. 30, 2014 Last bid opening date for FY 2014 purchases.
Purchase Requisitions Submitted to Procurement Services:
¨ May 9, 2014 All purchases requiring a purchase order. Any purchases requested after this date must be approved by Budget & Finance.
P-Card Cutoff Dates:
¨ May 5, 2014 Last day to use the P-card so the purchases will be posted to the May 2014 Visa statement (received in June). Any purchases on future statements will be charged to Fiscal Year 2015.
Budget Amendment Requests:
¨ May 9, 2014 All budget amendments for FY 2014 submitted to Scott McElroy.
Check Request and Travel Reimbursement Deadlines:
¨ June 2, 2014 Last day the Travel and Expense module will be available for reimbursement requests for FY 2014.
¨ May 2, 2014 Last day to submit all check requests with appropriate documentation for FY 2014 for funds 10000, 10500 and 10600.
Cost Transfer:
¨ June 13, 2014 Last day to submit a request to transfer costs between E & G and Sponsored.
Expense Correction:
¨ June 13, 2014 Last day to submit a request to correct a charge posted against your budget.
Any questions, please contact Marcia Jones at marciajones@clayton.edu or ext. 4280.


Company leaders always want to make sure that their employees work as a team to achieve complex goals quickly and efficiently. Teamwork, corporate relationships, job satisfaction, and other factors together create the organizational company culture.
What is the difference between company culture and company climate?
There is a difference between these two terms. Although they are interrelated, climate rather describes shared perceptions within the organization, while culture includes many other factors, like emotional components as well as beliefs, values, assumptions and other aspects that form and influence the set of standard behaviors within the organization.
So, company culture is a deeper notion that encompasses a lot of complex aspects that drive a company. While company climate depends on the situation and can change pretty fast, organizational culture is something more stable and is based on relationship history. It is a system that every employee is required to follow.
Organizational culture is what any leader should pay attention to. Regular assessments of organizational culture and values that dominate in the work environment are crucial to understanding the factors that contribute to or, on the contrary, negatively influence the way the company operates.
94% of executives and 88% of employees say organizational culture is crucial to the company's success.
Employees' general ratings of the company's qualities are 20% higher if the company has a strong organizational culture.
90% of employees that work in companies with a strong organizational culture are confident in the company's leadership.
It is obvious that assessing organizational culture is important for the success of a company. And yet, only 19% of executives said that their company had the right culture and 1 in 5 employees reported that their companies didn't assess organizational culture at all.
Organizational culture assessments are something that has to be done not just on a year-to-year basis, but as regularly as possible. There are several types of assessments that allow leaders to take a look at the organizational culture from different perspectives.
Let's take a look at these assessments and how to use them to measure your company's organizational culture values.
First, let's concentrate on separate assessments that need to be done on a monthly basis to keep organizational culture measurements updated.
Conducting the assessment of organizational culture starts with the measurement of goals and values as seen by the leadership of the company. Business Needs Scorecard (BNS) is a type of organizational culture assessment that focuses on the current and desired culture organization values from the position of leadership.
External Relations – this aspect includes values and behaviors that impact a company's relations with outside factors like other market players, customers, etc.
Evolution – this point includes values and behaviors that describe creativity, innovation and other factors needed for the company to grow.
Culture – describes values and behaviors that impact trust, engagement, direction, communication, and supportive environment within the company.
Contribution to society – values and behaviors that contribute to the company's relationship with society.
After measuring each of the six aspects, participants do an analysis of the features that need to be implemented to improve the current organizational culture values in order to reach the desired values.
This assessment is important in order to understand organizational culture values from the perspective of the leadership. But BNS is a separate assessment and can only be put to use with other types of assessment, which are mentioned below.
what needs to be done in order to improve the work environment.
if the leadership provides the employee with regular feedback and encouragement.
The answers to these questions provide you with the full data on employee insights concerning how they perceive organizational culture in your company. This survey also gives you the answers on what needs to be done in order to achieve the desired values and to improve the work environment to achieve company goals.
This is another employee-oriented assessment that needs to be performed in order to measure the company's organizational culture values.
But what is a CTS diagram?
A CTS (Common good, Transformation, Self-interest) diagram is a set of questions divided into three categories that let you know what your employees think of the cultural values in your company and what they think you should focus on.
This assessment provides you with full information on how employees see the organizational culture and how they feel about the values that it brings along.
Together with the Business Needs Scorecard and Job Satisfaction Survey, a CTS diagram can help leaders and employees figure out the way how to achieve desired culture values, taking into considerations the ideas from both perspectives.
As you can see, all the answers are measured according to three indexes: Constructive, Passive/Defensive and Aggressive/Defensive. The results show the aspects of organizational culture that workers are satisfied with and what needs to be focused on. This approach allows you to fully study organizational culture values without conducting several separate assessments.
Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI): this is one of the renowned methods of measuring organizational culture values. It focuses on the four basic competing values that dominate or don't dominate in the organizational culture.
These values correspond to the four types of organizational cultures. This method allows you to identify the type of organizational culture that dominates in your company and what needs to be done to achieve the desired organizational culture values.
Assessing organizational culture values is a crucial step in bringing your company to success. It is reported that 48.4% of employees leave their jobs because of poor organizational culture. Thus, measuring your company's organizational culture values on a regular basis will provide you with important data on how to retain a positive work environment and help you achieve success.
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Watson goes with familiarity for Gleneagles
Tom Watson (Courtesy: Keith Allison)
None of the six captain's picks for the Ryder Cup are wrong, at least not yet. The six players selected by European and American captains Paul McGinley and Tom Watson, were for the most part, not surprises and none of them are bad players. What they are though, at least when it comes to Watson's American side, are predictable picks of familiarity, and really, the American captain had little other option.
It's no secret that Europe has pretty much dominated the Ryder Cup over the last two decades and when you look at the rosters that have been assembled, it's difficult to put a ton of faith in an American uprising against a European side that includes four of the top five ranked players in the world. Even McGinley's captains picks, where he selected Ryder Cup icons Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood along with European Tour veteran Stephen Gallacher, seem like options that were far better than what Watson had to choose from this time around.
Poulter's a match play ace with a 12-3 overall record in the event, and as you can see above, just might be a little nuts. Westwood's seen as the "veteran leader" of the team, and even if his form hasn't been great, his skills as a ball striker are always coveted despite the fact that he's one of the worst players in the world around and on the greens. Gallacher, fighting for a place on the team and the chance to play in his home country, basically forced McGinley to take him instead of Ryder Cup legend Luke Donald with his performance over the last couple of months. These three join a loaded roster that includes names like Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer and Justin Rose. McGinley, aside from the difficult phone call to Donald, had it pretty easy in the sense that no matter what he did, he wasn't going to pick a player that didn't belong in a Ryder Cup side.
As it relates to Watson, he mentioned during Tuesday's incredibly long and drawn out press conference that the call from Ted Bishop to captain the team was something that he had been waiting for since his last run as team captain back in 1993, but there's no doubt that Watson was also hoping for a slightly better hand to be dealt his way. His three captains picks of Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson and Hunter Mahan are all guys with flaws without question, but they also have established records and all three discussed the concept of redemption in their pressers. Bradley has famously not opened his suitcase from the last Ryder Cup two years ago at Medinah where he was part of an epic Sunday collapse that saw both himself and Simpson lose in singles matches on the final day. Mahan's last memory of the Ryder Cup? Well…
With Dustin Johnson, Jason Dufner and Tiger Woods all unavailable for a variety of reasons, there were calls for fresh faces to be part of Watson's final three. After his win in Boston, there was tons of support for Chris Kirk. Will Gray suggested Brooks Koepka. Both myself and Richie Hunt from GolfWRX put it out there that Kevin Na would be a good selection and it seems like every professional golfer born in the United States was propped up in recent weeks as a potential option for Watson and his staff, with some of the worst logic behind the suggestions. Mark Rolfing on NBC all weekend suggested that Chris Kirk should be thought of for a spot because he played well with Rory McIlroy in the final two rounds in Boston. What?
None of this is done to disparage players like Kirk or Russell Henley and Brendon Todd, who are fine PGA Tour players but when you look at the list of options that Watson had available to him, it's no wonder that he kept Tiger in the back of his mind until the very last moment. Over the last few months, I've suggested names like Billy Horschel and Gary Woodland simply because they are potential game breakers; guys who when they play well, are very difficult to beat, but those performances are few and far between, and when you compare them to the names from Europe, they fall woefully short. Kirk has had a good year, but taking someone like him on the basis that he just won the Deutsche Bank is foolish.
This isn't 2012 when Davis Love could have picked someone like Rickie Fowler and went with familiar names in Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker. Watson is looking to win this thing in a few weeks and even though the odds appear to be stacked against him, golf match play is arguably the biggest crapshoot in all of sports. He could have taken a flyer on a guy like Na or Koepka, but after waiting twenty years to get another shot at this, he wasn't going to go with guys who might give the United States a better chance of winning at home in two years or the guys who happened to make a few more birdies over the last couple of weeks in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. His job is to pick the team with the best chance of winning in three weeks, regardless of how predictable the selections may have been.
Watson went with what was familiar and after everything that has happened to his team over the last few months, he really had no other choice.
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Historically, maps have been considered the province of men. In America it wasn't monarchs and ministers but farmers and merchants who depended on them to govern and stay connected. For men, maps were an integral part of private life. Displayed in studies and libraries, they shaped masculine attitudes toward reading, writing, and interior décor. They were also essential tools for outdoor activities such as travel, surveying, or landscaping. Above all, circulating in a culture in which social status was defined by land ownership, maps were at once useful and symbolic objects illustrating male identity and self-worth.
Local maps, ranging from town plans to rural estate maps, performed vital economic and cultural functions for property owners until the end of the 1800s. Designed for Philadelphia residents, John Reed's Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia combined usefulness with art. The six sheets show the city and its suburbs, including the surveyed lots of undeveloped land in the northern "liberties." The map provided a panoramic directory that served groups such as merchants, tax collectors, and real estate agents. The decorative cartouche and engraved views of the Alms House, Pennsylvania Hospital, and State House associated the map with popular pictures of the time. Printed on linen rather than paper, the map was a versatile, multipurpose object.
The man of good taste turned to advice books in order to study the "Do's and Don'ts" of domestic architecture. Rudolph Ackermann and other authors of advice literature for men frequently recommended the display of maps and globes in offices and studies—spaces associated with male privacy. The maps were to be placed strategically, so as to enhance and balance the ensemble of furniture with decorative objects. With proportion and propriety ruling the design, the display of wall maps signified personal knowledge and the virtue of gravitas, two attributes valued in men.
As landscape gardening came of age in the early United States, the well-heeled as well as middle-class landowner sought out design and pattern books. The most popular ones involved before-and-after views, illustrating how changes in topography or vegetation allowed a countryseat or suburban home to become integrated into the landscape. While these views followed plans formulated by aesthetic theories such as the picturesque style, each called for the ability to read map drawings in order to interpret changes to the land.
Maps and globes were popular props in portraits and genre paintings throughout the 1700s and 1800s. A map showing the United States could signal a sitter's economic station, educational accomplishment, and national identity. This portrait miniature depicts a well-dressed man seated at a desk surrounded by the tools of his profession—the telescope, chart, globe, hourglass, compass, sextant, and pencil—identifying the sitter as a member of the merchant marine.
Terrestrial and celestial globes were important components of a gentleman's study during the 1700s and early 1800s. By the 1820s, the manufacture of terrestrial globes increased substantially, with furnishing and publishing houses offering versions from 6 to 30 inches in diameter. Stands or partial frames for the globes were custom-made to match the architecture of studies and office spaces.
Land was perhaps the most common commodity owned and traded by Americans of all ranks in the colonial and early national period. Because land ownership determined individual wealth, social rank, and taxes, it was in a landowner's interest to be a skilled surveyor. From the early 1700s onward, tutors and evening schools offered surveying lessons to semi-literate farmers in addition to well-read gentlemen, teaching technical terms, geometry and algebra, and the art of mapmaking. The results of a land survey consisted of a field book (a record of all measurements) and a plat (a map showing the surveyed land). Land surveying provided a steady—even lucrative—job for young men, including future presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as well as naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau.
In addition to taking classes, farmers and landowners could study the art of surveying with the help of how-to manuals. At the time of the American Revolution, there were more than a dozen textbooks in circulation, teaching the basics of geometry and trigonometry, the method of surveying land by compass and chain, and the art of writing and "polishing" (coloring) a map. John Love's handbook, Geodæsia, published in 1688 and still in use in 1800, was one of the first manuals to specifically address surveying practices in North America. Because there were not many church steeples to provide long-distance views for taking measurements, American surveyors did their work on foot, cutting through vast forests and wading through snake-infested swamps.


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Vijay Patrel may refer to:

Vijay Patel (businessman), Indian-English businessman
Vijay Patel (politician) (born 1960), Indian lawyer and politician

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Robustness only goes so far. Embrace a system's natural antifragility.
What is the opposite of fragile (breaks when confronted with unexpected events)? Changes are people answer with robustness (stays the same under unexpected events). But there's another way to look at it.
Taleb introduces the term antifragile for systems that don't simply stay the same when subjected to stressors, volatility, and exceptions, but that actually change for the better.
We tend to naively intervene in systems, without taking into account their natural antifragility. Take wildfire. If we attempt to stabilize - that is, prevent wildfires from happening - we believe we make the forest more robust. But over time, the combustible materials in the forest accumulate. When they finally do catch fire, the resulting damage is much larger. Even though the parts of the system, when left alone, are more fragile, the whole is antifragile. Just like bailing out banks can give us some temporary perceived stability, but can lead to bigger disasters in the long term.
The book is full of great examples. Taleb tells of of a taxi driver and an office clerk. The clerk has a stable job: he gets paid at the end of the month, and he gets a promotion every five years. The taxi driver on the other hand, has good days and bad days. He's constantly forced to be creative, experiment to find better spots to pick up customers, try honest as well as less honourable ways to increase his income. Then 2008 hits, the clerk suddenly loses all of his income at once, and finds himself on the street with no survival skills to speak of, and no experience with selling himself in interviews. The taxidriver might take a hit from the recession, but his years of being subjected to highs and low, made him antifragile.
I feel Antifragile is one of the most important books I've read in ages. Neither my short explanation above, nor the quotes below do it justice. It's hard to convey why it's so gripping. Already I'm seeing everything in my life in the light of the triad fragile - robust - antifragile.
The chief ethical rule is the following: Thou shalt not have antifragility at the expense of the fragility of others.
How do you innovate? First, try to get in trouble. I mean serious, but not terminal, trouble. I hold—it is beyond speculation, rather a conviction—that innovation and sophistication spark from initial situations of necessity, in ways that go far beyond the satisfaction of such necessity (...) The excess energy released from overreaction to setbacks is what innovates!
we can estimate, even measure, fragility and antifragility, while we cannot calculate risks and probabilities of shocks and rare events, no matter how sophisticated we get. Risk management as practiced is the study of an event taking place in the future, and only some economists and other lunatics can claim—against experience—to "measure" the future incidence of these rare events, with suckers listening to them—against experience and the track record of such claims. But fragility and antifragility are part of the current property of an object, a coffee table, a company, an industry, a country, a political system. We can detect fragility, see it, even in many cases measure it, or at least measure comparative fragility with a small error while comparisons of risk have been (so far) unreliable.
A complex system, contrary to what people believe, does not require complicated systems and regulations and intricate policies. The simpler, the better. Complications lead to multiplicative chains of unanticipated effects. Because of opacity, an intervention leads to unforeseen consequences, followed by apologies about the "unforeseen" aspect of the consequences, then to another intervention to correct the secondary effects, leading to an explosive series of branching "unforeseen" responses, each one worse than the preceding one.
We hear about the more lurid post-traumatic disorder, not post-traumatic growth, in the intellectual and so-called learned vocabulary. But popular culture has an awareness of its equivalent, revealed in the expression "it builds character." So do the ancient Mediterranean classics, along with grandmothers.
In the complex world, the notion of "cause" itself is suspect; it is either nearly impossible to detect or not really defined—another reason to ignore newspapers, with their constant supply of causes for things.
So some parts on the inside of a system may be required to be fragile in order to make the system antifragile as a result. Or the organism itself might be fragile, but the information encoded in the genes reproducing it will be antifragile. The point is not trivial, as it is behind the logic of evolution.


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Q: Combine MapReduce result with data How could i combine with map/reduce these two files:
File1. Data.
1   name:foo1,position:bar1
2   name:foo2,position:bar2
3   name:foo3,position:bar3
4   name:foo4,position:bar4
5   name:foo5,position:bar5

File2. MR computed result.
1   1,2
3   3,4,5

The goal is:
1   foo1,foo2
3   foo3,foo4,foo5

A: This looks like a join, which is definitely doable but a bit of a pain in straight map reduce. Have you taken a look at higher level languages like Pig or Hive to simplify this task?

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Microbiology is a broad term which includes the study of virology, mycology, parasitology, bacteriology and other branches.
The word Microbiology originates from Greek : mīkros, "small"; bios, "life"; and -logia, "study". It is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. This includes eukaryote such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes, which are bacteria and archaea. Viruses, though not strictly classed as living organisms, are also studied. In short; microbiology refers to the study of life and organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Previously 'Immunology' dealt mostly with the study of the immune response to infectious diseases and was studied under the umbrella of Microbiology. Even though Immunology is a broader subject now, it is still grouped with the microbiology subjects, particularly at undergraduate level.


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Anti-immigrant protesters scuffle with police in UK's Dover
Sep. 5, 2020 at 10:14 am Updated Sep. 5, 2020 at 10:14 am
LONDON (AP) — Far-right protesters clashed with police Saturday in the English port of Dover, where thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months after crossing the Channel in small boats.
Dozens of anti-immigrant demonstrators, some wearing Union Jack face masks, blocked a main road, singing "Rule, Britannia!" as they marched in the middle of the road. The song has sparked debate over its celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are reevaluating the nation's colonial past.
Some protesters scuffled with police near the entrance to the town's harbor. Police said nine people were arrested.
Anti-racism protesters held a rival demonstration in the town to say asylum-seekers were welcome.
On Friday night, the humanitarian charity Freedom from Torture beamed the words "Rise above fear. Refugees welcome" onto the White Cliffs of Dover overlooking the English Channel.
Migrants have long used northern France as a launching point to get to Britain, either in trucks through the Channel tunnel or on ferries.
Some have turned to small boats organized by people smugglers because coronavirus lockdowns have reduced opportunities to stow away on vehicles.
More than 5,000 migrants have crossed the Channel, one of the world's busiest waterways, this year, most during the warm summer months.


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