CLAYTON STATE NEWS
September 17, 2025
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Clayton State receives the 2022 Regent’s Momentum Year Award
Congratulations! Clayton State University received the 2022 Regents’ Momentum Year Award for Excellence in Teaching and Curricular Innovation on Tuesday, May 10 from the University System of Georgia (USG).
Alumni Spotlight: Lukeythia Bastardi
The Clayton State alumni office recently spoke with nursing alumna Lukeythia Bastardi ’06 about her career and unique path to the profession.
Clayton State Announces Partnership with Communities in Schools of Atlanta
Reports state that a significant percentage of high school students who grow up in underserved communities may never consider college as an option because of personal obligations, competing work schedules, or financial challenges.
Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas Collins
Nicholas Collins ’19 is a biology and chemistry teacher at Langston Hughes High School in Fulton County Schools.
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Helping students stay in STEM
Although the demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) graduates continues to grow, it appears that students are withdrawing from these major concentrations at alarming rates, according to administrators.
Alumni Spotlight: Marsha Anderson
Driving in your car. Sometimes that is all it takes for the lightbulb to turn on that something has to change. A change for the better. A change that is lasting.
Spivey Hall Young Artists Director named Music Educator of the Year
Dr. Craig Hurley, director and conductor of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, has been named Georgia Music Educators Association’s (GMEA) 2021 Music Educator of the Year.