The presidents

of the USG institutions, who will be visiting the Clayton State campus

for a quarterly system presidents' meeting the afternoon of April 11,

have been invited to march in the procession.

Formerly the

dean of the College of Technology and interim dean of the College of Business

at Eastern Michigan University, Harden was appointed president of Clayton

State as of June 1, 2000 by USG Chancellor Stephen R. Portch, Ph.D., who

will officially invest Harden as Clayton State's president at next month's

inauguration ceremony.

Harden has

more than 30 years of experience in various leadership positions of increasing

responsibility, having previously served at Northern Kentucky University,

Southwest Texas State University, Western Illinois University, and his

alma mater, Miami University.

Harden earned

his bachelor of science degree in industrial education in 1974, from Miami

University of Ohio; and an M.S. in educational administration from the

University of Dayton, in 1978. He earned his Ed.D. in adult/technical

education, curriculum and instruction, and educational administration,

from the University of Cincinnati, in 1981. In addition, in 1995, Harden

earned a certificate in college management from Carnegie-Mellon University.

A native of

Middletown, Ohio, Harden and his wife, Cathy, have four children. One

child is a college graduate and the remaining three children are currently

pursuing undergraduate studies. Cathy Harden also holds degrees from Miami

University (B.S., 1974) and the University of Cincinnati (M.Ed.)

Clayton College

& State University, a member institution of the University System

of Georgia, is in Morrow, in south metro Atlanta. Approximately 10 percent

of its students come from Fayette County.

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