CCSU represented at Orlando conference

CCSU represented

at Orlando conference

Dr. Michael Deis, School

of Business faculty advisor for the Society for Advancement of Management

chapter at Clayton College & State University, recently accompanied

four students to the SAM national meeting and case competition at the

Rosen Plaza in Orlando.

Clayton State

students Amanda Sahlbom, Keith Bleckley, LeVar Gholson and Robin Robinson

represented the university in the SAM 2003 Case Competition at the conference.

The students

performed well in the case competition, and several of them received additional

awards at the conference. Sahlbom, the current president of the Clayton

State chapter, received a SAM National Outstanding Student Award (one

of only 15 given nationally), and Sahlbom, Bleckley, and Gholson also

received SAM Regional Outstanding Student awards.

Sahlbom is

a marketing major, a graduate of Fayette County High School, and will

graduate in the spring of 2003 with high honors. Bleckley is a psychology

and human services major and a graduate of South Cobb High School who

will graduate from Clayton State in the spring of 2004. Sahlbom and Bleckley

will also be getting married Aug. 9 of this year.

Gholson is

a management major and a graduate of Richland Northeast High School in

Columbia, S.C. He plans on campaigning to be the Clayton State SAM president

for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Robinson, who

attended Lovejoy High School, is currently studying for a bachelor's degree

in accounting. She expects to graduate Clayton State in the spring of

2004 and hopes to the vice president of the SAM chapter next year.

Associate professor

of management Deis, a resident of Newnan, reports that he is extremely

proud of the accomplishments of the chapter, which received national recognition

when it was given the first place SAM Campus Chapter Performance Program

award for large chapters at the April, 2002, at International Conference

in McLean, Va.

The Campus

Chapter Performance Program Award recognizes chapters for practicing good

management skills and was awarded based on the success of the Clayton

State SAM chapter.

The Clayton

State chapter had previously received the Outstanding New Campus Chapter

Award at the SAM's 2001 International Conference in Las Vegas. Deis also

received SAM Outstanding Faculty Advisor Awards in 2002 and 2001.

The Clayton

State SAM Chapter began in September, 1998. In addition to now being the

largest chapter in the country, Clayton State's SAM chapter offers students

a great opportunity to enhance their college education.

Established

in 1912, SAM is a nonprofit organization that focuses on general management

skills and believes that every individual interested in management should

belong to SAM in addition to any other association in his/her area of

specialization. It is also the oldest international management organization

in the nation.

The mission

statement of SAM is: "To provide an opportunity for the members to

increase management skills and expertise through participation in programs

and services designed to improve the professional quality of their knowledge,

performance, and leadership ability."

Indeed, SAM

has been recognized at the highest levels: President John F. Kennedy in

an Aug. 19, 1963, letter to SAM, stated, "It is to managers who grow

with the needs and resources of their times that we must continue to look

to for the new ideas and their implementation to meet the challenge of

the future."

Since many

of Clayton State's students are already working professionals, they see

the importance of being able to improve their knowledge, performance,

and leadership ability. Being an active member in the SAM Chapter gives

them such an opportunity. In addition, many students (and employers) realize

the importance of showing campus involvement on resumes.

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