Following approval by the Board

of Regents of the University System of Georgia in 2003, Clayton State

has been offering credit classes for students on Tuesdays and Thursdays

at the Fayette Center. All courses are part of the core curriculum needed

learning support courses that prepare students to take MATH 1101.

Clayton State began offering

classes in Fayette County in the 2003 fall semester with a small cohort

of non-traditional students. As the program grows, it may expand to day

classes in addition to the evening courses offered at present.

A committee has been created

to find a suitable location somewhere in the county to establish a permanent

satellite campus for the university.

Clayton State, through the

Fayette County Center, has also been offering non-credit, Continuing Education

and small business development classes since the Center opened on Oct.

1, 2002.

'Laker Day' for Class

of '04 is March 13

Clayton State's spring "Laker

Day," the University's Open House for high school seniors and their

parents, is scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Open House will begin at

9 a.m. with a general session, followed by breakout sessions for parents

and students. After the breakouts, students and parents will be grouped

and taken for a tour of the campus, ending in the Athletics and Fitness

Center, where the popular Browse Fair will be held, starting at about

11:45 a.m. The Browse Fair features displays and representatives from

a wide variety of campus departments and organizations, and gives students

and parents a chance to talk one-on-one about Clayton State and its many

programs, both academic and student life-oriented.

According to Carol Montgomery,

Clayton State assistant director of Recruitment, a large number of responses

have already been received, and it's expected that spring Laker Day will

be very well-attended with approximately 200 participants.

For more information on the

spring Laker Day, contact the Clayton State Office of Admissions at 770-961-3500.

Information Forum rescheduled

for March 18

Due to last week's inclement

weather, Clayton College & State University's Information Forum for

Non-Traditional and Transfer Students has been re-scheduled to Thursday,

Mar. 18. The time and location, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in room

101 of Clayton State's Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education,

will remain the same.

The Information Forum is designed

for adult students who are considering starting college or returning to

college as a way to help them learn about admission requirements, financial

aid opportunities, and to talk with representatives from the academic

departments at Clayton State.

Prior registration for the

Information Forum is not required. For more information or for directions

to the Clayton State campus, call the Office of Admissions at 770-961-3500

or visit www.clayton.edu.

PTC's Lindzey joins zoology

to CCSU

He may be teaching at Clayton

State, but he's also at home in the zoo.

Clayton State welcomes Assistant

Professor of Biology Dr. Jonathan Lindzey, expert in zoology, reproductive

endocrinology and physiology.

A resident of Peachtree City,

Lindzey presently teaches human anatomy and physiology at the university,

and instructs labs for two courses: principles of biology, and human anatomy

and physiology. He also acts as advisor to students in Clayton State's

biology program.

Lindzey holds two degrees in

zoology, a B.A. from the University of California-Berkeley (1983) and

a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (1990). Prior to teaching at Clayton

State, Lindzey served as assistant professor of biology at the University

of South Florida where he taught upper division undergraduate, graduate,

and advanced graduate courses.

Active in his field, Lindzey's

current research involves mechanisms by which estrogens and androgens

regulate the hypothalamus and pituitary, and anthropogenic influences

on endocrine and immune systems of wildlife.

Lindzey has been published

in several journals, and has received awards for his research and presentations.

His membership in professional societies includes: the Endocrine Society,

the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Society

for Integrative and Comparative Biology.