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Clayton School company history timeline

1986

May 1986: Board of Regents authorizes name change to Clayton State College, effective July 1, 1986.

1987

September 1987: College opens first off-campus facility, with classes beginning in the Aircraft Mechanics Program in Jonesboro.

1988

June 1988: Technology Building opens as the ninth building on campus.

1990

The late 1990's brought forth the expansion of student and faculty parking, new playing fields, and three additions to the main building.

1993

August 1993: Clayton State Boulevard opens as a new entrance road from Highway 54 to the main campus entrance.

1994

Fall 1994: Former president Doctor Richard Skinner and members of the campus created a time capsule in celebration of Clayton State’s 25th anniversary.

1999

August 1999: Clayton Place Apartments open immediately adjacent to campus.

2000

March 2000: Main campus lake named "Swan Lake". March 2000: The music building opens.

2002

August 2002: Doctor Raymond Osei of the University of the Cape Coast in Ghana starts teaching at Clayton College & State University as the university’s first Fulbright Scholar in Residence.

December 2002: Clayton College & State University changes name of its academic division, New College, to the College of Information and Mathematical Sciences.

2004

April 2004: Cygnet, Clayton College & State University’s first student literary arts journal is published.

2005

November 2005: First graduate degree, the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, approved.

2006

In August of 2006, Clayton High School celebrated the opening of its newest addition, a 30 classroom wing, which houses approximately 700 students.

2008

May 2008: Clayton State purchases Atlanta Bible College property, now known as Clayton State–East.

August 12, 2008: Clayton State opens Laker Hall student residence.

2016

January 2016: Clayton State purchases 13 acres of the Phyllis Trammell estate for future development.

2017

April 2017: Launched its first comprehensive campaign, Greater In Mind, a four-year, $12 million campaign to offer greater financial support to students who may otherwise not be able to complete their degree without some form of aid.

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