Wednesday, March 19, 2003

CCSU helps fill Fayette jobs

Success is the order of the day at Clayton College & State University, as yet another graduate finds a career building opportunity in their very own backyard. Grace Bell of Peachtree City was recently hired by Centex Homes, a nationally recognized subsidiary of Centex Corporation, in Peachtree City.

Bell, a non-traditional student who received her degree in Information Technology (IT) in July of 2002, graduated Magna cum Laude with a 3.72 GPA from Clayton State.

"I love my job," says Bell. "I am very impressed with Centex. The company really stands by their claims of integrity and that is very important to me."

Graduating with honors certainly didn't hurt Bell's chances of getting a good job, but she credits much of her success to Clayton State's IT professors and the two internships she was required to take during her tenure as a student.

"During my first internship, I was the project manager for the implementation of Clayton State's New College web site (the New College is now called the College of Information and Mathematical Sciences). I worked with a faculty web developer/class instructor and a classroom of students to insure the completion of the project." continues Bell.

"I accomplished many of these tasks by using everything I had learned in my Systems Analysis, project Management and Webmaster classes. There was very little or no supervision. The way I chose to manage the project was entirely up to me because I was proving myself as a Project Manager."

At Centex, Bell is the Pathways Administrator for the South Atlanta division. She has been in Orlando, learning their program, which she will eventually teach to the sales staff.

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