MORROW — After years of operation and innovation, Clayton State University’s Launchpad Leadership Academy’s new campus space is open for business.
The opening of the Academy’s new campus space was held in the James M. Baker University Center Thursday.
Genesis Polo, the executive assistant to the dean of Clayton State’s College of Information and Mathematical Sciences (CIMS), said that the new academy space will be arranged to help students feel both relaxed and professionally ready to engage in casual conversations and networking events alike with local industry leaders.
“The studio room has sofas and sofa chairs as soon as you walk in to give it a home living room feel,” Polo said. “When you walk towards the back side, there are high top tables and stools to give it more of a restaurant feeling, where students can have more privacy.”
The new academy space will also feature a two-roomed studio, complete with a conference room for in-person and virtual meetings, as well as a section set up entirely for Academy industry partners to engage with and work with students — some of whom may even become prospective future employees.
“From what I know, there’s not another space like this on campus where you can just come hang out, probably find someone from Google or Intuit,” Polo said. “It’s a place where you can just network … it brings us to the forefront.”
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