Clayton State Professor Joyce Swofford Retires After 35 Years of Teaching Morrow, Ga., Nov. 5, 2004 – Dr. Joyce Swofford, Professor of English at Clayton State, will be retiring this year after teaching for almost 35 years. Her retirement reception will be held in the Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education on the Clayton State campus on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Swofford has taught at Clayton State since 1976 in the Developmental Studies Department and the Humanities Department. Before Clayton State, Swofford worked for six years teaching in Virginia and Alabama. “I’ve never thought of my work here at Clayton as ‘work’ in the tedium sense,” says Swofford. “It’s just been a part of my life.” While doing more civic volunteer work and doing service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and getting in a few more golf games, Swofford also plans to spend time teaching part-time at the Southeastern Center for the Enhancement of Learning. She also plans to spend more time outdoors snow skiing, riding her bicycle on dirt trails, and hiking in the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. Swofford lives in Rex, Ga. Her retirement will become effective Jan. 1, 2005.