Upon being selected to serve as Clayton State University’s fourth president in February 2010, Dr. Thomas J. (Tim) Hynes, Jr. has built a foundation of transparency, strategic thinking, and collaboration in his approach to transforming higher education. At the forefront of Dr. Hynes’s vision is Strategic Plan 2022, adopted by Clayton State in 2016 with a focus on becoming a national model for university-based community engagement and to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and motivations for learning and success.