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Inauguration of Kennesaw State University’s
third president to be held Oct. 24
KENNESAW‚ Ga. (Oct. 5‚ 2006) — Daniel S. Papp
will be inaugurated as the third president of Kennesaw State University
Tuesday‚ Oct. 24. The 10 a.m. ceremony in the Convocation Center will be
followed by a noon luncheon on the Campus Green. The public is invited to
attend both events.
Erroll B. Davis Jr., University System of
Georgia chancellor, will conduct the presidential inauguration. Dean Joseph
D. Meeks of the College of the Arts, honorary chair of the inaugural
committee, will serve as master of ceremonies. Meeks also served as chair of
the presidential search and advisory committee. Special guests will include
U.S. Rep. Tom Price, as well as representatives from the office of Gov.
Sonny Perdue and the office of U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey.
University presidential inaugurations are
steeped in age−old tradition. Though they vary widely from one institution
to another and from one president to another‚ inaugurations reflect the
history and traditions of higher education‚ such as the coat of arms‚
university mace‚ academic regalia‚ and processional march‚ which date back
to the Middle Ages. An event distinguished by great ceremony‚ the
presidential inauguration stands out as a celebratory milestone in a
university’s life.
Papp‚ who was selected president Feb. 16 after
an extensive national search‚ assumed the post July 1. He succeeded Betty L.
Siegel‚ who stepped down after 25 years. The university’s first president‚
Horace Sturgis‚ served from 1965 to 1981.
Prior to becoming Kennesaw State’s president‚
Papp served as senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs for
the University System of Georgia. He was responsible for system−wide
academic‚ faculty and student issues; business and financial affairs;
academic and business information−technology systems; and strategic planning
affecting all of the university system’s 35 institutions.
Papp was also the founding director of Georgia
Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs‚ interim
president of Southern Polytechnic State University‚ and executive assistant
to the president at Georgia Tech. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth
College‚ Papp received his doctorate in international affairs from the
University of Miami.
For more information on the inauguration‚
visit
www.kennesaw.edu/inauguration.
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Kennesaw State University is a comprehensive‚
residential institution with a growing student population approaching 20‚000
from 132 countries. The third largest university out of 35 institutions in
the University System of Georgia‚ Kennesaw State offers more than 60
graduate and undergraduate degrees‚ including a brand new Doctorate of
Education in Leadership.
Contact: Frances Weyand‚ Director of
University Relations‚ 770−423−6203 or
fweyand@kennesaw.edu |
