Get involved with the exciting and engaging lectures, film screenings, workshops and
symposiums happening at the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity
in the Coles College of Business.
Fall 2025 Lectures
Dr. Borhan Sayedy
Ready to take control of your financial future, starting today? Join Dr. Borhan Sayedy, a KSU professor teaching Economics and Finance with a powerful personal story and
a passion for helping students succeed, as he guides you through building your own
personalized retirement plan.
Dr. Tom Price, 23rd U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Former Member of Congress
Lecture: "A Life of Medicine and Politics-Conversation with Dr. Tom Price" Dr. Tom Price will share his insights and perspectives from the two decades which
he spent as an elected official and public servant, crafting policy on both the state
and national level.
Date: October 13, 2025 Time: 10:10am - 11:00am Location: Burruss Building 151, Kennesaw Campus
Date: November 5, 2025 Time: 10:10 am Location: Burruss Building 151, Kennesaw Campus
Description: In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi Germany's Enigma code -- which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team, including Joan Clarke, analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed, becoming heroes for greatly contributing to the Allied victory over the Axis powers in WW-II. But in 1952, Turing was prosecuted by the British government and sent to prison for engaging in homosexual acts. Following a campaign in 2009, British prime minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology for "the appalling way [Turing] was treated," and in 2013 Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous pardon. This film is being shown as part of KSU's Year of the United Kingdom.
Date: November 11, 2025 Time: 9:30 am Location: Engineering Technology Center 202, Marietta Campus
Description: During World War II, as Adolf Hitler's powerful Wehrmacht rampages across Europe, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain, is forced to resign, recommending Winston Churchill as his replacement. But even in his early days as the country's leader, Churchill is under pressure to commence peace negotiations with Hitler or to fight head-on the seemingly invincible Nazi regime, whatever the cost. However difficult and dangerous his decision may be, Churchill has no choice but to shine in the country's darkest hour. This film is being shown as part of KSU's Year of the United Kingdom.
Date: November 12, 2025 Time: 10:10 am Location: Burruss Building 151, Kennesaw Campus
Description: The Iron Lady is a 2011 biographical drama film based on the life and career of Margaret Thatcher, a British politician who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. It depicts an elderly Thatcher talking to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from life are interspersed. This film is being shown as part of KSU's Year of the United Kingdom.
