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  • Kennesaw State senior succeeds as first-generation scholar leveraging opportunities

    Kennesaw State senior succeeds as first-generation scholar leveraging opportunities

    December 09, 2022

    Kennesaw State University senior Keoni McKeever is the first-generation in his family to attend college and has made the most of his opportunities to succeed, which will culminate in earning a degree next week during Fall Commencement ceremonies.

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  • Kennesaw State student pursues careers in nursing, track

    Kennesaw State student pursues careers in nursing, track

    December 08, 2022

    Between workouts and 12-hour clinical shifts, Kennesaw State senior Sarah Hendrick has lived college life to the fullest. As a nursing major and undergraduate researcher in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, she participated in the Symposium of Student Scholars presenting a study on opioid addiction. As an athlete on KSU’s track and field team, she has earned all-America honors four times in the 800-meter run. To top it off, Hendrick has done all of this while earning President’s List six times and the Dean’s List twice.

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  • Grant boosts expansion of Kennesaw State researcher

    Grant boosts expansion of Kennesaw State researcher's study of high-tech materials

    December 07, 2022

    By discovering a process that could simplify the manufacturing of advanced materials used in consumer electronics, Kennesaw State University assistant professor of chemistry Graham Collier has earned a nearly $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand his research.

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  • Kennesaw State dean endows first-generation scholarship in memory of late father

    Kennesaw State dean endows first-generation scholarship in memory of late father

    December 07, 2022

    Dean Katie Kaukinen said what she will remember most vividly about her childhood are the hours spent in the library at the school where her father, Gary Kaukinen, taught for 30 years, watching him prepare lessons for upcoming classes.

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  • Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech researchers partner to marry dance and science

    Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech researchers partner to marry dance and science

    December 02, 2022

    Wriggling into a stretchy, full-body black suit with internal wires, Kennesaw State University senior Jordan Carter smiled. “I feel like a spy,” the dance major said as she zipped up the motion capture suit, put on the accompanying gloves and strapped an elastic crown to her head. Nearby, KSU assistant professor of dance Andrea Knowlton watched two stick-figure avatars on a laptop screen. Carter and junior Tyler Hayes admired their suits and made adjustments before going through a series of predetermined movements.

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  • Christina Scherrer

    NIH grant aids Kennesaw State researcher to expand work on school-based dental health programs

    November 28, 2022

    Kennesaw State University researcher Christina Scherrer’s studies on school-based dental health programs have shown how effective they can be in reducing tooth decay in elementary-aged children. Now, through a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scherrer is expanding her research to see if similar programs can also help children in middle school.

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  • Office of Undergraduate Research hosts Fall Symposium of Student Scholars

    Office of Undergraduate Research hosts Fall Symposium of Student Scholars

    November 18, 2022

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  • Kennesaw State earns federal contract to help local manufacturers improve efficiency

    Kennesaw State earns federal contract to help local manufacturers improve efficiency

    November 17, 2022

    Kennesaw State University students and faculty members are bringing energy and productivity assessment services to small and medium-size manufacturers in the Southeast thanks to a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

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  • Kennesaw State researcher: Women may have an edge in entrepreneurial success

    Kennesaw State researcher: Women may have an edge in entrepreneurial success

    November 16, 2022

    Differences in the way the sexes think may give women an advantage in starting businesses, a study led by a Kennesaw State University researcher suggests.

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  • Ivan Pulinkala named provost at Kennesaw State University

    Ivan Pulinkala named provost at Kennesaw State University

    November 15, 2022

    Kennesaw State University President Kathy Schwaig has named Ivan Pulinkala as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, following a nationwide search. He will assume the role on Dec. 1, 2022.

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