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Kennesaw State University Alumni Association announces 40 Owls Under 40 Class of 2026
January 29, 2026
Forty exceptional alumni were named today to the Kennesaw State University (KSU) Alumni Association’s 40 Owls Under 40 Class of 2026. The recognition program celebrates KSU and Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) alumni who are under 40 and making bold strides in their professions and their communities since graduation.
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Kennesaw State alumnus nominated for National Superintendent of the Year honor
January 23, 2026
Kennesaw State University alumnus Marc Feuerbach ‘07, who is Cartersville City Schools Superintendent, will represent Georgia at the national level in February at the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) meeting in Nashville. Named 2026 Superintendent of the Year recently by the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) and Georgia School Superintendents Association (GSSA), Feuerbach is the state’s nominee for National Superintendent of the Year, an honor the AASA will announce Feb. 12.
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Alumna carves unique path toward sports journalism career
January 21, 2026
Since earning a broadcast journalism degree in KSU’s Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Autumn Johnson has graduated from presenting in the classroom to being featured on televisions and screens across the country. She wears many hats in the sports journalism world, from serving as a WNBA analyst for ION Media Networks to sideline reporter for the Atlanta Dream.
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HatchBridge Incubator helps bring KSU research, alumni and community ventures to market
January 02, 2026
Some key parts of Kennesaw State University’s mission are to advance knowledge, foster innovation, and serve the community. Through the HatchBridge Incubator, those facets are coming to life.
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Student-athlete graduates, makes history for KSU football
December 12, 2025
Fall semester has been nothing short of amazing on the field and in the classroom for Kennesaw State University Owls running back Coleman Bennett. On the field he posted more than 1,000 total yards from scrimmage and scored seven touchdowns, to help drive the Owls to the Conference USA championship and the program’s first postseason bowl. In the classroom he was named to the Conference USA Football All-Academic Team. Now he will wrap up the semester graduating with his Master of Public Administration (MPA) on Dec. 16 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Twin sisters honor late father's wish as they graduate from Kennesaw State
December 11, 2025
A year before they would officially graduate from Kennesaw State University with degrees in psychology, identical twin sisters Analisa and Alyssa Rhymer donned their cap and gowns for an early graduation celebration. Instead of crossing the stage at KSU’s Convocation Center, the women walked the hallways and into the room of the hospital where their father was spending the last days of his battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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Nursing graduate returns to KSU for master's, teaching opportunities
December 10, 2025
As a nurse at Emory Healthcare, Sydney Conrad ’15 took on some extra duties that involved her working in an educational role with patients and staff. She fell in love with the idea of becoming a nursing educator, so she returned to Kennesaw State University for a master’s degree. Originally thinking she would focus on education at bedside, the variety of experiences she received in KSU’s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program have her thinking bigger.
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Former SGA president thrives in player development role for Georgia State women's hoops
December 08, 2025
Bethany Fortson ’23 has had a clear vision of her future for a long time. The former Student Government Association president at Kennesaw State University said her career goal was a position on a Division I coaching staff as a director of player development and community relations, the better to bridge the gap between town and gown through student-athlete involvement. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, she earned her master’s in sport management from Georgia State in 2025 – and stepped right into that role for the Georgia State women’s basketball team.
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Alumnus stars in Amazon Prime horror film
November 25, 2025
Like many young children, Kennesaw State University graduate CJ Malone ’23 loved watching Spider-Man as a young boy. But it wasn’t just the swinging between skyscrapers or combatting villains that fascinated him, Malone dreamed of being on the big screen. Today he is living that dream. The KSU public relations graduate recently starred in “Young & Cursed,” an independent horror film that premiered this fall on Amazon Prime and Apple TV, marking a major milestone in his acting career.
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Chemistry alumni use research as springboard to industry careers
November 20, 2025
In the complex world of chemistry, one can take a direct path from education to industry, as recent Kennesaw State University graduates Mary Smith ’25 and Anthony London ’25 can attest. The two graduated from KSU’s College of Science and Mathematics in May with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and stepped right into industry jobs in Marietta – Smith as a laboratory chemist with Underwriters Laboratory Solutions (UL Solutions), and London as an analytical chemist with German company imat-uve.