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Kennesaw State recognized for environmental stewardship
May 20, 2025
Kennesaw State University recently earned the Overall Community Improvement Award from Keep Cobb Beautiful during the Cobb County Sustainability Forum and Expo.
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First-year Kennesaw State student, author recognized as versed local historian
April 10, 2025
Andrew Bramlett is well beyond his years, recalling history like a scholar who has long been in the field, longer than his lifetime. Some might say he’s prodigious. At 19 years old, the first-year history student at Kennesaw State University sits on the Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission. A decade ago, though, he was appointed vice president of the Kennesaw Historical Society and served in this role until the group disbanded in 2023.
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Construction starting on Kennesaw State's newest residence hall
March 19, 2025
Kennesaw State University will make room for approximately 460 more students interested in living on campus with the addition of The Summit II residence hall, which was celebrated during a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday.
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Phone app boosts Kennesaw State's Takeout Club waste reduction initiative
March 05, 2025
A program where takeout food containers at Kennesaw State University dining halls are returned, washed, and reused has seen its effectiveness skyrocket through use of a phone app. KSU’s Takeout Club program has been in existence for years, but when dining services managers pivoted to an app called Fill it Forward, the return rate for meal containers increased significantly. The system lets dining managers keep accurate track of the inventory of containers in circulation, as well as letting them and Takeout Club members know how much waste is being diverted from garbage dumps – more than a half ton so far.
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Kennesaw State Museum of History and Holocaust Education reaches people where they are
January 27, 2025
An excellent museum is more than static displays inside hushed exhibition halls. It can travel, teach, and serve as an enlightening outreach tool for entire communities and beyond. Such is the case for Kennesaw State University's Museum of History and Holocaust Education, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary as one of the most innovative, high-quality, and far-reaching museums in the U.S.
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Kennesaw State leaders promote university's guiding values during Ethics Awareness Week
November 07, 2024
A pair of Kennesaw State University leaders discussed and answered questions about integrity, one of the institution’s core values, Wednesday during Ethics Awareness Week, an annual observance of the University System of Georgia (USG) and its 26 institutions. The program, Fireside Chat: Leading with Integrity and Values, featured Sonia Toson, vice president, organizational effectiveness, leadership development and inclusive excellence, in conversation with Nwakaego Nkumeh Walker, KSU’s chief legal affairs officer.
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Kennesaw State's economic impact rises to nearly $2.15 billion
August 15, 2024
Kennesaw State University’s economic impact in metro Atlanta increased to nearly $2.15 billion in fiscal year 2023, according to a University System of Georgia (USG) report released Wednesday. Kennesaw State’s FY 2023 economic impact in the 29-county Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area marked a 5.6% increase from $2.03 billion the previous year. The total impact of all 26 USG institutions on their communities was $21.9 billion in fiscal year 2023, up 9% from $20.1 billion in FY 2022.
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Kennesaw State maps path to growth, increased national prominence
August 08, 2024
Kennesaw State University leaders have unveiled “Taking Flight,” a new strategic plan that embraces the institution’s status as an emerging top public research university, while expanding its impact through excellence in teaching, relevant research, and community partnerships that benefit the region, state, and nation.
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Kennesaw State Academic Learning Center named for longtime family benefactors
February 08, 2024
Kennesaw State University’s Academic Learning Center, home to student honors and research facilities, now bears the name of the University’s largest family benefactors. In front of an audience of KSU deans, faculty and scholarship recipients who have benefited from the gifts of Audrey Morgan and her late sister Bobbie Bailey, KSU leaders unveiled on Tuesday the newly named Morgan and Bailey Academic Learning Center. Philanthropic support from Morgan, Bailey and the Bobbie Bailey Foundation totals more than $17 million, making the family the largest family donors in KSU history.
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Kennesaw State honors legacy of MLK with week of service, remembrance
January 19, 2024
The deeds and words of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. were celebrated throughout the Kennesaw State University community this week with a series of events honoring the legacy of the civil rights icon. The week culminated Friday at the annual MLK Legacy Breakfast in the Convocation Center with a keynote address by civil rights activist and actor Charles Black, who served and led several marches, sit-ins and other forms of protest opposing facilities that refused to serve people of color.
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