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  • Marissa Alban

    Student ignites passion for singing in Kennesaw State's Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music

    February 26, 2025

    Passion drove Marissa Alban to Kennesaw State University and from one potential career path to another. She came to KSU to study nursing, a field driven by the passion of its practitioners. Unable to shake her love and talent for singing, however, she channeled her passion into a music major with a focus on vocal performance, where she remains on a path toward a career as a professional singer.

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  • Day at the Capitol: Kennesaw State community members visit with legislators under the Gold Dome

    Day at the Capitol: Kennesaw State community members visit with legislators under the Gold Dome

    February 19, 2025

    Kennesaw State University students on Wednesday staked their claim at the Georgia State Capitol, sharing with legislators how the institution has shaped their academic careers as well as the university’s significance to the local and regional economy.

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  • Kevin B. Gittner

    Kennesaw State assistant professor finds purpose in mentoring student researchers

    February 19, 2025

    A devoted public health and data science advocate, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Kevin B. Gittner says his true passion is mentoring students. Since joining Kennesaw State in 2021, Gittner has forged strong collaborations with student researchers across two colleges. When asked about his success in getting students involved in research, however, he credits them for demonstrating enthusiasm and curiosity.

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  • Evelina Sterling

    Kennesaw State professor receives grant from Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust targeting abuse prevention

    January 31, 2025

    Kennesaw State associate professor Evelina Sterling has received a grant from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to take a preventative approach to addressing the opioid abuse crisis. The grant, totaling $240,000 over two years, will go toward creating programs that empower faculty, staff, students, and the broader university community to recognize the signs of opioid use disorder and possibly intervene.

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  • Katherine Barnett and Susan Beidler

    Kennesaw State's Wellstar School of Nursing receives $1.2 million grant for opioid disorder training

    January 29, 2025

    As Georgia navigates a widespread opioid addiction crisis, researchers in Kennesaw State University’s Wellstar School of Nursing (WSON) are leveraging a $1.2 million grant to train budding nurses in addressing substance use disorders. The researchers – Katherine Barnett, Susan Beidler, Ashley Barber and Lisa Reyes-Walsh –received the grant from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust (GOCAT) for their two-year project, “Nurses Learning About Opioid Use Disorder,” or Nurses LOUD.

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  • Kennesaw State University

    Kennesaw State's online degree programs nationally ranked by U.S. News

    January 21, 2025

    Kennesaw State University online degree programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the best in the nation in the publication’s 2025 Best Online Programs list. Two of KSU’s programs have been recognized as top 20 nationally, seven are among the top 50, and two other programs have ranked in the top 100.

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  • Iwalani Reiser

    Kennesaw State student leverages emergency medicine experience in family nurse practitioner program

    December 06, 2024

    Iwalani Reiser has always thrived amid chaos, starting as a teenager on a voluntary ambulance crew in Bangkok and continuing as a paramedic in Atlanta. From the fast pace of nearly two decades in emergency medicine, she slowed down just enough to earn her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Kennesaw State University, with a focus on becoming a family nurse practitioner (FNP).

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  • Austin Brown

    Kennesaw State researchers take big steps in obesity research with NIH grant

    November 19, 2024

    As our population continues to age, the need for accessible health solutions is more urgent than ever. A recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting KSU faculty members, including principal investigator Bob Buresh and co-principal investigators Brian Kliszczewicz and Austin Brown, in investigating how walking can be a transformative and cost-effective approach to fighting obesity.

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  • Wellstar School of Nursing

    Kennesaw State and Wellstar double nursing student enrollment

    November 12, 2024

    Kennesaw State University (KSU) and Wellstar Health System have doubled the number of students at KSU’s Wellstar School of Nursing in the last four years, helping to fill the need for more nurses in Georgia.

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  • Chinomso Nwozichi

    Kennesaw State assistant professor named American Academy of Nursing Fellow

    October 28, 2024

    Kennesaw State assistant professor Chinomso Nwozichi has been named an American Academy of Nursing Fellow, the most prestigious recognition in nursing.

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