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  • Officially an Owl

    On the eve of their first day of classes at Kennesaw State, first-year students received an official welcome to campus Sunday at the University’s Convocation ceremony. An annual tradition, First-Year Convocation begins in pep rally-style with the cheer squad and Scrappy the mascot leading the crowd in cheers of “K! S! U!” The ceremony then turns formal, complete with faculty dressed in academic regalia, explaining to first-year students the importance of a college education and the value of a degree from Kennesaw State.  –  August 14, 2017

  • Kennesaw State University freshmen move into their new on-campus homes (Marietta Daily Journal)

    A favorite comforter, a beloved computer and a borrowed mini-fridge. Textbooks, hockey sticks and pictures to remind you of home. It’s the time of year when college students pack their belongings into boxes, hug mom and dad goodbye and move into a dorm for the first time.  –  August 12, 2017

  • KSU President Sam Olens: 'Student Success is Our No. 1 Priority' (Metro Atlanta CEO)

    Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens welcomed faculty and staff to campus Thursday for the 2017-18 academic year, and encouraged them to take advantage of “the unique opportunity we have to transform the lives of our students.”  –  August 11, 2017

  • Top Ten Disasters

    Is it really possible to rank the top ten doomsday disasters? The Weather Channel apparently thinks so. Read below for all the answers to your most burning doomsday disaster-related questions about methane, the subject examined by Kennesaw State University’s Daniel Ferreira, assistant professor of environmental science. He appears on the Weather Channel program “Top Ten Doomsday Disasters” Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. #ItsAmazingOutThere  –  August 11, 2017

  • Kennesaw State honors outstanding faculty, staff

    Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens recognized more than three dozen individuals Thursday during Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony at which the Kennesaw State University Foundation awarded more than $141,000.  –  August 11, 2017

  • #HOOTYHOO

    “The fall represents a new beginning, a new adventure for everyone.” —Kennesaw State President Sam Olens Opening of the University, Fall 2017  –  August 11, 2017

  • KSU President: 'Student success is our No. 1 priority'

    Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens welcomed faculty and staff to campus Thursday for the 2017-18 academic year, and encouraged them to take advantage of “the unique opportunity we have to transform the lives of our students.” Speaking at the annual Opening of the University program at the Convocation Center on the Kennesaw Campus, Olens emphasized that “student success is our No. 1 priority.” He tasked the campus community to do their part to ensure that Kennesaw State students develop the skills and adaptability needed to succeed in today’s global economy.  –  August 10, 2017

  • Donor's gift targets at-risk students on Kennesaw State's Marietta Campus

    A $45,000 gift from The American Opportunity Foundation will soon provide emergency, on-campus housing and scholarships for students at risk for homelessness on Kennesaw State University’s Marietta Campus. The gift will support students served through the University’s Campus Awareness, Resource and Empowerment Center (CARE) Services, a program that assists KSU students who are dealing with homelessness, food insecurity or are part of the foster care system.  –  August 09, 2017

  • Yvonne Eaves named Holder Chair of Nursing at Kennesaw State

    The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Tuesday approved Yvonne Eaves’ appointment as the Thomas and Elizabeth Holder Chair in Kennesaw State University’s WellStar School of Nursing. Eaves, an associate professor of nursing, had been serving as interim director of the WellStar School of Nursing since Tommie Nelms’ retirement on June 30. The new School of Nursing Chair is in recognition of Thomas and Elizabeth Holder’s $1 million gift to the KSU Foundation.  –  August 09, 2017

  • Kennesaw State to offer new undergraduate communication major

    Students pursuing a degree in communication at Kennesaw State University will now have the option of earning a Bachelor of Science with a major in Organizational and Professional Communication following a vote Tuesday by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.  –  August 09, 2017