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Department of Dance Receives Gift for Student Scholarships and Artistic Performances
Kennesaw State University Department of Dance has received a donation of $541,000 from the Yunek family. The Eleo Pomare–Glenn Conner Dance Endowment will be used to begin the KSU Choreographic Residency Program to bring two nationally curated choreographers to the Department of Dance to create two world premieres, beginning next summer. The annual choreographic residency honors the late benefactors who were luminaries of the dance world. – June 15, 2020
Research Computing Resources Support Complex Projects
Kennesaw State University is home to the High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, which supports various research projects conducted by faculty and students. The specialized technology resources and technical expertise are coordinated by a partnership between the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Vice President for Information Technology, as well as the Office of the Vice President for Research. – June 11, 2020
Theatre and performance studies professor receives award for innovative research work
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected Department of Theatre & Performance Studies’ associate professor Charles (Charlie) Parrott as a 2020 Council on Undergraduate Research Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee. – June 11, 2020
Owls Dominate Big South All-Decade Team
The Kennesaw State football team was well represented Monday afternoon on the Big South Conference All-Decade Team presented by Hercules Tires, as six current and former Owls were named to the team. – June 10, 2020
KSU alum aspires to meet mental health needs in rural communities
Kennesaw State University alumnus Austin Peek knows first-hand the importance of mental health resources being available in small, rural communities, and he plans to help address that need through a career as a clinical mental health counselor. Peek, who earned his psychology degree from KSU as an Honors graduate this spring, will pursue a master’s in counseling from East Tennessee State University starting this fall. Peek aspires to run his own counseling practice to serve people in rural areas, drawing inspiration from growing up in a small town and needing to drive more than an hour to another county every week for treatment of his anxiety. – June 10, 2020
Doctoral student awarded fellowship by Women in Sports Tech
After nearly a decade as an epidemiologist and biostatistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jessica Rudd felt an innate need to broaden her skillset in analytics and data science. Then, in 2015, she saw the sign. While driving north on Interstate 75 toward Chattanooga, she passed a billboard near Exit 271 that would change her career trajectory. It was an advertisement for Kennesaw State University’s Ph.D. degree program in Analytics and Data Science, the first of its kind in the country. After returning home, she called Jennifer Priestley, executive director of Analytics & Data Science Institute, and discussed the prospect of joining the program, in which she would enroll a year later. – June 08, 2020
Exploring the Possibilities of Research
The First-Year Scholars Program, established in fall 2019, is igniting students’ interest in research by helping them connect with experienced faculty mentors. That is the reasoning behind the design of this unique program, according to Amy Buddie, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at Kennesaw State. – June 08, 2020
KSU alum gains experience before med school
Some seek out relaxation during the summer. Kennesaw State alumnus Phillip Williams seeks out the opposite. A certified emergency medical technician who works in the emergency room at a local hospital, Williams is working with a neurosurgeon on a study that they hope to publish by the end of the year. – June 05, 2020
Scholarship Endowment Established in Honor of Late KSU Alumnus
Allen Brooks can recall the first time he met the late Kennesaw State University alumnus John Boyko on the way to his usual fishing spot. At the time, Boyko was a freshman business student at Kennesaw State working part time at a local bait shop, allowing the two to build a friendship over their common interests. By the time Boyko entered his junior year, he would receive an invitation to complete an internship at Kennesaw-based company ServIT, where Brooks served as president, and ultimately blossomed into whom Brooks said was the company’s “first marketing genius.” – June 04, 2020
