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Exercise science team wins national title
May 30, 2019
The answer is, win a national championship. The question: What does a team of recent Kennesaw State graduates hope to accomplish next week? Kayla Alesi, Joy Tankersley, Emma Chorney and Ally Kuntz – who all received their exercise science degrees this month – will compete May 29 in the 12th annual American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Student Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The KSU quartet will compete for the national title against 12 other teams in the “Jeopardy”-style tournament showcasing sports medicine and exercise science knowledge.
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Doing a World of Good
May 16, 2019
Maria Mata plans to dedicate her career to addressing global health issues. She’s off to a good start, already traveling the world to gain experience in her chosen field. Mata returned from a semester-long internship in Switzerland to receive her public health education degree from Kennesaw State University this month. Mata’s next step is a two-year program in Spain and France that will earn her a dual master’s degree in public health.
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Dual Purpose
April 03, 2019
For the last two years, Matthew Tikhonovsky has had the opportunity to take college classes while earning both high school and college credit simultaneously as a dual-enrolled student at Kennesaw State University. When he graduates from The Classical School in Roswell in May, he will have participated in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research twice.
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The Road to NCUR
March 15, 2019
More than 4,000 undergraduate student researchers will present their work April 11-13 when Kennesaw State University hosts the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), the largest event of its kind in the country.
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KSU Social Science Professors Awarded NIH Grant for Health Disparities Research
February 28, 2019
Three Kennesaw State University researchers studying health disparities among various rural and urban populations in Georgia have recently been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant. Evelina Sterling, assistant professor of sociology, along with associate professors of social work Carol Collard and Vanessa Robinson-Dooley, were recently awarded the $404,000 three-year grant to develop a new self-management and support intervention program for low-income African-American men with multiple chronic conditions.
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A Heart for Health
February 26, 2019
Kennesaw State University student Erica Lundak plans to dedicate her career to promoting health and preventing disease in communities. She already is building a healthy resume toward that goal. Lundak, a University Honors Program student, is in the midst of two internships, one at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and one with WinShape Camps. Also, she has participated in conducting research relating to Parkinson’s disease, which she will present at a national conference KSU is hosting in April.
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Red Cross Recognition
January 28, 2019
When Kennesaw State student Brittany Ingenito completed her American Red Cross CPR certification on June 13, 2018, she had no idea she would put it to use in a real-life emergency the very next day. Ingenito stopped to help a motorcyclist who was badly injured in an accident on Due West Road in Dallas, Ga. She knew from her training what to do, such as leaving the man’s helmet on and not raising his head. While talking with a 911 operator, Ingenito gave chest compressions to the man until emergency medical technicians arrived and took over. For her quick action and caregiving efforts, Ingenito was honored Friday with the Red Cross Lifesaving Award and Certificate of Merit. It is the highest award the organization gives to someone who utilizes their Red Cross training and skills to voluntarily help to save or sustain a person’s life.
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After the Whistle
January 22, 2019
In the last regular-season game of his collegiate football career, Kennesaw State University offensive lineman C.J. Collins recalls jogging onto the field at SunTrust Park in late November full of confidence. Having played countless high-stakes games in his five-year career, the 6-foot-3-inch footballer wasn’t fazed by the sea of red-shirted Jacksonville State fans seated behind the far end zone, nor was he worried about the oversized Gamecock defensive linemen seeking to exact revenge on their 2017 loss against the Owls. In the end, KSU would prevail 60-52 in the fifth overtime. “Honestly, I grew so used to the big football crowds that it became pretty easy to manage my nerves,” said Collins, who now teaches math at Cherokee High School in Canton, Ga. “But the first time I had to get up in front of my class of about 20 high school students, it really started to make me sweat.” Collins, who made history as part of KSU’s first football signing class, is also part of a select group of players who were first to earn their degrees.
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KSU nursing graduates earn 100 percent pass rate
January 09, 2019
All 170 of the WellStar School of Nursing’s 2018 bachelor’s degree graduates passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) on their first attempt. The 100 percent first-time pass rate by Kennesaw State Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates was well above the 89 percent figure nationwide, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. The NCLEX is a standardized exam that each state board of nursing uses to determine whether nursing graduates are qualified to enter the profession.
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Kennesaw State elevated to R2 doctoral university
December 31, 2018
Kennesaw State University has been elevated to an “R2” designated institution – doctoral university with high research activity – in the revised 2018 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning, the second-highest classification for research institutions in the country. KSU is one of only 259 institutions to carry the “R1” or “R2” designation.
