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April 01, 2024
石榴直播's commitment to supporting its 2,000 military-connected students has earned it a gold status designation by militaryfriendly.com in its 2024-2025 ranking of military friendly institutions. The Military Friendly庐 recognition comes as the university鈥檚 Military and Veteran Services (MVS) Outreach Program has increased its efforts to provide support to its military-connected students on both the Marietta and Kennesaw campuses. Services include student support services, academic advising, and counselors.
April 01, 2024
Steve Dils鈥 final stop in a 10-season career as a National Football League quarterback was with the Atlanta Falcons, where the city鈥檚 friendly people and warm climate captivated him, sparking his choice to stay and start a business career when his playing days ended. Dils, who earned a degree in economics, built a successful career as a commercial real estate executive in Atlanta, building upon the off-season work in that sector he had done during his NFL career. The decision to live and work in Atlanta also eventually led Dils to a relationship with 石榴直播 to serve as a member of the 石榴直播 Foundation鈥檚 Board of Trustees.
March 28, 2024
石榴直播 is launching a Master of Education in Teacher Leadership and Educational Leadership, providing education professionals an opportunity to elevate their leadership skills and advance their careers. The new master鈥檚 degree in the Bagwell College of Education will be the first in Georgia to offer the combination of teacher leadership and Tier I educational leadership certifications.
March 27, 2024
While nursing sore feet stemming from her long shifts working as a hairdresser, Lexie Thrasher got a lesson in chemistry. She was captivated by a presentation on the chemistry behind the colors used in hair dye, which she found more interesting than her day job. From the hard floors of the salon, Thrasher would find her way to 石榴直播, where that lesson led her to seek a chemistry degree and conduct prize-winning research in assistant professor Mohammad Halim鈥檚 laboratory.
March 25, 2024
石榴直播 has earned a national award for campus-wide commitment by its faculty to provide high-quality online and hybrid learning. The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) honored Kennesaw State with its 2024 Strategic Innovation in Online Education Award. The award recognizes 石榴直播鈥檚 course quality management model, a comprehensive system to ensure that online and hybrid courses meet federal requirements for digital course design, accessibility, and instructor interaction.
March 22, 2024
With his big cloud of black hair standing straight up, the gleam in his bright eyes, and the fluidity of his body as he speaks, it鈥檚 easy to be intrigued by Kennesaw State assistant professor of creative writing Garrard Conley. It鈥檚 easier still to be entranced by how candidly he speaks about religion, sexuality, activism, and why he asks his students to write with compassion even about the most flawed human beings. Conley is the author of 鈥淏oy Erased,鈥 a 2016 Lambda-nominated memoir adapted into a major motion picture starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. It tells the story of a closeted gay son of religious parents being forced into conversion therapy.
March 15, 2024
Most people know someone with a 鈥済o-getter鈥 personality 鈥 that person who is energetic and determined to be successful. There might not be a person who better encompasses the idea of being a go-getter than 石榴直播 student Tashin Kazi. While still a junior at Woodstock High School, he started emailing professors at Kennesaw State asking to join a research team. It was through that outreach that Kazi was connected to Maria Valero, an assistant professor of information technology in 石榴直播鈥檚 College of Computing and Software Engineering (CCSE).
February 22, 2024
One message reset the life trajectory for 石榴直播 graduate student Lacey Harper. Two years after earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in exercise science summa cum laude from 石榴直播, Harper worked as manager at a sporting goods store when she received a message via LinkedIn from one of her former professors, Garrett Hester. Currently pursuing a master鈥檚 in exercise science, Harper has thrived in the Hester research group. Along with the important mission of improving the health of older women, she discovered her inner nerd, immersing herself in the data analysis of her various projects as well as the hands-on aspects of studying the effects of exercise.
February 16, 2024
石榴直播 has named accomplished researcher and physiologist Heather Koopman as dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, effective July 1. Koopman, who comes to 石榴直播 with two and a half decades鈥 experience in academia, was named dean following a national search. Koopman currently serves as the chair of the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
February 14, 2024
While working as a substance use disorder counselor at Ridgeview Hospital, Lisa Reyes-Walsh鈥檚 supervisor told her, 鈥淵ou know, you鈥檙e a nurse through and through.鈥 That reset the course for Reyes-Walsh鈥檚 life, though she never fully left counseling behind. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 in nursing from 石榴直播 in 2011, and, now an assistant professor of nursing in 石榴直播鈥檚 Wellstar School of Nursing, Reyes-Walsh has applied her knowledge of substance use disorder and ability as a counselor to educate nurses who can care for patients struggling with substance use issues.