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2019 Football Season Tickets
Season tickets for the 2019 Kennesaw State football season are now on sale as the Owls go for their third straight Big South Conference championship in just the program's fifth year of existence. – July 02, 2019
2019 Kennesaw State Birla Carbon Scholars Selected
Kennesaw State University’s College of Science and Mathematics has selected 11 Birla Carbon Scholars to each receive a $4,000 stipend to pursue their individual research interests during a unique 10-week summer program established by Birla Carbon, the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of carbon black. In marking the sixth year of the scholars program, Birla Carbon increased the number of scholars to 11 from 10 and increased its pledge to $275,000 to support the undergraduate research program in the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) for a five-year annual gift of $55,000. – July 01, 2019
An Owl in the Ivy League
Bradley Heath acknowledges that attending school in the United States was an adjustment after his family moved to metro Atlanta from the United Kingdom as he was starting high school. He has adapted quite well. Now a rising senior at Kennesaw State University, Heath is in the Coles Scholars Program for the top students in the Michael J. Coles College of Business and is set to earn his finance degree next spring. He also recently participated in a weeklong residential education program hosted by one of the nation’s best business schools. Heath was selected for the Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management, which simulates being a student in Harvard’s renowned Master of Business Administration program. – July 01, 2019
Written by Whitten | Putting Trust in our Trustees
As Kennesaw State grows into the best R2 institution in the country, there is one group that will play a crucial role in helping us reach our goals: the Kennesaw State University Foundation Board of Trustees. – July 01, 2019
Finding Home
Psychology major Jamie Lowe built a strong support network at Kennesaw State University to help her succeed during her first year as a college student. Now as she prepares for the start of her second year, Lowe is looking forward to sharing her experiences to help first-year students adjust to college life. – June 28, 2019
Honors student studying through Fulbright program
Kennesaw State University sophomore Kendall Chamberlain is studying in Northern Ireland for four weeks after being chosen for the prestigious Fulbright Summer Institute program. Chamberlain, a President’s Emerging Global Scholars (PEGS) student in KSU’s Honors College, is part of the Summer Institute’s Irish Studies track, focusing on Northern Ireland’s literature and culture. – June 26, 2019
Shaping the Shipping Industry
When information systems student Ryan Bishop spoke last week, the world was listening. Bishop joined Kennesaw State University associate professor Dominic Thomas among the participants of a three-day International Organization for Standardization (ISO) meeting to establish systems and software maintenance guidelines in the maritime shipping industry. Representatives from six countries – including officials from the largest shipping company in the world, Maersk – met for three days in KSU’s Prillaman Hall to discuss creating technology standards for devices on shipping vessels. – June 26, 2019
Written by Whitten | Postcards from Abroad
Study abroad provides our students with a front-row seat to the global marketplace, immersing them in different cultures and broadening their worldview. This year, a total of 868 KSU students will visit 36 different countries. This summer, students are participating in more than 50 faculty-led programs covering multiple disciplines. – June 25, 2019
Destination: England
Each semester, Kennesaw State University students participate in faculty-led education abroad programs to enhance their studies and gather perspective from nearly 40 countries worldwide. This summer is no different, as KSU’s Division of Global Affairs offers more than 50 programs covering a myriad of disciplines. Students in the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business (MEBUS) Program recently took their sixth annual education abroad trip to London. – June 25, 2019
