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Kennesaw State alumni, professor offer guide to Georgia's historic sites in new book
March 20, 2025
This June, Kennesaw State University alumni will see their classwork bound, covered, and sold, as part of the most comprehensive guide to date on all the historic sites owned and operated by the state of Georgia, which covers 1,500 years of history. Edited and co-authored by Kennesaw State history professor Jennifer Dickey, “There’s Lots to See in Georgia” resulted from a research seminar Dickey led in 2022 where each student adopted one of the 16 state historic sites to discover.
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Kennesaw State alumna selected as one of 25 International Olympic Committee Young Leaders
March 19, 2025
Out of more than 5,000 applicants from around the world, Kennesaw State University alumna Kyndall Hudson was one of 25 selected for the International Olympic Committee Young Leaders program. The four-year program empowers recruits to build out a grassroots sports project of choice by providing $10,000 in seed funding and a network of mentors. Young Leaders are also invited to attend the biannual IOC Youth Summit in Switzerland and other global gatherings.
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Kennesaw State students immersed in the work of the Georgia General Assembly
March 18, 2025
Each spring semester, students from Kennesaw State University and Georgia’s other institutions are selected to participate in the Georgia Legislative Internship Program (GLIP) to assist during the yearly General Assembly session.
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Kennesaw State students study COVID-19 impact on mothers in higher education
March 13, 2025
For the past year, a group of Kennesaw State University students have been synthesizing information from a multi-year study about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female academics who are also mothers. Led by professor of public administration Jennifer Purcell, the First-Year Scholars project is titled “Women@Work in Higher Education: Barriers and Opportunities for Current and Future Women Leaders,” and involves undergraduates Hannah Anderson, Kyndall Moore, Ana Luisa De Almeida Santos Onofre, and graduate research assistant Morgan Grant.
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Kennesaw State alumna leverages international affairs degree to lead Global Village Project
March 07, 2025
Elizabeth Elango has long been enthralled with the idea of becoming a diplomat, sparked by an urge to see the world beyond her native Cameroon and by a shared interest in global affairs with her father, former Kennesaw State University history professor Lovett Elango. In 1997, Elango graduated from KSU with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and afterward, a master’s degree in African studies at Yale University, where she earned a Fulbright scholarship to Zanzibar, Tanzania. Today, she leads a school for refugee girls in Decatur, the only one in the country.
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Day at the Capitol: Kennesaw State community members visit with legislators under the Gold Dome
February 19, 2025
Kennesaw State University students on Wednesday staked their claim at the Georgia State Capitol, sharing with legislators how the institution has shaped their academic careers as well as the university’s significance to the local and regional economy.
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Kennesaw State professor receives grant from Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust targeting abuse prevention
January 31, 2025
Kennesaw State associate professor Evelina Sterling has received a grant from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to take a preventative approach to addressing the opioid abuse crisis. The grant, totaling $240,000 over two years, will go toward creating programs that empower faculty, staff, students, and the broader university community to recognize the signs of opioid use disorder and possibly intervene.
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Humanities and social sciences prepare Kennesaw State students for universe of opportunities
January 10, 2025
In a time when many high-profile careers seemingly require degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, where do those who choose to major in the humanities stand? For decades now, when higher education budgets tighten, humanities and social sciences have come under the closest scrutiny. A cornerstone of higher education, many humanities and social science courses are part of the core curriculum that all students take, regardless of major, to build a foundation of critical thinking.
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Kennesaw State renowned scholar Kristina Hook documents evidence of Russian atrocities in Ukraine
January 02, 2025
After news of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kristina Hook’s thoughts immediately went to her many friends and colleagues gained from her years of fieldwork in Ukraine. “I will never forget the sleepless first night of Russia’s full-scale invasion. I called a Ukrainian family very close to me, where their daughter told of hearing the deadly whistle of cruise missiles flying above their residential neighborhood in Kyiv,” she said. “This memory sparked a flurry of new professional service roles for me.” Hook, now an assistant professor of conflict management in Kennesaw State University’s School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development, has spent years dedicating her research and advocacy work to give voices to the marginalized all over the globe.
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Alum credits Kennesaw State for helping him develop skills to create a multimedia success story
December 31, 2024
Like many remote employees, Jason Kirk ’07 wakes up each morning at his Atlanta-area home and logs in to his computer. Sometimes, before he wades into the day's work, he pauses and reflects on his journey. He set an early goal of carving out a career in sports journalism, and these days he has surpassed all expectations by working as a managing editor at The Athletic, a part of The New York Times.
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