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September 05, 2024
Ben Looper’s journey with Kennesaw State University began in the 1990s when he and his wife, Brandy, were students. Those formative years sparked a lifelong connection that continues to inspire their commitment to the university today. As the CEO of Southeast Restoration Group, Looper has not only achieved personal success but also embraced the responsibility of giving back to the community that shaped him.
September 04, 2024
The trajectory of Vignesh Mullaguru’s academic journey truly began taking shape four years ago. In 2020, as student experiences shifted online out of necessity, Mullaguru was unexpectedly ushered into an era of discovery. Mullaguru, who recently earned a degree in interactive design from Kennesaw State University, had always been interested in design. As a student at Johns Creek High School, Mullaguru thought he might leverage that interest into a career in architecture.
August 30, 2024
Celina Duong is a sophomore finance major who participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), researching why public restaurant firms have opted to shift to private ownership.
August 28, 2024
Born at the height of the Civil Rights movement as the son of one of the nation’s first black physicists, Alan Shaw stands on the shoulders of giants who changed the course of history. Now an associate professor and the associate chair of the Computer Science department at Kennesaw State University, he is carving his own path by impacting the lives of countless students through educational technology and the theory of social constructivism.
August 27, 2024
Kennesaw State University has received more than $169,000 in AmeriCorps funding from the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism (Georgia Serves), enabling more KSU students to make a difference in the community.
August 26, 2024
The KSU Owl Network is a student-focused one-stop-shop for live Kennesaw State Owls athletics coverage. Available on ESPN+, KSUOwls.com, social media, digital radio and more, the network provides students of all majors the opportunity to produce live broadcasts, commercials, highlight reels, graphics, and to analyze games.
August 23, 2024
Kennesaw State University student Emily Manqueros’ study of the efficacy of bioglass on bringing medical treatments into human bodies won the top prize at the Birla Carbon Scholars Symposium on Thursday. Now in its 11th year, the symposium marks the completion of an intensive summer research program that allows students to apply their studies toward sponsored projects under the guidance of Kennesaw State faculty scholars.
August 22, 2024
As an undergraduate student at Kennesaw State University, Ashley Belinfante scoured the campus searching for mosquitos to screen for viruses. Now, Belinfante uses those skills to aid the country’s agricultural community, identifying bacterial respiratory infections in swine and searching for solutions through a fellowship with Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) with the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 22, 2024
The Kennesaw State University Foundation recently named Theodore “Teddy” L. Parrish, founder of Parrish Capital, as its new chair. His two-year term began on July 1.
August 21, 2024
On Nov. 31, 2022, a group of students gathered around Jeanne Law’s computer and stared in wonder. It was the day after OpenAI released an early demo of ChatGPT, and Law, a professor of English at Kennesaw State, was curious to see what the chatbot could do. “In that moment, I knew it could have a profound impact on all of us,” Law said.