A group of Kennesaw State students flew to Europe last month to visit and explore different facilities and farms in European Union member countries to learn more about sustainability programs and practices. The students traveled as part of a new engineering education abroad program now offered at KSU. Ten KSU students along with one Mercer University student were enrolled in...

Cobb County commissioners are proposing lifting a moratorium that has lasted nearly two years on the construction of off-campus student housing later this month, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. A county code now being proposed to commissioners concerns defining "purpose-built student housing," and was first read to commissioners at the end of last month, according to the MDJ. If...

Arielle Robinson contributed to this article. Kennesaw State President Dr. Pamela Whitten allegedly considered denying University of Georgia professor Scott Nesbit employment at other universities in 2016 for asking UGA to acknowledge its history of slavery. According to the Red & Black, Nesbit made his statement after the Franklin College Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Baldwin Hall released a 31-page...

A team of four recent Kennesaw State graduates won first place at the 12th annual American College of Sports Medicine Student Bowl in Orlando, Florida in May. Soon after graduating from KSU with degrees in exercise science, Kayla Alesi, Joy Tankersley, Emma Chorney and Ally Kuntz competed in one of 13 teams at the ACSM Student Bowl, answering Jeopardy-style questions...

A group of Kennesaw State students recently earned cash prizes for their work in a spring data science course, working in teams to solve data-related problems for partnering companies. During the semester, students in the course worked in five different teams, partnering with two companies per team. The teams then worked together to try to solve company data analytics issues....

Kennesaw State’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning selected a new associate director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on May 23. CETL Executive Director Michele DiPietro said that Dr. Hillary Steiner, who served as interim associate director for SoTL and associate professor of educational psychology, was chosen by the CETL committee after displaying a proven track record...

What HappenedHundreds of people died and more were injured in a devastating series of bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, causing shock and an outpour of support throughout the world. According to the Washington Post, at least 290 people were confirmed dead and 450 others injured after suicide bombers detonated explosive devices in churches and hotels in Colombo, Negombo...

Kennesaw State students on the Kennesaw campus voted on Bowlero as their favorite entertainment spot in this year's Best of KSU poll, and students on the Marietta campus voted on Andretti Indoor Karting and Games as their favorite place to spend time off of campus. Bowlero offers a fun and relaxing environment for a late-night kickback for students and their...

Kennesaw State's Chief Diversity Officer Search Committee Chair Nwakaego Nkumeh sent an email to students, faculty and staff April 19, announcing three finalists in the search for the university's next chief diversity officer. According to Nkumeh's email, the finalists are Assistant Dean and Senior Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions Curtis Bird from Clark Atlanta University, Associate Director of the Office...

The Georgia Board of Regents approved a 2.5 percent tuition rate increase for full-time, in-state undergraduate students for the 2019-20 academic year during its April 16 meeting. The increased rate will affect students attending any University System of Georgia institution, including Kennesaw State. In the next academic year, KSU undergraduates will see their tuition rise from $2,713 to $2,781 —...