Thursday, February 14, 2013
"We're here to stay, we're here to play," Owls athletic director Vaughn Williams said at Thursday's official festivities.
After offering the obligatory "Are you ready for some football?" exhortation, Kennesaw State University President Daniel Papp posed another question during a celebratory Thursday afternoon, and he had no intention of making it a rhetorical one. "Why are we adding football?" he asked during the official launch of the school's varsity football program. "We are a major university in the South." "And we are on the way to becoming a major national university as well." With that, one of many choruses of cheers rang out from several hundred revelers at the KSU Convocation Center. Not only is Kennesaw State getting a football program, but it wants to use that high-profile sport to expose the school's academic and extracurricular offerings far …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Don't miss out on the chance to win a free iPad2.
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Wednesday, January 16
What are you waiting for, job seekers and career changers? Time is running out to register for Thursday's free career training expo at Kennesaw State University. And if the free admission isn't enouogh of an incentive, don't miss the chance to win an iPad2 and get a 5 percent discount on a future class in the College of Continuing and Professional Education. During the expo, which begins at 6 p.m. at the KSU Center, 3333 Busbee Dr., attendees will learn about the college's nearly 50 certificate programs. KSU offers certificates in disciplines such as culinary, health, technology, human resources, and languages. To register for the expo visit http://ksuexpo.com.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The university said this week that it will open its first permanent international education site in Italy.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
By Sabbaye McGriff, Kennesaw State University Relations Kennesaw State University will open its first permanent international education site in Montepulciano, Italy, enabling the expansion of the study-abroad programs the university has conducted in that historic Tuscan city for the past 15 years. Under the rental agreement approved this past week by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State will occupy 4,000 square feet in the soon-to-be restored and renovated historic Fortezza Poliziana beginning in fall 2014. Funding for the $520,000, 25-year agreement will be provided by private donations and the Kennesaw State University Foundation. “This represents a major milestone for Kennesaw State’s international …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The "Not What it Seems" exhibit features the work of three artists.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Kennesaw State University Art Museum presents “Not What it Seems,” an exhibition featuring the work of Mark Franchino, Frances Trombly and Ian Weaver. The exhibition will run from Aug. 20-Oct. 25 in the Fine Arts Gallery in the Joe Mack Wilson Building. There will be an opening reception, part of the Fall Grand Opening Reception, on Aug. 30 from 5-9 p.m. The exhibition, intended to encourage audiences to examine art with their mind and not just their eyes, will feature unexpected materials with varying degrees of illusionism. In the exhibition, the artists’ tackle complex artistic, personal and metaphysical puzzles that range from what we take for granted in material culture to the relationship between object and subject. “I think …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Watch the motorcade that helped bring 1st Lt. Jonathan Walsh's body home from Afghanistan.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Law enforcement, the Patriot Guard Riders of Georgia and others escorted the body of Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Walsh from Dobbins Air Reserve Base to the Roswell Funeral Home on Wednesday. The funeral was held at noon Thursday for the 28-year-old graduate of Kennesaw State University's Coles College of Business, who was killed by an improvised explosive device April 22 in Afghanistan. A memorial service will be held for Walsh on Friday at 2:30 p.m. at KSU. Several of those who lined Wednesday's route from Marietta through Acworth, Kennesaw and Northeast Cobb to Roswell made videos of the motorcade and posted them to YouTube. In addition to the video above, they include: We appreciate everyone who turned out in support of the Walsh family and …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday's event includes a free social networking seminar and information about continuing education and certificate programs.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
The College of Continuing and Professional Education at Kennesaw State University is holding a one-day Career Training Expo on Thursday evening. The expo is designed to help job seekers, professionals, career-switchers and anyone else interested in adding to their skills and expertise. There will be 30- and 45-minute sessions outlining KSU's certificate programs in such areas as human resources, medical billing, Web design, Microsoft Office, personal training, paralegal, project management and more. A free social networking class is available, and there will be an iPad 2 giveaway. The event will last from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the KSU Center, 3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required…
Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Iraq War ended Thursday, but with major questions about Iraq’s future and security unsettled, the United States wasn’t declaring victory during ceremonies and speeches.
Eight years, eight months and 25 days after it began, America’s war in Iraq came to a quiet and uncertain end on Thursday. What is fact is that the war numbers are sobering. The U.S. lost 4,484 military personnel since 2003 in Iraq. Of those, 142 hailed from Georgia, according to Vet Friends. A total of 32,226 U.S. soldiers were seriously wounded in the war and they may require care for the rest of their lives. Iraqi civilians suffered enormously and according to data from Iraq Body Count, which monitors reported deaths, the estimate is that 113,728 Iraqis died. And according to Congress Research Service, the war in Iraq has cost the U.S. $823.2 billion since 2003. Speaking before troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Thursday, …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Cobb County citizens will get to vote on whether to allow package sales of alcohol on Sundays.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is meeting at 9 a.m. in the boardroom at 100 Cherokee St. off Marietta Square. The top item on the agenda is a proposal to let Cobb County citizens vote in March on whether to allow package alcohol sales on Sundays. We're using CoverItLive to, well, cover it live; jump in and join the conversation. Commission Chairman Tim Lee presented a measure to the board to approve a resolution on Sunday sales, and no one else commented before the board voted unanimously in favor, 4-0. Lee's comments indicated that he sounded out his fellow commissioners about the proposal before bringing it before the public and knew they would agree. By holding the Sunday-sales vote at the same time as the presidential primary, …
Monday, August 29, 2011
Here's what you should know to start Aug. 29 in Northeast Cobb.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
1. While the Northeast is cleaning up from Hurricane Irene and dealing with one of the wettest months on record, Cobb and other counties in North Georgia face a high risk of wildfires this afternoon and evening because it’s so dry and the humidity will be so low, the National Weather Service says. We’re also under a Code Orange smog alert. It will be a sunny day with little wind and a high around 93. Overnight, the low will be about 64, and the wind will gust up to 15 mph. 2. The Cobb County Planning Commission is holding a work session in downtown Marietta at 1:30 p.m. today. 3. The Lassiter football team had the weekend off, but the softball team was busy all day Friday and Saturday in the first Buccaneer Bash tournament (results to come…
Monday, August 22, 2011
Tyler Davis, who graduated from Sprayberry High School in 2009, died Thursday on the Kennesaw State campus.
Tyler Davis of Northeast Cobb, who attends Kennesaw State University, died Thursday, John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The GBI is investigating the death because it occurred on state property, a spokeswoman for the Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office told the AJC. The 911 call that alerted authorities was placed from 1000 Chastain Rd shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Dan Dupree with the Cobb Fire Department told the AJC. Davis was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the report states. The GBI conducted an autopsy Friday on Davis, but the results have not yet been released, Bankhead told the AJC. Davis died of an allergic …
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