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Personnel changes continue, Howard to serve as Interim INTS Director
 Following Shannon Ferketish's resignation in December, University Studies Department Chair Becky Casey appointed Ree Howard to serve as the Interim Director for the Integrative Studies degree program. Howard will direct the growing program through the end of June. A permanent director will be named July 1.
Howard will be assisted by Mike Keleher, who is excited to begin advising both prospective and current INTS students. Jessie Allman will also be working with INTS students in her new role as the administrative assistant for Howard and Keleher. The custom-design undergraduate degree continues to attract a large number of students.
The Center for Student Leadership is also experiencing personnel changes as Karen Powers announced her resignation, effective at the end of January. Phillip Poskus is moving into the Honors College, although he will remain affiliated with the Center. Poskus will continue to direct the Presidential Emerging Global Scholars (PEGS) program, which is now housed in the Honors College, and will serve as the National Fellowship Advisor to assist honors students in obtaining high-profile grants such as the Fulbright, Truman and Goldwater awards. |
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FYTS department welcomes Hilary Gann
 The Department of First-Year and Transition Studies will be welcoming a new staff member to the front office at the end of the month. Hilary Gann will be joining the administrative staff, working primarily with Stephanie Foote and the M.S. in First-Year Studies program as well as Dee Grindell and the Thrive program.
Gann, a Berry College psychology graduate, brings administrative experience to the position, having recently served as an office assistant at psychological center.
In the coming weeks, both the Dean's suite and the Department of University Studies will be finalizing searches and welcoming new administrative staff members as well. |
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SI facilitators honored by national group
Three Supplemental Instruction facilitators will be honored at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards in Washington, D.C., this spring. Vladimir Moricette won the Community Service Award; Deborah Adedeji won the Academic Achievement Award, and Ezigbobiara Umejiego won the Research Award. The three KSU students will receive their awards at the annual gathering of more than 800 industry and education professionals in STEM fields.
Supplemental Instruction Director Fiona Brantley expressed pride in the facilitators, who will receive three of the four student awards for 2014.
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Learning community students deliver happiness through service project
 Students in the "Pursuit of Happiness Learning Community" led by English professor Jeannie Parker-Beard and Hillary Steiner are exploring the cultural and psychological aspects of happiness through Random Acts of Kindness to others. Students performing Random Acts of Kindness pass along a card asking the recipient to "pay it forward" and report the results on the learning community's public Facebook page. Steiner said the students are enjoying the project, especially as they watch others in the community model their behaviors. Click here to visit the Facebook page. |
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Lyons honored as a 2014 Who's Who
 Linda Lyons was honored as one of Atlanta's top educators at the 2014 ceremony launching the publication of the latest issue of Who's Who in Black Atlanta.
Lyons attended the ceremony last week, where she joined dozens of honorees in education, industry, public service and philanthropy. She was nominated by KSU colleagues, applauding her accomplishments as Interim Chief Diversity Officer. Lyons, who completed her terminal degree and graduated from the University of Georgia in December, is an Assistant Professor in First-Year and Transition Studies and the college's Director of Strategic Initiatives. |
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Foote agrees to serve on consolidation team
 Stephanie Foote, an associate professor and director of the First-Year Studies graduate program, is serving as the University College faculty representative on the Consolidation Implementation Committee. Selected by the Faculty Senate, Foote is one of seven faculty members who were asked to represent the degree-granting colleges during the development of the mission and vision statements for the new Kennesaw State University.
The expanded Implementation Committee is meeting weekly to craft these statements, which must be provided to the Board of Regents next month. It is also finalizing the college structure and the organizational structure for the new university's leadership.
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Annual award portfolios due in March
The Faculty Development and Awards Committee will be securing nominations for the annual teaching, research, and service awards next month. Award portfolios are due to the university's committee March 17, according to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning website.
Jim Davis, Mary Green, Ree Howard, and Carolee Larsen are the college's FDAC members. Please contact them if you have questions about the awards criteria or portfolio requirements.
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