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"Dumbledore's
New Army: Using Social Media and Pop Culture to Ignite Meaningful Activism."
When: September 2
Lauren Bird of the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA)
has been invited to speak to interested students, faculty, and staff members regarding HPA, which is "an army of fans, activists, nerdfighters, teenagers, wizards and muggles dedicated to fighting for social justice with the greatest weapon we have-- love."
"DID YOU EVER WISH THAT HARRY POTTER WAS REAL? WELL IT KIND OF IS.
Just as Dumbledore's Army wakes the world up to Voldemort's return, works for equal rights of house elves and werewolves, and empowers its members, we: Work with partner NGOs in alerting the world to the dangers of global
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UC Connect Brown Bag Meet & Eat
When: September 9
Hold the dates for the "UC Connect Brown Bag Series," a new initiative to come meet + eat + connect with your college colleagues for community building, networking,and sharing insights, strategies and innovative ways for empowering all stakeholders of University College.
This is your "UC Connect Brown Bag Series" to plan, envision, and enjoy. Let's be pathfinders of our own success at University College and beyond ...read more
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Examining Hunger: Food Security from a Food Bank's Perspective
When: September 17
Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Chris Ferguson will discuss raising awareness about hunger and poverty issues through Hunger 101 workshops, film screenings of "A Place at the Table", and ...read more
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Urban Agriculture as a Catalyst to Revitalize the American City
When: September 18
Founder and President of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture (TLW) Rashid Nuri, a pioneer of the urban agriculture movement in the United States, will share his experience managing farm sites that produce over 35,000 lbs of certified ...read more
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1st Georgia FYTS Conference
When: October 10
This One-Day Drive-In Conference will provide a forum for faculty, staff, and administrators to share ideas, resources, and engaging pedagogy to enhance our work with first year studentsand those in transition. Conference session topics will include engaging classroom pedagogies and best practices, assessment of curricular and co-curricular aspects of first-year and transition programming ...read more
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"The Power of Faith to Promote Global Change."
Presented by Rev. Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
When: October 15
Reverend Naomi Tutu will visit KSU to deliver a public lecture co-sponsored by the American Democracy Project, the Institute for Global Initiatives and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, along with the support of the College of the Arts in securing the Bailey Center. "Tutu is the third child of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. She was born in South Africa and had the opportunity to live in many communities and countries. The challenges of growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa have been the foundation of Tutu's life as an activist for human rights." "Those experiences taught her that our whole human family loses when we accept situations of oppression, and how the teaching and preaching of hate and division injure us all. In her speeches, she blends this passion for human dignity with humor and personal stories." ...read more
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"The Big Thirst: Thinking about Water in an Age of Scarcity"
When: November 14
The panel discussion will explore issues related to our stewardship of one of the world's most critical resources: water. ...read more
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Moving forward on many fronts as new year begins
DEDICATED TO
STUDENT SUCCESS ACADEMIC INQUIRY ENGAGED LEARNING UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
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Welcome to the new academic year! It is exciting to see the students filling the classrooms and hallways again. We are welcoming new faculty and staff members to the college, and we are growing by every measure. Whether it is expanded offerings in Leadership Studies, a record-setting number of first-year seminars, or the myriad of meetings already being scheduled to talk about expanding the college's initiatives on the Marietta campus, it is clear that 2014-2015 is already quite busy. It is also an opportunity for each of us to put students first as we face new opportunities and new challenges. Thanks for all you do during this particularly busy time!
- Keisha Hoerrner, Interim Dean
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University Studies increases reach of INTS degree with online offerings
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Michael Keleher
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Michael Keleher, director of Integrative Studies, is excited to announce the launching of University Studies first fully online degree. The B.S. in Integrative Studies is now offered as an online option in collaboration with a new initiative out of the Governor's Office, the Go Back-Move Ahead campaign.
The Go Back-Move-Ahead campaign is related to Georgia's Higher Education Completion Plan, also referred to as Complete College Georgia (CCG). By the year 2020, it is projected that more than 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require some form of a college education, whether a certificate, associate's degree, bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The state is committed to helping Georgians meet those requirements by partnering with institutions that offer online programs to include adult learners.
The Department of University Studies online program is now designated Adult Learner Friendly (ALF) and is one of only three KSU online degree being featured in the statewide campaign to encourage adult learners to return campus.
The university is now accepting applications and will be monitoring how many students referred by the Go-Back-Move-Ahead call center enroll for spring 2015.
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Another successful First-Year Convocation ceremony, photo
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Convocation and induction ceremonies can be described as the beginning of a students' college life and a glimpse of their graduation ceremony.
What will students remember most about KSU's 12th First-Year Convocation and Induction Ceremony? Some will remember the singing of the alma mater, "Kennesaw, Dear Kennesaw" with musical instruments being played by members of the student symphony orchestra. Some will remember the Mace being carried by Executive Assistant for Strategic Initiatives Nancy King, who represents dignity and honor, while others will remember seeing faculty adorned in their academic regalia. Some will remember the Interim Dean of University College Keisha Hoerrner's introduction of the Deans and president's cabinet members who took the time to honor and acknowledge their induction to college just as they will during their graduation ceremony. Perhaps they will chuckle when they remember President Dan Papp's stories about his sons and the jokes about cell phones and tweeting.
There is no doubt a few will visualize themselves presenting a speech similar to the influential one shared by Carlos Sanchez, a recent KSU graduate. Some will smile when they reminisce about time spent being wrestled together to form the letters "KSU" on the Campus Green and the sound of the helicopter hovering over in an attempt to capture the perfect aerial photo, which will soon become of part of university history.
Finally, some students and faculty will think about the countless hours of hard work and dedication of those who volunteered their time to make this significant event memorable. A special thanks to Natasha Lovelace Habers and her committee for another successful and impressive First-Year Convocation and Induction Ceremony.
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Scrappy tours University College
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Keisha Hoerrner, Loretta Daniels, Scrappy, Lisa Bauer and Kelsey Gulledge from the Dean's Suite
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University College had a special visit recently from everyone's favorite mascot, Scrappy the Owl! He flew in for the day to partake in some "photo ops" to help promote the great services and programs University College has to offer to our flourishing students.
Scrappy and his entourage toured the Math Lab and several other locations in the UC building and the Library. The ESL Study Center held an impromptu student group study session, and Scrappy also studied with Thrive students in the First-Year Student Lounge. Scrappy even became an honorary MSFYS Swag Bag Ambassador to help support the graduate program.
He posed with students, staff, and faculty and brought many smiles and laughter during his visit. To see more Scrappy tour photos, please visit our University College Facebook Page.
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KSU student places as finalist in Cengage scholarship contest
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Brittany Kovel
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IT2101 Instructor/ Course Coordinator Debbie Geist was proud to share Brittany Kovel's success story.
Kovel, an IT 2101 student, was awarded a $500 scholarship from Cengage Learning that enabled her to study in Paris this summer.
Students enrolled in IT 2101, a digital literacy course offered by the Department of First-Year and Transition Studies, were given the opportunity to compete in a scholarship contest sponsored by Cengage Learning. The "Instructor for a Day" contest challenged students to create an original video in response to the question, "How would you engage students if you were the instructor for one day?" Students used the videos to demonstrate methods they would use to create a more engaging class for students, given the opportunity.
"I struggle with getting A's and learning the ropes of college life while trying to stand out in school with students of all skill levels. So when I had an idea to show instructors what I, a student, would want to see in the classroom, I thought I would give it a shot," Kovel explained.
Kovel finished in the top five, which was based on the number of Internet votes for her video.
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Linda Lyons returns from leave
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Linda Lyons, director of Strategic Initiatives
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University College is pleased to welcome back Linda Lyons.
Lyons expressed her enthusiasm about her recent return, "I am BACK!!!!! After a long sequester in my home this summer due to medical leave, I am so thrilled to be back at KSU.
I want to thank all of you for your support and well wishes throughout my recovery. I look forward to our work together this year and all the opportunities that the 'New U' will present in the upcoming years."
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Distance Learning course receives a makeover with new webinars
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The UC Distance Learning D2L course has been updated with new links, webinars with PDFs, and the FY 15 Respondus password. Faculty and staff members teaching in either a hybrid or an online environment can locate the course by selecting the student tab or role on the D2L homepage and selecting the Distance Learning Course.
The webinars offer information about instructional strategies for online and blended learning, lecture capture, accessibility principles, using social media, and engaging online students, along with information with links for Podcasting, Respondus, the Distance Learning Center, Turnitin, and Information Technology Services.
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Deborah Mixson-Brookshire
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Deborah Mixson-Brookshire, Interim Assistant Dean and Director of Distance Learning,announced that the college's DLC representatives for the FY15 academic year will be instructing some of the upcoming workshops: Stephanie Foote, Alison Hedrick, Jennifer Purcell, and Heather Scott.
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Foote co-authors book chapter on community college transfer student success
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Stephanie Foote is the lead author of a collaborative book chapter, "Focusing on the Forgotten: An Examination of the Influences and Innovative Practices that Affect Community College Transfer Student Success."
The chapter has been accepted by IGI Global for publication in the forthcoming book, Examining the Impact of Community Colleges on the Global Workforce.
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University Studies welcomes two new Leadership Studies faculty
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Jennifer Purcell and Nyasha Guramatunhu- Cooper are the newest additions to the Leadership Studies faculty in University Studies.
Both Guramatunhu-Cooper and Purcell bring experience and expertise in Leadership Studies teaching and scholarship, which will be helpful in advancing the program.
University Studies Chair Rebecca Casey expressed her appreciation to the search committee and especially Heather Scott as Chair for a job exceedingly well done.
Purcell is transitioning from a professional staff position in the Center for Student Leadership, while her new colleague Guramatunhu-Cooper transitioned from teaching in Germany to join the KSU family. Both are Assistant Professors.
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FYTS welcomes newest faculty member
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Shelbee Nguyen
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The Department of First-Year and Transition Studies welcomes their newest faculty member, Shelbee Nguyen.
Nguyen received a B.A. in Communication Studies from Trinity University, a M.A. in Communication Studies from Texas State University and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
After completing her terminal degree, Nguyen relocated to the United Arab Emirates to design and develop curricula for multicultural learners at the graduate and undergraduate level, which included courses designed within a transnational course format in Dubai, Paris and Geneva.
Nguyen will serve as an Assistant Professor teaching KSU 1111, "Tomorrow's World Today," and serve as the KSU 1111 Course Coordinator.
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Recognizing finalists for staff, faculty university awards
Congratulations to our dedicated faculty and staff who were finalists for the 2014 awards.
KSU Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award: David Thompson
KSU Foundation Distinguished Professional Service Award: Michael Keleher
Staff Employee of the Year Award:
Lisa Bauer, Office of the Dean, and Sunny Pradhan, Information Technology Services
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If you ask Thyra Keth Zeits her philosophy on life, she will say not to take it for granted. The recent KSU graduate with an Integrative Studies Degree (Sociology and Leadership Studies) speaks from experience. Zeits lost two brothers and her father during the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia in the 1970s.
From these tragedies, she has emerged with a passion to help others and the goal, one day, to write a memoir about her transformative experiences going from refugee to college graduate.
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JOIN THE KSU ALUMNI NETWORK!
The Kennesaw State University Alumni Network (KSUAA) is exclusively
available to KSU graduates.
The KSUAA strives to build positive, long-term relationships among KSU alumni. The University and community provide value-added services to KSU alumni through networking opportunities, affiliation programs, KSU-wide events, and support the long-term objectives of the University through fundraising, fostering community support, and advocating KSU.
How to Register:
- Click on "Login/Create Account"
- Select "New User Registration"
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