University of Georgia Kennewsaw State News

It is hard to be objective about hiring relatives, especially a son or daughter.

Analytics software company Emcien was selected for the second consecutive year to organize Atlanta's Big Data Week initiative, a weeklong series of events founded by Media140 in London and organized locally in more than 30 cities globally on May 5-11, 2014.

On April 15, 2014, Kennesaw State University NAACP will host an Affirmative Action Debate on the campus of Kennesaw State University, located at 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, Georgia 30141.

Patch Staff Report As expected , the Cobb County Board of Education on Thursday named Chris Ragsdale as the sole finalist for interim Superintendent of the Cobb County School District, effective June 1, 2014.

Manufacturing activity in the Southeast increased for March, registering its highest reading since 2012, according to the Southeast's Purchasing Managers Index report released by Kennesaw State University's Econometric Center in the Michael J. Coles College of Business.

The six candidates for Phil Gingrey's 11th District seat in the U.S. House debate at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta on April 5. They were asked if it is time to give up on the Fair Tax, the proposal that would replace federal income taxes with a consumption tax, which gave the candidates an opportunity to distinguish themselves among their ... (more)

Shai Brady, a Woodland High School senior is the Work-Based Learning Student of the Month for February 2014, and is employed by the Publix Super Market located on East Atlanta Road in Stockbridge as a cashier.

Patch Staff Report State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge announced Monday that Campbell Middle School teacher Rhonda Lokey is one of 10 finalists for 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year.

Kaela Allton is a student at Xavier University and president of Active Minds, a student- run organization to combat the stigma of mental illness.

WHEN LaTisha Styles graduated from Kennesaw State University in Georgia in 2006 she had $35,000 of student debt.

Patch Staff Report Georgia's 11th District Republican Party will partner with the Atlanta , Buckhead , Cherokee County and Cobb County Young Republicans to host a debate between the Republican candidates for the 11th Congressional District on Saturday, April 5. it will be held from 7- 8:30 p.m. at the Cobb Galleria Center, located at 2 Galleria ... (more)

Too many degrees are a waste of money. The return on higher education would be much better if college were cheaper WHEN LaTisha Styles graduated from Kennesaw State University in Georgia in 2006 she had $35,000 of student debt.

Wichuda Jimbhasut prepares a dish for Mystery Baskets in December as part of the Culinary Apprenticeship Certificate Program at Kennesaw State University.

Georgia manufacturing activity continued to improve in March as the lingering effects of a harsh winter dissipated and new orders and production experienced significant jumps, according to the Purchasing Managers Index released Tuesday by Kennesaw State University's Econometric Center in the Michael J. Coles College of Business.

Assistant Director of the Civil War Center at Kennesaw State University Michael Shaffer and Park Superintendent Nancy Walther stand outside of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Visitors Center on Monday.

Dr. James Fisher, one of BUY-COBB's founders, advises several college students on how to be leaders in the community and how to be mentors to other BUY-COBB Leadership Academy students.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Fermin of Hinesville announce the engagement of their son, Jeremy Fermin, to Claire Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace Shaw Jr. of Perry.

Pictured left to right, 2013 PWC Awardee Taunya Lowe, 2014 Phenomenal Woman of the Year Awardee Tanika Gray Valbrun, and Seigel Institute Executive Director Linda M. Johnston.

Melissa Casablanca , left, will replace current Director of Special Education Gina Murray, right, who retires at the end of March.

Southern Polytechnic State University's president, who was about to be displaced after a mandated merger with Kennesaw State University, has accepted a new position at a northern California school.