The Kennesaw State University Student Government Association will host its Meet the President event in the KSU Student Center Atrium at the Kennesaw Campus Tuesday, February 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This signature SGA event is open to all KSU students and allows those who attend to meet KSU President Dr. Daniel S. Papp and the members of his cabinet, along with other administrators and student leaders at the university. The event was created several years ago by a previous SGA president in partnership with Rock the Vote, a voter registration drive designed to encourage students to vote in national elections.
“The officers of that administration felt it was important that students know who their university president is and wanted to allow them the opportunity to have face-to-face time with him,” said Aaron Roberson, the current SGA president and a senior organizational communication major at KSU.
Students are not only able to meet Dr. Papp and other influential figures at KSU but are also able to ask questions and give their own suggestions for bettering the university and planning for the future.
“It’s a great way for students to ask questions they have,” said Victoria Brock, the SGA director of internal affairs and a sophomore marketing major at KSU. Students are able to increase their involvement in their school and community as a whole and “get one-on-one time with the administration that makes big decisions,” Brock said.
This year, due to the consolidation of KSU and Southern Polytechnic University, two Meet the President events were to be held. The event on the Marietta campus occurred in the previous fall semester and was the first time that many administrators had been to the campus.
Roberson says that consolidation was a popular topic of discussion among students, as well as student services such as parking, and remains a hot topic among many KSU students today.
“I look forward to this event on the Kennesaw campus,” Roberson said. “Dr. Papp talked to me about some of the concerns that he talked to students about [at the Marietta campus], and I am interested to hear what the students from the Kennesaw campus have to say.”
Roberson and Brock both encourage students to attend and speak of the success that the event has had in the past.
“SGA always looks forward to this event because it is one we do every year and usually our biggest turn out,” said Brock. “Last semester we had over 150 people attend this event, so I am looking forward to it being a success and to meet students and tell them about SGA.”
“I have been on SGA for four years, so I was there when we first started doing this event,” said Roberson. “It makes me proud to see how it has grown over the years. I hope that students get the chance to have meaningful conversations with administrators and their peers to allow them to have a better understanding of things important to them here on campus.”
