The National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Nearly 100 Kennesaw State students traveled to the University of Central Oklahoma over spring break to present their research at the 2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, according to KSU News.
More than 4,000 students from colleges and universities from all over the nation attended the conference April 4-7 to present their research.
The NCUR gives undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their research in creative ways, and students were able to choose among giving an oral, poster, visual arts or performing arts presentation.
“Having so many of our students attend this respected conference shows that the University is committed to engaging them in research pursuits,” said Amy Buddie, director of KSU’s office of undergraduate research. “We strive to make research an integral part of the undergraduate experience at Kennesaw State, in all disciplines, and to become a premier resource for undergraduate research both at KSU and nationally.”
KSU students at the conference presented on a variety of subjects including psychology, computer science, architecture and interior design, cellular and molecular biology and theatre.
According to KSU News, research topics included: Misogyny in American Culture, Homeless Military Veterans: A theatrical perspective from the inside of the armed forces, and Cyber Security of Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S.
KSU will host next year’s conference on April 11-13, 2019.
National Collegiate Sales Competition
KSU finished 9th at the 20th annual National Collegiate Sales Competition hosted at KSU’s Coles College of Business over spring break April 3-6.
According to KSU News, the NCSC is the world’s largest sales role-play competition for college students with sales teams from 71 universities across the nation competing in the event.
During the NCSC, students must play the part of a salesperson meeting with a prospective buyer. They have to meet 25 different criteria with judges in three 20-minute rounds.
Nearly 50 sponsors attended the event, and more than 1,000 people attended, according to KSU News.
According to the NCSC’s website, the competition is intended to promote the sales profession, to talent match, to enhance skills and to provide a venue for students, professors and sales executives to communicate.
“This is a way to get industry and academia together and establish the basic principles of sales on which we can all agree,” said Founder and Co-Directer of Kennesaw State’s Center of Professional Selling Dr. Terry Loe.
Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
KSU hosted the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in the Burruss Building April 2-3.
According to the Cyber Institute’s website, SCCDC is a regional qualifier for the National Cyber Defense Competition and tests students’ ability to respond to cyber attacks.
Students compete to keep online services of their fictional companies active and respond to unexpected changes while a team of industry professionals launches attacks against them.
In February, KSU held a Virtual Preliminary Qualification Competition where the top eight teams were selected to compete in this regional competition. KSU and Mercer University were the only two Georgia universities to compete in the April competition, according to the SECCDC website.
The winning team from the University of Central Florida will go on to represent the Southeast region and compete at the National CCDC in San Antonio, according to the NCCDC website.
