President Daniel S. Papp visited with the Student Government Sept. 27 to discuss upcoming events and answer questions.
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia will discuss the new Student Recreation Activities Center at its Oct. 9-10 meeting.
“In a year and a half or so there will be a roughly $38 million Student Recreation Activities Center going up. It will include an indoor and outdoor pool, four or five basketball courts, an indoor track, a climbing wall and a couple volleyball courts,” Papp said.
The recreation center has been in the works for several years and will be constructed where the tennis courts are now located.
Papp said Kennesaw State University’s football program is at a standstill, as there has not been enough external funding to make headway on infrastructure and women’s sports. Although a student survey showed support for a football program, plans cannot proceed without external sponsorship. Papp also reported that KSU has made progress with class scheduling and traffic.
“This fall semester is the first time in its 49-year history [that] Kennesaw State is operating on a full five-day-a-week academic schedule,” Papp said.
The five-day schedule, Saturday and Sunday classes and the new shuttle system have helped alleviate and distribute traffic around campus. In addition, the new academic schedule has more evenly distributed classroom space, and Papp said it is expected to generate a higher utilization rate by Fall 2013.
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The Meet the President event will be Oct. 4, from noon to 2 p.m. on the campus green. Students will get the opportunity to meet with President Papp and other faculty and staff.
The SGA Rock the Vote event registered more than 100 KSU students for the upcoming presidential election. Students can also register on their own through Oct. 9.
KSU will change from GeorgiaVIEW Vista to Desire2Learn learning system in Spring 2013. The GeorgiaVIEW system uses software that will not be supported by the Blackboard Company in 2013. All University System institutions will change to D2L.
SGA will hold a presidential debate Oct. 16 in Room 2038 of the Social Sciences Building from 8-11 p.m. Students may participate in or listen to debates about political parties and candidates.
