A group of black women represented the face of social injustice as they danced to spoken word — choreography that moved in sync with angelic, yet heart-pounding commentary, speaking over Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit.”
Category: Arts & Living
KSU’s MAPW program launches national literary journal
A Kennesaw State publication run by graduate students is celebrating the successful launch of its inaugural issue, published April 3.
KSU Disney Club hosts ‘Once Upon a Time’ ball
The KSU Disney Club hosted the “Once Upon a Time” Masquerade Ball on Friday, April 20, on the Kennesaw campus at the legacy gazebo.
Club of the week: Team Take No L’s
Team Take No L’s is a student-led organization that lives up to its name — assisting students in “taking no losses.”
Student-run clothing company promotes unity, feeds homeless
Entrepreneurs are continuously finding ways to empower the communities around them with their businesses, and one KSU student has done exactly that through his clothing line.
AFSP, KSU encourage students to ’emerge from darkness’
Kennesaw State’s Counseling and Psychological Services partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to host the “Out of the Darkness Campus Walk” on April 15 at 2 p.m. at Swift Cantrell Park in Kennesaw, Georgia.
KSU names new radio lab in Rhubarb Jones’ honor
On April 2, 2017, Rhubarb Jones, a distinguished lecturer of mass communications and development director at KSU, as well as an award-winning disk jockey, passed away after a fatal heart attack, marking the end of a star faculty member and a nationally recognized morning radio personality.
Professor Profile: John Hooper
John Hooper, a Kennesaw State instructor of history and a licensed pilot, uses his life experience and love of travel to teach students about the importance of the world’s history.
KSU Miracle’s Dance Marathon surpasses fundraising goal with more than $330,000
KSU Miracle hosted its annual 12-hour dance marathon on Saturday, March 24, in the Dr. Betty L. Siegel student recreation and activities center, unveiling at the end of the event that, through the past year of fundraising, it had raised $330,514.18 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
KSU students compete for peace sake
On March 24, KSU peace and conflict studies students competed against international students in the second peace studies soccer match at the Owls Nest.
‘The kids are the same,’ A non-traditional student’s journey in theater
Jim Wallace, a 77-year-old theater student at KSU, fell in love with performance as an eight-year-old kid in his church’s Christmas production, when he walked out, realized he had forgotten his prop sword, announced to the audience what he had done, and walked back to get it.
Club of the Week: Political Science Club
The Kennesaw State Political Science club is a bi-partisan student collective that aims to give students opportunities to become politically active and involved at KSU.
