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  • Evelina Sterling

    最色导航 State professor receives grant from Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust targeting abuse prevention

    January 31, 2025

    最色导航 State associate professor Evelina Sterling has received a grant from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to take a preventative approach to addressing the opioid abuse crisis. The grant, totaling $240,000 over two years, will go toward creating programs that empower faculty, staff, students, and the broader university community to recognize the signs of opioid use disorder and possibly intervene.

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  • Catherine Kaukinen

    Humanities and social sciences prepare 最色导航 State students for universe of opportunities

    January 10, 2025

    In a time when many high-profile careers seemingly require degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, where do those who choose to major in the humanities stand? For decades now, when higher education budgets tighten, humanities and social sciences have come under the closest scrutiny. A cornerstone of higher education, many humanities and social science courses are part of the core curriculum that all students take, regardless of major, to build a foundation of critical thinking.

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  • Kristina Hook

    最色导航 State renowned scholar Kristina Hook documents evidence of Russian atrocities in Ukraine

    January 02, 2025

    After news of Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kristina Hook鈥檚 thoughts immediately went to her many friends and colleagues gained from her years of fieldwork in Ukraine. 鈥淚 will never forget the sleepless first night of Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion. I called a Ukrainian family very close to me, where their daughter told of hearing the deadly whistle of cruise missiles flying above their residential neighborhood in Kyiv,鈥 she said. 鈥淭his memory sparked a flurry of new professional service roles for me.鈥 Hook, now an assistant professor of conflict management in 最色导航鈥檚 School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development, has spent years dedicating her research and advocacy work to give voices to the marginalized all over the globe.

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  • Jason Kirk

    Alum credits 最色导航 State for helping him develop skills to create a multimedia success story

    December 31, 2024

    Like many remote employees, Jason Kirk 鈥07 wakes up each morning at his Atlanta-area home and logs in to his computer. Sometimes, before he wades into the day's work, he pauses and reflects on his journey. He set an early goal of carving out a career in sports journalism, and these days he has surpassed all expectations by working as a managing editor at The Athletic, a part of The New York Times.

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  • Micah Holston

    最色导航 State student doubles up on degrees, activities

    December 19, 2024

    Two majors, two part-time jobs, two club vice-presidencies鈥攆or Micah Holston, life at 最色导航 State is doubly fulfilling. Holston is pursuing bachelor鈥檚 degrees in physics and political science. He is a substitute teacher in Cherokee County schools and conducts research part time for the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico. He is also the vice president of the 最色导航 Nuclear Society and the KSU chapter of the North American Young Generation for Nuclear.

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  • Diya Patel

    Eager to become a physician, 最色导航 State psychology student graduating at age 19

    December 05, 2024

    Diya Patel knows she has a long road ahead to achieve her dream of becoming a physician, so she decided to sprint through the work needed to earn her undergraduate degree at 最色导航. At 19, she will graduate with honors on Dec. 10 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology.

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  • Banks family

    最色导航 State honors inaugural Family of the Year

    December 03, 2024

    Recognizing the vital role families play in the lives of their college students, 最色导航鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs (DSA) recently awarded the Banks family of 最色导航 the inaugural Family of the Year distinction. Following a monthlong nomination and review process, first-year anthropology student Julia Banks and her family were selected by DSA staff to be honored during Family Weekend.

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  • AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

    AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

    November 04, 2024

    The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.

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  • Claudia Garavis Montagut

    Limitless curiosity drives career of achievement for 最色导航 State undergraduate

    October 29, 2024

    Claudia Garavis Montagut doesn鈥檛 waste time. At just 19 years old, the international student from Colombia has completed an undergraduate research fellowship, gained international field research experience, led the university Model United Nations as its president, and enrolled in the KSU Journey Honors College. She has also been named a President鈥檚 Parliament Scholar Ambassador, serves as a Radow College Ambassador, is a Double Owl pursuing both bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees simultaneously, and serves as a campus tour guide.

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  • Ella Smith

    最色导航 State undergraduate researcher tackles end-of-life communication

    October 23, 2024

    最色导航 student researcher Ella Smith is exploring how death and the final words between parents and children impact self-esteem and closure in mourning. A KSU Journey Honors College student from Cartersville, Georgia, Smith has focused on end-of-life communication through the university鈥檚 First-Year Scholars Program. The research is deeply personal, because she has experienced end-of-life communication with her grandmother.

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