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  • Sladjana Ray

    Ƶalumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator

    June 18, 2025

    Walking across the stage at Ƶ’s Commencement ceremony was a remarkable moment for Sladjana Ray ’24. Having earned an education specialist degree, it marked her third successful round in higher education, to strengthen her skillset as a history teacher. In the crowd were her daughter, Mima Hrnjak, a nursing student in Kennesaw State’s Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and Ray’s parents. They made the trip from their native Serbia, known as Yugoslavia when Ray migrated to the states in the ’90s as a 16-year-old basketball player.

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  • Isabelle Boughadou

    Growth fuels passion for Ƶmaster's graduate

    June 06, 2025

    Isabelle Boughadou traded a life of training elite athletes for a future as a researcher in biomedical science. She earned a master’s degree in exercise science from Ƶ, conducting award-winning research in the laboratory of professor Katherine Ingram on maternal health, a turn from her original destination conducting research in high-performance sports.

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  • Javier Haro

    Ƶpublic health grad seeks to make a difference

    June 05, 2025

    Recent Ƶ graduate Javier Haro recalls being struck by assistant professor Melissa Osborne’s passion for her work. In a way, he could relate. Originally a civil engineering major, Haro learned quickly he didn’t have passion for the field. He briefly dabbled in exercise science, too, before learning from Osborne about public health and the impact it could have on the world at large, especially in local communities. It was then that he found his passion.

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  • Ali Shilatifard

    Ƶalum receives international scientific honor

    May 19, 2025

    Ƶ alumnus Ali Shilatifard ’89 has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, an internationally renowned association of scientists conducting cutting-edge research that advances society.

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  • Sasha Melbourne

    Ƶto revive bathtub race tradition with new video game

    April 25, 2025

    For decades, the Southern Technical Institute bathtub races entertained swarms of students, alumni, and community members as engine-laden bathtubs throttled around what is now Ƶ’s Marietta Campus. Now, nearly three decades after the last race, the tradition will be reborn as a video game created by students in the College of Computing and Software Engineering.

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  • Christen Knickerbocker

    Master's degree led Ƶalumna to career as museum collection manager

    March 24, 2025

    Walking through the exhibits at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, it’s not uncommon for Christen Knickerbocker ’24 to see something that catches her eye. Sometimes she pauses to admire the museum’s iconic dinosaur skeleton, while other days she notes one of the precious gemstones in its expansive collection. Though the recent Ƶ master’s graduate works as collection manager at Tellus – cataloguing acquisitions and staying behind the scenes – she does occasionally walk the floor to admire the Curatorial Department’s work.

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  • Jennifer Dickey

    Ƶalumni, professor offer guide to Georgia's historic sites in new book

    March 20, 2025

    This June, Ƶ alumni will see their classwork bound, covered, and sold, as part of the most comprehensive guide to date on all the historic sites owned and operated by the state of Georgia, which covers 1,500 years of history. Edited and co-authored by Ƶhistory professor Jennifer Dickey, “There’s Lots to See in Georgia” resulted from a research seminar Dickey led in 2022 where each student adopted one of the 16 state historic sites to discover.

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  • Kyndall Hudson

    Ƶalumna selected as one of 25 International Olympic Committee Young Leaders

    March 19, 2025

    Out of more than 5,000 applicants from around the world, Ƶ alumna Kyndall Hudson was one of 25 selected for the International Olympic Committee Young Leaders program. The four-year program empowers recruits to build out a grassroots sports project of choice by providing $10,000 in seed funding and a network of mentors. Young Leaders are also invited to attend the biannual IOC Youth Summit in Switzerland and other global gatherings.

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  • Elizabeth Elango

    Ƶalumna leverages international affairs degree to lead Global Village Project

    March 07, 2025

    Elizabeth Elango has long been enthralled with the idea of becoming a diplomat, sparked by an urge to see the world beyond her native Cameroon and by a shared interest in global affairs with her father, former Ƶ history professor Lovett Elango. In 1997, Elango graduated from KSU with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and afterward, a master’s degree in African studies at Yale University, where she earned a Fulbright scholarship to Zanzibar, Tanzania. Today, she leads a school for refugee girls in Decatur, the only one in the country.

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  • Day at the Capitol: Ƶcommunity members visit with legislators under the Gold Dome

    Day at the Capitol: Ƶcommunity members visit with legislators under the Gold Dome

    February 19, 2025

    Ƶ students on Wednesday staked their claim at the Georgia State Capitol, sharing with legislators how the institution has shaped their academic careers as well as the university’s significance to the local and regional economy.

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