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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø student helps develop new index for cancer treatment time costs
August 11, 2025
Isaac Kuhn’s research looks different than he imagined when he arrived at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø a year ago.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø nurses excel on the front lines and at home
July 30, 2025
Yuriy Soroka was one of two KSU nursing alums honored by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently, receiving an AJC Nurse Excellence Award for 2025. Justin Connelly, who earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2018 and works at Piedmont Henry Hospital in McDonough, also received a Nurse Excellence Award.
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Student's CrossFit passion leads to breakthrough research at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø
July 28, 2025
CrossFit changed Caralynn Doese’s life twice – once when she sought a competitive outlet, and again as a Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø student in search of a possible academic outlet. Now she’s helping conduct a study on CrossFit with Wellstar College of Health and Human Services professor Gerald Mangine through KSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø expands support for student-parents through new grants
June 30, 2025
The Institute of Women’s Policy Research estimates that one college student in five is raising a child while in school, with few institutes of higher learning offering programmatic support. Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø bucks the trend with its Children and Family Programs (CFP), which recently received two external grants that will help support student parents.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø professor inducted as International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education fellow
June 27, 2025
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø professor Brian Culp was recently inducted as a Fellow of the International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), an international society for scholarship in physical education and activity.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø public health students win gold designation at national competition
June 24, 2025
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø public health students win gold designation at national competition A team of students in Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇøâ€™s Wellstar College of Health and Human Services recently won national recognition at the Society for Public Health Education’s (SOPHE) National Case Study Competition in Health Education. Recent public health graduate Liz Burchfield teamed with public health students Angel Fortmann and Allisa George to earn a gold designation, one of six universities nationwide to receive this accolade. Associate professor of public health and director of the public health program LaNita Wright advised the trio.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø alumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator
June 18, 2025
Walking across the stage at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇøâ€™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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇøâ€™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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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø student draws on personal experience in graduate program
June 09, 2025
For as long as he can remember, Adam Kiel has worn a prosthetic leg. Diagnosed with fibular hemimelia, a condition in which a child is born missing part of or all of a bone in a lower leg, he received his first prosthesis at 11 months old. Now, through the Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics program at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø, Kiel is pursuing a career as a prosthetist, hoping to use his lived experience to reach others.
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Growth fuels passion for Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø master'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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø, 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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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø public health grad seeks to make a difference
June 05, 2025
Recent Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÉçÇø 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.