PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
President Daniel S. Papp
As I start my seventh year as president of this great institution, Kennesaw State University is preparing to commemorate its 50th anniversary next year. While the closing of our first half-century affords us the opportunity to look back at what has been accomplished, it also allows us to think about the future and assess how the university will continue to move forward. Through new academic offerings at the graduate and undergraduate levels, record levels of funding for research and new, stateof-the art facilities, Kennesaw State is laying the foundation for the future. As I look ahead 2
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to the next 50 years, I see a bright future for Kennesaw State. I see a university that will live up to its goal of achieving national prominence. But first let’s look back at how far we have come. Kennesaw State’s history is nothing short of impressive: What started as a twoyear commuter college with no name and no buildings is now Georgia’s third-largest university and rising in national reputation. Kennesaw State is a Ph.D.-granting university with more than 24,000 students from 132 countries and is increasingly a first choice for more and more top high school seniors. Our first-year experience program has been