Kennesaw State University

For five weeks this summer, 16 Kennesaw State students from the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology traded their Marietta classrooms for the bustling metropolis of Taipei, Taiwan. The group immersed themselves in one of the world's most influential technology hubs while experiencing Taiwan's culture and daily life.

Kennesaw State University graduate student Gabrielle Pajak has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study in Jordan, providing another step toward a career she plans related to human rights issues. Pajak, who is pursuing a Master of Science in International Policy Management (MSIPM) from Kennesaw State, will learn Arabic at a language institute during 11 months in Jordan, starting in January 2022. Boren Awards focus on geographic areas, languages and fields of study that are critical to United States interests and underrepresented in study abroad, and Pajak chose to conduct hers in Jordan because of her interest in the country's high number of refugees who have fled from Syria's ongoing civil war.

Kennesaw State University seniors Jeremy Collins, Marquis Holmes, Alex Keller and Virginia Wyckoff are heading to Moscow, Russia to cover the 2018 World Cup. For their coursework they will report on eight World Cup games using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. The students will create and post live game tweets and podcasts. They will also be sending information back to Kennesaw State where it will be created as videos on multiple social media platforms for KSU News Now.