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Kennesaw State University CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) and the official name for an area covering the Kennesaw State University campus in Cobb County, Georgia. It does not include the Kennesaw State University campus in Marietta. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census [63] with a population of 382. [64]
Kennesaw has an important place in railroad history. During the Civil War, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862. Kennesaw is home to Kennesaw State University, an R2 research institution and the third-largest public university in the state of Georgia.
East Georgia State College: Swainsboro: Four-year state college 227 acres (0.92 km 2) Georgia Gwinnett College: Lawrenceville: Four-year state college 250 acres (1.0 km 2) Georgia Highlands College: Rome: Four-year state college 200 acres (0.81 km 2) Gordon State College: Barnesville: Four-year state college 125 acres (0.51 km 2) South Georgia ...
On January 6, 2015, the Georgia Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the consolidation of Southern Poly and Kennesaw State, with Kennesaw State as the surviving institution. On July 1, 2015, Kennesaw State established the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology in honor of the former SPSU.
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning "cemetery" or burial ground. [4]
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Betty L. Siegel (January 24, 1931 – February 11, 2020 [citation needed]) was an author and president of Kennesaw State University. [1] She was the first female president of the University System of Georgia. [2] She served in that position for 25 years, [3] making her the longest serving female president of a state university in the United States.
A History of Georgia (1991). Survey by scholars. Coulter, E. Merton. A Short History of Georgia (1933) Grant, Donald L. The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia 1993; London, Bonta Bullard. (1999) Georgia: The History of an American State Montgomery, Alabama: Clairmont Press ISBN 1-56733-994-8. A middle school textbook.