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Our academic advisors are dedicated to guiding students towards success by providing support in course planning, exploring academic pathways, and connecting students with campus resources. Academic advising is a collaborative process, emphasizing mutual respect and responsibility between advisor and student. We're here to help you navigate your educational journey and achieve your goals in your time at KSU!

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The Wellstar College annually celebrates faculty and staff contributions, recognizing excellence in teaching, research, professional service, dedication, and innovation. The Faculty and Staff Awards promote and reward faculty and staff members' exceptional contributions. Winners are selected annually through self-nomination and submission of materials, with selection by the Wellstar College Awards committee. Find out how nomination works to be recognized by Wellstar and KSU for your hard work and dedication!

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Kennesaw State's Children and Family Programs (CFP) support the well-being of students and families through evidence-based services like parent training, behavioral therapy, and academic assistance. Additionally, CFP provides parenting support to local families, program development for K-12 institutions, and continuing education workshops for professionals. Connect with our upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.

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The purpose of Distance Learning is to support faculty, staff and students in delivering comprehensive online courses certified through Quality Matters (QM) and KSU's Distance Learning Center (DLC). We offer faculty development, course design assistance, and program planning to enhance online education and align with KSU's strategic goals of promoting excellence and improving retention and graduation rates.

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Archive of faculty development series, including Research Wednesdays and Lunch & Learn

Spring 2024

• Increasing Student Engagement in Large Classes (2/16/24) | Powerpoint Download
• Soliciting Feedback on Teaching Effectiveness (1/23/24) | Powerpoint Download

Fall 2023

• Effective Practices for Academic Program Assessment (9/1/23)
• Teaching Accross Difference: Managing Controversy in the Classroom (9/15/23)
• Being Part of Your Research Team: Offiec of Research Resources (9/29/23)
• Incorporating mHealth Initiatives into Your Research (10/03/23)
• Partnering with the KSU Journey Honor's College (10/13/23)
• Strategies for Conducting Successful Faculty Searches (10/27/23)
• Promoting Academic Integrity and Understanding the Reporting Process (11/17/23)

 

Spring 2023

• Preparing a Portfolio Submission (5/5/23) | PowerPoint Download
• Strategies for Recruiting Human Subjects (4/7/23) | PowerPoint Download
• Interprofessional Education (3/17/23) | PowerPoint Download
• "Sticky" Policies (3/3/23) | PowerPoint download
• Establishing a Writing Group (2/17/23) | PowerPoint download 
• Getting Digitally Enhanced Courses Approved (2/3/23) | PowerPoint download
• Finding Research Collaborators (1/20/23) - PowerPoint
• Preparing for the Annual Review Process (1/13/23) | PowerPoint download

Fall 2022

• Documenting Student Success Efforts - Part 2 (12/2/22)
• The Scholarship of Community Engagement (11/18/22)
• Documenting Your Student Success Efforts (11/4/22) | PDF download
• Effectively Addressing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (10/21)
• Defining Faculty Workload (9/16/22)
• Preparing Your NIH Biosketch (9/2/22)
• Creating Classroom Structures to Support Students Success (8/26/22)

Spring 2022

• Conducting Research with the Wellstar Health System (5/6/22)
• Putting Your Best Case Forward: Developing a Portfolio Narrative (4/15/22) | PowerPoint download
• Small Changes, Big Impact: Tweaking your Course to Meet the Requirements of "It's About Engagement" (4/1/22)
• Maximizing the Impact of Your P&T External Letters (2/11/22) | PowerPoint download

Fall 2021

• Knowledge Translation and Alt Metrics: Expanding the Impact of Your Research (11/10/21)
• Statistics Resources at KSU for Your Research Project (10/27/21)
• Reviewing Each Other’s Proposals: Establishing a Critical Friends Network (10/6/21)
• NIH Funding Mechanisms for KSU that You Might Not Know About (9/8/21)

Publication Support Fund Application

With the current reclassification of Kennesaw State University becoming an R3 Institution, the demand for quality research and publication has increased. Currently, journals and publishers are more frequently turning to an Open Access model, which increases the financial requirement of publication. To this point, many high quality journals charge fees simply to cover publication costs. With this in mind, researchers may feel less inclined to submit manuscripts to higher-tier journals, due to the fees associated with publication. In addition, many book presses now request indexing, professional editing, and subvention fees. In an attempt to relieve this financial burden as well as to encourage submission to top-tier journals and high-quality academic presses, the WCHHS Publication Support Fund is designed to assist faculty and students paying for fees associated with publication.

Who is Eligible?

Current faculty and students affiliated with the Wellstar College who are submitting works to non-predatory journals and peer-reviewed academic presses for books and edited volumes that require page or publication fees. In addition, graduate students who have already graduated may be eligible when attempting to publish their theses with faculty co-authors. Additional approval will be required from the Office of Fiscal Services.

What are Predatory Journals?

Predatory journals are questionable open-access journals that charge for publication but lack the code of conduct and normal rigor affiliated with acceptable journals. Please visit Think, Check, Submit for more information.

Faculty and students can apply for publication funds through the Office of the Dean for the purpose of publication of articles, books, book chapters, or research manuscripts created at Kennesaw State University. Funds will only be allocated for publication fees of completed works inclusive of subvention fees, publication costs, indexing, and professional editing. The Primary Author must be currently affiliated with Kennesaw State University and the Wellstar College OR a former graduate student who has graduated and is attempting to publish their thesis with one or more faculty co-authors should request funds. The Primary Author must have

• Contributed substantially to the conception and design of the study, the acquisition of data, or its analysis and interpretation
• Drafted or provided critical revision of the article/book/book chapter
• Provided final approval of the version to publish
• Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

apply for publication funds

The Wellstar College of Health and Human Services is dedicated to pioneering research across various themes such as aging, biomechanics, physiology, chronic disease, community health, mental health, nutrition, public health, and social justice. Our collaborative efforts aim to advance knowledge and foster innovative solutions to enhance health and well-being across all stages of life.

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• Inclusive Teaching Strategies (3/31/23) | Auto-generated transcript
• Inclusive Excellence (2/24/2023)
• Health Disparities (1/27/23)

Student Support Fund Application

The WCHHS Office of the Dean recognizes the importance of the professional development for its undergraduate and graduate students and thererfore has created the WCHHS Student Support Fund for facilitating current WCHHS students' development outside the classroom. The WCHHS Student Support Fund will reimburse any appropriate costs of a student's trip so long as all travel-funding guidelines have been followed.

Due to the demand for this program, financial support from the Office of the Dean may become limited. As a result, the Dean must impose a hierarchical approach for the selection of applicant funding. This heirarchical approach will be based on funding availability and use/or availability of other financial resources (e.g. Student Organizations, CETL, NCUR, URCA, etc.).

Eligibility Requirements

• Students must be enrolled at KSU during the time period of the travel
• Travel must be completed by June 15—no exceptions
  Travel must involve a presentation (attach acceptance letter or email to this request)
• Faculty mentors must be under contract at KSU
  Attention

If your request is approved, there is additional paperwork that must be completed prior to travel—please contact Business Operations in the Office of the Dean (x2433) for more details.

Fund Support

• Paying Incentives to Human Subjects
• Prillaman Hall Signage and Food Policy
• Project and Event Request Form