Current Community Engagement Successes
Our Current Successes
Kennesaw Mountain High School senior, Gwyneth Johnson, completed an educational research
internship on obesity and metabolic health led by Dr. Katherine H. Ingram, Associate
Professor of Exercise Science in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services.
Gwyneth completed a student research project during Fall 2020 titled, “Plant-Based
vs. Animal-Based Diet and Their Association with Metabolic Function”, which she presented
at the KSU Symposium for Student Scholars on December 3rd, 2020. Her KSU faculty mentor
was Dr. Katherine Ingram and Graduate Research Assistant, Grace Alexander, served
as her student mentor.
Read More!
An effort to create community for disabled accepts 262-acre land donation to build
an affordable community for people with disabilities got a boost Thursday when the
Circle of Friends advocacy group announced it has accepted a donation of 262 acres
of land near Ball Ground. Circle of Friends founders Diane and Glenn Keen and Stephen
Taylor said at their group’s meeting Thursday that they secured land in Ball Ground
for their proposed community.
Read more or view the site map plan (PDF).
Dr. Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor in Social Work and Human Services
at Kennesaw State University’s (KSU) WellStar College of Health and Human Services.
She is one of KSU’s inaugural Diversity Fellows through the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion’s Center for Diversity Leadership and Engagement. She is the co-principal
investigator for the Atlanta Immigrant Crossroads Project, which led to various community-university
partnerships and community-based participatory research projects on best practices
for immigrant integration. The University System of Georgia, Kendeda Fund, and National
Geographic Society have awarded her research funds. Her most recent applied research
endeavors have been to develop an Immigrant Integration Toolkit for the State of Georgia
and co-edit a book entitled Green Card Youth Voices: Stories from an Atlanta High
School (Wise Ink Publishers, 2018), which has resulted in her team receiving one of
the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia’s inaugural Community Engagement
Award. Read More!
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern at The Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully, Inc. (CHOICES).
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern at the Georgia Department of Public Health. Assisting in the Emergency
Operation Center (EOC ) Activation: Hurricane Dorian.
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern at The Center for Black Women’s Wellness.
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern at the Georgia Department of Public Health – Division of Emergency
Management.
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern at the American Red Cross.
Internship in Public Health Education – Student Intern Wellstar’s Community Education and Outreach - Medication Take Back
Day
Testimonials
Dear Dr. Irene McClatchey,
"I had to reach out to you to say what a blessing you and this camp have been. I cannot tell you how much this camp has given them all tools, and been such a source of happiness for them all!
I have literally been in tears a few times throughout the camp just listening to the stories from all of the children brave enough to tell their stories through the camp. Losing my sister has been really rough, and I am so glad they were about to join your camp. Thank you so much for putting this together from the bottom of our hearts."
