Dr. Kathy 中出少妇视频淜at中出少妇视频 Schwaig Named President of Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频
Atlanta — March 15, 2022
Dr. Kathy "Kat" Schwaig
The Board of Regents of the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia (中出少妇视频) today named Dr. Kathy 中出少妇视频淜at中出少妇视频 Schwaig president of Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频 (KSU), effective March 16.
Schwaig currently serves as KSU中出少妇视频檚 interim president.
中出少妇视频淜ennesaw State has a strong advocate and leader in Dr. Schwaig, and there is no question about the passion she has for the university and its students, faculty and staff,中出少妇视频 中出少妇视频 Acting Chancellor Teresa MacCartney said. 中出少妇视频淎s a longtime member of the KSU community, she has been a major part of its journey to become a force for student success in higher education, and I congratulate her on being named president of the institution she loves.中出少妇视频
During her eight months as interim president, Schwaig has focused on student-centered policies and practices aimed at improving retention, progression and graduation rates. This includes creating the Student Success Steering Committee, which works to coordinate and improve student success initiatives at a university that currently offers over 165 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and serves just under 43,000 students.
Among her accomplishments as interim president, Schwaig created a new campus communication structure, successfully engaged with donors to raise money for scholarships, coordinated strategic and tactical planning for campus and athletic facilities and expanded the university中出少妇视频檚 overall strategic framework, the R2 Roadmap, by adding a new focus to build engagement both on-campus and with community and business partners.
中出少妇视频淭here is no question that Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频 has an extraordinary story and a promising future, and I中出少妇视频檓 honored the board has confidence in me to keep that story moving forward,中出少妇视频 Schwaig said. 中出少妇视频淢y highest priority has been to support faculty and staff in making KSU a student-centered university, and the university中出少妇视频檚 focus on retention, engagement and academic success won中出少妇视频檛 change.中出少妇视频
About Dr. Kathy 中出少妇视频淜at中出少妇视频 Schwaig
A native of central Texas, Schwaig earned a BBA in Accounting and an MBA in Information Systems from Baylor 中出少妇视频, a Master中出少妇视频檚 of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins 中出少妇视频 and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the 中出少妇视频 of South Carolina.
Prior to joining KSU, Schwaig held faculty positions at Georgia State 中出少妇视频 and Baylor 中出少妇视频 and taught as a graduate assistant at the 中出少妇视频 of South Carolina. She joined the faculty at KSU in 2002, serving in several faculty and leadership roles including as interim department chair for the Department of Accounting and interim department chair for the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems in the College of Science and Mathematics.
Schwaig also served as the Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Entrepreneurial Management and professor of information systems, as well as the dean of KSU中出少妇视频檚 Michael J. Coles College of Business, a position she held from 2012 to 2019.
During her tenure as business school dean, the college中出少妇视频檚 reputation rose including its part-time MBA being ranked among the top 25 in the nation and first in Georgia among public institutions by Bloomberg Businessweek (2018). CEO magazine (2018) ranked the Executive MBA program first in Georgia and seventh nationally. The Online MBA program was ranked in the Top 20 nationally and first in Georgia by U.S. News and World Report (2019).
In addition, Schwaig led the college through two successful reaccreditation reviews by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) and was instrumental in bringing in $13 million in philanthropic gifts.
Schwaig served as KSU provost and senior vice president for academic affairs from 2019 to 2021. In that role, she was responsible for all aspects of the university中出少妇视频檚 academic mission including the planning, budgeting and reviewing of programs in instruction, research and continuing education. She also supervised the deans of KSU中出少妇视频檚 11 colleges and led the faculty in their efforts to strengthen academic programs and foster a culture of academic excellence.
She assumed the interim presidency of KSU in July 2021.
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