University College’s Department of First-Year and Transition Studies is consistently recognized as one of the best first-year programs in the nation, and on Feb. 20 the department received international recognition as well.

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As featured in a recent KSU News article, professors from two universities in Japan spent a day at Kennesaw State learning about the first-year programs in University College. This was the second such meeting in as many weeks after four representatives from Qatar University were given an overview of First-Year and Transition Studies as part of a visit hosted by KSU’s Division of Student Affairs.

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“It is remarkable that we have such a strong global presence,” said Nirmal Trivedi, director of First-Year Seminars and assistant professor of English. “It is a testament to the incredibly hard work that many people have put into this program to show that it is not limited to a regional identity, but it is absolutely something that is relevant to all student experiences around the world.”

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Tateo Hashimoto, vice president of Nagasaki International University, and Yukari Hashimoto, a professor at the University of Nagasaki, met with First-Year and Transition Studies faculty and staff and visited the first-year seminar centered on leadership development taught by Linda Lyons, director of Strategic Initiatives and assistant professor of Education. First-year programs help students build the foundation to succeed academically, socially and personally at Kennesaw State, which enables the University to retain a higher number of students from their first year of college to the second year.

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Read the entire article at: http://news.kennesaw.edu/stories/2017/first-year_international.php.