Innovate former Kennesaw State University president Betty Siegel dies at 89 (school, live)

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The second president in Kennesaw State University's history, Betty Siegel, has passed at age 89.

Siegel was a transformative figure in the history of the university as she presided over a period of significant growth for KSU.

During her 25-year tenure as president, KSU transformed from a small commuter college at the beginning of her administration to a fast-growing mid-sized full-service research university with a growing residential student population.

Siegel began her 25-year term as president in September 1981 when the university was a small state college with about 3,500 students, a handful of buildings and no master's degree programs. During Siegel’s tenure, the university’s enrollment increased, faculty and staff grew, as did the number of degree programs and academic buildings.

Upon her retirement in 2006, a 15-degree college had become a university with 55 undergraduate and graduate degrees and 18,000 students. KSU today stands as the third-largest university in Georgia with nearly 38,000 students.

Siegel was known to want students to have a total collegiate experience that included sports teams and on-campus housing, the university said. In 1982, the school established its first intercollegiate athletic teams.

Kennesaw State's second president, Betty Siegel, dies at 89 (Access WDUN)

Innovative former Kennesaw State President Betty L. Siegel dies at 89 (11 Alive/MSN)

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