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President Papp recognized as one of the 100 most influential Georgians

Published on February 5, 2008 by The Sentinel

    In the last several years, KSU has grown and developed in many
important ways thanks, in a large part, to the efforts of President
Papp. Papp was recognized for his achievements and influence this month
in Georgia Trend magazine as one of the 100 most influential Georgians.

      According to Georgia Trend, their goal in generating this list is to “illuminate, perhaps educate, by shining a spotlight on 100 different individuals whose influence may be long lasting or short lived, subtle or obvious. These are the people, we believe, who prove that influence is power, not the other way around.” Papp appeared alongside 99 other businessmen, college presidents and politicians from throughout the state.

    President Papp has played a major role in impacting higher education at KSU and throughout Georgia in his year and a half in office. Last October, he kicked off KSU’s first comprehensive capital campaign designed to generate funding for improving the university’s facilities and expanding student services.

    Papp has also stressed the importance of a unified university. “We have moved forward with a quality enhancement plan towards globalization,” he said. “The university has always been internationally oriented, now it is internationally focused.” He is also trying expand the school’s reputation beyond just northwest Ga. and Atlanta.

    Papp’s influlence goes beyond KSU’s interests. He has worked to raise the bar for higher education standards throughout Ga.’s university system as well as increase the overall quality of education. He views his biggest influence as “getting people to work together in the higher education community, to work together in state-wide objectives and helping people to understand that on a conceptual basis.”