$45K Gift To Provide Aid For At-Risk KSU Students

KENNESAW, GA -- Students who may have fallen on hard times and come close to being homeless will soon get some much-needed support at Kennesaw State University. The American Opportunity Foundation will provide a $45,000 gift to be used for students in emergency financial situations, the university said.

The funds will be used for on-campus housing and scholarships for students at KSU's Marietta Campus. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Available through the University’s Campus Awareness, Resource and Empowerment Center (CARE) Services, the program will extend to students who are part of the foster care system as well.

The American Opportunity Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and $3,000 scholarships for those who qualify.

“This gift is an answer to a truly unmet need at the Marietta Campus,” Marcy Stidum, director of CARE, said in a KSU news release. “Our program struggled many days to locate housing for the homeless students we serve there. Never did I think we would have a chance to provide a second apartment at the Marietta Campus the very next year. I am honored and thankful that American Opportunity Foundation would want to invest in the lives of our students.”

As CARE works on long-term housing for students in need, KSU's Marietta campus will provide a two-bedroom apartment for two weeks as part of the program.

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