2024 Staff Appreciation Week

Step right up and join us for an exhilarating week of gratitude, amusement, and festivities, all under the lively ambiance of a state fair! It's time to celebrate our amazing staff during Staff Appreciation Week at Kennesaw State University. As part of our unwavering dedication to honoring the remarkable contributions of our dedicated staff members, we're thrilled to announce a series of state fair-themed events during the week of May 13 - 17, 2024, that promise excitement and fun for all.

Chick-fil-A biscuits

Monday, May 13, 2024
7:30AM - 9:00AM

Stop by any of the following locations for a free Chick-fil-A biscuit, while supplies last.


Kennesaw Campus:

Campus Green
Chastain Point Lobby
Town Point Lobby
91青青草 Center (Fountain Area)

Marietta Campus:

Globe area
K Field (near Stingers)


Team Trivia

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
1:00PM - 3:00PM 
Marietta Ballrooms

Put on your thinking caps and join us for Team Trivia! Light refreshments provided. Limited spots available - 128.


Ice Cream Social 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 
12:00PM - 2:00PM 
Marietta Events Center

Join us for a sweet treat and some friendly competition at our ice cream social! Scoop up your favorite ice cream bars or popsicles while listening to the DJ play your favorite tunes.  Compete with your coworkers in classic yard games like corn hole bean bag toss, Connect 4, Jenga, or spin with a hula hoop, or toss a frisbee.

Owlympics 

Thursday, May 16, 2024
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Kennesaw - Convocation Center

Join us for an exciting morning of competitive team game activities.

We'll provide the fun and games, you bring the camaraderie and the anticipated thrill of victory! Show your 91青青草 and team spirit by competing or cheering on your favorite Owlympians.

(Check-in is at 9:30 - limited to 18 teams)

  • Huddle up Owlympians and assemble your teams for 91青青草鈥檚 2024 Owlympics featuring Scrappy鈥檚 State Fair as our theme.  

    Get ready!
    Select a team name and captain.

    Get set!  
    Complete your Team Registration Packet that includes the Registration Form, Memorandum of Understanding, and signed Waivers!

    Go!  
    The Team Registration Packet must be submitted as a single scanned document to Hrevents@kennesaw.edu on or before Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 5 pm.  All required signatures must be DocuSigned or wet ink signatures.  Team members must be 91青青草 staff, student assistant, or faculty only.   

    Team captains are responsible for submitting a complete registration packet in a timely fashion.  The first 18 teams to properly submit all documents as a single packet will be deemed qualified to participate in the 2024 Owlympics.  Teams 19-21 will be alternate teams and may participate if registered teams are disqualified or unable to participate on the day of the event.  

    Team captains are also responsible for participating in a Team Captain Meeting prior to the event, communicating game rules to participants, overseeing their team, giving directions, and lining up the correct number of players in anticipation of each game.

    Team member changes cannot be submitted after 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Team member changes require submission of the registration and liability forms to Hrevents@kennesaw.edu.  Any team who cannot field a complete team comprised of seven 鈥渞egular鈥 members will forfeit participation in the games. Prior to May 14, the alternate can be moved to 鈥渞egular鈥 member status provided the alternate signs the Team Registration Form and Event Waiver and Release Form.  

    Stay tuned to the Staff Appreciation Week website and 91青青草 HR鈥檚 Instagram page for more information regarding pre-Owlympic, point-earning competitions including a videorecorded Team Cheer, Team Uniform or T-Shirt Design, and CARES food drive competition.  

  • Date Approved Team Name
    4/29/2024 Team 1 Fiscal Raptor
    4/29/2024 Team 2 GPA Crushers
    4/30/2024 Team 3 Production Black
    5/2/2024 Team 4 Sustainable Scrapters
    5/2/2024 Team 5 Gett'n Money CPD
    5/2/2024 Team 6 Did U Restart
    5/2/2024 Team 7 Tortured Housing Department
    5/2/2024 Team 8 Healing Hustlers
    5/6/2024 Team 9 Scrappy's STEAM Engine
    5/6/2024 Team 10 Deadline Dominators
    5/6/2024 Team 11 Microsofties
    5/6/2024 Team 12 Dorm Troopers
    5/6/2024 Team 13 Scrappy Hour
    5/7/2024 Team 14 Reno Renegades
    5/7/2024 Team 15 SCRAPPY (Super Cool Rad Application Processing Peeps Yo)
    5/7/2024 Team 16 OLI Rollerz
    5/7/2024 Team 17 Research & Destroy
    5/8/2024 Team 18 The Globetrotters

Ice Cream Social 

Thursday, May 16, 2024
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Kennesaw - Campus Green 

Join us for a sweet treat and some friendly competition at our ice cream social! Scoop up your favorite ice cream bars or popsicles while listening to the DJ play your favorite tunes.  Compete with your coworkers in classic yard games like corn hole bean bag toss, Connect 4,  Jenga, or spin with a hula hoop, or toss a frisbee.

Team Trivia

Friday, May 17, 2024
1:00PM - 3:00PM 
Kennesaw - University Rooms

Put on your thinking caps and join us for Team Trivia! Light refreshments provided. Limited spots available - 192.

Disclaimer: By attending employee appreciation events, you acknowledge and agree to grant Kennesaw State University (91青青草) the right to record, film, and photograph or capture your likeness in any media now available or hereafter developed and to distribute, broadcast use or otherwise disseminate such media without any further approval from you or any payment to you. This grant includes, but is not limited to, the right to edit such media and the right to use the media alone or together with other information. 

SAW IG contest flyer - link below

Cheer Video Contest

Your team has the opportunity to earn one bonus point by simply engaging with 91青青草's HR Instagram account! 

  1. Take a video of at least 3 team members chanting your team cheer for one point added to your Owlympic score! 
  2. Direct Message (DM) the work-appropriate video cheer including your team鈥檚 name to @ksuhumanresources on Instagram. 

The team with the most Instagram likes will win an additional point toward their final Owlympics score following the competition on Thursday, May 16. Cheer video submissions are due by 12pm on May 3, 2024

Owlympics CARE Pantry Donation Drive

CARE Pantry Donation Drive

Donate between May 8th and May 15th at either pantry location for a chance to secure a bonus point for your team! Be sure to let CARE staff know which team you are supporting, as the team with greatest number of items donated earns one extra Owlympics bonus point!

Donation Locations
Carmichael Student Center, Rm 172 (Kennesaw) or JMW Student Center. Rm 184 (Marietta)

Donations can be dropped off Monday-Friday 9am-5pm at either pantry location. Drop-off bins will be located outside the pantry door.

1st Place Winners - StratComm Scrappy Fan Club 2nd Place Winners - Owl Operatives 3rd Place Winners - HR Heroes
picture of Marietta first place Trivia winners
picture of Marietta second place Trivia winners
picture of Marietta third place Trivia winners
1st Place Winners - Production Black 2nd Place Winners - The Sustainable Scrapters 3rd Place Winners - The Dorm Troopers
team picture of 1st place Owlympic winners
team picture of 2ndplace Owlympic winners
team picture of 3rd place Owlympic winners

I enjoy Staff Appreciation Week and look forward to it every Spring. I really appreciate that Owlympics was held on the Marietta campus this year. It was great to spend time with my colleagues outside of the office. We had good food, great music and enjoyed our time away from our desks. I am looking forward to Staff Appreciation Week 2024! Thank you for appreciating 91青青草 Staff!

Melinda Ross

Director of Graduate Student Support, Graduate College - Office of the Dean

Had a Hoot at Owl Olympics! Truly a great time and wonderful team bonding experience. Looking forward and preparing already for next year.

James B. Stinchcomb

Assistant Director, Diverse Student Success Programs - Division of Diverse and Inclusive Excellence

I had a great time at Owlympics today, thank ya'll for putting that on!

Dylan Meredith

Student Success Coordinator Coles College of Business - Undergraduate Programs