Serving a population of more than 1.4 million residents of NW metropolitan Atlanta, WellStar Health System is a not-for-profit system recognized as a national leader in comprehensive care.
Kennesaw State University, in Kennesaw, Georgia, fields 17 varsity athletics teams which are called the Owls. After spending ten years in Division II's Peach Belt Conference, the university fully transitioned to Division I status in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. All of Kennesaw State's sports teams compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The school mascot is Scrappy the Owl.