Several of Keene State’s important achievements and critical issues have received state-wide and national attention lately. Here are a few items you shouldn’t miss:

• Richard Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, wrote a powerful op-ed for the Keene Sentinel explaining how critical public higher education is to drawing business to  New Hampshire.

• The Union Leader covered the  Mason Library’s acquisition of the historic Blanchard Ledger, an 18th century surveyor’s record that details the settlement of southwestern New Hampshire.

• The Keene Sentinel’s Spotlight section covered the Thorne Gallery’s popular Jurors’ Choice Exhibit.

• The Associated Press ran a story that was picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle, Concord Monitor, NECN, Foster’s Daily Democrat, and other papers about the University System’s deal to freeze tuition if the state restores the System’s funding to the pre-2011 level.

• The Keene Sentinel covered Keene State’s recent event that brought 22 educators from Shanghai, China, to campus to collaborate with our education faculty.

• And don’t miss the great things track star, dancer, and scholar Marie Whitney said about KSC in Stuart Kaufman’s story, “Keene State runner Whitney is on fast track,” that appeared in the Union Leader.