Two KSC juniors have just earned themselves prestigious appointments that will profoundly impact their futures.

Kelsey Mogell, who transferred to Keene this year from the University of Central Florida to follow her passion and major in the new Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, has been awarded a summer internship at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. The Auschwitz Institute brings government policymakers, military leaders, and NGO activists to Auschwitz in Poland so they can learn to recognize the signs of genocide and use their influence to stop it. Kelsey’s been here less than a semester and she’s already making a big impression in her chosen field. Read more about Kelsey.

Theatre and Dance major Allison Relihan was recently accepted to the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., a rigorous, semester-long, conservatory-based approach to theater training that exposes students to a broad range of theater styles and techniques, including acting, directing, playwriting, design, and movement and voice. For Allison, the training will include a trip to Russia to work with master teachers from the Moscow Art Theater School, the Vakhtangov School, and the St. Petersburg Theater Arts Academy. Read more about this talented actress.