Stand up and take a bold step (well, actually, several steps) on Saturday, April 17, to stop violence against women. The 4th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, International Men’s March to End Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence is open to all men, women & children. Men are encouraged, though not required, to wear women’s shoes to support the cause.
Watch the video and sign up.
Contact Forrest Seymour at 603-358-2047 or fseymour@keene.edu.
Are you as excited as we are about Reunion Weekend, June 4, 5, & 6? Sign up online now! We’ll have some great gatherings and activities. Be a student again (all the fun, but no exams) and stay on campus in our award-winning Pondside III residence hall or the newly renovated Huntress Hall! Visit our Reunion web pages for more information!
A couple of years ago, a local contractor was demolishing a barn in Nelson, N.H., when he came across a 35mm Monarch projector and seven reels of film. He donated his find to the Keene State College Film Society, which has determined that at least three of the films appear to be the only surviving copies of long-lost movies, including When Lincoln Paid, a film on an incident in Abraham Lincoln’s life, starring and directed by movie pioneer Francis Ford, the older brother of and greatest influence on famed director John Ford.
This brittle and damaged 30-minute two-reeler is of such historical significance that it easily won support from Tag Gallagher (author of John Ford), the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, and the National Film Preservation Foundation, who rallied to restore the film. After being lost for 97 years, When Lincoln Paid will premiere in the Mabel Brown Room in the Student Center on Tuesday, April 20, at 4 p.m. and again in the Putnam Theater in the Redfern Arts Center, thanks to the sponsorship of the KSC Film Archives, Special Collections/Mason Library, the Film Studies Dept., and the KSC Film Society. The film is important for its historical theme, its place in film history, and for what it has to show about the techniques that influenced John Ford. The screening is free and open to the public.
Both Ford brothers were fascinated with Abraham Lincoln and made him the subject of many of their films. “There is nothing I like better than to play Lincoln. I have a big library devoted to this great man, and I have studied every phase of his remarkable character, and when I am acting the part, I can feel the man as I judge him,” Francis Ford is quoted as saying in an article by Ford scholar Tag Gallagher.
“Francis Ford is one of the most fascinating persons in film history…And he is known as the man who taught John Ford.” Gallagher said in a letter he sent in support of restoring When Lincoln Paid. Francis Ford made the first spectacular westerns in 1912, some of the first detective movies, and one of the first serials.
“Between 1912 and 1915 he played Abraham Lincoln in at least seven pictures. Alas, all of these pictures are lost. For nearly a century no one has been able to see Francis Ford as Lincoln,” Gallagher explained. “So now…to be told that I may get to see Francis Ford as Lincoln is thrilling news indeed.”
Check out these film clips from When Lincoln Paid. The first shows Confederate soldiers ambushing and pursuing John Wade, one of the film’s principal characters. The second shows Mrs. Wade pleading with Abraham Lincoln (played by Francis Ford) for the life of a young Confederate soldier.
You are invited to join the KSC in NYC alumni group on Thursday, April 15, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. for their 2nd annual event! This year we’ll meet in the Empire Room, a brand new bar in the Empire State Building (dress code: no hats or sneakers). Take advantage of this opportunity to network with your fellow alums and share your favorite memories and stories about your time at KSC! You cover the drinks, and we cover the appetizers, but no promises on how long they will last. …
For more information, email Megan FitzGerald ’98 and Kara Grenier ’04 or visit the Facebook group “KSC in NYC.”
If you’d like yet another reason to be proud of KSC, head to campus this Saturday, March 27, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., for the 10th Annual Academic Excellence Conference. You can see some of our best and brightest students presenting their fine work. Whatever your interest, you’ll find something to please: biology, chemistry, psychology, geography, math, literature, dance, education, health science – you name it! It all takes place in the David F. Putnam Science Center and the L. P. Young Student Center and is free and open to the public.
For more information, including a schedule with descriptions of each presentation, check out the AEC page.
Approximately 70 students attended the Academic and Career Advising Office’s job fair preparation workshop on February 2nd. Students were also invited to one-on-one meetings with an alumni volunteer the following week for a resume critique, and 28 students took advantage of that.
Then on February 28, 10 KSC alums volunteered to participate in the Student Center Leadership Development Program’s Second Annual Etiquette Dinner. This group of alums joined 60 current students for an evening of networking, conversation, and sharing.
Later this spring, recent alums will participate in a “Life after KSC” panel covering such topics as choosing a career path, navigating the transition from school to professional life, deciding about graduate school, and much more.
All the big blizzards seem to be far to the south lately, but a huge White Out is predicted to hit Spaulding Gym on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The Owls hope that this White Out will bring the same luck as the first one, held back in Feb. 11, 2008, when the KSC women came from behind to beat UMass-Dartmouth (59-46), and the Keene State men stunned the heavily favored and #2 ranked Corsairs (92-85) with a thrilling upset. This year, the Owls take on Plymouth State. The women’s game begins at 5:30 p.m. Tip off for the men’s game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
KSC students with an ID will be given a free specially designed t-shirt. Members of the public will be asked for a donation of at least $5 that will be given to the Kay Yow Breast Cancer Fund.
Are you looking for a career opportunity? Keene State College alumni and students are welcome to attend the annual New Hampshire College and University Council Job Fair, Wednesday, February 17, from 1–6 p.m. at the Center of NH Radisson Hotel (700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101). This is the largest academically sponsored job fair north of Boston.
Keene State College will be commemorating its 40th year of sponsoring women’s basketball on Saturday, January 23, at Spaulding Gym, when the Owls host the Beacons of UMass-Boston.
If you were a former women’s player or coach, or if you contributed to the program’s growth in any way, KSC extends you a special invitation to attend. Players and coaches will be introduced at halftime of the women’s game and are invited to a post-game social at the Night Owl Café.
Men: Keene State vs. UMass-Boston, 3 p.m.
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Post-Game Reception from 5–7 p.m. in the Night Owl Café (Young Student Center)
If you plan to attend, please use the online registration form to tell us you’re coming.
If you can’t make it, use the “comment” link below to drop us a note. Heck, drop us a note and share your memories even if you can make it.
As a leader of the new wave of contemporary klezmer, David Krakauer and his Acoustic Klezmer Project will hit the Redfern stage on Wednesday, January 27. The New York Times notes that the band “hurls the tradition of klezmer music into the rock era,” forging a unique new sound from the genres of world music and jazz, rock, funk, and hip-hop. The music is firmly rooted in traditional klezmer, while at the same time appealing to today’s rock and world music enthusiasts. Krakauer will also conduct a lecture demonstration on the history of klezmer and its influences on American music at 2 p.m. at the Redfern.
Tickets for the evening performance are available at the Redfern box office, 603-358-2168, where you can also view video clips from the season’s Visiting Artists repertoire.
A special traveling exhibit, “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals,” will be in the Atrium Conference Room at the Young Student Center from Jan. 4 to Feb. 9, 2010. The exhibit is from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and is co-sponsored by several campus and community groups.
After taking power in 1933, the Nazis persecuted homosexuals as part of their so-called moral crusade to racially and culturally purify Germany. This exhibit explores the Nazi campaign against homosexuals in Germany and its important lessons for us today.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Teachers who bring their classes can arrange for an orientation and discussion of the exhibit from the Educational Outreach Coordinator of the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, Thomas White.
Please contact Karen Cangialosi, 358-2578, to let us know if you’re bringing a class for a visit.
Whether the teams are home or abroad, we want alums to come, wear their red and white and cheer them on! To see a schedule and learn when the teams will be in Keene or visiting a a school near you visit the Athletics website. Want to truly show your team spirit? Gear up with authentic KSC wear from the bookstore.
Alum Jon Sharpe ’98 from United Staging and Rigging will hold a rigging workshop on December 11 at 1 p.m. for students and interested theater and dance alumni. Jon has been with USR for ten years and will share his considerable expertise in this highly technical field.
Interested? Contact Craig Lindsay in the Keene State Theatre and Dance department.
It’s time once again for the annual MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS concert here at KSC, and the deep, resonant call is out for all professional and amateur tubists to join the band!
The concert will be held on Sunday, December 6, at 1 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room of the L.P. Young Student Center. It’s free and open to the public. The performance will feature traditional Christmas carols especially arranged for TUBACHRISTMAS by American composer Alec Wilder.
Dr. Jim Chesebrough, band director at Keene State College, will direct the 19th Keene TUBACHRISTMAS. All area tuba, euphonium, and baritone horn players are invited to perform. Rehearsal will take place in the Mabel Brown Room at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 6. Performers pay a $5 tax-deductible fee to the Harvey Phillips Foundation. For more information, please contact Dr. Chesebrough.
As a part of this year’s Diversity Dialogue series, there will be a discussion on veterans at Keene State on Tuesday, November 10, from noon-1:15 p.m. in the Mountainview Room in the Student Center. This dialogue will be done in recognition and honor of Veterans Day, with a light lunch provided. Kent Drake-Deese, Director of Residential Life and Housing, and Michael Ward, Administrative Assistant-Student Center, will be facilitating the conversation. All are welcome, and alumni who are veterans are particularly invited to participate.
For more information, please contact Dottie Morris, Chief Officer for Diversity and Multiculturalism.
This Saturday afternoon, the Mason Library is having its piece of the Centennial pie.
Library tours will start at 1:30 p.m.; Ernest Hebert ’69 (also a former Keene State writer-in-residence and honorary degree recipient, Keene native, and author of ten books, including the Darby series) will give a talk entitled “Keepers of the Flame” at 2.