When Paul Vincent (professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) and Hank Knight (director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies) visited Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, last year,their aim was to establish a formal relationship between KSC and Jagiellonian’s Centre for European Studies. “It fit beautifully for us,” Dr. Vincent explained, “especially for the Holocaust part of our major. Krakow is perfectly located within walking distance of the infamous Płaszów concentration camp. The factory mentioned in Schindler’s List is located nearby, as is the ghetto. It’s about a 45-min drive from Auschwitz. If you’re studying the Holocaust, there is a remarkably powerful mental impact to stand in the places where these things happened. You see the world differently when you’re actually studying this in Poland.”
As a result, Jagiellonian University is now part of the KSC Global Education Office’s (GEO) study away program. Particularly exciting was the Centre’s recent decision to offer a master’s level program in Studies in Holocaust and Totalitarian Systems.
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In keeping with it’s standing as 
Based on the 2011-12 Little East Commissioner’s Cup standings released by the conference office on June 2nd, Keene State College is the top athletic program in the Little East Conference for the 12th consecutive year. The Owls finished either first or second in the final regular season standings in 11 of their 17 conference sponsored sports (.647) to average 7.8974 points on a scale of eight. The Owls have held this lofty perch since the Commissioner’s Cup was founded 12 years ago. Now, that’s something to hoot about!
I expect all dedicated alums—and even some parents—to know where this is. By the bye, it’s not working, and I’ve fiddled with it several times, attempting to get it ticking again. Anyone out there want to try their hand?
On May 5th, 1,107 KSC seniors accepted at least 1,196 degrees, making theirs the largest class in the College’s 103-year history. And the ceremony on Fiske Quad was also the greenest: KSC worked with the company Balfour to provide caps & gowns made of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. It takes about 23 bottles to make one gown, and that’s 23 removed from the tens of millions that end up in U.S. landfills every day. The graduates could keep their gowns, or return them so the material can be used to make artificial turf.
When current Keene State College 
Keene State College puts a lot of effort into maintaining a sustainable campus. And our efforts don’t go unnoticed. For the third-straight year, the College has been listed in 
KSC Geography Professor Jo Beth Mullens and Associate Professor of Education Prudence Cuper have recently published Fostering Global Citizenship Through Faculty-Led International Programs (Information Age Publishing). As colleges and universities commit goals and resources to the concept of globalization and internationalization, they often look for ways to embed the concept of global citizenship in undergraduate curricula. Fostering Global Citizenship offers offers theoretical, practical, and motivational resources for the development, execution, and assessment of effective, faculty-led international field courses.
Long-serving adjunct faculty member and alum