Congratulations are in order for two members of the College and Media Relations staff. Robin Dutcher, who continues as media relations coordinator, has also been appointed campus spokesperson. Susan Peery, who had been serving as the office’s interim director, has been named director of College and Media Relations.
The Keene State College Music Department welcomes guest artist Astrid Schween (cello), who will join KSC faculty member Maura Glennon (piano) for an evening of music by twentieth century composers on Friday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. Admission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KSC students, senior citizens, and youth ages 17 and under. For tickets, call the box office at 603-358-2168.
The recital will include two sonatas for cello and piano by Dmitri Shostakovich and Elliott Carter, “Four Pieces for Cello and Piano” by Amy Beach, and “Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano” by Astor Piazzolla. Schween and Glennon have previously performed together in venues across New England and at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Come on in to the Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery to see the best local art. From Jan. 24–Feb. 26, the gallery will host its biennial juried exhibition of works in a variety of media by artists living within a 30-mile radius of Keene or who are members of the Friends of the Thorne. Selections from the Robert Hubbard Collection will also be on display. You can also cast your vote for People’s Choice Commendation through February 12 and attend a public reception on Friday, Jan. 23, from 5:30–7:30 at the Thorne.
If you’re in the area on Tuesday, the Campus Commission for Diversity and Multiculturalism, the Office of Diversity and Multiculturalism, Common Ground, and the KSC Democrats will be sponsoring events starting at 10 a.m. and going into the afternoon around the presidential inauguration.
The schedule is available here; all events will be in the Student Center.
We got this spectacular photo, taken by Carol Kaufman, as a submission to Keene State Today for its “Where in the World” feature.
Here’s where you come in: Write us a caption. Leave it in the comments with your name for proper attribution, and we’ll run our favorite in an upcoming issue of Keene State Today. Submit as many clever captions as you like; anyone can play.
Did you ever wonder how many-if any-KSC alums live in your area? Well you’re in luck, because in 2009, we are hitting the road and hitting it hard to help alums connect in their own backyards!
Live in Houston, TX, Austin, TX, Hartford, CT, Exeter, NH or Boston, MA? Then let’s get together! Dates are being planned now in those locations and many more.
Have a suggestion of a place to meet or an event to host? Please let us know. We are interested in group tours of area landmarks or museums as well as social/networking casual events in restaurants.
Contact alumni@keene.edu to set up an event in your area!
Last month, we told you we’d help you with RSS, in case you would like to see each new Newsline post as it comes, without having to check back here to see if there’s anything new.
We tried and tried to come up with a simple explanation, but decided we could do no better than this piece of excellence from Common Craft:
Click the “Play” triangle for an introduction to RSS. Not quite simple enough? That’s OK, at least now you know what your questions are. Ask away in the comments.
The Alumni Relations Office is teaming up with the Geography Department to update all Geography Alumni information by mid-spring. If you are an alum who majored in Geography, please visit this link and update your data. Please note that you are a Geography Major in the Comments Section at the bottom of the form. Professors Rydant, Alvarez, and Cusack are eager to hear of your career experiences, travels and accomplishments and are hoping to have a gathering of Alumni in late summer/early fall 2009.
We’re gearing up quickly for the 2009 Centennial Grand Reunion. We have events planned all over campus June 5-7 to help alumni reconnect with one another and the College.
With help from more than a dozen alumni, we have crafted a schedule that includes an Emeriti Faculty Dinner, the premiere of the Centennial documentary film, tents on Fiske Quad for each of the decades, a dedication of the 1957 class clocktower gift, the Alumni Association Annual Meeting luncheon, a groundbreaking celebration for the new Alumni Center, a barbecue on the quad, and a dance featuring the Tom Foolery Band.
We are also working with many different alumni groups who are gathering together, including the classes of 1959, 1964, and 1984, as well as the jazz ensemble.
More information and campus accommodations will be available early in 2009; keep watching Newsline and the Reunion page of the Alumni Office web site. And if you’re as excited as we are, it’s easy to get involved! Contact Kay Maclean at (603) 358-2369 or kmaclean@keene.edu.
After a diligent national search, Maryann Lindberg has been named Vice President for Advancement at Keene State College. She brings 24 years of experience in development, most recently having served as the executive director of the Bloomsburg University Foundation and as vice president for First Side Partners, a development and campaign-planning consulting firm serving higher education and other organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Bucknell University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from The Pennsylvania State University. She is a certified fund-raising executive, and has served as both president and member of the Planned Giving Council of Central Pennsylvania and the Northeast Pennsylvania chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Maryann starts here at KSC in early January—please join us in welcoming her aboard!
KSC’s Online Communications department has been working diligently to have a more balanced view of the College presented when people search for “Keene State College” video on the web. Previously, such a search would turn up videos of concerts, parties, and the infamous “Red Sox riot.” But there’s lots more video of the College out there in videoland that just needed to be organized. Check out the KSC YouTube channel, or use the player below to see a few:
If you’ve posted a KSC video, send us the link, or if you’d like more info about posting your video, please contact online@keene.edu.
Many studies have explored the mental and physical health benefits of meditation. Wouldn’t it be great to develop a meditation practice at a young and impressionable age? Is it possible? A collaborative research project based at KSC is trying to find out, basing the study on two questions: Can children learn mindfulness practice in an eight-week, small group format, and if so, is there evidence of enhanced attention and concentration?
Are you a meditator? When did you get started? Have you tried to teach your kids? Anybody’s kids?
Keene State College and the City of Keene are collaborating with Batchelder Biodiesel Refineries, LLC (BBR) to create the Monadnock Biodiesel Collaborative (MBC), a unique private/public/college sector facility where business, research, education, and community service activities will support the community’s goal of creating sustainable practices to improve public health and environmental quality.
The Keene facility will house a BBR refinery to convert waste grease from across New England into more than 250,000 gallons of biodiesel per year, and will also provide KSC researchers with quality fuel for emissions analysis.
“The Power of Real-World Experience: Community-based Research at Keene State,” an article featuring Keene State’s Community Research Center, appeared in the December 2008 issue of AAC&U News, a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).
The CRC was founded in 2001 to promote research skills and professional development among Keene State students while serving the research needs of nonprofit agencies in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region. Dean Gordon Leversee and Professor Therese Seibert (Sociology) were interviewed for the story.
The Keene State Men’s and Women’s swim teams set new records over the December 6–7 weekend. The Owl women captured their third-straight Little East championship, and the KSC men placed third at the ECAC Division III meet.
Junior Kristine Trutor set three individual records and qualified provisionally for the NCAA Division III Championships to lead Keene State to its third-straight Little East Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship.
Junior Domingo Rose set three individual Owl records for the men and helped establish a new relay mark to lead Keene State
The swimmers broke a total of 15 Keene State records this weekend.
Those of you lucky enough to have seen the KSC Theatre and Dance Department’s production of Thorton Wilder’s The Matchmaker last month will be pleased to learn that the department has been nominated to present the play at the forty-first Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Region I (New England) at Fitchburg State College this January. For theatre, this is the equivalent of being invited to the NCAA post-season tournament.