For the second year in a row Keene State’s Erin Dallas and Alyssa Rowell have been named All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA).
Dallas, a junior midfielder from Marlow, N.H., becomes the first Owl player to earn first-team All-American twice, while Rowell, a senior back from Queensbury, N.Y., moves up from third-team last year to second-team honors this season.
Keene State College has six alumni athletes as its Class of 2009 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. The new inductees, from three different decades, include Bob Lund, class of 1975, contributor; Sean Kenny, class of 1986, men’s soccer player; Lindsey Blood Prichard, class of 2000, softball player; David Stantial, class of 2003, men’s basketball player; Mark Miller, class of 2003, men’s cross country and track athlete; and Mary Proulx, class of 2003, women’s cross country and track athlete. The induction ceremony and dinner will take place Saturday, January 24, at 6:45 p.m. at the Lloyd P. Young Student Center.
Because the induction takes place during Keene State’s centennial celebration, the College has invited back to campus the 79 athletes, coaches, and contributors who are members of the Hall of Fame.
When the word went out on campus that Dr. Hanna Kolodziejski (Assistant Professor of Biology) was battling leukemia, the KSC community rallied with a bone-marrow registration drive at the end of October. From the beginning, the organizers believed the drive would be a success — they just didn’t realize how big a success it would turn out to be.
Chris Mulcahy, the National Marrow Donor Program representative, told the organizers that 40 registrants would be considered a successful drive. Members of the Biology Senior Seminar class, the Biology Honor Society (BBB), and Biology Club decided that number wasn’t ambitious enough and set their goal at 160 registrants.
On October 30, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., the drive added 195 individuals to the National Marrow Donor Program. Mr. Mulcahy claimed that KSC more than doubled the number of registrants of any of the college drives he has overseen in the New England region. He was simply overwhelmed by this show of selfless generosity.
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While there may be a lot of hustle and bustle with shopping, caroling, and baking over the holiday season, we hope you’ll take a moment to drop a card or make a phone call to a KSC classmate or friend. Many alums have kept in touch with one another through the years, but if you don’t have the information handy, the KSC website has an online directory available to help you find alumni who have consented to having their contact info made public.
Not in the directory yet? Let us know that you’d like to be included by e-mailing pfarmer@keene.edu. And remember, you can also e-mail us for an invitation to participate in Keene and After, the social networking site we mentioned in the last issue of Newsline.
Members of the KSC Golden Circle Society (for classes that graduated 50 or more years ago) met on November 6, at Lilly’s on the Pond restaurant in Rindge, N.H., for the 100th Golden Circle luncheon.
Norma Wright Walker ’51, Golden Circle coordinator, chronicler, and hostess extraordinaire, was there, as always, with bell in hand, making sure everything ran smoothly and every one of the 62 guests was welcomed and recognized.
In 2009 the KSC Alumni Association will take its show on the road, gathering alums wherever we can. We are planning events in Hartford, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; Portland, Maine; New York; and Boston. If you’re interested in helping to find suitable soirée locations and inviting alums in any of these locales, we could use your help.
Events will feature time for reconnecting and mingling as well as presentations by KSC President Helen Giles-Gee, administrators and/or faculty. Anyone interested in attending or helping to schedule an event, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at alumni@keene.edu.
On Wednesday, December 3, the Alumni Association will be holding its annual festive reception before the KSC Jazz Ensemble concert to kick off the holiday season as well as celebrate the college’s 100th Birthday!
The reception begins at 6 p.m. in the Harry Davis Room at the Redfern Arts Center. The Jazz Ensemble concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
Please RSVP to Kay MacLean at (603) 358-2369 if you wish to attend the reception. And KSCAA has a limited number of tickets remaining if you wish to attend the concert as well.
The Alumni Relations Office announces the arrival of Andrew Cunningham as our Alumni Communications Coordinator. Andrew brings with him a wealth of knowledge of web development and database integration skills. He will be working to integrate a variety of new media opportunities for the Alumni Association that expands our reach beyond our website.
The Loaf ‘n’ Ladle in Exeter, N.H. was the scene of a great little gathering of alums from the 60’s, 70’s and 90’s on November 19th. With the temperature plummeting outside, we gathered together around warm and wonderful homemade soups, sharing stories about our experiences at KSC. Future events are planned for that area to help folks reconnect with classmates and community members with ties to Keene Normal School, Keene Teachers College, and Keene State College.
Homecoming celebrations brought Owls, alums, and 2,000 pumpkins from Gardiner, Maine, to campus for the weekend of October 24–26. Forty student organizations converged on Fiske Quad for the great Pumpkin Lobotomy on Friday, and Director of Student Life Paul Striffolino reported that 2,000 students carved pumpkins: “At the height of the event there wasn’t a square inch of Quad grass to be seen!”
Besides the usual fun and reconnection, two other important events took place on Saturday. Artist Michael Dooling, the creator of the 100th Owl, was at the Children’s Literature Gallery for the unveiling of his illustration. And President Helen Giles-Gee, along with alumni, faculty, and staff, gathered at the corner of Main and Winchester streets for the dedication of the Alumni Center that will be built there, beginning next spring.
(Above photo by Annie Card.)
On October 18, Phyllis Benay (Interdisciplinary Studies) presented and chaired a session entitled “Writing Program Administration: Models of Success” at Hofstra University’s Who Owns Writing? conference. Her paper, “Raising Writers: It Takes a Whole Academic Community,” discussed the roles of faculty, tutors, and administration in helping students take responsibility for their writing.
“Powder Hollow Archeology,” a poem by William Doreski (English) is one of 12 finalists in the Times Literary Supplement (London) poetry competition. The poem selected by reader vote from the finalists wins 5,000 pounds. All 12 poems appeared in the October 24 issue of the TLS.
Dr. Jerry Jasinski (Chemistry) was featured on WMUR-9’s “Hometown Heroes” segment in October.
In September, Karen R. Cangialosi and Scott Strong (Biology) completed their first coral-reef monitoring survey. Read more about their adventure on the Reef Check website.
Robert P. Hubbard, of Walpole, has donated 56 works of art from his collection to Keene State. Hubbard, who has been collecting for more than 40 years, came to know Keene State while visiting two grandnieces who attended the College. His donation includes paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture by a variety of artists such as LeRoy Neiman, Elaine De Kooning, Albert Hirschfeld, William Hogarth, Francisco de Goya, N. C. Wyeth, and sculptor David Aronson. Read more about the donation here. A selection of works from the Hubbard gift will be exhibited at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery on campus, opening January 24, 2009.
One piece in the collection did generate some controversy, which has been addressed through lively academic discourse. Read more about that discussion in the Equinox.
Photo of the installation of David Aronson’s The Singer by Robin Dutcher.