Did you see the 2009 Biennial Regional Jurors’ Choice exhibit at the Thorne? Keene artist Nicole Caulfield’s colored pencil work, Zen, depicting her oldest daughter, Katie, who attends Symonds School in Keene, won the People’s Choice Award as well as the Jurors’ Best of Show prize.
Get ready for a fantasy journey through a child’s vivid imagination as the Thorne and the Redfern collaborate to bring Sebastienne Mundeim’s Sea of Birds to campus on Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m, 7:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. The story is based on a child’s memories of an Eastern European displacement camp during the Second World War.
Mundheim is known for integrating historical themes with lyrical storytelling that engages children and adults. Structured like Homer’s Odyssey and reminiscent of The Little Prince, the performance promises to transport audiences to a fantastical world, exploring history, memory, and the power of the imagination.
The public is invited to watch the set being installed at the Thorne from noon to 4 p.m., Monday, March 9, through Wednesday, March 11, and there will be a brief question-and-answer session with the cast and audience after the 6 p.m. performance.
Did you see the KSC production of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker? It was so good that the cast and crew were invited to perform it at the 41st New England Region I Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival held at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 27–Feb. 1. Professional respondents and student critics of the festival’s productions gave The Matchmaker a unanimous thumbs up. As did the audiences here on campus.
The festival brings students and faculty together to see some of the area’s strongest productions, participate in workshops, and compete in a variety of areas in theatrical performance, design, and production. Several KSC students and faculty were recognized for their work in The Matchmaker and other KSC productions.
Are you looking to expand your awareness of current topics? The “Great Decisions” program, a nationwide forum of the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), focuses on impartial, thought-provoking analyses of issues concerning U.S. policymakers, and it has just received a Pepsi-KSC Partnership Grant. The 2009 “Great Decisions” program includes
• Afghanistan and Pakistan, March 12
• Egypt: Key Ally in the Middle East, March 26
• Global Food Crisis, April 9
• The U.S. and Rising Powers, April 23
Each discussion will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Rhodes N120. The series is free and open to the public and includes an open discussion period. “Great Decisions” is designed to encourage thoughtful, non-partisan conversation among community members.
Attend a lecture or two, and tell us what you think.
Here at Newsline, we get our information from a variety of sources: We get news from individuals on-campus and off-, but also from the other excellent publications we have at KSC, including Campus News and The Equinox.
So when the folks from The Equinox asked if they could use this space to remind you of what a great resource they provide, there was really no way we could say no. From Ian Lord, managing editor:
The Equinox is more than just a newspaper.
Since 1929, The Equinox has been the student voice at Keene State College, delivering hard news, student life and arts and entertainment coverage, sports updates and insightful opinions and columns.The Equinox has expanded to the Internet, delivering breaking news coverage and exploring the realms of new media. As newspapers all over the world use new technology to deliver news, so has The Equinox.
On our website, you’ll experience multimedia journalism at its finest. Professionally produced video, podcasts and photo galleries provide different angles to our print material.
And as always, The Equinox maintains the highest standards in journalism and business practices.
Not only are we an award-winning college newspaper, but we provide affordable advertising for campus groups and the Keene community, as well as a forum for the public voice.With a dedicated group of editors and staff members, The Equinox looks to go one step further, and continue with its tradition of excellence.
The Equinox can also be found on Facebook and Twitter and our staff blog.
Remember: “If it’s in the news, it’s in the ‘Nox!
The Biology Department faculty, staff, and students mourn the loss of their newest faculty member, Dr. Hanna Kolodziejski, who died at the age of 32 at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston on Feb. 3, 2009. She will be sorely missed.
Dr. Kolodziejski, known to her students as Dr. K, was a brilliant young neuroethologist who had just earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Biology at Keene State in the fall of 2007. In her short time here, Hanna demonstrated that she was a dedicated and incredibly talented teacher and mentor of undergraduates, as well as a most excellent colleague.
When word of Dr. K’s illness went out last fall, the campus rallied to support her with a remarkably successful bone marrow drive, which registered 195 donors.
We welcome your memorial comments regarding this inspiring teacher. Please use the “comments” link below.
Tuesday night, Keene State men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing rival Plymouth State. Both games will also serve as benefits to help with medical expenses for KSC field hockey player Erin Dallas, a junior from Marlow, N.H.
Dallas suffered a knee injury during the season and developed a post-surgical infection following ACL knee surgery in December. Since then, she has been hospitalized and has had multiple operations. In lieu of tickets, fans will be asked for donations, with all proceeds going to Dallas. In addition, the Keene State field hockey team will be sponsoring a 50-50 raffle and the student athletic activities committee will be handing out “Code Red” T-shirts.
Come join us in cheering on the teams — and Erin. Owls fans are encouraged to wear red to the games, which start at 5:30 (women’s) and 7:30 (men’s) at Spaulding Gym.
There’s more information on Tuesday night’s game in this week’s Campus News. And visit the KSC News & Events page to see how the fundraiser turned out. Were you there? What did you think?
For more of Erin’s story, there was an excellent feature on her, and another story on her field hockey season, in the Equinox last semester, before her surgery.
Special thanks go out to those alums who shared their email usage information and opinions with us. We had a phenomenal response — more than 800 alums responded to our survey! Now, we are compiling the information with other institutional data such as the surveys done at graduation. The Alumni Relations office conducted the survey to assess alumni interest in potential e-mail service options, and to learn how you’re using e-mail already.
As an incentive for folks to fill out the survey, initial respondents names were entered into a drawing for one of four iPod Shuffles! The winners’ names were drawn by the KSC Alumni Association Board of Directors during their quarterly meeting on January 24th. The winners are:
Congratulations, all!
Interested in the survey results? You can view them here.
And if you didn’t have a chance the first time around, it’s not too late! Click here to take the survey. Please visit our survey site to give us your feedback, too.
Keene State College is saddened to announce that Cornelius Railey (Bud) Lyle II M’61 died Sunday, January 25, at the Special Care Unit at Rivermead in Peterborough, N.H. Dr. Lyle, who worked for several newspapers around the country after his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1946, taught English and journalism at the College from 1961–1986 and founded the journalism program and major. He was awarded the KSC Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teacher Award in 1978.
If you click on the “More information” link, below, you’ll read a nice remembrance of Dr. Lyle from one of his former students. We’d love to hear from other alums who remember this great professor! Please use the “Comments” feature on this page.
Eight of the regional artists selected to participate in the Thorne’s Biennial Regional Juror’s Choice Exhibition received awards at a Jan. 23, reception opening the exhibit.
Nicole Caulfield of Keene won the Jurors’ Best of Show Award for Zen, a colored pencil work. The $500 prize for this award is sponsored by the Friends of the Thorne.
Patricia Shappler of Bedford, N.H., was awarded second place of $300 for Heading Downtown, an acrylic painting.
Ronnie McClure of Canterbury, N.H., received third place of $200 for Crossing, an ink and colored pencil work on rag paper.
In addition to the top three winners, the following artists received honorable mentions, which include a $25 cash award:
Come to campus and see this impressive exhibit, and cast your vote for a People’s Choice Commendation. The artist winning this $100 prize will be announced February 12.
Alumni and Students of Keene State College who are seeking career or job placement opportunities are welcome to attend the New Hampshire College and University Council Job Fair, Wednesday, February 18th, from 1:00 pm–6:00 pm at the Center of NH Radisson Hotel (700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101).
The NHCUC, a consortium of Colleges and Universities annually hosts this job fair which is the largest academically sponsored job fair north of Boston.
Click here for more information about the job fair or to link to the NHCUC job directory.
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 hot sounds of New Orleans street music will rock the Redfern when the Hot 8 Brass Band performs Wednesday, February 11, at 7:30 p.m. The Hot 8 plays the traditional Second Line parades, hosted each Sunday afternoon in the Big Easy by the Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs.
The Hot 8 will also lead a free and public lecture/demonstration in the Redfern on the music of the Second Line bands on February 11 at 2 p.m.
In addition, there will be a free showing of the Spike Lee documentary, When the Levees Broke, in which the band figures prominently in the relief work on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The film will be shown at the Redfern’s Putnam Art Lecture Hall in two parts (each is two hours long). Part one will be seen Monday, February 9, at 7 p.m., and part two will be seen Tuesday, February 10, at 7 p.m. Donations for the St. Bernard Project, a relief program to support the residents of New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, are encouraged and will be collected at the door.
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.
Do you eat meat? Where does it come from? Where does it really come from? You’d be surprised. Michael Pollan made some amazing discoveries about the real ingredients and costs of our food in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Join KSC professors William Stroup and Mark Timney in the Mountain View Room, Student Center, at 4 p.m. on Monday, February 2, for a panel presentation and discussion on the use of animal flesh as food, and other ideas raised in Pollan’s book. The event is free and open to the public — and there will be refreshments. Just make sure you eat them before you find out what’s in them.
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.
