In October, Johanna Debari, Chloe Edmonds, and Chloe Nixon, all seniors in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, spoke at a Keene Rotary meeting about their away-from-KSC experiences. Debari and Edmonds as exchange students at Jagiellonian University and Nixon as an intern with the Washington Center in DC.
Because Keene State values experiential learning and strives to create hands-on learners, these three students were excellent ambassadors for the College and the HGS program. “The common message was the perceptible value of undergraduate students studying away, whether overseas or in an environment such as Washington, DC.,” explained Professor and Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Paul Vincent.
JD Salinger once said, “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” Unless you’re part of the KSC community, of course—then you have a connection to a whole host of great authors who would love to meet you and chat. Maybe the next time you’re at the Alumni Center, or at a College event.
The campus community will soon be saying “goodbye” to two of its most beloved leaders: Interim Provost Melinda Treadwell and VP of Student Affairs Andy Robinson. Dr. Robinson is retiring from his 22 years at KSC, and Dr. Treadwell is moving on to become the vice president for Academic Affairs at Antioch University New England, just across town. They leave awfully big shoes to fill, and we’ll miss them deeply. 
Those folks (especially students and their parents) wondering whether a college education is worth it in today’s economy can take heart from 
