{"id":2334,"date":"2011-05-04T07:11:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keeneweb.org\/newsline\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2011-05-04T07:11:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:11:33","slug":"2011-biggest-class-ever%e2%80%94and-other-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/05\/04\/2011-biggest-class-ever%e2%80%94and-other-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"2011: Biggest Class Ever\u2014and Other Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2335\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/05\/alumnicenter.jpg\" alt=\"alumnicenter\" width=\"458\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/05\/alumnicenter.jpg 458w, https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/05\/alumnicenter-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><br \/>\nOn Saturday, May 7, KSC will graduate the largest class in the College&#8217;s 102-year history. <strong>1,093 students<\/strong> will receive 1,171 degrees during the Commencement ceremony that begins at 1 p.m. on Fiske Quad. If you&#8217;re\u00a0 impressed that the College is maintaining record enrollment even during these challenging economic times, you should be.<\/p>\n<p>Among this year\u2019s graduates are two long-standing students: 94-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keene.edu\/kst\/2007FALL\/sscofield.cfm?I=16\"><strong>Selleck Scofield<\/strong><\/a> and the <strong>Honorable Philip \u201cDale\u201d Pregent<\/strong>, Mayor of the City of Keene.<\/p>\n<p>Lifelong learner Selleck Scofield will graduate magna cum laude with a BA. He began his education at KSC in 1995 by taking one course at a time and collaborating with faculty and <strong>Ann Rancourt<\/strong>, associate provost, to put together an individualized major in criminal justice studies.<\/p>\n<p>Keene Mayor \u201cDale\u201d Pregent will receive his BA in social science, a degree he began more than 50 years ago. He started at the College in the late 1950s, returned briefly in the 80s, and finally returned in summer 2010 to complete his coursework.<\/p>\n<p>Model alumnus <strong>David Staples \u201951<\/strong> will be honored with the Granite State Award for his professional accomplishments and dedication to service. Long-time NH Commissioner of Agriculture member of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees <strong>Stephen Taylor<\/strong> will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Your Commencement DVD<\/h2>\n<p>Keene Television (KTV), the KSC student organization, will make a video recording of the 2011 Commencement ceremony. KTV will have a table in the LP Young Student Center on May 7, where parents and students can order a copy of the DVD for $5. KTV estimates the DVDs will be completed and mailed to all customers by the end of June. If you have any questions feel free to contact KTV via e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:KTV.email@gmail.com\">KTV.email@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Special Alumni Center Invite:<\/h2>\n<p>Grads\u2014come and see your new home (and the world headquarters for <em>Newsline<\/em>!). Alumni, students, parents, and guests are welcome to visit the Alumni Center between 9 a.m.\u201312 p.m. on Saturday. Regular commencement parking restrictions will be enforced, so be caaeful wheah you paak the caa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keene.edu\/newsevents\/default.cfm?Type=NewsDetail&amp;News_ID=3329\">More information. &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 7, KSC will graduate the largest class in the College&#8217;s 102-year history. 1,093 students will receive 1,171 degrees during the Commencement ceremony that begins at 1 p.m. on Fiske Quad. If you&#8217;re\u00a0 impressed that the College is maintaining record enrollment even during these challenging economic times, you should be. Among this year\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/05\/04\/2011-biggest-class-ever%e2%80%94and-other-milestones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2011: Biggest Class Ever\u2014and Other Milestones<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,4],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-parents","category-mark-your-calendar","category-uncategorized","tag-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}