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Arboretum and Gardens
The Arboretum and Gardens of Keene State College have been created to support the teaching, research, and public service mission of the College by:
- preserving unique and/or mature plant specimens that may have historic value;
developing and adopting a planned and botanically systematic approach to collecting and installing new and diverse plant material;
- creating a model outdoor field laboratory to promote botanical and horticultural awareness as an educational resource for the College, the community, and region;
- maintaining interpretive materials, including plant identification, accesion, mapping, and maintenance records; and
- providing a visually appealing, diverse and cohesive, accessible landscape setting that provides a physical and emotional atmosphere conducive to academic advancement, recreation, and reflection.
A printed brochure is currently being updated and will lead scholars and visitors on a self-guided walk through the central campus, introducing the ornamental trees and shrubs and the landscape history of the campus.
Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond
The Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond serves academic and community needs in the fine and performing arts. Opened in 1981, it houses four theatres, eight art studios, a dance studio, band and choral rehearsal rooms, 20 practice modules, scenery and costume shops, and a reception and gallery area.
The building also houses the classrooms and offices of the art, music, and theatre and dance programs. The four theatres - the Main Theatre, seating 572; the Alumni Recital Hall, seating 360; the Wright Theatre, seating 125; and the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall, seating 154 - suit a wide variety of productions.
The Arts Center schedules recitals, concerts, theatrical productions, dance concerts, and art exhibits by the College's academic programs, as well as a full season of outstanding professional artists in dance, theatre, and music who frequently offer workshops and master classes.
The Arts Center has been the recipient of numerous grants for innovative programming from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Quebec Ministry of Culture, and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. It has received national recognition as the host to the American College Regional Theater and Dance Festivals.
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery
The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery was a gift to the College in 1964 from beaTrix Sagendorph of Dublin in memory of her mother. The gallery maintains a year-round schedule of exhibits of national and international quality and distinction, while affirming a strong commitment to the historic artistic tradition of southwestern New Hampshire. The exhibitions, receptions, and educational programs are free and open to the public. In addition, an internship program is offered to Keene State art students and exhibit space is provided for faculty and student shows. The gallery has two skylit exhibit halls, climate control, and a sophisticated security system. It is located on Wyman Way.
BodyWorks
BodyWorks, the campus fitness center, helps motivate the campus community to achieve and maintain a lifestyle of health and wellness. The goals of BodyWorks are based on the expectation of improved physical health and vitality as well as enhancement of academic and workplace productivity that result from regular physical activity.
BodyWorks is part of the Recreation Center housed inside Spaulding Gymnasium. It offers more than 35 cardiovascular machines on the top level as well as a complete circuit of weight-training machines and free-weight equipment on the lower level. In addition, BodyWorks offers several services to its members, including complete fitness assessments and personal training packages.
BodyWorks serves as a laboratory for students majoring in Health Promotion and Fitness. They make up the entire student staff. Supervised by health fitness professionals, these students can link the research and theory taught in the classroom to the practical application necessary to successfully manage a fitness facility.
Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies
The Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, located on the first floor of Mason Library, is a resource, research, and support center for students, educators, scholars, and the general public. A leader in Holocaust education for 25 years, the Cohen Center, with its outstanding library collection, interdisciplinary team of faculty, programming, educational outreach, and website, has helped Keene State College honor its history of teacher education and fulfill its mission of service to the community.
The Cohen Center supports an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in Holocaust Studies at Keene State College as well as an extensive educational outreach program for the campus and larger community. The Cohen Center, itself, houses an extensive collection of books, articles, and videos that are available to members of the College community for a limited circulation period and may be used in the Cohen Center by anyone.
In September 2007, the College announced that its first endowed chair would be the Cohen Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The establishment of this prestigious academic position places the Cohen Center and the College in a significant leadership position for the region and beyond. In recognition of past achievement and continuing prominence as a center of excellence in education, the Cohen Center is the 2008 recipient of the New Hampshire State Merit Award, presented by the New England Board of Higher Education.
Child Development Center
The Child Development Center (CDC) is a best practices demonstration early childhood education center located on campus in Elliot Center. The CDC is a learning community dedicated to providing excellent programs for young children and practical experiences for students studying to be teachers. Undergraduate and graduate students are offered supervised experiences, under the guidance of early childhood professionals, in the direct education and care of infants, toddlers, and preschool children. Many students also work in the CDC as volunteers and as work-study students.
The CDC's curricula follow an integrated model in which children learn as they observe, play, and participate in a wide range of child-centered activities. Family communication and involvement are integral to the program. We welcome observations by anyone interested in excellent early childhood programs for young children.
Community Research Center
The Community Research Center (CRC) develops research skills and promotes professional development among Keene State College students while helping to meet the research needs of nonprofit and public agencies in the Monadnock region. It primarily assists agencies with needs and program assessment, grant writing, and conducting local surveys, but is available to help in other research areas. The CRC seeks to strengthen community and campus relations through the services it provides for local agencies. The Community Research Center (CRC) was created as a result of sociology students' desire to conduct hands-on research that benefits and enriches the local community. The goals of the CRC include:
- strengthening the community by assisting its nonprofit and public agencies
- building social capital in the region by establishing relationships between Keene State College and the community's nonprofit and public agencies
- collaborating with local agencies and organizations on community research projects
- increasing the resources available to agencies by providing assistance in writing grant proposals and compiling data
- improving the effectiveness of agencies by assisting them in program assessment
- providing educational tools and workshops related to survey research, grant writing, and evaluation
- developing research skills, professionalism, and a sense of civic responsibility among Keene State College students.
Curriculum Materials Library
The Curriculum Materials Library (CML), located on the second floor of Mason Library, supports KSC education faculty and students, particularly methods students and student teachers. CML's collection emphasizes pre-K to grade 12 geography, language arts, mathematics, reading, science, social studies, and school counseling teaching materials. The emphasis is on practical materials presenting teaching methods and activities.
The collection comprises approximately 16,500 items. These include books, videos, textbook sets, curriculum models, math and science manipulatives, pattern blocks, simple machines, educational games, and puppets. The CML also has two special collections: The Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Collection and The Safe Schools Collection.
For more information, search www.keene.edu/cml or call 603-358-2729.
Film Studies Center
The Film Studies Center, located in the Media Arts Center, contains a large collection of DVDs, videos, and laser disks for study purposes. The equipment facilities also include post-production facilities fully equipped with Avid digital, nonlinear editing systems.
The Department of Film Studies also has screening facilities in Drenan Auditorium, located in Parker Hall, utilized mainly for critical studies classes. Also part of the Film Studies Department is the KSC Film Society, located in the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall in the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The KSC Film Society, equipped with 35mm, 16mm, and 70mm projection capacity and Dolby Digital sound, runs a year-round, weekly film series.
Information Technology Group
IT Group: Your World of Possibilities, Connected!
The Information Technology (IT) Group supports Keene State College’s commitment to academic excellence by enhancing the integrative learning experience with reliable network access, technology-enabled classrooms, public and specialized computing labs on campus, and other campus computing resources. Students use information technology to complete the requirements of their coursework, to access class lectures and syllabi, to carry out research, and to communicate via e-mail.
Every student enrolled at the College is assigned an account through the student web portal MyKSC, which provides students with an e-mail account, web hosting services, and file storage. Students use the site to register for classes, pay school-related bills, and access their grades, overall GPA, academic transcripts, and class schedules. The College uses MyKSC to post information about campus closings and uses students’ e-mail accounts as an official means of contact for administrative business. Students can access MyKSC, Blackboard, and other academic and personal services at the College through any Internet connection.
Campus computing resources include HelpDesk support, Internet access, and public and specialized computer labs. Specialized labs offer technology applications to majors within specific disciplines, and public labs provide tools such as the Microsoft Office suite software, networked printers, digital scanners, and CD burners. Public computing labs are open to all students more than 90 hours during the week.
Students living on campus are also provided with telephone, data network, and cable TV access through connections in the residence halls. All residence hall facilities are wired with one data network connection per student staying in the room. Each building on the Keene State campus is connected to a fiber network backbone that provides fast Internet access. Select "public spaces" across campus have wireless access zones. To see a map of the wireless zones on campus, go to www.keene.edu/it/helpdesk/wirelessmap.pdf.
The IT Group HelpDesk provides technical support for students, faculty, and staff. The HelpDesk staff assists students in setting up network access (wired and wireless) and using MyKSC and telephone/voicemail services. The HelpDesk also provides support for media and cable services. The IT Group provides full on-site support for campus-specific technical situations and limited telephone assistance for software and network issues.
Language Learning Center
The Language Learning Center, Quadside, is a state-of-the art multimedia learning environment. As well as being a unique instructional/presentation facility, the learner-centered computer workstations enable the students to access local, campus-networked, and global resources. They incorporate distributed media sources, such as satellite transmissions and video conferencing, with sites around the world. Language students prepare for study abroad in this authentic interactive immersion experience, which brings the world to our campus. Quadside is located on the ground floor of Morrison Hall.
Wallace E. Mason Library
Wallace E. Mason Library provides prompt information services and active instruction in research methods and the use of library resources.
Our holdings number about 326,000 items and annual publications; subscriptions to more than 900 print periodicals and newspapers and an extensive selection of videos, DVDs, audio books, and music CDs. The Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, Curriculum Materials Library, Orang Asli Archives, and other collections are located in the library.
Online database providers such as EBSCOhost, JSTOR, FirstSearch, and Web of Knowledge offer full-text access or indexing to an additional 21,000 eSources, which include journals, magazines, and newspapers. Off-campus access to these services is provided to patrons with a library-validated KSC student or faculty ID. The library provides electronic access, including interlibrary loan services, to the holdings of more than 41,000 libraries worldwide through an international library network.
The holdings of Mason Library and the Keene Public Library are listed in an online catalog called Keene-Link, which can be accessed at our website, www.keene.edu/library. Simply type in the title, keyword, subject, or author to find out if we have what you need. We have wired and wireless access to the College network throughout the building, with 36 wireless laptop computers for use in the library by students. For the Circulation desk, call 603-358-2711; for Reference, call 603-358-2710, e-mail reference@keene.edu, or IM a librarian. For AIM or Yahoo, use screen name kscreference; for MSN use, e-mail address reference@keene.edu.
New England OSHA Training Institute Education Center and Keene State College Safety Center
Meeting the occupational safety and health needs of New England’s business and industrial communities, the New England OSHA Training Institute Education Center
operates cooperatively with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Division of Continuing Education. OSHA courses are held at the Keene State College Safety Center in Manchester, N.H., and other sites throughout New England. Courses are short-term, presenting technical occupational safety and health training and explaining OSHA standards, policies, and procedures.
Small Business Institute
The Small Business Institute (SBI) provides a field-based opportunity for students to work in teams as consultants to local small businesses. Senior management students assist companies with specific needs, including business planning and development, market research, competition analysis, financial management, production, and human resources management. Each student team completes a comprehensive case study that is presented to the business owner at the end of the semester. Students must have strong records of academic accomplishment and must receive support of management department faculty to participate in the program.
The Small Business Institute Directors Association conducts the annual case competition, which was formerly conducted by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Keene State College program has merited 36 district and regional awards, including the 1997 and 2002 national championships. Thirteen have become national finalists since 1988, an institutional record of distinction exceeding all other SBI colleges and universities.
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