Midnight Madness Returns on Friday Night

KEENE, N.H. 10/21/09 - Keene State will hold its annual Midnight Madness celebration at Spaulding Gym on Friday night. Members of the college and Keene community are encouraged to attend. Doors are sc...   more

Keene State Recognized for Leadership in Disability Employment


KEENE, N.H. 10/13/09 - On Tuesday, October 6, Keene State was one of five New Hampshire businesses recognized with an Employment Leadership Award for demonstrating exceptional leadership, innova...   more

Multicultural Education for Children

KEENE, N.H. 9/30/09 - On Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room in the Student Center, Louise Derman-Sparks will present "Teaching Children to Resist Prejudice: Why Do We Still Need T...   more

Gerda Weissmann to Deliver KSC Holocaust Memorial Lecture

KEENE, N.H., 9/15/09 - Holocaust survivor, author, and scholar Gerda Weissmann Klein will present Keene State College's 12th Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture on Monday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m. in ...   more

Dr. Anne-Marie Mallon Named KSC 2009 Distinguished Teacher

KEENE, N.H. 9/11/09 - Dr. Anne-Marie Mallon has been named 2009 Distinguished Teacher by the Keene State College Alumni Association. For 38 years, the Distinguished Teacher Award has been presented to...   more

British Student Company Brings Twelfth Night to KSC

KEENE, N.H., 09/01/09 - The KSC Theatre and Dance Department welcomes acting students from The Castle Theatre Company at Durham University in England who will present Twelfth Night by Shakesp...   more

Keene State Science Center, Chemistry Chair Named in Honor of David F. Putnam

KEENE, N.H., 8/24/09 - President Helen Giles-Gee announced that the Keene State Science Center has been named in honor of the late David F. Putnam. The announcement was made at a breakfast ceremony wi...   more

U.S. News & World Report Lists Keene State Among the Best Colleges

KEENE, N.H., 8/27/09 - U.S. News & World Report has listed Keene State College as one of the top schools in the North by as part of its annual rankings. The College was listed 81st in the Masters Univ...   more

Charles Appointed New Legislative Liaison to the President

KEENE, N.H., 8/06/09 - Misha J. Charles has been named senior executive assistant and legislative liaison to the president at Keene State College. In this role she will support the activities of the P...   more

New Heat Plant Cuts Costs, Carbon Footprint

KEENE, N.H., 8/01/09 - This winter Keene State will heat its campus more efficiently, generate electricity, and reduce the College's carbon footprint. A newly constructed co-generation heat plant is e...   more

KSC Summer Session in Full Swing

KEENE, N.H., 05/29/09 - Summer is your opportunity to take a course through Keene State College's Continuing Education and Extended Studies division. Summer at KSC means courses in more than 30 di...   more

Take a Look at KSC's Campus Buildings

The Keene State College campus is home to many award-winning facilities, including residence halls and academic buildings. The college is committed to the continuous improvement and renovation of its ...   more

Writers Conference at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H., 05/20/09 - Keene State College announces that registration is open for its Writers Conference, July 26 to August 1. Eight published, award-winning, nationally recognized writers in the...   more

KSC Honors Students Traveling in Peru and South Africa

Keene State College offers a unique Honors Program. During their sophomore year, students participate in a travel-study course.

Follow s...   more

Honorary Degree, 2009 Granite State Awards Presented at Keene State College's Commencement May 9

KEENE, N.H., 5/4/09 - President Helen Giles-Gee will award associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees to more than 900 graduates at Keene State College's Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 9. T...   more

Keene State College Campus Compact Awards

KEENE, N.H., 5/5/00 - Campus Compact for New Hampshire recognized KSC professor Karen Jennings, the Keene Head Start Program, and KSC Junior Jeremy French at the annual President's Awards luncheon on ...   more

Architecture Students Design for the Community

KEENE, N.H., 4/24/09 - For 17 years, students from Keene State College's Communicorps class have solved design problems for community organizations in the Monadnock region. This required course in the...   more

KSC Hosts Annual Academic Excellence Conference

KEENE, N.H., 3/30/09 - Join Keene State College students and their faculty sponsors to learn about some of the most ambitious academic work of the 2008-09 year at the College's Ninth Annual Academic E...   more

From Blogs and Dinosaurs to Rocket Science and Solar Cars

KEENE, N.H., 03/31/09 - Registration for Kids on Campus, Keene State College's Continuing Education and Extended Studies summer program for first through ninth graders, is open. Combining fun and l...   more

Abigail Butler Receives KSC Music Department Distinguished Alumni Award

KEENE, N.H., 03/25/09 - Dr. Abigail Butler is the recipient of the Keene State College Music Department's 2008-09 Distinguished Alumni Award. She will be receiving the award on May 2, during the KSC C...   more

Keene State College Honors New Hampshire's Outstanding Women

KEENE, N.H., 3/24/09 - Keene State College will host its 19th annual celebration of New Hampshire Women's accomplishments and creativity, "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet," on Monday, March 3...   more

Author, News Analyst Jack Beatty Compares America's Two Gilded Ages for Keene State's 20th Library Lecture

KEENE, N.H., 3/20/09 - Award-winning author Jack Beatty will present "America's Two Gilded Ages: Reflections on Then and Now," Keene State College's 2009 Mason Library Lecture, on Tuesday, March 31, a...   more

Summer Course Registration To Begin

KEENE, N.H., 03/06/09 - Keene State College's Continuing Education Office announces that registration for summer session begins Monday, March 23, 2009. Keene State offers two 6-week long summer sessio...   more

Keene State Speaker to Discuss the International Food Crisis

KEENE, N.H., 3/16/09 - This year, many in the Keene State College and Keene communities have read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and have joined in classes and campus events to discu...   more

Rescheduled Sidore Lecture: Reflections on Israel and Palestine

KEENE, N.H., 3/5/09 - Dr. Stephen Shalom, professor at William Patterson State University, will present Keene State College's 2009 Sidore lecture, "Can We End the Unending Conflict? Reflections on Isr...   more

Healing A World After Genocide

KEENE, N.H., 3/5/09 - Jean Dominique Gumirakiza will present "Healing a World after Genocide," on Tuesday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room of the L.P. Student Center. A native of Rwanda,...   more

Sidore Lecture: Reflections on Israel and Palestine

KEENE, N.H., 2/26/09 - Dr. Stephen Shalom, professor at William Patterson State University, will present Keene State College's 2009 Sidore lecture, "Can We End the Unending Conflict? Reflections on Is...   more

KSC Hosts Free Discussions on Politics and Policy

KEENE, N.H., 02/25/09 - Keene State College invites the community to join four free discussions focusing on international issues. Organized by Great Decisions, America's longest-standing global af...   more

College and Keene Community Show Support for Dallas

KEENE, N.H., 2/11/09 - Basketball served as a backdrop for the College and the Keene community, which came out to support one of their own on Tuesday night. On hand to watch the Owls take on ri...   more

Palmer's Military Background Helps Owl Swimmers

KEENE, N.H., 2/4/09 - Eric Palmer isn't your typical assistant swim coach. For starters, the 26-year-old Army veteran is a senior sociology major at Keene State College. Secondly, his swimming experie...   more

KSC President Reports on College's Budget and Mission

KEENE, N.H. 1/30/09 - Keene State College president Helen Giles-Gee reported on the College's economic situation at an all-campus budget discussion Friday afternoon. While no layoffs are anticipated a...   more

Owl Freshmen Adjusting to College Ball

KEENE, N.H., 1/23/09 - Change is inevitable in college sports. Although the NCAA provides exceptions for medical and hardship cases, each student athlete has 10 full semesters to complete their four y...   more

Keene State College Honors Outstanding Women

Keene, 1/20/2009 - Each March, as part of the campus celebration of Women's History Month, Keene State College recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions to the campus, the community, an...   more

Keene State Marks President's Inauguration

KEENE, N.H. 1/16/09 -Keene State College will mark Barack Obama's inauguration with "What Does the Inauguration Mean to You?", a day of events and discussion on Tuesday, January 20, in the Lantern Roo...   more

Keene State Names Lindberg VP for Advancement

KEENE, N.H. 1/15/09 - Maryann LaCroix Lindberg has been named Vice President for Advancement at Keene State College after a national search. The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees ap...   more

President Calls Campus Budget Discussion

Dear Members of the Keene State College Community: In late November, I wrote to inform you of the impact of the current economic crisis on higher education in New Hampshire. At that time, institut...   more

New Biodiesel Refinery First Phase of City /College Project

KEENE, N.H. 12/11/08 - Batchelder Biodiesel Refineries will host a grand opening of their first biodiesel refinery on Wednesday, December 17, from 6-9 p.m. at 29 Front Street in Nashua, N.H. This new ...   more

KSC Gym Open for Showers and Shelter

All members of the Keene State community affected by the ice storm and power outages are invited to partake of hot showers in the Keene State gym this week from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Keene State College em...   more

Child Development Center Earns National Accreditation

KEENE, N.H. 12/5/08 - Keene State College's Child Development Center (CDC) has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - the nation's leading org...   more

An Evening of Orchestral Favorites

KEENE, N.H., 11/20/08 - The Keene State College Chamber Orchestra, conducted by KSC artist-in-residence Don Baldini, will perform "An Evening of Orchestral Favorites" on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. a...   more

New Municipal Services Agreement for College and City

KEENE, N.H. 11/19/08 - The University System of New Hampshire (USNH) board of trustees has authorized Keene State College (KSC) to enter into a revised Municipal Services Agreement with the City of Ke...   more

Ice Storm Closes College

The Governor of New Hampshire has declared a state of emergency. Keene State College will remain closed on Friday, December 12, 2008. Exams scheduled for Thursday, December 11 at 6 p.m. or Friday, ...   more

KSC Chamber Ensembles Join Concert Choir in Fall Performance

KEENE, N.H., 11/06/08 - The KSC Vocal Chamber Ensembles join the KSC Concert Choir to perform their fall concert on Sunday, November 23, at 3 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center...   more

Keene State Genocide Awareness Lecture: "Genocides in Comparative Perspective"

KEENE, N.H. 10/20/08 - Professor Donald Bloxham will give Keene State College Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies' 2nd Annual Genocide Awareness Lecture: "Genocides in Comparative Perspective: Does the...   more

Social Entrepreneur Gretchen Steidle Wallace at KSC

KEENE, N.H. 10/17/08 - Gretchen Steidle Wallace, founder of Global Grassroots, a non-profit organization which invests in social entrepreneurship to advance women's wellbeing in poor countries, will b...   more

Contemporary Chinese Culture and Improve Home Energy Efficiency Are Among KSC Short Courses in October

KEENE, N.H., 10/08/08 - Continuing Education and Extended Studies at Keene State College offers short courses on various topics. Whether it's helping you advance in your career, keeping pace with...   more

Michelle Obama to Appear at KSC Rally Wednesday

Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama, will be on campus on Wed., Oct. 8, for a "Change We Need" rally on the lawn in front of the Student Center. The event opens at 10:30 a.m.; ...   more

Keene State Hosts Mental Illness Awareness Week

KEENE, N.H. 9/30/08 - Keene State College will join mental health advocates across the country the first week in October to celebrate Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW). The U.S. Congress establishe...   more

Keene State Forum: Why 21? Is It Time to Debate the Minimum Drinking Age?

KEENE, N.H. 9/25/08 - John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College and organizer of the Amethyst Initiative, will speak at Keene State College on Tuesday, September 30, at Keene State Coll...   more

Dr. Diane Levin Explores Sexualization of Childhood in Keene State Lecture

KEENE, N.H. 9/24/08 - On Wednesday, October 1, Dr. Diane Levin will explore the impact of media on children and teens and the sexualization of childhood in "So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childho...   more

KSC Holds Centennial Wellness Fair at DeMar Marathon, Sept. 28

Keene N.H., 9/22/2008 - The annual Clarence DeMar Marathon on Sunday, September 28, will end at the Gateway to Keene State College. The finish line will also serve as the entrance to Keene State Colle...   more

Registration Opens for CALL Program

KEENE, N.H., 09/17/08 - Keene State College's Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) announces that registration is open for fall classes. CALL, founded in the mid-1990s, is an educational prog...   more

Keene State Hosts Four Discussions on Politics and Policy

KEENE, N.H., 09/10/08 - Keene State College invites the community to join four free discussions focusing on international issues. Organized by Great Decisions, America's longest-standing global af...   more

Shakespeare & Company in New Hampsire Debut with Hamlet at Redfern Arts Center

KEENE, 9/15/08 - The legendary Lennox, Massachusetts, Shakespeare & Company, in its first ever national tour, will make its New Hampshire debut at Keene State College's Redfern Arts Center on Brickyar...   more

Gebauer Presents First "Keene Is Reading" Event 9/17

KEENE, N.H. 9/11/08 - The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, is the "Keene Is Reading" book for the 2008-09 academic year. The organizing committee plans a series of exciting events a...   more

College to Address Student Binge Drinking

KEENE, N.H. 8/28/08 - When 100 college presidents recently signed the Amethyst Initiative, which calls for lowering the legal drinking from 21 to 18, they opened a national discussion on the problem o...   more

Andrew Robinson Named Vice President for Student Affairs

KEENE, N.H., 8/8/08 - Dr. Andrew Robinson has been named Vice President for Student Affairs at Keene State College after a national search. The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees app...   more

Registration Opens for CALL Program

KEENE, N.H., 08/27/08 - Keene State College's Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) announces that registration is open for fall classes. CALL, founded in the mid-1990s, is an educational prog...   more

KSC Proposes New Major in Sustainable Design

Keene N.H., 8/11/2008 - Keene State College is adding a new baccalaureate program in Sustainable Product Design and Innovation (SPDI). The College is waiting for final approval from the University Sys...   more

Redfern Arts Center Season Celebrates KSC Centennial

Keene, 7/28/08 - For 100 years the arts have played an important role in the life of Keene State College, its students, and the community. In announcing its 2008-09 Presenting Series, KSC's Redfern Ar...   more

Blogging to Stand-Up Comedy to Introductory Chinese to Yoga at Kids on Campus

KEENE, N.H., 04/30/08 - Registration for Kids on Campus, Keene State College's Continuing Education and Extended Studies summer program for first through ninth graders, is open. Combining fun and l...   more

Keene State's Early Sprouts Program Receives Surgeon General's Champion Award

KEENE, N.H., 6/26/08 - Acting Surgeon General Dr. Steven Galson will present Keene State College's Early Sprouts program with a "Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future" Champion Award at the Rose Byrne Ch...   more

Keene State Celebrates Centennial Night at Swamp Bats Game

KEENE, N.H., 6/16/08 - Last Saturday night was Keene State Centennial night at the Swamp Bat game. Red and white mixed with purple and black in the stands, the Owl met Ribby, there were hall of famers...   more

Fun and Learning for Children at Keene State College's Kids on Campus

KEENE, N.H., 06/11/08 - Registration for Kids on Campus, Keene State College's Continuing Education and Extended Studies summer program for first through ninth graders, is open. Running June 30 to ...   more

Keene State College Centennial Swamp Bats Night

KEENE, N.H., 6/2/08 - On Saturday, June 14, Keene State College President Helen Giles-Gee will start the celebration of the College's 100-year anniversary by throwing out the first ball at the Swamp B...   more

KSC Alumni Association Presents Annual Awards

KEENE, N.H., 6/2/08 - The Keene State College Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at their Annual Reunion Luncheon on June 7. Kitty McClure Maher '73 and Mike Maher '72more

Children's Book Illustrators to Showcase in Summer Exhibit at Thorne Gallery

KEENE, N.H., 5/21/08 - Leonard Weisgard, an award-wining illustrator of children's books, will be showcased along with other artists who illustrate children's books in the summer exhibition at the Tho...   more

Region I OSHA Education Center and OSHA Host Voluntary Protection Programs Open House June 5

MANCHESTER, N.H., 05/23/08 - Region I (New England) OSHA Training Institute Education Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration hold an...   more

KSC's Communicorps: Students Design for the Community

KEENE, N.H., 5/8/08 - For 16 years, students from Keene State College's Communicorps class have solved design problems for community organizations in the Monadnock region. This required course in the ...   more

Becker Wins People's Choice Art Award at KSC Student Exhibition

KEENE, N.H., 5/5/08 - Keene State College senior art major Jessica Becker of Derry, N.H., was voted the winner of the People's Choice Award for a painting called Family Dinner displayed in "Emerging A...   more

KSC Dorm Awarded Leed® Green Building Silver Certification

KEENE, N.H. 4/28/08 - Keene State College's Pondside III residence hall has received LEED® Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED® is the USGBC's rating system for des...   more

KSC Spring Concert Hosts Nashua Symphony Chorus

KEENE, N.H., 4/15/08 - The KSC Chamber Singers and the KSC Concert Choir will perform their spring concert on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Br...   more

Keene State College Emergency Systems Testing on April 23

KEENE, N.H. 4/17/08 - Keene State College will be testing a newly installed emergency siren warning system on Wed., Apr. 23, between 1 and 2 p.m. A series of combined voice and siren warnings will be ...   more

KSC Jazz Ensemble to Perform "Portraits of Jazz," a Mixed Media Event

KEENE, N.H., 04/12/08, "Portraits of Jazz," a mixed-media concert featuring the Keene State College Jazz Ensemble and the artwork of a KSC alumnus, will be featured on Wednesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m...   more

Honorary Degree, 2008 Granite State Awards Presented at Keene State College's Commencement May 11

KEENE, N.H., 4/9/08 - President Helen Giles-Gee will award associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees to more than 900 graduates at Keene State College's Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 11. Th...   more

KSC Student Newspaper Wins 15 Journalist Awards

Keene, N.H., 4/11/08 - The Society for Collegiate Journalists (SJC) has announced that the Keene State College student newspaper, The Equinox, received 15 awards in the national 2007 SJC comp...   more

Acting Company Brings Orson Welles's Stage Adaptation, Moby Dick, Rehearsed, to Keene

KEENE, N.H. - The Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond and Keene's Colonial Theatre will present the award-winning Acting Company in Orson Welles's adaptation of the classic Herman Melville novel, more

Arthur Miller And The Holocaust Is Topic Of Grayson Lecture At Keene State College

KEENE, N.H., 4/5/08 - Theatre historian Christopher Bigsby will present the annual Janet Grayson Lecture in Literary Studies, "How Jewish Is He? Arthur Miller and the Holocaust" on Thurs., Apr. 10, at...   more

Storytelling for Children Conference at Keene State College Explores Why Stories Are Powerful

KEENE, N.H., 4/3/08 - Storyteller Laura Simms will be the keynote speaker at Keene State College's Storytelling for Children Conference on Sat., Apr. 12. Now in its 16th year, this annual conference b...   more

KSC Opera Workshop Performs Scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan to Mozart

KEENE, N.H., 03/31/08 - The KSC Opera Workshop will present a variety of opera scenes on Friday, April 11, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. A...   more

KSC Faculty Artists Recital To Feature Works by Brahms and Schubert

KEENE, N.H., 04/01/08 - Keene State College faculty members will be joined by guest artists in a recital of works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert, Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni R...   more

An Evening of Dance Celebrates Its 33rd Year

KEENE, N.H., 03/28/08 - KSC's anticipated An Evening of Dance, now in its 33rd year, is scheduled for Wednesday to Saturday, April 16 to 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center...   more

KSC Sidore Lecture on Endocrine Disruptors and Amphibian Decline

KEENE, N.H., 3/17/08 - Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a professor in the department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present "From Silent Spring to Silent Night of Toads and M...   more

KSC Program Featured in National Film

KEENE, N.H., 2/29/08 - The Association of American Colleges and Universities TV (AAC&U TV) unveiled a recently produced film, Keene State College's Integrative Studies Program: Transforming Learning, ...   more

KSC Earns Place on President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

KEENE, N.H., 2/19/08 - Keene State College has received presidential recognition for extraordinary contributions to community service in the second annual 2007 President's Higher Education Community S...   more

Rebecca Rule to Give KSC's 2008 Mason Library Lecture

KEENE, N.H., 2/19/08 - Rebecca Rule will present Keene State College's 2008 Mason Library Lecture, "The Power of Story," on Wed., Mar. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room, Student Center. Rule is...   more

KSC President Commits to 'Climate Neutral' Campus

Giles-Gee Joins Growing List of Higher Education Leaders to Fight Global Warming KEENE, N.H., 5/17/07 - Keene State College President Helen Giles-Gee has signed the American College & Univ...   more

BBBS, Kalich Win Campus Compact Awards

KEENE, N.H., 4/24/07 - Campus Compact of New Hampshire recognized Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Monadnock Region, their KSC student volunteers, and KSC Assistant Professor Karrie Kalich at the annu...   more

Kenneth Jue to Address Keene State Grads

KEENE, N.H., 4/6/06 - Kenneth Jue, chief executive officer of Monadnock Family Services, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and address KSC graduates at the College Commencement ...   more

Final KSC 2007 Sidore Lecture: The Political Economy of Care

KEENE, N.H., 4/9/07 - Time spent caring for others is undervalued today, in the household and in the labor market. Nancy Folbre, an economist who teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, w...   more

Thomas Oliphant Presents KSC's Mason Library Lecture

KEENE, N.H., 4/9/07 - Will New Hampshire again go Blue for President in 2008? The last two elections hint it might ... and all thanks to George W. Bush and the Democrats' secret weapon: voters who wer...   more

KSC Hosts Annual Academic Excellence Conference

KEENE, N.H., 3/27/07 - Join Keene State College students and their sponsors to learn about some of the most ambitious academic work of the 2006-07 year at the College's Seventh Annual Academic Excelle...   more

Rebuilding Afghanistan's Economy - KSC's Sidore Lecture Series on Political Economy

KEENE, N.H., 2/22/07 - Can loans as small as $100 to people too poor to borrow from banks be effective? Recent experience with these loans (mostly given to women in developing countries) suggests this...   more

Carnegie Foundation Classifies Keene State a Community Engaged College

KEENE, N.H., 12/11/06 - Keene State College is one of 76 U.S. colleges and universities that have been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for making community engage...   more

USNH Board Ratifies Three-Year Contract with Keene State College Faculty

KEENE, N.H. 10/19/06 - The USNH board of trustees ratified a three-year contract with Keene State College faculty at today's meeting on the KSC campus. A tentative agreement between the administra...   more

KSC Professors Sander Lee and Klaus Bayr Receive Faculty Research Awards

KEENE, N.H. 5/2/06 - Dr. Sander Lee, professor of philosophy, and Dr. Klaus Bayr, professor of geography, have been chosen to receive the Keene State College Award for Faculty Distinction in Research ...   more

Putnam and Williams to Address Keene State Grads

KEENE, N.H. 4/27/06 - James A. Putnam, president of MARKEM Corporation, and Julius P. Williams, composer and professor at Berklee College of Music, will receive honorary doctoral degrees and address K...   more

Keene State College Celebrates Inauguration of Dr. Helen Giles-Gee

KEENE, N.H. 4/17/06 - Keene State College will inaugurate its ninth president, Dr. Helen Giles-Gee, on Friday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in Spaulding Gymnasium. Last July, Dr. Giles-Gee succeeded Dr. St...   more

Conference "Shines a Light " on the Effects of Poverty on Teaching and Learning

KEENE, N.H. 3/24/06 - New Hampshire has the highest per capita income in the United States, but the income disparity between towns within a 50-mile radius of the Keene State College campus can be huge...   more

KSC Hosts Annual Academic Excellence Conference

KEENE, N.H. 3/20/06 - Keene State College will host the Academic Excellence Conference on Saturday, April 1. The conference, now in its sixth year, is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among...   more

Panel Focuses on Help for At-Risk Children

KEENE, N. H. 3/10/06 -According to the current Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2005 Kids Count Data Book, the overall well-being of New Hampshire's children is ranked first in the nation. However 7,000 Ne...   more

Keene State Names Buffalo State Dean as New Provost

KEENE, N.H. 3/10/06 - Dr. Emile C. Netzhammer III, dean of arts and humanities at Buffalo State College of the State University of New York, has been named provost of Keene State College after a natio...   more

Provost Candidates Visit KSC

KEENE, N.H. 1/25/06 - After having reviewed over 120 applications, Keene State College's Provost Search Committee has completed initial interviews and invited three candidates to campus. The candidate...   more

Three-Day KSC Symposium Addresses Globalization

KEENE, N.H. 10/25/05 - A term much used but seldom defined, "globalization" can be a force either positive or dangerous, depending on your view of the world. Most of human economics, politics, technol...   more

"Medicine and Social Justice" Topic of Ewing Lecture

KEENE, N.H. 10/13/05 - In a reflection of his work with Partners in Health in rural communities in Haiti, Dr. David Walton wrote, "I came to realize that the poor deserve preferential treatment. Disea...   more

N.H. Emergency Personnel Use New KSC/UNH Public Safety Management System

KEENE, N.H. 10/13/05 - Last October, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) secured a $2 million appropriation from the U.S. Department of Justice for Keene State College and the University of New Hampshire to...   more

Ewing Lecture on Medicine and Social Justice at KSC

KEENE, N.H. 10/13/05 - In a reflection of his work with Partners in Health in rural communities in Haiti, Dr. David Walton wrote, "I came to realize that the poor deserve preferential treatment. Disea...   more

Keene State Website Recognized by National Admissions Group

KEENE, N.H. 10/3/05 - The Keene State College website designed to attract new students has received recognition as the best of its kind in New England. In its seventh annual analysis of more than ...   more

Fall Sidore Lecture:
Ongoing Darfur Genocide Topic of Talk

KEENE, N.H. 10/5/05 - Since February 2003, more than 180,000 people have been killed or died from starvation and disease, and nearly two million have been driven from their homes by the violence in th...   more

Keene State Profiled by 2005 Princeton Review

KEENE, N.H. 10/5/05 - Keene State College is one of 224 select colleges and universities in the Northeast that The Princeton Review profiles in the 2006 edition of its book The Best Northeastern Colle...   more

Keene State Announces 2005-06 Lecture Series

Keene, N.H. 9/9/05 - The slender line between life and death for people in war-torn countries and in nations devastated by natural disasters, such as Sudan and Haiti, will be examined in Keene State C...   more

Keene State Names 2005 Distinguished Teacher

KEENE, N.H. 8/31/05 - Dr. Gregory Knouff, associate professor of history and chair of the history department, will receive the 2005 Distinguished Teacher Award from the Keene State College Alumni Asso...   more

Redfern Arts Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season

KEENE, NH 8/13/05 - This year Keene State College's Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond will mark its 25th season as a performing arts center. The season will celebrate the work of many of the l...   more

Dr. Neil Sullivan, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 90

KEENE, N.H. 8/12/05 - Neil Sullivan, a 1936 graduate of Keene Normal School and one of the College's most distinguished alumni, died on Saturday, Aug. 6. An more

Keene State College Launches Safety and Emergency Management Certificate Program

KEENE, N.H. 8/3/05 - Professionals in healthcare, education, law enforcement, business, and industry can now earn a Safety and Emergency Management Certificate offered by Keene State College. This ...   more

Education, Birding, and Computer Courses Among August and September Offerings at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 8/1/05 - A course on migratory birds, three education courses, and several computer classes are among the many weekend and short-term courses starting in late August and September at Keene...   more

Governor Lynch Visits Keene State

Tim Allen (right), professor of geology, and Melinda Treadwell (left), assistant professor of technology, design and safety, explain the workings of an isotope mass spectrometer to Governor John Lynch...   more

Transition the Focus of Summer Institute

Next month, local special educators will gather at Keene State for an institute on integrating transition (from high school to post-high school) techniques into Individualized Education Programs for s...   more

Woodsville High Student Will Receive Inaugural "Dr. Y" Scholarship

KEENE, N.H. 6/10/05 - Stanley J. Yarosewick, who retires from the presidency at Keene State College on June 30, has left a legacy that originates from his own roots. A scholarship endowment named f...   more

KSC President Yarosewick Honored by Plymouth State University

KEENE, N.H. 5/27/05 - Keene State College President Stanley J. Yarosewick received the Harold E. Hyde Award at the Plymouth State University commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21, on the PSU campu...   more

Familiar Faces about to Leave Keene State, and the U.S.

KEENE, N.H. 5/6/05 - Keene is a long way from home for Nouran Meho and Francisco Vasconcelos. The students, who hail from Amman, Jordan, and Lisbon, Portugal, respectively, will graduate from Keene St...   more

Synergy the Key in Food Science Competition

KEENE, N.H. 5/4/05 - Last Wednesday, Instructor Becky Dunn's Food Science class collaborated with area Sodexho chefs in the third annual Nutrition Synergy Competition. The class of eleven students div...   more

Cooking Up a Community Storm

KEENE, N.H. 5/4/05 - Students in Instructor Karrie Kalich's Health Science 217 - Applied Nutrition Science Lab - know not only how to read the nutrition label on a jar of pinto beans or a box of brown...   more

Educators Can Take Weekend and Evening Summer Courses Starting in May at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 4/27/05 - Numerous weekend and evening summer courses are offered for educators at Keene State College in May and June when teachers are still minding their own students. Eight courses are...   more

Japanese to Jazz Courses Offered This Summer at Keene State

KEENE, N.H. 4/27/05 - Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture, Jazz and the Cinema, and Introduction to Web Design are three of the many courses offered this summer at Keene State College. Six- ...   more

Larry Welkowitz Honored with Faculty Research Award

KEENE, N.H. 4/26/05 - Dr. Larry Welkowitz, associate professor of psychology, has been chosen to receive the Keene State College Award for Faculty Distinction in Research and Scholarship for 2004-05. ...   more

Dr. Helen Giles-Gee Selected to Become 9th President of Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 4/25/05 - University System of New Hampshire (USNH) Chancellor Stephen J. Reno announced today that Dr. Helen Giles-Gee will be the next president of Keene State College (KSC). Dr. Giles-G...   more

Fall Openings Still Remain at Keene State

KEENE, N.H. 4/18/05 - Applications for admission to Keene State College suggest that KSC will enroll another academically strong class this fall, but some openings still remain for the Class of 2009, ...   more

Gordon Leversee Appointed Interim Academic VP

KEENE, N.H. 4/14/05 - Dr. Gordon Leversee, dean of sciences and social sciences at Keene State College, has been appointed interim vice president for academic affairs, KSC President Stanley J. Yarosew...   more

John Couture Appointed Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies at KSC

KEENE, N.H. 4/4/05 - Dr. John Couture, who has served as interim dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies since July, 2004, has been appointed Dean of the School. His appointment begins...   more

Summer Institutes for Educators Abound at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 3/17/05 - Educators may continue their own education this summer at Keene State College, which offers numerous institutes on such topics as Storytelling in the Classroom, Conflict Resoluti...   more

Exploring Our World:
The Fifth Annual Academic Excellence Conference

Contaminants in the Ashuelot River, teaching dance to visually impaired children, and the usefulness of roundabouts as solutions to traffic congestion will be among presentations by students at Keene ...   more

"Tribal People: The Dilemma of Change" Anthropologists Speak in James D. Ewing Lecture at Keene State

KEENE, N.H. 3/4/05 - As countries become more aggressive in economic development, threats to the survival of the indigenous peoples of the world increase, according to Kirk Endicott, professor of anth...   more

Service-Learning: Theory, Experience, and Reflection

"Teaching is what I want to do," Emily Spencer told the group that gathered for Keene State's first service-learning summit, which was held at the College on Friday. More than 50 faculty and represent...   more

2005 Spring Sidore Lecture: Bishop Gene Robinson Will Discuss 'Moral Values'

KEENE, N.H. 1/25/05 - V. Gene Robinson was invested as the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on March 7, 2004. He was the first openly gay man in the Episcopal Church to be electe...   more

Keene State's OSHA Center Partners with UMass New England Consortium

KEENE, N.H. 1/3/05 - The Region I (New England) OSHA Training Institute Education Center in Manchester, administered by Keene State College, in partnership with The New England Consortium (TNEC) at th...   more

Keene State's Safety Center Offers Online Construction Safety Course

KEENE, N.H. 1/3/05 - The Keene State College Safety Center, in partnership with ClickSafety.com, Inc., now offers online the Ten-Hour Outreach Course in OSHA's Construction Safety and Health Standards...   more

Health and Education Courses Start in February at Keene State

KEENE, N.H. 1/3/05 - Health and education courses along with computer and paralegal classes start in February at Keene State College through the Office of Continuing Education and Extended Studies. ...   more

KSC Announces Spring Lectures

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart" - Victor Hugo
This spring, Keene State will host a number of dynamic speakers and events of scholarship. Mark these dates in yo...   more

KSC Students, Faculty Seek New Connections with Local Community

Note: This story is about the 2005 Service Learning Summit. The 2006 Service Learning Summit will be held February 3, 2006. KEENE, N.H. 12/9/04 - A Service Learning Summit, to be held at Kee...   more

"A Taste of Keene" Will Benefit KSC Nutrition Scholarship and Meals on Wheels

KEENE, N.H. 11/8/04 - Local residents will have the chance to sample food from area restaurants at the third annual "A Taste of Keene," to be held on Sunday, Nov. 14,
11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Colony...   more

UNH and Keene State Share $2 Million in Federal Funds
For National Public Safety Management Project

DURHAM and KEENE, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire and Keene State College have received $2 million in joint federal funds from the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a national public safety...   more

Studying Abroad: Taking Students Out of America and Into the World

KEENE, N.H. 9/21/04 - It's a big world out there, says Marché Brown, director of the National and International Exchange Center. And she intends to see as many Keene State students as possible expand ...   more

Faculty Named for Tenure, Promotion

KEENE, N.H. 9/15/04 - The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees, on recommendation from its Academic Affairs Committee, has promoted 12 Keene State College faculty members, awarding ten...   more

Butterfield Lung Disease Research Lab Opened

KEENE, N.H. 7/14/04 - Air is filled with pollutants that humans should not be inhaling. A new, $1-million research project at Keene State will help identify these pollutants and investigate their effe...   more

John Couture Appointed Dean of Prof. and Grad. Studies

KEENE, N.H. 7/15/04 - John Couture, associate professor of education, has assumed the position of interim dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. Couture replaces Dav...   more

Fall Registration Opens at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 6/24/04 - The Keene State College Continuing Education Office opens fall semester registration Tuesday, July 6, through Wednesday, Aug. 25, for courses that run the full semester, Aug. 30-...   more

KSC Offers Weekend and Weeklong Courses in Summer

KEENE, N.H. 6/24/04 - Numerous weekend and weeklong courses ranging from a Writer's Conference to Latin American Music are scheduled in July and August at Keene State College through the Office of Con...   more

Accomplishments of Professional and Graduate Studies Faculty

KEENE, N.H. 6/16/04 - These are among accomplishments of Keene State College Professional and Graduate Studies faculty since the winter: Raymond Jobin, education instructor, presen...   more

Summer Institutes For Educators Abound At KSC

KEENE, N.H. 5/7/04 - Educators may continue their own education this summer at Keene State College, which offers numerous institutes on such topics as the No Child Left Behind legislation, the arts an...   more

Region I OSHA Education Center Offers 8 Courses In June

KEENE, N.H. 5/12/04 - The Region I (New England) OSHA Training Institute Education Center, in Manchester, N.H., has scheduled eight safety courses in June. The Institute is authorized by the U.S. Depa...   more

Starting from Scratch: Student Designers Manufacture a Dry-land Training Bench for Swimmers

KEENE, N.H. 5/13/04 - Training for swimming is not just jumping in the pool and doing laps. To avoid injury and to ensure their fitness over a long season, swimmers need to train, as it were, on dry l...   more

Keene State Invites Fall Semester Applications

KEENE, N.H. 5/5/04 - Keene State College is currently accepting applications for the fall 2004 semester. Peggy Richmond, director of admissions, says that there are still places for first-year, transf...   more

Summer Registration Under Way at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 4/9/04 - The Keene State College Continuing Education Office is now taking registrations for Summer Session courses. Numerous courses are offered in two, six-week summer sessions starting ...   more

27th Annual Children's Literature Festival Oct. 25

KEENE, N.H. 10/15/03 - A Newbery Honor Award winner and a writer-photographer who has worked on archeological sites with the Leakey family in Kenya are two of the featured speakers at the 27th annual ...   more

KSC Honors Distinguished Teacher, Parent, Granite State Recipient

KEENE, N.H. 10/8/03 - Keene State College's distinguished teacher for the year 2003, the parent of the year, two Granite State Award winners, and the community service award winner all will be honored...   more

Keene State Welcomes New Faculty Members

KEENE, N.H. 9/23/03 - Nine new professors and two instructors in full-time, tenure-track positions began working at Keene State College this fall. Six other new appointments for one-year positions als...   more

Health and Wellness Courses Offered this Fall

KEENE, N.H. 7/24/03 - A healthy lifestyle is important no matter what the season. This fall the Keene State College Continuing Education Office is offering health and wellness courses that range from ...   more

Updated: November 20, 2008