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School of Arts and Humanities
AMERICAN STUDIES • ART • COMMUNICATION • ENGLISH •FILM STUDIES • FRENCH • GRAPHIC DESIGN • HISTORY • JOURNALISM • MUSIC • SPANISH • THEATRE & DANCE
  
Matt Gill
  • Hometown: Derry, N.H.
  • What I like about my major: I like thinking and talking about human interactions.
  • Favorite class: Social psychology was a lot of fun.
  • Activities: I'm the president of the Class of 2010, the student representative on the NESC steering committee, a judicial board member, a tour guide, a member of the East Halls council, and a member of KSC Pride.
  • I picked KSC because: KSC has a wonderful campus and a great family feel.
  • Favorite films: Star Dust and Donnie Darko
  • Favorite music: U2, Five for Fighting, Train
Matt Gill photo by Ann Card
KSC has changed me in this way: It has awakened a love of working with people and facilitating and planning events. Keene has opened opportunities for growth and knowledge I would have never dreamed of.
  
I recommend KSC because: It is a perfect size, and the students get to know the faculty very well. The campus is beautiful, and I think it is a great learning atmosphere.
Greg Dippell
  • Hometown: Malvern, Penn.
  • What I like about my major: I love having the opportunity to learn about what I love to do, which is play cello, and all other things concerning music.
  • Faculty Mentor: I consider Professor Baldini to be my mentor. He has had so much experience in the field and is such a great help.
  • Favorite class: Jazz Band
  • Activities: I play lots of club sports such as soccer, dodgeball, basketball, and softball. They are great for having fun and hanging out with friends.
  • I picked KSC because: It's located in such a great town. It's small, but there is plenty to do.
  
Damien Grava photo
Damien Grava '99
Damian Grava graduated from Keene with a B.S. in geology, but his geology interest, combined with art classes at KSC, led him to a career as a ceramics artist and teacher.
Read more in Keene State Today
  
Beth Salvo
  • Hometown: Trumbull, Conn.
  • Activities: President of the Residence Hall Organization (RHO), secretary of the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Club, member of the History Club, member of Kappa Delta Pi.
  • Things I do with my friends: Take walks and shop around Keene, go to movie nights
  • Favorite book: The Giver, by Lois Lowry
  • Favorite film: The Sound of Music
  • Favorite music: State Radio
  • KSC Scholarship or grant recipient: I have received the President's award for the past three years, and this past year I also received the KSC Scholarship.
  • I recommend KSC because: Keene State is a place where you are always treated as a person. Classes are kept small enough to facilitate group discussion and professor/student interaction.
Beth Salvo photo by Mark Corliss
I picked KSC because: Keene State has a Holocaust Studies minor. I also found the city to be charming. And I can walk around alone or in a small group in Keene and feel safe.
  
Sean Read photo by Julio Del Sesto '07
Faculty mentor: Professor Spangler has become an inspiration to me, from the point of view that the theatre world can be tough. He gets you prepared and ready for it.
Sean Read
  • Hometown: Glencliff, N.H.
  • What I like about my major: The idea of being on stage and performing.
  • Cocurricular activities: Kronicle yearbook
  • Things I do with my friends: Eat at the DC. Sit around and laugh at life.
  • Favorite book: Sons of Fortune
  • Favorite film: V for Vendetta
  • Favorite music: Harry Chapin
  • The one thing I'm proudest of: My family
  • International Exchange: Studying abroad gave me the sense of how big the world really is, and that there are other people out there like me in other parts of the world.
   
Steven Gonzalez photo by Mark Corliss
I picked KSC because: It's a beautiful place in the heart of nature and not far away from home.
Steven Gonzalez
  • Hometown: Laconia, N.H.
  • Major: I am constructing my own major, which is an exciting process. I have interests in literature and writing, and hope to be-come a published author. I would also like to have cross-cultural/cross-gendered perspectives to draw upon in my works.
  • Activities: KSC Male A Capella Singers, president/founder; KSC Pride, secretary; KSC Anthropological Society; Gay-Straight Activists for Social Justice; Common Ground; Spanish Club
  • Things I do with my friends: Go for coffee and walks, watch movies, and play cards
  • Favorite book: Children of Dune
  • Favorite film: The Mothman Prophecies
  • Favorite music: Al Green
  • The one thing I'm proudest of: I'm proud to be the first in my family to attend college.
  • KSC has changed me in this way: Independence, freedom, adulthood, responsibility, time management, academic interest
  


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