The College Beyond the Campus College life doesn't stop at the physical boundaries of Keene State's 170-acre campus. Here are just a few of the ways in which KSC students interact with the world outside the Appian Gateway.
Way Beyond: Keene State's study abroad program gives you the chance to study anywhere in the world. Whether you want to go somewhere familiar – Florida, California, Nova Scotia – or farther afield – Australia, England, Spain, Russia – you can visit the National and International Exchange Office in the Elliot Center to set up this enriching experience. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible, and academic credit earned on exchange counts toward your KSC degree program.
Peak Experiences: While you are at Keene State, you can climb Mount Monadnock, just 18 miles away, or set your sights on other New England heights. Vermont's Green Mountains and New Hampshire's Whites are an easy drive from Keene.
Service to Others: Keene State's strong tradition of community service and service learning means that students lend a helping hand wherever they are needed. Habitat for Humanity's Global Village members build houses in Guatemala, Circle K club members volunteer at the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention, CommuniCorps students prepare architectural drawings for nonprofit projects, and students from every corner of campus collect Toys for Tots and contribute to Community Kitchen food drives and Thanksgiving baskets.
Academic Clubs: There’s Math Club for the mathematicians, GEODES for the geology students, History Club for the historians – practically a club for every discipline, and a reason to get together with peers to plan field trips, lectures, and social events, and foster professional development.
The Keene Scene: The city of Keene has a lively music scene, draws marquee performers to the beautifully restored Colonial Theatre, and offers convenient shopping and a network of bike and walking paths.
On Study Abroad
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"I never had enough confidence to go anywhere until I went to England. I learned more about my own and other cultures than I could have ever imagined, and came back with more stories than I have time to tell."
– Cate Reynolds '07,
United Kingdom
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"Being on exchange was the best experience of my life, and if I could do it all over again I would - down to the very last fish and chip."
– Megan Brown,
Derby, England
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"Your whole life will be broadened; you'll see things you never thought imaginable and experience one of the greatest times of self growth. "
– Sarah Blefeld,
Florence, Italy
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"I learned how to live on my own in a city
I knew nothing about, with people I didn't know. I became an independent, more well-rounded person, who learned the true meaning of 'no worries'. "
– Katelyn Sommer,
Wellington, New Zealand
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"Studying away made me even more confused about what I want to do when I graduate, but that's only because it opened my eyes and I feel like there are so many other options. So, I'm ok with being confused."
– Kelly Mullane,
Dublin, Ireland
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"Chances are once you are out of college and working you will never be able to live for four months in a foreign country. Hands down, studying abroad was the best choice I've ever made."
– Andrew Coppa,
Florence, Italy
Max Weinreich caught this spider web in the Ecuadorian rain forest. Max spent a semester in the Galapagos Islands.
Barry Steyling spent spent a semester on National Exchange in Alaska.
Marc Pellerin (with a friend) studied at Lorenzo de' Medici School in Florence, Italy.
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While studying at the University of Derby, England, Jennifer Bryant visited the glorious Austrian Alps near Innsbruck.
The International Friends Club reaches the summit of Mount Monadnock (no extra oxygen required).
Field tripping is another way to see the world. Campus organizations from the Biology Club (above) to the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Club (below) take trips around the U.S. and internationally.
John Garvey studied at York St. John College in historic York, England.
Jon Nicastro visited the Sydney Opera House while stuyding at University of Wollongong, Australia.
Lydia Parison visited the Taj Mahal during her studies at the Bapagrama Educational Center in Bangalore, India.
Erin Hobden, who studied at the University of Newcastle in Newcastle, Australia, surfs at Byron Bay.
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