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Keene State is rich with new facilities and remarkable people to help inspire the life of the mind. (And the food is good, too.)
The Keene State campus is alive with places to sit, to study, to talk, and to think. Recent renovations on campus, including improvements to Mason Library, have focused on providing open space, natural light, and informal gathering areas.
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The imaginative layout of the Science Center encourages cross-disciplinary, collaborative research.
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The Science Center, completed in 2004, demonstrates KSC's commitment to the dramatic new ways that science is practiced, demonstrated, and learned. Its high-tech resources are housed in a variety of spaces for group work and inquiry-based learning, with new labs for physiological ecology, molecular biology, analytical geochemistry, and environmental chemistry, along with a greenhouse, weather station, and other facilities. An open-air courtyard replicates geological and biological landscapes of New England. Key to the success of the new building are Keene State's extraordinary science faculty and their students.
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Keene State students use technology to complete course work, access class lectures and syllabi, do research, perform student services and administrative transactions, and communicate. All students are provided with an e-mail account; HelpDesk support; LAN/WAN and Internet access; access to computing labs on campus; and MyKSC, the student portal that helps them track which courses they need to take for their degree and how many credits they've accumulated. All residence facilities are wired for Internet connection; about 92 percent of residential students own a PC.
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All residence facilities are wired for Internet connection; about 92 percent of residential students own a PC.
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The Zorn Dining Commons features seven serving stations designed to satisfy any palate or whim. Elsewhere on campus you'll find spots to pick up bagels, burgers, and other choices.
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Mason Library is the Grand Central Station of learning, offering an enormous collection of books, periodicals, CDs, videos, DVDs, and online databases that provide access to journals and newspapers beyond those available on the web. The library, which has wireless web access throughout the building, also houses the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, the Orang Asli Archives, the Curriculum Materials Library, a media room, and spacious areas with skylights or floor-to-ceiling windows and big chairs for reading.
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Keene State College is a regional center for the performing and visual arts. In the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond are four theatres, eight art studios, a modern dance studio, band and choral rehearsal rooms, practice modules, scenery and costume shops, an electronic music studio, a photographic darkroom, a printmaking studio, and a reception and lobby area. It's one of the busiest facilities on campus – day and night.
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KSC recently renovated a campus building to create a Media Arts Center at the heart of the campus. The departments of journalism, film studies, communication, and graphic design share state-of-the-art technology, broadcast facilities, and studios.
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The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery's two skylit halls provide exhibition space for works of regional, national, and international significance – including an annual show of art by Keene State students. The Gallery regularly includes works and exhibits by artists from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
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Other Campus Resources
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The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs works with students of color, collaborating on student support programs and organizing social gatherings and other events. The office also supports the Multicultural Club and provides a faculty mentor program, workshops, a small resource center, and one-on-one interventions and support.
Festivals of international foods are among the
more popular offerings of Common Ground,
a multicultural group.
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The Film Studies Library provides Film majors with a vast collection of 16mm film prints, DVDs, VHS tapes, laserdiscs, film scripts, production and critical-studies journals and texts, and an extensive film and video production facility, including postproduction DVD authoring tools.
At the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall, the KSC Film Society runs a year-round, weekly film series. Putnam is equipped with 70mm projection capacity and Dolby digital sound.
The Language Learning Center has learner-centered workstations that enable students to access global resources and prepare for study abroad through an interactive immersion experience.
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The Keene State College Child Development Center and public schools throughout the region provide real-world experiences for KSC students working toward teaching careers.
Amy Toscano gets her hands dirty at KSC’s Child Development Center with the new Early Sprouts gardening project. The goal is for children to develop a healthy relationship with vegetables.
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The Small Business Institute supports management students working in teams as consultants to local businesses.
Our Arboretum is a diverse laboratory of plant specimens for botanists and horticulturists. The rest of us just enjoy the beauty of the flowers and trees.
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