Julio DelSesto and Richard Grogan Honored

Keene State College announces that two of its employees have been selected for the 2014 Trendsetter Award – Julio DelSesto, assistant professor of Journalism, and Richard Grogan, regional director of the Small Business Development Center were honored. The Trendsetter award is given to the...

Elizabeth Masure, who entered Keene State as a freshman in 2012 at the age of 30, might be classified as a nontraditional student, but “exceptional” would be a more telling description. Gifted at both scientific research and teaching, she is taking 18 credits per semester and attending summer school to...

Keene State College has learned of allegations of misconduct by a staff member, and following a thorough review, has terminated Eugene Vallante, who had been a full-time employee at the College since 2005.

As the College began an investigation into the allegations, we simultaneously initiated a thorough review of the...

It’s widely acknowledged in the world of sports that great athletes don't always make good coaches. Sure, there are exceptions to every rule. But if you look across all major American sports you will notice that it is a rarity to find a star player who has made it as...

Saturday, March 8, 8 a.m–3 p.m.

Mabel Brown Room (in the Student Center) & Rhodes Hall

Featuring presentations by KSC alumni and current graduate students, the ICE Conference offers educators an opportunity to come together and discuss insights, experiences, and issues in their field. The sessions will cover a variety...

Keene, NH, February 27, 2014: Keene State College’s Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery is gearing up for an exciting exhibit that displays the talents and interests of people in the Monadnock Region this summer in its Passionate Pursuits exhibit. People who wish to submit items...

As a kid, Jake St. Pierre '03 snuck out of his bedroom window and climbed the roof of the house. As a teenager, he took his first solo car trip to the White Mountains, where he climbed Mount Washington. He's still climbing the Whites, and in other parts of New...

Leaving the court following his team’s tough 98-85 loss to Little East Conference basketball foe Western Connecticut State in Danbury last Saturday, Keene State College freshman forward Jaquel Edwards quickly showered and changed before heading back out to spacious Feldman Arena.

Edwards had some unfinished business to take care of...

Keene State College Joins “I’m First” Program Aimed at Supporting First-Generation College Students

Keene State College is now a College Partner in the “I’m First” program, which is an online community founded by the Center for Student Opportunity that supports students who are first in their families to attend college...

Douglas Glennon ’98 , who runs a software consulting business out of his home in Barrington, NH, selects a nonprofit organization each year that he helps and offers free assistance or IT support at a discounted rate. He was recently chosen for the Union Leader's "40 under 40" award ...

Four KSC students—history majors Kyle O’Brien and Alexander Habibi, theatre and dance major Matt McDougal, and music major Jordan Chase—will be presenting at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of Kentucky from April 3–5.

Sending four students to the conference is a big deal, according to...

Motion Picture Music Editor Jennifer Dunnington ’93 was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' class of 2013 based on the work she's produced during her career. The Academy welcomed 276 members, including Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Liu, Jason Bateman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Pena, and Chris Tucker...

When Londonderry, NH, native Katrina Hodgson ’06 came to Keene State to study health science, she didn't consider herself to have much business savvy—or so she says. But during her senior year, she teamed up with some computer science students to create a website where she could share her love...

Since he graduated with a degree in Studio Art at KSC, Shawn Huckins ’07’s work has appeared in galleries around the country. He has won the Award for Excellence in the 2007 Ridgefield Guild of Artists 30th Annual Exhibition, the New Haven Paint and Clay Club Prize, and the Thorne-Sagendorph...

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) recently attained official status as a student organization. The club meets every Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Putnam Science Center's room 375 and is open to anyone interested in any area of physics, including astronomy, meteorology, electronics, optics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics. Uninteresting...

How I Learned to Drive , an award-winning drama by Paula Vogel that explores sexual abuse and forgiveness, will be presented Tuesday to Saturday, February 25 to March 1, by the Keene State College Theatre and Dance Department. Each show starts at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on...

Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem will bring their toe-tapping, hand-clapping, sing-a-long family music show to the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College on Saturday, February 22, at 11 a.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall, where front row seats will be removed so children and parents can move to the...

The Keene State community, New England, and the contra dance world is saddened by the passing of NEA National Heritage Fellow Bob McQuillen ’59 on February 4. McQuillen, or “Mac” as he was affectionately known, was one of those larger-than-life characters who amassed a wealth of friends and delightful stories...

Four seniors and tutors at Keene State's Center for Writing — Michael Kelly (architecture), Hillary Smith (secondary education), Jessica Pierce (psychology), and Alex Wolff (American studies) — will be presenting at the Northeast Writing Center Association’s annual conference at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, on March 1–2.

This year's...

It’s rare that undergraduate health science students get an opportunity to not only learn about the most current and emerging trends in their field, but also to meet and interact with some of its most prominent people.

But that didn’t stop several Keene State College students from jumping at the...

Sandglass Theater will perform D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks , a widely acclaimed and deeply moving exploration of dementia using puppetry, on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College. A post-show discussion and reception with the artists will follow the performance. Tickets...

Keene State to Partner with American Democracy Project to Spearhead National Series on Economic Inequality

Keene State College, Keene State 2013 Symposium Committee, and American Democracy Project are hosting a talk about the state of public higher education, with two thought leaders in the fields of higher education and civic...

Paul Silverfarb has accomplished a lot during his still-evolving sports journalism career. Since graduating from Keene State College in 1999, the Trumbull, Connecticut, native has worked for a couple of weeklies in the Constitution State, most recently the Greenwich Post, where for the past seven years he’s served as the...

Nursing Lab Provides True-to-Life Patient Simulations to Enhance Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Future Health Care Providers

Keene State College now offers a new nursing lab that provides a realistic hospital and clinic setting, and incorporates cutting edge medical technology to prepare tomorrow’s nurses. The lab has the potential to...

Mathilde Mukantabana–Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Rwanda to the United States and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina—will deliver the Cohen Center's annual Genocide Awareness Lecture in the Mabel Brown Room on Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the...