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September 26, 2016 –

College is a transitional time, when students, especially first-years, are in a new environment and often face immense pressure to study and do well in classes. Since students’ focus is often not on exercise, they may be less likely to take part in physical activity than they were in high...

September 26, 2016 –

One of the first topics that new management faculty member Dave Beaudry spoke to his students about was change - how things change in their lives and how their ability to adapt to those changes will lead to success.

Beaudry can speak from experience. Peering out his office window on...

September 22, 2016 –

Connect with Dr. Kristene Kelly and hear about her vision for KSC athletics!

Saturday, October 15th 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Thorne Art Gallery Keene State College

Please RSVP to Bethany Morin or call 603-358-2424.

While you’re on campus, catch a KSC home game! Volleyball, field hockey and men’s soccer are...

September 22, 2016 –

Keene State College will host its 7th annual Cantate! High School Choral Festival on Friday, October 28, in the Redfern Arts Center Alumni Recital Hall from 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Approximately 200 high school students from New Hampshire and Massachusetts will perform on the Alumni Recital Hall stage. Of the six...

September 21, 2016 –

The powerful story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp – a Unitarian minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their safe life of comfort to spend two dangerous years helping hundreds of political dissidents and Jewish refugees flee the Nazis at the beginning of World War II – would...

September 20, 2016 –

It didn’t take long for Ashley Greene to realize the passion Keene State Holocaust and Genocide studies majors have for learning. “On my very first day of office hours – which I never had anyone attend – I had two students,” said Greene, who joined the department this fall as...

September 16, 2016 –

The KSC Parent/Family Weekend is a wonderful opportunity for you to visit with your student, stroll campus, meet our campus leaders, and have a good time. We have planned events – including a few that are new this year – that we’re sure you’ll enjoy.

Additionally, the City of Keene...

September 15, 2016 –

“The girl screamed, the wind rustled, something moved in the night closer and closer; the moon hung heavily over the night, white as a pearl, blood dripped from Vlad’s mouth, the girl’s pale body hung in his hands, sparkling in the moonlight—he was a vampire, after all.” – Heather Fougere...

September 12, 2016 –

KEENE, N.H., 9/6/2016 – The Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College invites everyone to a Season Kick Off Party to celebrate the start of its 35th season of presenting dynamic performing arts on Thursday, September 15, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. You’ll be able to mingle with your fellow...

September 6, 2016 –

Offering opportunities for professional growth is one of the most important benefits a college can offer its students and faculty, and from August 14–16, 30 Keene State students and 16 faculty and staff members joined 188 representatives from INBRE partner institutions at the annual meeting of the New Hampshire IDeA...

September 6, 2016 –

It’s important to have options when you graduate, and the Academic and Career Advising (ACA) Staff at Keene State College assist students and alumni in exploring numerous career options. While the majority of Keene State graduates enter the work force or return to school to further their education, some students...

September 6, 2016 –

While the vast majority of new students come to Keene State from high schools near and far, some arrive on Appian Way from other campuses. Keene State College welcomed over 150 transfer students this fall, including Autumn Rose Lester from Elmira, New York.

Lester, who comes to Keene State from...

September 2, 2016 –

Waking up early for his first class of the semester, Taylor Brands said it felt like he never left as he settled into his seat at the TDS Center for one of his four safety and occupational health applied sciences classes. “I do very well adjusting to different environments,” said...

September 1, 2016 –

Film major and theater minor John Derba ’13 won the 39th Boston New England Emmy Awards as videographer for his work on the Charlie Moore Outdoors episode, “Mad Fish vs. Hulk Hogan.” Derba started working on the popular NESN outdoor show about three years ago.

“After I graduated, I started...

August 30, 2016 –

September 8, 2016, 3 p.m. Book Launch and Reception Centennial Hall, Keene State College Alumni Center

Dr. James Waller’s Confronting Evil: Engaging our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Drawing on over two decades of primary research and scholarship from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, Confronting Evil...

August 30, 2016 –

Keene State welcomed its incoming class with great enthusiasm this past week! We moved in nearly 1,100 new students with more than 300 of them choosing to live in our recently completed Living Learning Commons. For the second year in a row we invited members of the City of Keene...

August 29, 2016 –

This fall, Keene State College and local community organizations will present a variety of programs as part of a project titled “Voices of Terezin: A Commemoration.”  Terezin (or Theresienstadt to the Germans) was a Nazi concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, near the German border, where numerous Jewish artists & intellectuals were...

August 26, 2016 –

Each semester, Keene State hosts the Career Speaker Series , where representatives from a variety of businesses and professions talk about their companies, their career paths, and the world of employment and business. From biotech and information systems to advanced manufacturing and finance as well as a range of career...

August 25, 2016 –

Students returning to their studies in the Journalism and Modern Language departments this spring will find that the departments are now going by new names.

What was Journalism is now Journalism, Multimedia, Public Relations, and the former Modern Languages is now Modern Languages and Cultures. Both name changes reflect the...

August 25, 2016 –

The Cohen Center, the department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Mason Library, and the Keene Public Library are sponsoring an evening in tribute to Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor, and author, who died in July at age 87. The public is invited to celebrate this remarkable man’s life and legacy on Monday, Sept...

August 24, 2016 –

The 2016-17 academic year has started at Keene State College. Our students, faculty, staff and community joined together in a few exciting events to start off the year.

Move In Day

Students began moving into their residence halls on campus today, with the help of families, faculty, and staff.

Move-in...

August 24, 2016 –

Keene State College announces that Biology Professor Dr. Loren Launen is the honoree of the College’s 2016 Distinguished Teacher Award, for her commitment to student success and the field of biology. The award is presented annually by the Keene State College Alumni Association to recognize excellence in teaching, encouragement of...

August 22, 2016 –

Keene State College’s Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery is announcing upcoming exhibitions and events that offer local and global perspectives on contemporary social commentary and images. The Thorne Gallery is providing several opportunities to engage with artists, curators, and the Thorne’s first Artist in Residence.

Schedule of exhibitions and events held at...

August 18, 2016 –

Imagine you’re a young eight-year-old boy living in the Congo. It’s 2008 and you and your people are fighting for your survival, trapped in a country besieged and engulfed in a lingering civil war, the aftermath of the 1994 genocide between your Tutsi tribe and the Hutu, the tribe of...

August 16, 2016 –

While most staff members at Keene State have to leave their office to interact with other members of the College community, that’s not the case for Dana Gibson. In fact, they come right to him – to get their copying done. In an age where electronic communication and instant messaging...