Alumni Association Awards $7,635 in Grants

From Patty Farmer, Alumni and Parent Relations: The 2009 Alumni Grants Program will be awarding a total of $7,635 to five campus programs. The recipients include:
• A joint program of the Office of Admissions and the Office of Diversity and Multiculturalism to bring high school students from underrepresented groups to campus and link the students with a KSC student mentor who will help them explore the benefits of a college education
• An English Department effort to provide a professional-development seminar exploring the richness and diversity of the Middle Ages to middle and high school teachers and the public
• The Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning’s expansion of their continuing education program to Saturdays
• The 2009 Biannual Symposium, “From Local to Global: 100 Years of Education at Keene State College”
• A recycling awareness campaign planned by the Recycling and Sustainability Office
For more information, contact Patty Farmer.