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Centennial Relay and Bash Takes the State by Storm

From Lucy Webb, College and Media Relations: Be a part of history on April 15 as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Keene Normal School. Everyone is invited! Please join current students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and the community. Visit the centennial website for more information or to follow the progress of the relay online during the day on April 15.

The schedule for the evening:
7:30 p.m. Centennial proclamation reaches Central Square in Keene. The proclamation, issued that morning by Gov. Lynch, will be relayed by runners and walkers all the way from Concord to Keene.
7:45 p.m. Centennial proclamation enters campus at the Appian Gateway on Main Street. Please help us hand it along Appian Way to the stage outside the Student Center.
8 p.m. Music, cheering, dancing, special remarks, and the biggest birthday cake you’ve ever seen!
8:15 p.m. Fireworks, viewed from the Oya Hill plaza outside the Zorn Dining Commons.

Contact Marketing & Communications

Sarah Kossayda
Director of Marketing
☎ 603-358-2119
Sarah.Kossayda@keene.edu