Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Heading, (and we throw a great party!)

“You know where you are, you know where you’ve been, and you know where you’re heading,” Gov. Lynch told a group of KSC students, staff, and alums who travelled to the State house on April 15 to witness the start of the 53-mile Centennial Relay from Concord to Keene. The Governor then ran a few steps across the stately chamber to hand a special Centennial Proclamation to President Helen Giles Gee.

On the statehouse steps, N.H. Senator (and KSC alum) Molly Kelly ’83 passed the streamered proclamation case to Provost Mel Netzhammer, who started the relay off with a 1.5 mile run. Jay Kahn, vice president for Finance and Planning, took the next stretch, and on it went until alums Norma Walker ’51 and Don Carle ’52, M’56 walked the proclamation down Main Street and Appian Way at sunset. The community celebration finished with fireworks and a huge birthday cake outside the Zorn Dining Commons. More than 1,000 pieces were served!

College and Media Relations writer Lucy Webb spent the day posting updates and photos-from-the road to the Centennial blog so students, staff, and KSC friends everywhere could follow the fun, and she’ll be posting more photos to chronicle the day.