Professional Activities

In June, Assistant Director of Campus Safety Christopher Santiago received the Northeast Colleges and Universities Security Association (NECUSA) Professional Achievement Award for his work coordinating the logistics for the Keene State College Centennial Relay event on April 15.

In May, Jerry Jasinski (Chemistry), president of the American Institute of Chemists (AIC), presented the 2009 AIC Gold Medal Award to Dr. Oliver Smithies, the Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, at the annual Chemical Heritage Foundation Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Smithies, a giant in the fields of biochemistry and human genetics, has won numerous recognitions, including election to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Royal Society of London, and has received many prestigious awards, including the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with co-recipients Mario R. Capecchi and Sir Martin J. Evans). His work led to the now classic gene knockout experiments in mice that are used to study gene function and to create mouse models of human diseases.

Jasinski also presented the 2009 AIC Pioneer Awards to Dr. Keith Carron, vice president and general manager of Intervac Photonics, DeltaNu, and a Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wyoming, and Dr. Debates Mukherjee, chairman of the Raman Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS).

New Faces, New Places
From Karyn Kaminsky, Human Resources: Please welcome the following newly hired staff members to KSC: Sarah Strong, business services assistant, Student Financial Services; Gregory Williams, Campus Safety officer, Campus Safety; Katey Kimbal, Campus Safety officer, Campus Safety; Craig Cashman, Campus Safety officer, Campus Safety.