February 26th, 2009

Dr. Stephen Shalom, professor at William Patterson State University, will present Keene State College’s 2009 Sidore lecture, “Can We End the Unending Conflict? Reflections on Israel and Palestine,” on Monday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room of the Student Center.

Courtesy photo; Dr. Stephen Shalom

Professor Shalom has written and spoken widely on U.S. foreign policy and on the Middle East. Among his books are Imperial Alibis: Rationalizing U.S. Intervention after the Cold War and Which Side Are You On? An Introduction to Politics. He is the editor of a dialogue between Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar, Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy. He serves on the editorial board of New Politics and is a regular contributor to Z Magazine and ZNet. He was in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon this past year.

The Sidore Memorial Foundation and the Sidore Series have been established to support campus presentations by speakers on emerging ideas and to enhance faculty efforts to challenge students and the wider community to participate in dialogue around original and sometimes controversial issues facing society.

This event is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow the presentation. For more information, contact Linda Baker at 603-358-2611.

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From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for the Keene State College women’s swim team this weekend. The 13-member Owl team overcame the depth of Bentley College to capture its second consecutive New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA) Championship at the Tripp Athletic Center Pool on the campus of UMass-Dartmouth on Sunday. Keene State also won the NEISDA title in 2001.

The Owls set four school records and established one meet and pool mark on Sunday. They won three races, including the 400 freestyle relay, the final race of the meet, to claim the crown.

“Pulling off this championship with just 13 swimmers is something special,” said an elated KSC Coach Jack Fabian after the meet. “We just kept on piling up wins all weekend, and that made up for our lack of depth.”

The season isn’t over for several Owl swimmers. They will know in two weeks if their provisional qualifying times will be good enough to get them a spot in the NCAA Division III championships that take place in Minneapolis March 18–21.

Photo by Robert Tierney; The Owl women’s swim team captured its second consecutive New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA) Championship at UMass-Dartmouth’s Tripp Athletic Center Pool on Sunday, February 22.

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From Connie Lester, Redfern: Students from the Theatre and Dance Department will take the stage in A.R. Gurney’s creative comedy, The Dining Room, Tuesday through Saturday, March 3–7, at 7:30 p.m. (matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday), at the Redfern Arts Center.

Gurney’s timeless dining room backdrop creates a stage for 57 roles performed by six actors ranging in ages from 10 to 80, spanning a 50-year period. Gurney has masterfully interwoven 19 vignettes over two acts, set in many different dining rooms, in many different times, requiring the actors to exhibit impeccable timing and grace. This light-hearted and humorous play will ring true for all who have had conversations around a dining room table. Tickets are available through the box office at 8-2168 or online at http://www.keene.edu/racbp.

Courtesy photo; cast members of The Dining Room (from left) Brett Burkhardt, Hayley Duyon, Craig Deming, Janis Costa Deedy, Ryan Demers, and Ky Avila perform Tuesday through Saturday, March 3–7, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, at the Redfern Arts Center.

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From Jackie Hooper, Thorne: Nicole Caulfield of Keene has been chosen the winner of the People’s Choice Award for her colored pencil work Zen in the 2009 Biennial Regional Jurors’ Choice Exhibition at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery. Caulfield, a still-life and portrait artist, won this award based on votes by visitors to the regional exhibition, which continues through Thursday, Feb. 26.

Out of 319 votes cast, Caulfield’s colored pencil drawing of her oldest daughter, Katie, received the most ballots. She will receive a $100 cash award along with the People’s Choice Commendation. The Friends of the Thorne sponsor this award as well as the $500 Jurors’ Best of Show prize Caulfield won for the same work.

Caulfield says on her website that she is drawn to realism because of the beauty of the ordinary world and the challenge of rendering it. “The beauty of ordinary objects lit perfectly sitting on a table, the light hitting a child’s eyes so that sparkle comes through, the light bouncing around the inside of a box — these ordinary, yet spectacular, moments inspire me to create a piece of artwork,” she explains.

Caulfield’s work is shown regularly in New England galleries, including the Monadnock Fine Art Gallery in Keene and the Sharon Arts Juried Gallery in Peterborough. Her work has appeared nationally and internationally in exhibits such as the Catharine Lorillard Show and Salmagundi Show in New York City; the Guild of Realism Show in Scottsdale, Arizona; and the UKCPS Show in Nottingham, England, where she won first prize in 2007. She teaches her colored pencil techniques locally at Artworks in Keene and at the Sharon Arts Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University School of Art.

Courtesy photo; Nicole Caulfield of Keene, N.H., won the People’s Choice Commendation in the 2009 Biennial Regional Jurors’ Choice Exhibition for Zen, a colored pencil work (shown above). This drawing of her oldest daughter Katie, also received the Jurors’ Best of Show Award.

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From Bill Menezes, Redfern: Ain’t I a Woman!, celebrating the life and times of four illustrious African American women, will appear at the Redfern Arts Center on Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.

Performed by the Core Ensemble, Woman! is a chamber music theatre work for actress and trio (cello, piano, and percussion). The production features a musical score drawn from the spirituals of the Deep South, the urban excitement of the Jazz Age, and contemporary concert music by African Americans. The African American women portrayed are ex-slave and abolitionist Sojouner Truth, novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, folk artist Clementine Hunter, and civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.

A joyful exploration of the trials and triumphs of four passionate and accomplished women, Woman! is the latest in a series of multicultural and feminist performance pieces produced by the Ensemble over the past ten years. The production tours during Black History Month and Women’s History Month.

The Core Ensemble has toured in Australia, England, Russia, Ukraine, the Caribbean, and in every region of the U.S. Tickets are available through the Redfern box office, 8-2168, or online.

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From Peg Richmond, Admissions: The Keene State College admissions office is excited to report that our institution has been approved for membership as a Common Application school. The Enrollment Planning Committee began these discussions two years ago and the application was submitted in November 2008. Beginning in August 2009, students applying to Keene State College will be required to apply using the Common Application. This move will have considerable cost savings and efficiency in processing. We will no longer be printing the Keene State application and the applications received from Common Application online will be loaded directly into datatel — our student information system. This will result in a considerable decrease in data entry. The biggest benefit is to the applicant, since the Common Application can be used to apply to multiple schools including the University of New Hampshire.

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From Jenny Darrow, Academic Technology: Please join us Thursday, March 5, for our second brown bag lunch of the spring semester: “Take a Virtual Leap!” led by professor Kristi Alvarez.

Goggle Earth is terrific for finding your own home and seeing if your Great Aunt Tillie’s house is still standing. But … it is so much more. Please join us for a brown bag lunch/demonstration led by geography professor Kristi Alvarez as she shares the many wonders and applications of Google Earth. This virtual globe is practical for your classroom and for your own personal use. The Brown Bag Lunch is from noon to 1 p.m. in Student Center 309.

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On Wednesday, March 4, the Multicultural Luncheon Series will present “Restorative Justice: What It Is and What Does It Have To Do with Diversity?” from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Mountain View Room.

Linda Baker (Psychology) will provide a brief introduction to the philosophy, principles, and processes of Restorative Justice (RJ) as it is used in communities and college campuses across the country. Dottie Morris, chief officer of Diversity and Multiculturalism will discuss ways in which RJ can promote a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and populations in these settings and provide more healing approaches to dealing with crime and conflict. Mark Schmidl-Gagne, Dispute Resolution coordinator, and Amanda Warman, director of Campus Safety, will join us in describing plans to bring restorative justice to KSC.

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From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: Keene State and UMass-Boston joined more than 1,500 institutions and organizations to participate in the 2009 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) fight against breast cancer during Pink Zone Week, February 13–22.

Fans wearing pink to either the Keene State women’s or men’s basketball games against UMass-Boston games on February 21 were given free admission. In addition, both Owl and Beacon women players wore pink shooting shirts, and the KSC Student Athletic Activities Committee (SAAC) held a 50/50 raffle with proceeds going toward the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

The WBCA Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities, and beyond.

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From the IT Group: On February 13, the IT Group upgraded the voice-recognition system for the directory for Keene State’s main number, 352-1909, and for the internal directory number, 358-8000. This new system provides enhanced name recognition with greater accuracy. While there is very little difference in how the new system sounds, you may notice a slight difference in the prompts and the beeps. We encourage you to test the new system to be sure it performs as expected; if it does not, please contact the HelpDesk with that information.

If you have any questions about the system, find that your name is not listed, or have a concern; please feel free to contact the HelpDesk at 358-2532, email helpdesk@keene.edu, or stop by our office on the second floor of Elliot Hall.

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From Connie Lester, Redfern: Faculty and students from the Theatre and Dance Department received multiple honors in the 41st New England Region I Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival held at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 27–Feb. 1.

Keene State was one of five New England colleges selected from the 116 adjudicated for inclusion in the festival. Festival participants were selected based on the excellence of work in Theatre and Dance Department productions. Six students and their partners participated in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Awards auditions, and five attended for their work in technical design. All students were selected for their performance or work in last spring’s The Rolling Collection, directed by Ron Spangler, or the fall productions of Fat Men in Skirts, directed by Ron Spangler, or The Matchmaker, directed by PeggyRae Johnson.

For The Matchmaker production, Liz Panneton ’09 received honorable mention for the National Barbizon Award for lighting design, and the technical staff received the Golden Hammer Award (given to acknowledge the cooperation, organization, skill, and efficiency of the top production crew loading in and loading out their production). KSC theatre faculty member and technical director Craig Lindsay, assistant technical director and theatre major Alex Trombly ’11, and lighting advisor and touring assistant Jeremy Robarge led the cast and crew to this honor.

Gilly Clarke-Moon ’09 received the second-place National Sound Design Award for her work in Hot House, and Lauren Duffy ’09 received first place in the Regional USITT New England Award in Technical/Craftsmanship for her design and execution of shadow puppets in The Rolling Collection. KSC theatre faculty member Céline Perron received a Meritorious Award for puppetry design for her play The Rolling Collection.

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From Karyn Kaminsky, Human Resources: Given the current economic environment, it is more and more important to stay on top of your retirement investments. Chris Greeley, retirement counseling representative from Fidelity Investments, will be coming to Keene State to meet with employees on Thursday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. He will hold one-on-one consultations with employees in the Fiske Annex Conference Rm 33.

Whether you are currently enrolled in a retirement plan or thinking about enrolling, this is an opportunity for you to meet privately with Chris to discuss your current retirement portfolio, develop long-tem strategies, and learn about investment choices available and find the right investment mix for you. To schedule a time to meet with Chris, please call the Fidelity reservation line at 1-800-642-7131. For additional information or assistance, please contact Karyn Kaminski at 8-2486 or kkaminsk@keene.edu.

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From the IT Group: You just received an email from UPS. It looks real enough. It has the standard UPS logo at the top of the page and their classic brown and blue color scheme. It says:

Attention Virus Warning
We have become aware there is a fraudulent e-mail being sent that says it is coming from UPS and leads the reader to believe that a UPS shipment could not be delivered. The reader is advised to open an attachment reportedly containing a waybill for the shipment to be picked up.

This e-mail attachment contains a virus. We recommend that you do not open the attachment, but delete the e-mail immediately. UPS may send official notification messages on occasion, but they rarely include attachments. If you receive a notification message that includes an attachment and are in doubt about its authenticity, please contact customerservice@ups.com.

Please note that UPS takes its customer relationships very seriously but cannot take responsibility for the unauthorized actions of third parties.

Thank you for your attention.

So, is this real or is it Phishing? Our friends at Sonic Wall will tell you that this email is legitimate. You can tell because it doesn’t ask you to do anything related to this email. Typically a Phisher will ask you to “click” here to validate or check something. They also provide you with an email link to contact them rather than a web link. While the email above doesn’t address you specifically by name, given the general nature of this email, it is not required.

We hope this information helps you to continue to develop an awareness about Phishing, so when you receive a suspicious email, you will feel more confident. However, whenever you are in doubt, do not hesitate to contact the HelpDesk (8-2532), or stop by our office on the second floor of Elliot Hall. We will be glad to help.

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From Connie Lester, Redfern: The KSC Faculty Composers Recital is becoming a popular and anticipated spring event. This year’s recital, on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall, will feature works by Flynn Cohen, Elaine Broad Ginsberg, José Lezcano, Christopher Swist, and Craig Sylvern. The program will also feature the KSC Percussion Ensemble and the KSC Chamber Singers, as well as faculty and guest artists. Read more here. For tickets, call the box office at 8-2168.

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From Margaret Barney, Cohen Center: The registration deadline for this year’s student trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, is Monday, March 2. The trip will take place the weekend of April 17–19 (learn more about it here).

Please pass this information along to any students who may be interested in learning more about the Holocaust and visiting the Museum. KSC faculty and staff interested in joining us on this educational trip are also encouraged to contact Margaret Barney at 8-2490 ASAP.

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Frank Mazzolla (Physical Plant) brought to our attention an article in the Keene Sentinel noting that Capt. Daniel McCarroll ’04 attended President Barack Obama’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress on February 24 as a guest of U.S. Rep. Paul W. Hodes, (D-N.H). McCarroll served as commanding officer of New Hampshire soldier Sgt. David S. Stelmat, who was killed in Iraq March 22, 2008, in a roadside bomb. McCarroll’s awards include a Bronze Star Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Iraqi Campaign Medal.

McCarroll earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Keene State and now serves as the commander of the 237th Military Police Company in Concord.

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Linda Baker (Psychology) and Amanda Warman (Campus Safety) recently attended a conference on Restorative Justice (RJ) sponsored by the Association for Student Judicial Affairs in Tampa, Florida. Professor Baker is studying Restorative Justice while on sabbatical and is working with others on campus to launch a pilot program at Keene State. (For more information on the principles and concepts of RJ, come to the Multicultural Luncheon on Restorative Justice on Wednesday, March 4, in the Mountain View Room).

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The College Relations Office maintains an events listing on the web. To submit events to this list, fill out this form. We also run a KSC events ad twice a month in The Keene Sentinel during the academic year. Events listed in the online listing automatically make it into this ad. For more information please contact Antje Hornbeck at 8-2102.

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Did you know that you can print out articles from the online edition of Campus News? If you want to read Professional Activities at your son’s hockey game on the weekend, or if you like to read while sipping coffee at the kitchen table, click an article link under “In This Issue,” scroll to the bottom of the article, and look for the printer icon and “printer-friendly format” link.

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We are rebuilding our Faculty Experts section on the web and need your help. Our information will be listed on our website and in a database for journalists working on local and national stories. Please take a minute to update your information or add to your list of publications and accomplishments, and send it to rdutcher@keene.edu.

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On Wednesday, February 18, Common Ground and the Campus Commission on Diversity and Multiculturalism hosted a Soul Food and Gospel Event in the Zorn Dining Commons. Students, faculty, and staff listened to music while feasting on Southern fried chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, grit cakes, collard greens, biscuits with sausage gravy, and pecan pie.

Photo: Renee Staudinger

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From Gordon Leversee, Science: Please join us at a campus gathering to celebrate the life of Dr. Johanna Kolodziejski this Friday, February 20, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Science Room 101. Hanna died on February 3 at the age of 32 at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She will be sorely missed.

As much as we mourn her death, it is our hope to capture the spirit of her passion for life — for friends and family, for students and colleagues, for her work as a teacher and scholar. Keene State was her “perfect job,” and we are thankful for her and for us that we shared one memorable year together.

We will gather in Science 101 at 4:30 and Paul Cullity will help us center ourselves. Our colleagues in music will then lead us through the halls of science that Hanna so loved, and we will mourn her passing with a dirge or hymn in the best New Orleans tradition. We will return to Science 101 for reflections and conclude with an uplifting musical celebration of her memory, which lives on in all of us. Dr. K, a gifted musician, played both piano and violin. We think she would approve.

(Biology Department’s original announcement of Dr. K’s death.)

Courtesy photo: Dr. Johanna Kolodziejski, July 18, 1976–February 3, 2009

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Keene State is pleased to announce a new baccalaureate degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The interdisciplinary undergraduate Holocaust and Genocide Studies major is currently accepting students for the 2009–10 academic year.

The Holocaust and Genocide Studies curriculum combines historical study with an interdisciplinary exploration of both the Holocaust and other genocidal events. The major incorporates film, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, religious studies, women’s studies, and other offerings. With an understanding of such issues as prejudice, discrimination, and racism, students master the skills needed to analyze contemporary political situations, think critically about ethical responsibility, and respond to injustice.

“These skills are at the heart of a liberal arts education,” said Cohen Center Director Dr. Henry Knight. “In a world still tormented by mass murder, studying the Holocaust offers an analytical framework that can help us to understand ongoing global genocide.”

Program graduates will be prepared to support social studies and history curriculum development, and to pursue careers in social and governmental service. The major also prepares students for graduate studies in history as well as Holocaust and genocide studies, and for other post-graduate work, such as law.

For more information about the Holocaust and Genocide Studies major, or to see a schedule of workshops, in-service training, classroom presentations, and individual curriculum consultations, visit www.keene.edu/cchs.

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From Bill Menezes, Redfern: Featuring some of the United States’ finest tap dancers, Off the Beaten Path: A Jazz and Tap Odyssey (JTO) will make its regional debut at Keene State’s Redfern Arts Center for two performances. There will be a full-length performance on Tuesday, February 24, at 7:30 p.m. and a performance for school children on Wednesday, February 25, at 10 a.m. After both performances, there will be time for the audience to ask the performers questions.

Inspired by nature writer Rachel Carson, pioneer of the modern environmental movement, JTO was created by award-winning tap dancer and choreographer Drika Overton and noted jazz composer Paul Arslanian, along with world-renowned tap dancers Brenda Bufalino and Josh Hilberman. It weaves together music and dance from around the world through the arts of jazz music and tap dance to present an artist’s vision of our human connection to the natural world. Tickets are available through the Redfern box office (8-2168) or online.

Courtesy Photo; Jazz and Tap Odyssey

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