October 23rd, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence:
10/24 – 25: Homecoming: Pumpkins! Alumni!
10/25: 100th Owl Presentation: Owls! More Owls!
This big weekend should be Centennialriffic: Pumpkin Lobotomy this year features prizes up to $150 for Centennial-related carvings.
And David White is unveiling the 100th owl in the Children’s Literature Gallery on Saturday, Oct. 25. Look for the Centennial theme to crop up elsewhere around Homecoming, and look for those Centennial pumpkins at Pumpkin Festival.
T-shirt trivia: What on-campus speaker was the source of our “Enter to learn, go forth to serve” motto? Reply to lwebb1@keene.edu; the first correct answer wins a Centennial t-shirt!
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October 16th, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence:
10/24 – 25: Homecoming: Pumpkins! Alumni!
10/25: 100th Owl Presentation: Owls! More Owls!
Is your event Centennialtastic? Think big: What could you be doing to help celebrate our first hundred years? Maybe you’ve got a great idea (I just had one right now. It’s that easy.). Maybe you’re willing to help with an event that’s already happening. Maybe you’ve got something coming up that has a natural tie-in to the Centennial. However you can pitch in, contact Amy Proctor to offer your help.
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October 2nd, 2008
The KSC Health Sciences (Nutrition, Health Promotion and Fitness, and Substance Abuse/Addictions) booth at the Centennial Wellness Fair.
On Sunday, September 28, the College invited the Keene community to celebrate the annual Clarence DeMar Marathon at Keene State College’s Centennial Wellness Fair. Representatives from various College and community resources for health and fitness offered free refreshments and demonstrations as the runners arrived at the marathon finish line.
Courtesy photo
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September 25th, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence:
9/28: Centennial Wellness Fair on Appian Way at the Clarence DeMar Marathon: Health! Wellness!
We still have some T-shirts available to folks who send us trivia question about the history of the college (with verifiable answers). Include your mailstop, please, for easy shirt shipping. [lwebb1@keene.edu]. And join us for the DeMar Marathon and Centennial Wellness Fair, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Rhodes Hall on Sunday!
Cheer, win prizes, enjoy refreshments, talk to Ted of Ted’s Shoe and Sport, meditate, learn a yoga pose, see a massage therapist (or chiropractor, or podiatrist).
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September 18th, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence
9/28: Centennial Wellness Fair on Appian Way at the Clarence DeMar Marathon: Health! Wellness!
10/24 – 25: Homecoming: Pumpkins! Alumni!
10/25: 100th Owl Presentation: Owls! More Owls!
And now, announcing the first-ever Campus News Centennial Trivia Contest!
Periodically, we’ll offer a Centennial T-shirt to people who correctly answer questions posed here.
For our first contest, we’re making it easy for you (and us). We’ll give shirts to the first 12 people who send us a trivia question about the history of the college, with verifiable answers. Include your mailstop, please, for easy shirt shipping.
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September 11th, 2008
Gino Vallante and Sodexho dining services throw a fabulous party – 2,310 students, faculty, and staff enjoyed lasagna, Caesar salad, and a spread of delicious desserts at Keene State’s Centennial Opening Campus Family Dinner on September 9. During the event, President Helen Giles-Gee visited with students and staff and cut a birthday cake to open the College’s centennial celebration year.
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September 11th, 2008
Keene State will celebrate the annual Clarence DeMar Marathon on Sunday, September 28, with the Centennial Wellness Fair. Come explore College and community resources for health and fitness while you cheer on the runners at the marathon finish line at the Appian Way gateway.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the College and other participants will be offering free refreshments, giveaways, and lots of free information. Participants include:
- Ted’s Shoe and Sport, with podiatrist Dr. Serena Letendre (Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Keene)
- Monadnock Cycling Club
- Sports Medicine Center (Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Keene)
- Cheshire Medical Center, Keene
- Lady of America
- The Moving Company
- Red Cross, Keene
- Bentley Commons
- KSC Health Sciences (Nutrition, Health Promotion and Fitness, and Substance Abuse/Addictions)
- KSC Physical Education
- KSC Athletic Training
- KSC Recreational Sports
- KSC Center for Health and Wellness
The 26.2-mile race is named for Clarence DeMar, seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, who lived and worked in the Monadnock Region. DeMar came to Keene in 1929 as an instructor of Industrial Education at Keene State College (then called Keene Normal School), and trained the track and cross country teams on an old cinder track located near today’s finish line. He was 66 when he last ran the Boston Marathon in 1954.
The Wellness Fair is part of Keene State College’s Centennial year celebrations, and is free and open to the public. In the event of rain, the Fair will be held in the Rhodes Hall atrium, just inside the Appian Gateway. For more information, please call Amy Proctor at 8-2372. For more information on the marathon visit www.clarencedemar.com.
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September 11th, 2008
Coming Events with a Centennial influence:
- 9/28: Centennial Wellness Fair on Appian Way at the Clarence DeMar Marathon: Health! Wellness!
- 10/24-25: Homecoming: Pumpkins! Alumni!
- 10/25: 100th Owl Presentation: Owls! More Owls!
- And please visit KSC100
We’ve got lots more Centennial fun to come in the next sixteen months. Wish you could get in on the act? We’re glad to have your help: Let Amy Proctor know at aproctor@keene.edu. We need volunteers. We also need the spark of your creativity: What are you doing that could be more Centennialtastic?
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September 4th, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence
9/9: Campus family dinner: Lasagna! Cake! Music!
9/28: Centennial Wellness Fair on Appian Way at the Clarence DeMar Marathon: Health! Wellness!
10/24-25: Homecoming: Pumpkins! Alumni!
10/25: 100th Owl Presentation: Owls! More Owls!
Naturally, you’re still encouraged to visit KSC100 for images and other blasts from the past.
And we’ve got lots more Centennial fun to come. We’re cramming a whole lot of celebration into the next sixteen months. If you’re on a Centennial subcommittee and need help with your event, we can help. Please contact Lucy Webb.
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August 28th, 2008
Coming events with a Centennial influence:
September 9: Campus family dinner
September 28: Centennial Wellness Fair on Appian Way at the Clarence DeMar Marathon
The committee gives special thanks to Brian Parda ’01, who designed the banners that now beautifully line Appian Way. Check them out, if you haven’t already.
And speaking of things to check out, KSC100 is chock-a-block full of images and other blasts from the past.
We’re also gearing up for the Centennial exhibit at the Thorne. If you have photos or videos that you think would be great additions, please contact Lucy Webb.
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