The King of Scotland faces his downfall during Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

For the second year, the Keene State College Theatre and Dance Department welcomes the Castle Theatre Company at Durham University in England, which will perform Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Sunday, September 12, at 7:30 pm. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

The Castle Theatre Company returns to U.S. colleges and high schools this fall to perform a highly physical, dynamic, and visual production of William Shakespeare’s greatest revenge tragedy. The company will also conduct workshops on Saturday, September 11, for KSC students to work on scenes from Macbeth side-by-side with the cast.

Northern Stage, a professional theatre company in White River Junction, Vermont, is coordinating the Castle Theatre Company’s three-week American tour of Macbeth to colleges and high schools throughout September.

For more information, see the keene.edu News page.

Sometimes it can be difficult to find time during the day to run down the CELT hallway in Rhodes Hall to ask a Blackboard question. Instead of worrying about finding us, CELT is going to spend the lunch hour in the Student Center, Madison Street Lounge, laptops in tow. Ask us anything!

When: Wednesday, September 1, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Upcoming events are located on the CELT calendar. If you would like to suggest a topic, please contact jdarrow@keene.edu; we’re all ears!

New staff:

• Karen Balnis, Health Sciences
• Kevin Breslend, IT Group
• Judy Brophy, Center for Engagement, Learning and Teaching
• Alex Brown, Student Affairs/ Student Center
• Chad Cassin, Marketing and Communication Office
• Amanda Clark, Financial Aid
• Dana Clark, Mason Library
• Robert Coleman, IT Group
• Lisa David-Sowerbutts, Office of Disability Services
• Debra Ford, Global Education Office
• Kelly Graham, Academic/ Career Advising
• Micki Harrington, Mason Library
• Rebecca Hickam, Center for Engagement, Learning and Teaching
• Michael Kocsis, Campus Safety
• Kerri Lafond, Physical Education
• Laurie Neff, Campus Bookstore
• Val (Christine) Perry, Office of Disability Services
• Mary Pleasanton, Academic/Career Advising
• Robin Riley, Mason Library
• Derek (Aaron) Standard, Campus Safety

New faculty:

• Carol Bailey, English
• Lara Bryant, Geography
• Rebecca Davis-Kelly, Art
• Elizabeth Dollinger, Mason Library
• Marjorie Droppa, Health Science
• Jonathan Gitelson, Art
• Margaret Henning, Health Science
• Darrell Hucks, Education
• Brian Kanouse, Communication
• James Kearns, Chemistry
• Jamie Landau, Communication
• Irina Leimbacher, Film Studies
• Wei Lu, Computer Science
• Francis Nii-Yartey, Theatre and Dance
• Chad Nye, Communication
• Jason Pellettieri, Biology
• Emily Porchitz, Management
• Susan Wade, History
• James Waller, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Familiar faces in new places:

• Debra Barrett, Associate Vice President Student Affairs
• Anne Cucchi, School of Arts and Humanities

In addition to Blackboard, faculty are increasingly using open Web resources as tools for learning. The public nature of these sites has appropriately led some faculty to question what they can require of students within the restrictions of FERPA. Over the summer, the CELT staff, in consultation with Tom Richard and others on campus, developed boilerplate language that faculty wishing to require blogging, Tweeting, or other public, online content can use.

You can link to that language on the CELT website.

From carved serving bowls to ceremonial masks, art is interwoven into the African way of life, as shown in an exhibit Friday, September 3, through Sunday, October 31, at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College.

“Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins” presents more than 60 objects including sculpture, textiles, beaded clothing, and jewelry, which broadly represent the creativity and diversity of artistic expression of nearly 30 cultures of sub-Saharan Africa, collected by the founding director of the National Museum of African Art, now a branch of the Smithsonian Institution. Accompanied by a video on African masks and dance, the exhibition illustrates the broader cultural context in which these art forms were created and used.

The Art of Africa exhibit will be the focus of the Friends of the Thorne’s annual education program for area school children, scheduled for October 18-29.

The summer exhibit, “Passionate Pursuits: Keene State College Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Our Community Partner the Friends of the Thorne Share Their Creations and Collectibles,” reopens Friday, September 3, through Thursday, September 30. This non-juried exhibit presents an opportunity to appreciate the talent of more than 23 residents who live in the Monadnock Region and are members of the KSC family and/or Friends of the Thorne.

For more information, see the longer story on the keene.edu News page.

The CELT team would like to welcome you back to campus. The CELT staff have been very busy this summer as we prepared for the return of faculty and students to campus. Our newsletter is one means of communication we are going to use to keep the campus informed as to what is happening in CELT.

The first newsletter contains the following information and can be found on the CELT website.

• Fall 2010 Events - Friday is Faculty Development Day!
• New Coordinator of Experiential Education
• Blackboard Upgrade Successful
• CELT Offers Customized Professional Development
• Social Media
• Upcoming Experiential Education Audit
• EdCamp Keene
• CELT Advisory Board

New Student Convocation 2010 — Students document their experience, as instructed by Provost and VP of Academic Affairs Mel Netzhammer. Photo by Lucy Webb

Photo, as usual, borrowed from the Keene State Candid Campus gallery. Did we catch you?

Faculty and staff are invited to an ice cream social on Sunday, August 22 at 8 p.m. in the Faculty/Staff dining area of the Zorn Dining Commons. Please come to the meet and greet for new students who will be taking part in a pre-orientation diversity and multiculturalism leadership retreat.

Recreation Center Opening Week Hours (August 23-29)
Monday - Thursday

6 a.m.–9 p.m. (pool hours: Monday-Thursday, noon-1 p.m.; Monday and Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.)

Friday

6 a.m.-7 p.m. (no pool hours)

Saturday

10 a.m.-7 p.m. (no pool hours)

Sunday

10 a.m.–11 p.m. (pool: 5-8 p.m.)

Student IDs and membership cards required.

Regular facility and pool hours begin on August 30.

Renewal of 2010-11 facility memberships or purchase of new memberships will begin on Monday, August 23. Faculty and staff can stop by the front desk of the Recreation Center to process their membership application and receive their new card. All 2009-10 memberships end August 31. Benefits-eligible faculty and staff can utilize the Wellness Connection benefit through Harvard Pilgrim to sign up for their full Recreation Center membership. Information about the membership options available can be found on the Recreational Sports web page or at the front desk of the Recreation Center.