http://keeneweb.org/campusnews News about Keene State Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:25:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jason Endacott (Social Sciences) and KSC alum Michael Szafir ‘08 presented “Using Societal Climate to Analyze Political Choices” at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston November 14–16. The project, which started as a KSC 2008 Academic Excellence Conference presentation called “Rock the Vote: Using Cultural Climate to ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/rock-the-vote/ Six new practice modules have been installed in the Redfern Arts Center as part of a Replacement and Technology Upgrade Strategic Initiative approved last year. The new units include technology that can duplicate the environment of various sized performance halls, and a digital station that allows students to take recordings ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/new-music-practice-modules-simulate-performance-environment/ From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: When the gun went off to start the 13th Annual Turkey Trot on November 19, students from the Symonds Elementary School were ready. Since early October members of the Keene State swim and dive teams have helped them prepare for the annual fun run around ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/ksc-swimmers-help-symonds-school-students-prepare-for-turkey-trot/ The Keene State Community donated 152 pounds of food to the Community Kitchen of Keene during the Keene State Dining Services 3rd Annual Cans Across America Food Drive on November 12. Rebecca Briggs (KSC Dining Services) reports two students in the Community Service LLC in Pondside III, Jackie Lozeau and Danielle ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/ksc-donates-152-lbs-of-food-to-cans-across-america-drive/ Here’s a simple way to make your Thanksgiving greener — and tastier! Consider buying a locally sourced turkey. Local birds don’t have to travel as far, so they don’t eat up transportation costs or require refrigerated trucks for transport. They usually are not frozen, which means they taste much better. Locally ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/eco-note-have-a-green-thanksgiving/ From Audrey Arsenault, Business Office: Because of the Thanksgiving holidays, the Payroll Office requests that timesheets be completed and dropped off at their regular locations by Tuesday, November 25, at 10 a.m. This timesheet will include November 15 though November 28. If you are unable to prepare your timesheet early, ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/early-timesheet-deadline/ From the IT Group: We are well on the way to migrating campus Windows users to Office 2007. Our goal is to have Office 2007 installed on all faculty, staff, and lab workstations by Fall 2009. You can make the switch to Office 2007 now, and we encourage you to take ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/tech-tip-of-the-week/ From Recreational Sports: October 24, Recreational Sports held its 4th Annual Pumpkin 5K Fun Run/Walk for the campus community. Of the 204 registered participants, 34 were faculty and staff. While a few of the faculty and staff who registered couldn’t participate, those who did had a great day to run ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/4th-annual-pumpkin-runwalk/ From Donna Hinz, Academic Affairs: Hard copies of sponsor-approved and signed proposals and abstracts for the Academic Excellence Conference must be submitted to Donna Hinz’s office in Hale Building no later than 5 p.m. on December 3, 2008. Students should place their proposals in the wall pocket outside the door. ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/academic-excellence-conference-proposal-deadline/ • Tuesday, November 25: Facility hours, 6 a.m.–11 p.m.; pool hours, 12:30–1:30 p.m. • Wednesday, November 26: Recreation Center will close at 5 p.m.; noon swim will not be held. • Thursday, November 27–Saturday, November 29: Recreation Center will be closed. • Sunday, November 30: Facility hours, noon–11 p.m.; pool hours, 5–8 p.m. ... http://keeneweb.org/campusnews/2008/11/20/recreation-center-thanksgiving-break-hours/