May 28, 2008 Take a look at some of the highlights from this year’s AEC. A lot of outstanding work was done and presented, and as the video shows, Keene State Students have a rare enthusiasm for their work.
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May 8, 2008 By all accounts the 2008 AEC was a huge success. One of the highlights of the conference was the poster presentation, where students used visual representations to illustrate the nuts and bolts of their work. Here are a few scenes from this year’s parade of posters.
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April 16, 2008 On Monday, Kim Dupuis’ introductory acting class, Acting: Identity in a Diverse Society, was treated to a workshop by members of The Acting Company. The touring theater group from New York was in town to perform Moby Dick Rehearsed, Orson Welles’s stage adaptation of the classic novel by Herman Melville, at the Colonial Theater in Keene.
Here, actor Michael Allen discusses Shakespeare as music.
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April 14, 2008 On March 29, Kate Williams and Heather O’Connor, both KSC Vocal Performance majors, performed their Junior Recitals at the Alumni Recital Hall in the Redfern Arts Center. Accompanying Kate Williams was staff accompanist, Scott White, while artist in residence, George Loring, accompanied Kate.
Kate Williams
Heather O’Connor
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April 9, 2008 KSC students brought dance into the Walpole, N.H., elementary schools last week, leading body-movement exercises and then performing Walklyndon, a piece choreographed by the revolutionary modern dance troupe, Pilobolus.
After explaining that pilobolus is also the name of a mushroom that is 1/4 inch tall but throws its spore more than 8 feet, the students demonstrated how everyday movements like jumping, running, leaping, and weight shifting are incorporated into dance pieces.
Walklyndon, choreographed in 1971, was performed by Pilobolus at their October performance at Keene State. KSC dance faculty members Marcia Murdock and William Seigh are directing the piece, which will be performed as part of An Evening of Dance, now in its 33rd year, from Wed. to Sat., Apr. 16 to 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center.
This reconstruction of the Pilobolus dance was supported by an American Masterpieces grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. The students rehearsed this spring and performed it for after-school programs in the region. For tickets, call 8-2168.
Press inquiries can be directed to Robin Dutcher from College Relations at rdutcher@keene.edu / 603-358-2119.
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February 14, 2008 On Tuesday, February 12, Keene State College President, Dr. Helen Giles-Gee, presented at the 2008 Small Business Day at the New Hampshire State House in Concord. Panelists included higher ed administrators from across the state who discussed resources for small businesses at their respective institutions. The workshop was hosted by the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association and the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center.
Dr. Gee’s PowerPoint presentation.
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January 31, 2008 On Tuesday, a Keene State College student team was announced a winner of the prestigious P3 finalist grant – an EPA award for achieving sustainable solutions to environmental issues.
So we went over to talk to Nora Travis, one of the faculty leaders of the project – and we were actually a bit struck by the scale of the project they were working on. It’s a full life-cycle project to collect waste grease locally, process it locally into clean fuel, and then use it locally in city and college vehicles.
(Did I mention this all happens locally?)
Some other neat things:
But I’ll let them tell you directly in the snippets below:
Response to “What is the P3 competition?”
Response to “Where does waste grease come from?”
Response to “How and where can bio-diesel be used?”
You can view the full interview here.
Dr. Nora Travis (from the video above) also did an interview for WTSA radio on Wednesday about the project. That interview is available here.
Press inquiries can be directed to Nora Travis at nvelazquez@keene.edu / 603-358-2974 or Melinda Treadwell at mtreadwe@keene.edu/ 603-358-2945. Robin Dutcher from College Relations is also available at rdutcher@keene.edu / 603-358-2119.
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January 17, 2008 Redfern Arts Center director Bill Menezes inspects a 9-foot grand piano that arrived on campus Tues. Jan. 15. The Steinway D-model needs some repairs to bring it up to concert standards, but it is a quality instrument made possible through donations from alumni and friends of KSC.
“A piano of this caliber will expand the repertoire of the music department,” said Menezes. “In the past, we have rented a concert grand for $1,000.” Melinda Mosier, director of development, reports there will be a spring event to celebrate the instrument’s arrival.
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October 17, 2007 Recently the world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Company performed at Keene State College. While they were here, they conducted a workshop for some KSC students. Redfern Arts Center Director Bill Menezes was there to capture a bit of their floor exercises.
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October 9, 2007 Susan wandered down to film students displaying sustainability logos for a Keene State contest. The video below by Susan shows a sample of their work.
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