Here’s a special weekend for parents and family to enjoy KSC with their student(s). So mark your calendar and come on  over to experience our stunning campus and a full slate of special entertainment, including magician Jay Mattioli and comedian Jeff Dye. Cheer for the women’s volleyball and men’s soccer teams, meet informally with College leaders, and have a blast! Check out the schedule.

Registration will begin online in August.

The KSC website has information on discounted lodging and lodging options for visiting parents and alumni.

Is there a more beautiful time on campus than the fall? Keene never looks better than when she’s wearing her autumn colors. Miss it? We thought so, so we’re giving you the perfect excuse to come back and enjoy KSC at her best. More than just a homecoming, the Alumni Fall Festival & Homecoming will feature opportunities for you to meet with old friends and current students who are members of campus clubs and organizations. You can also look forward to some great entertainment, tailgaiting, and KSC pride competitions out at Owl Stadium. Relive the excitement of cheering on the men’s soccer team under the lights Saturday night. Look for more information in August on our website.

Do many of your fond memories of KSC involve the time you spent as a member of a student club or organization? Wouldn’t it be a blast to meet up with the old group again? Well, here’s your chance – the Alumni Fall Festival Weekend is coming up in October, a great excuse to get the old gang back on campus. The Alumni Office will be happy to help you organized a gathering and can help you coordinate with current student groups, arrange a meeting place, plan for refreshments, and get the word out to your special affinity club or group.

Sound good? Email the Alumni Office, or give them a call at 603-358-2369.

Three years in the making, the long-awaited film, Enter to Learn, Go forth to Serve: the First 100 Years of Keene State College, will premiere at the Colonial Theatre in Keene on Friday, October 1st, kicking off the Alumni Fall Festival & Homecomig weekend. Emeriti faculty member Larry Benequist and a host of talented production staff have spent countless hours creating this wonderful documentary chronicling the history of Keene State College. He has researched college documents, ancient film footage, slides, yearbooks, and ephemera and interviewed more than 100 alumni, former and current administrators, faculty, and staff.

Dr. Benaquist showed part of the film to a packed house last year during the centennial Reunion.Tickets for the big event will be available in September. You’ll definitely want to mark this one on your calendar!

Antje Hornbeck photo

If you’re looking for a little more passion in your life, get yourself over to the Thorne to catch the show that starts this Friday (June 4) at noon – just in time for Reunion Weekend! The new exhibit, “Passionate Pursuits,” showcases artwork, crafts, and collectibles from KSC alumni, faculty, staff, and Friends of the Thorne members. “Passionate Pursuits” runs through July 25 and reopens September 3–30.

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The jubilant LEC Champions on Saturday, May 8. Note junior attackman Cam Sousa holding fallen goalie Alec Corliss' #31 jersey in the lower left. In a remarkable display of camaraderie, Sousa ran back to grab the jersey and make sure his teammate, who contributed so much to the victory and was at that moment on his way to the hospital, had a presence in the historic photo.

The Keene State College men’s lacrosse team will face Castleton State College at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12th, at the Owl Athletic Complex for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Owls received the automatic bid into the tournament after their thrilling 14-10 home-turf victory over the Eastern Conn. State Warriors on Saturday in the LEC Championship game. Sophomore attackman Griffin Meehan scored six of those Owl goals, setting a new school record of 66 goals in one season and earning the distinction as the  tournament’s MVP.

The Owls managed to win the championship on Saturday despite the fact that their top goalie, junior Alec Corliss, suffered a broken leg midway in the third quarter. Corliss, who had made phenomenal 10 saves, several on point-blank shots, went down following a collision at the side of the net.

KSC enters the NCAA Tournament riding a nine-game winning streak.

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Nearly 1000 graduates will be earning degrees during Commencement this Saturday, May 8. The event begins at 1 p.m. on Fiske Quad.

Besides granting associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees to our illustrious students, the College will also honor Dr. Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree and past Alumni Association Board President David Gagne with the 2010 Granite State Award.

On Friday, May 7, the College will give special recognition to all those students who have excelled in scholarship and leadership or earned undergraduate academic honors (with a GPA of 3.5 or better). That all takes place during the Spring Honors Convocation at 4 p.m. in the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

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Keene State fans can stay right at home and watch lots of Little East tournament action this week. KSC will be hosting men’s and women’s lacrosse semifinal games and the LEC softball tournament at Owl Athletic Complex, beginning this Thursday.

Keene State will host the six-team LEC softball tournament. Top-seeded Eastern Connecticut will start things off when they face sixth-seeded Plymouth State University at 10 a.m. on May 6. Second-seeded KSC will meet fifth-seeded University of Southern Maine approximately two hours later. Third-seeded Western Conn. State meets fourth-seeded Rhode Island College at 2 p.m. The first elimination game is tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m. The three-day tournament will be wind up on Saturday, May 8.

The Owl women’s lacrosse team secured the no. 1 seed for the first time in program history. On Thursday, May 6, at 5 p.m., they’ll face the winner of a Tuesday match up between fifth-seeded University of Southern Maine and fourth-seeded Western Conn. State.

The first-seed KSC men’s lacrosse team swept their seven-game schedule and earned a first-round bye in their tournament schedule. At 2:30 on Thursday, May 6, the Owls will face the winner of Tuesday’s Plymouth State (fourth seed)/UMass-Dartmouth (fifth seed) game.

There’s lots more info on these tournaments at the Athletics site.

Because this historic film has sparked far more interest than we originally anticipated, we’ve moved the 4 p.m. showing on Tuesday (April 20) of When Lincoln Paid to the Mabel Brown Room in the L.P. Young Student Center to accommodate more people. We’ll show a DVD of the film there, with piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, who plays piano behind silent films around New England.

Immediately after this showing, for the hard-core aficionados, we’ll show the 35mm preservation print of the film in the Putnam Theater in the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

Stand up and take a bold step (well, actually, several steps) on Saturday, April 17, to stop violence against women. The 4th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, International Men’s March to End Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence is open to all men, women & children. Men are encouraged, though not required, to wear women’s shoes to support the cause.

Watch the video and sign up.

Contact Forrest Seymour at 603-358-2047 or fseymour@keene.edu.

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