Volume XXIX • Number 1 Fall 2012 Keene State Today THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

Working Together: The POWER of COLLABORATION

SPRING 2012 From the President’s Office

Jay Kahn Interim President, Keene State College

fter 24 years as Keene State College’s vice president Our view of the classroom is limited only by our view Afor Finance and planning, I look forward to serving of where learning takes place. Transformations in as interim president for the upcoming academic year. Keene State’s curricula integrate a variety of learning I strongly identify with the college’s commitment to modalities. Learning can be classroom-based, led by academic excellence and student success – standards a master of the field, or a self-guided activity working that guide every facet of campus life and the decisions from a syllabus. Learning can be supplemented we make. Educational discovery and the relationships by doing in a lab, either scientific or technological. we create at KSC make our work rewarding. Learning occurs in teams, often while working on a project. Learning can be field-based or happen in a Faculty and staff don’t work alone in this effort. We workplace guided by an employer’s needs. It takes a consistently establish partnerships that enable us to creative faculty, such as ours at Keene State College, to create experiences for our students introduce these experiences across the beyond formal campus boundaries. curriculum, adjusting to the multiple Here’s what occurred just this past learning styles of our students. spring semester: Why, in a state known for its public n Sociology students worked with the and private partnerships and the city of Keene and state agencies to number of not-for-profit organizations, understand homelessness. does Keene stand out? I’ve heard it referred to as the “Special K” factor, n Environmental studies students worked enabling us to do more with less with the city on the Ashuelot Dam because of the relationships local restoration. organizations draw upon. It’s also n Architecture students worked on design said to be in the water, part of our projects with the Hampshire School, eco-system. Recent higher education Putney School, MoCo Arts and the literature describes this type of nearby town of Troy, New Hampshire. engrained behavior as embedded in organizational DNA. n Dance students taught motion therapy to people with disabilities. The fundamental outcomes of a Keene State College education are stated in our mission: to prepare n Health Sciences students documented the problem of students to think critically and creatively, to engage prescription drugs being redistributed to non-prescribed in active citizenship, and to pursue meaningful users. work. I am grateful to our community partners for helping provide the essential experiential learning, n Nutrition and athletic training students worked with the internships, practicums, and project-based research Cheshire Medical Center and its Vision 20/20 partners. opportunities for KSC students. Together we are adding Science faculty research, in partnership with Dartmouth value to the education of KSC students and to the College, led to sponsored undergraduate research communities we serve. experiences in KSC labs with our faculty. To view the 140+ different community partners working with Keene State students, look at the web site at this URL: http://sites.keene.edu/kscce/for-community-partners/ community-partner-list/

KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst 4 8 11 Contents

Letter from the President ...... Inside Cover Interim President Jay Kahn reflects on the value of collaborative relationships 12

Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts ...... 4 Striking examples of leadership, shared vision, and working together for lasting results

Weaving a Web – Of Science, Community, and Conservation ...... 8 Inside a highly effective network of citizens and scientists – the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory

Faculty and Staff Accomplishments ...... 11 14 Two Fulbright Scholars emerge from within KSC faculty

All Hands On Stage ...... 12 Who’s behind those stupendous Super Bowl half-time shows? Alumnus Anthony Bishop, and hordes of helpers

Student Researchers Take On National Epidemic ...... 14 How KSC researchers are collaborating to tackle prescription drug abuse – the nation’s number one killer 17

Alumni Profile: Matt Gill ’10 ...... 17 Catching up with a student leader and master of collaboration as experience bolsters his belief in big ideas

Stellar Students Speak Out ...... 18 Campus stars testify on the power of community and working together

Alumni Notebook ...... 20 18 Incoming Alumni Association president Linda Lacey ’10 writes about how alumni have worked together to help make KSC what it is today

Class Notes ...... 21

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2 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst Campus Happenings

Photo: Greg Wasserstrom for Obama for America

Joe Biden with Cheryl Kahn and Interim President Jay Kahn Michael Moore Michael

The largest class in the 103-year history of KSC graduated in 2012. Commencement speakers included Mary Ann Kristiansen, winner of the Granite State Award, and Janet Cohen, who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. For the first time, graduates wore caps Following his May appearance, Joe Biden meets student volunteers and gowns made of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. Matt Foster ’12, Aaron Testa ’14, Shay Lynch ’14, and Dave Hersey ’12

FALL 2012 • 3 GREATER THAN THE SUM OF OUR PARTS

t a time when agendas divide communities and nations, Keene State College has brought together more people and pursuits, more committees and causes than ever before. Since 2005, when Helen AGiles-Gee accepted the presidency and soon thereafter enlisted the help of Emile Netzhammer as provost, leaders at the college have woven an intricate and productive web of new and interconnected relationships. Initiatives that integrate community service and academic excellence are multiplying and growing stronger, and stand as a fitting legacy for a pair of leaders who left KSC a more vibrant institution.

Evidence of these collaborations can be found all over the college, the city of Keene, the Monadnock Region, and beyond. A national research lab eagerly awaits the samples that come from KSC undergraduates, collected at the city’s recycling center.

4 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst A performing arts center, a food co-op, a child-care center, “I was on city council when [president] Judith Sturnick and a host of other regional nonprofits now rely on the came in with a new vision for the campus, a college that emerging expertise of students in a long list of academic was part of the larger community,” he said. Sturnick’s departments, from architecture to education. Businesses involvement helped the city and KSC pinpoint areas of look to service learning projects and incubators to help conflict. When Stanley Yarosewick became president of them launch new initiatives. Manufacturers participate the college, Lane says, “he sat on a variety of community in a collective that brings them skilled technicians and boards and nonprofits. If there was something going on in safety experts. Nearby towns engage students and faculty the community that had an impact on the college, he was to solve environmental and health problems. And Keene there. We adored him. He really brought the college to the officials now walk arm in arm with the college, enjoying community.” a closer and more mutually beneficial relationship that surpasses individual interests. Helen Giles-Gee, who followed Yarosewick, “has done even more,” said Lane. “She’s brought the community into It would be nearly impossible to describe every tendril the college.” Although Jay Kahn, former vice president of that reaches out and distributes what Giles-Gee calls the finance and planning, and Andy Robinson, vice president school’s “intellectual capital.” And it would be equally of student affairs, had already stepped into community daunting to track all the enrichment and learning service roles, Giles-Gee sent more leaders out and asked opportunities that flow back to beneficiaries on Appian for deeper involvement. Formal meetings between the Way from the thriving network of relationships that president and city leaders evolved into regular gatherings surround it. But what follows is a glimpse of some of with wide-open channels of communication. Former these highly functioning and ongoing collaborations. mayor Dale Pregent, who worked closely and for several years with Giles-Gee, knew immediately that the city TOWN, GOWN, AND ALL AROUND and the campus had a bright future. “Very shortly after she arrived, she let us know that with the college being The term “town and gown” goes all the way back to the so close to downtown, it had to be an integral part of the Middle Ages to describe the relationship between schools city,” said Pregent. like Oxford and Cambridge and their host communities. In Keene, the relationship goes back only 105 years, when Kahn, Robinson, and Dean of Sciences Gordon Leversee city fathers asked the state for a teacher’s college. Since rolled up their sleeves along with other community then, the partnership has seen some bright and some volunteers and addressed housing issues, parking, dark days. Mayor Kendall Lane grew up on Main Street student behavior, and the overall health of the city across from the Keene Teachers College and remembers and region. it as an open space for adventure, where he learned to shoot pool and play tennis. His parents took in students Joint projects with the city have grown into a long as boarders, who did light chores for their keep and at the list – from mass volunteering by students and staff same time showed him the benefits of higher education. for Keene’s annual Pumpkin Festival to Professor Mike Walsh’s leadership in city planning. Among many other But when Lane returned from military service in the community involvements, Maryann Lindberg, vice 1970s, the college had turned inward. The city itself president of advancement, works closely with business was rundown, and Main Street was little more than partners on the board of the Greater Keene Chamber a parking lot bound by failing retailers. of Commerce. Netzhammer chaired the board of “This caused a lot of hostility and the Hannah Grimes students were running amok Center, a well- off-campus and the college established small turned a deaf ear,” he said business incubator, in contrast to the way and Jay Kahn things are today. serves as chair of the board Lane finished law of Cheshire school and entered Medical public service.

Student “surgeons” contribute to the Keene Pumpkin Festival through KSC’s annual Pumpkin Lobotomy

FALL 2012 • 5 Center/Cheshire Health Foundation. Vision 20/20 – an The plan is working. After the city created new building initiative aiming to help Keene become one of the standards for the SEED district, developers responded. nation’s healthiest communities – receives heavy Building vertically in the center of the city is more participation from KSC, in terms of nutrition and energy efficient and reduces the carbon footprint. “As a wellness education, athletic training, and more. result, nearly 300 new beds near the college have been created through at least four different projects,” Kahn Collaborations seeded by leaders at KSC go well beyond said. In addition to student housing, these projects offer Keene’s city limits. When Giles-Gee and Netzhammer, attractive options to area workers, professionals, and listening carefully to a story from Jude Blake, a retirees who prefer to live in the city. university trustee, learned about the deterioration of a dam and recreation area that had been crucial to the As for the existing housing, the city and college have health and well-being of Troy, New Hampshire, they saw improved the situation “dramatically,” according to City an opportunity to help. Exhibiting the kind of synergy Manager John MacLean. “As a result of Andy [Robinson] that made the two leaders even more effective as a team going into the neighborhoods and neighborhood than working alone, the president and provost once associations and meeting with landlords, we’ve set up a again sought the advice of Gordon Leversee. voluntary, self-initiated inspection program conducted by city officials that allows them to get onto an approved Restoring the Troy Sand Dam drew the collaborative list at the college. The really good landlords have forces of faculty and students from environmental actually grown, and relationships in the neighborhoods studies, architecture, geography, and health are much improved,” said MacLean. and wellness. The popular mill pond behind the dam had been dedicated as a multi- LEARNING BY DOING: use recreation area in 1949, built in Service Learning and memory of the men who had lost their Community Engagement lives in World War II. Working in concert with Troy citizens and its public works Projects like the Troy dam restoration department, teams of students and stand as perfect examples of KSC’s faculty completely restored the dam abiding values: citizenship and academic and recreation area, and improved its achievement, hands-on learning within facilities, integrity, and usefulness. KSC the community. The college’s leaders students subsequently evaluated the redoubled KSC’s commitment to those project by assessing its effect on the values in an important collaboration health and well-being of the town. with its neighbor, Antioch University New England. At times, the citizens of Keene and the college collaborate for the sheer joy of it. Pauline Chandler, director of the Tomey To kick off KSC’s centennial celebration Center at Antioch University, went to in 2007, then mayor Michael Blastos, work with Giles-Gee and Netzhammer, City Manager John MacLean, Giles- Biology professor Susan Whittemore building on already successful local and Loren Launen Gee, Lane, University System of partnerships and pursuing far greater New Hampshire Board of Trustees community engagement for faculty and Chairman Andrew Lietz, and a cast of alumni and students at both institutions. A Campus Compact grant students played roles in In Perfect Harmony: A College enabled Keene State to take educational programs into Comes to Keene. Written by Mason Library director, the community, where faculty and nonprofits, schools, Irene Herold, and Michael Caulfield, the popular play and businesses could design and deliver real-world reenacted a city hall vote to invite a normal school applications of learning. to Keene. “I think that using knowledge while you’re a student STUDENT AND CITY LIFE: to solve real-world problems is what’s going to make More and Better Housing it stick, what makes you an educated person,” said Netzhammer. “It’s critical thinking; it’s how to change In the spirit of bringing the community into the college, the world. And collaboration with the community the city and the college continue to improve housing is the linchpin of all that.” Giles-Gee raised funds to options for students while working toward new housing support Chandler’s effort to draw the KSC faculty that will benefit everyone. “We needed more off-campus together and introduce a shift in professional housing,” said Jay Kahn, “but buying property and development, “from content development to a change removing it from the tax rolls is not a sustainable in pedagogical practice” – a new way to teach. Chandler approach. So we worked with the city to attract private saw that “faculty were jumping on board because they development in a Sustainable Energy Efficient Design recognized the potential, and they had someone to help (SEED) district near the college.” them find partners, manage it, help them with students and logistics.”

6 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst Community partners, once trained in how to help is helping New Hampshire expand its research capacity, educate the students who helped them, responded with advance student readiness for the workforce, and propel enthusiasm. And they continue to respond. In 2009, biomedical research in the state through a collaboration the provost’s office created the Center for Engagement, called the New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biological Learning, and Teaching (CELT) to help educators design Research Excellence (INBRE). The network connects and deliver curriculum in concert with community KSC with nine other colleges in pursuit of biomedical partners. “A kernel that’s much bigger now,” said Giles- research. Gee, describing the growth of community engagement and capstone projects that Under the INBRE grant, biology professors have “boosted academic excellence Lauren Launen and Susan Whittemore while arming students with a have engaged their students in portfolio of real-world work that is studying the effects of a group of job-worthy.” highly toxic pollutants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) released DISCOVERY THAT MAKES A by burning fossil fuels. Launen DIFFERENCE: focuses her team’s attention on the Burgeoning Undergraduate microbial communities of the Great Research Bay Estuary, and Whittemore’s students examine the pollutant’s effect A notable collaboration with the city on the development of organisms. of Keene, which had committed to Students Mike Grotton and Irissa Plouff worked on turning samples reducing its greenhouse gas emissions of waste grease into high-quality INBRE and other growing research by running its vehicles on biodiesel, biodiesel opportunities have spawned PURE at triggered what has become a boom in KSC, the Program for Undergraduate new research opportunities for undergraduates. In 2003, Research Excellence. PURE will encourage high Melinda Treadwell, dean of the school of professional school students to come to Keene State for research studies and a seasoned scientific researcher and KSC involvement that begins in their freshmen year and alumna, in conjunction with the Office of Sponsored carries through until graduation, and sometimes beyond. Research, secured a million-dollar grant from the

“Using knowledge while you’re a student to solve real-world problems is what’s going to make it stick… And collaboration with the community is the linchpin of all that.”

National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effect of Research efforts throughout KSC – occupational, social, using biodiesel on personal exposure and air quality in a biological, chemical, or economic – are blossoming local environment. with collaborative efforts. Support from leadership has nurtured this growth. “Leadership’s dedication to The NIH grant allowed Assistant Professor Nora Traviss undergraduate research, and Helen’s involvement, in and her students to monitor and analyze biodiesel particular, elevated my students’ work,” said Traviss. emissions and their effect on workers within municipal “These new grants are no coincidence,” she said. “I think facilities and throughout the city. In this effort, funders see the commitment from KSC, our productivity, Traviss collaborates with researchers at the National and the bright faculty and students we have here.” Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, the University of Vermont, and Dartmouth Medical School, where The many and diverse parts of Keene State College, students can use highly advanced equipment at KSC its alumni network and friends, and a constellation and other participating campuses. of communities add up to a force far greater than any individuals. But the kind of synergy that sustains its “We’re working with nationwide experts on biodiesel,” effect and continuously expands its reach has often said Traviss. “And they think we’re doing great science come from nurturing the seeds of cooperation and because we can supply them with samples from real- mutual benefit. By having the vision and willingness world operating sites, and we’re all trying to know the to support promising ideas that inspire collaboration, same things,” she says. Giles-Gee and Netzhammer have left more than a mark; they have set in motion a field of collective energy that Meanwhile, other research initiatives are putting radiates inclusion and excellence from the core of the students to work with networks doing important college and into every community it touches.

Photos: Mark Corliss scientific laboratory and field studies. Again, the NIH

FALL 2012 • 7 Weaving a Web of Science, Community, and Conservation

by Brett Amy Thelen From its base in the Putnam Science Center, AVEO launched community-based research projects, ith the mission of bringing together citizens and monitoring water quality, documenting vernal pools, and scientists to gather data aimed at protecting surveying fish passageways at road-stream crossings Wand restoring the local environment, educator throughout the Ashuelot River watershed. Over the David Moon founded Ashuelot Valley Environmental years, AVEO staff have engaged hundreds of volunteers, Observatory (AVEO) in 2003. In the early years, David who join students at KSC for trainings. They have also ran the organization from his home in Westmoreland, served as mentors to students undertaking capstone but as the program grew, it needed a bigger, more public research projects in geography, environmental studies, space. At the same time, Keene State was renovating education, and biology. its science center, re-envisioning it as a place where the college and the community could come together around AVEO expanded its mission in 2010 by becoming part of science. Dean of Sciences Gordon Leversee saw AVEO’s one of New England’s top environmental organizations work as “a nice fit with the kinds of experiences our – the Harris Center for Conservation Education in faculty wanted for students – to be in the field, doing Hancock, New Hampshire. The Harris Center has a science that matters.” long history of large-scale land protection efforts and excellent environmental education programming,

8 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst AVEO trains volunteers – KSC students, Antioch students, and many local folks who come back year after year, “ simply for the joy of it all. including an annual calendar of more than 100 free The Keene Vernal Pool Project public programs and guided outings. Linking with the ” Harris Center enabled AVEO’s collaboration with Keene Vernal pools are small, temporary, forested State to expand beyond volunteer training and into other ponds (“wicked big puddles” in the woods) programming with a conservation science focus. that serve as breeding habitat for amphibians. Because they often dry up by late summer, they are easily Under the aegis of the Harris Center and AVEO, the KSC overlooked in land-use planning and consequently School of Sciences co-sponsors monthly public programs lost to development. To help protect this habitat, on conservation science. Recent programs have included AVEO trains volunteers presentations of local graduate student research on the

Ashuelot River Flow mural by Nancy Selvage migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls, an Antioch to identify and document vernal pools, focusing on University New England professor who engages high lands where information is needed for conservation school students in studying the ecosystems atop planning. This project is still ongoing, but last summer Mt. Monadnock, and a series of powerful AVEO staff presented an initial, interactive online map documentaries. of documented and potential vernal pools to the Keene Conservation Commission, which lauded AVEO spins a wide web of joint efforts, it as a valuable tool for protecting important connections with inestimable benefit, habitat. including advantages for KSC faculty and students. Dean Leversee observed that Many hands are making the project a success. when students are doing important work Keene State students and faculty have for AVEO and its partner organizations, “the collected data from Robin Hood Park, Goose students feel a little more accountable than Pond Forest, and many other acres of city-owned they do to faculty in regular classwork. The land. Their efforts continue, alongside members expectations of outside organizations raise the of the Keene Conservation Commission and graduate stakes in a nonthreatening way for the students.” students from Antioch, as well as other community volunteers and local nature lovers. Enhancing the Among AVEO collaborations are three key projects: project’s usefulness, a team of geography education the Keene Vernal Pool Project, the Culvert Project, majors recently developed a middle-school curriculum and the Salamander Crossing Brigades. on vernal pool mapping, informed by the Vernal Pool Project trainings and materials.

FALL 2012 • 9 KSC partnered with AVEO “Culvert Operators” David Viale and Corey Prescott Miles from Antioch University New England.

The Culvert Project salamanders, wood frogs, and spring peepers make their way to vernal pools to breed. When weather Joining forces with the Nature Conservancy, AVEO conditions align, this migration happens during just trained and coordinated more than 80 volunteer a few warm, rainy “Big Nights.” In some places, the “Culvert Operators,” including several teams of KSC amphibians’ journeys take them across busy roads, students, who surveyed nearly 1,000 culverts and bridges where they’re run over by cars in great numbers. throughout southwest New Hampshire in 2006 and 2008 AVEO trains Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteers to determine where fish – KSC students, Antioch passage is most affected The expectations of outside organizations students, and many local by road structures. A team raise the stakes in a nonthreatening way folks who come back year of KSC geography seminar after year, simply for the students conducted an for the students. joy of it all – to count analysis of the Black migrating amphibians Brook culverts that was and to safely usher them across roads at amphibian- so impressive it prompted the Nature Conservancy to crossing hotspots. In the last five years alone, AVEO’s refine its own model for prioritizing areas for stream Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteers have crossed restoration. nearly 12,000 amphibians. In Keene, these data also led to the purchase of a parcel of conservation land – A team of geomorphologists, fish biologists, and other previously slated for development – as an important conservation scientists from Trout Unlimited, the migratory amphibian corridor. Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Fish & Game, and Antioch, are now reviewing photos and data collected In the coming years, AVEO will continue its work by AVEO’s culvert volunteers. When the restoration training new volunteers, collecting more data, and projects are complete, they will combine to re-open sharing it with the Keene Conservation Commission, more than 22.5 miles of upstream habitat for brook local land trusts, and other regional conservation trout and other fish species. decision-makers, giving the students’ work life beyond a shelf in a professor’s office. Salamander Crossing Brigades Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory offices are now Every spring, as the rains drench New Hampshire, in the Carroll House on the KSC campus. Brett Amy Thelen is thousands of spotted salamanders, Jefferson AVEO’s Program Director.

10 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst FACULTY & STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Karen Cangialosi Karen House Lara Bryant Rodney Obien Shannon Mayers Dr. James Waller

Dr. Karen Cangialosi, Biology Received a grant from The Turks & Caicos Relief Fund to support their coral-reef-monitoring network FULBRIGHTS AWARDED TO PROFESSORS Karen House, Associate VP for Finance MERCHANT AND MCLOUGHLIN Melissa Laughner, Finance and Budget Analyst Recipients of the 2011 Bradford K. Perry Award for For three months this fall, Deborah Merchant, showing “financial genius” as noted by the University assistant professor of education, will share her System of New Hampshire (USNH) Treasurer and the knowledge of special education with graduate Financial Policies and Planning Council students at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Lara Bryant, Geography Greece. As a Fulbright Received a grant from the National Geographic Society Scholar, Merchant, a KSC Education Foundation for the project “New Hampshire alumna (along with her Geographic Alliance” mother, husband, and son), Rodney Obien, Mason Library will teach a seminar that Won funding from the National Endowment for the addresses the skills and Humanities for the project “Emergency Preparedness needs of students with and Response Plan and Staff Training to Preserve Special intellectual impairments. She Collections and Film Archives” will also construct a framework for a curriculum that secondary schoolteachers can use to prepare Shannon Mayers, Redfern Arts Center students for self-determination and the world of Granted funding from the New England Foundation for work. the Arts for the project “Meet the Composer – Christine Southworth” Education Chair Shirley McLoughlin will follow Dr. James Waller, Center for Holocaust the Fulbright Scholars Program on a four-month and Genocide Studies engagement, starting February 1, 2013, at Telavi Commendation from the California State Senate at the State University in the Third International Conference on Genocide, Negationism, Kakheti province of Georgia. Revisionism, Survivors’ Testimonies, Eyewitness Accounts, A KSC alumna, McLoughlin Justice and Memory in November, 2011 expects to teach curriculum theory and development, Becca Berkey, CELT and Alyssa Day, Student Center educational leadership, and Received funding from Campus Compact for New methodologies for elementary Hampshire for the project “MLK Day of Service” school teachers. She has Sharon Fantl, Redfern Arts Center a keen interest in the role Accepted to participate in the Leadership Development education plays in the newly Institute, facilitated by the Association of Performing created country as it emerges Arts Presenters. She is one of 14 performing arts from Russian dominance. The department professionals chosen to investigate the topic of leader also intends to explore possibilities for a “Knowing and Connecting with Community” over collaboration and student exchange between KSC the course of five sessions in three cities. and Telavi State. Roger Martin, Communications Won funding from the New Hampshire Humanities Council for the project “Adam’s Vision, Book XI, Paradise Lost”

FALL 2012 • 11 All Hands on Stage

“The first thing everyone talks about afterwards is how great it was to work with each other.”

he 111,000,000 people watching January’s Super sets since he was in eighth grade, he says he learns Bowl half-time show witnessed a parade of something from every production designer and art Tcenturions, heavy-metal seraphim, men walking director with whom he works. on men, bleacher-bouncing gymnasts, tightrope dancing by a man in a toga, and Madonna’s own cheerleaders Bishop’s bachelor’s degree set him up for graduate school on a tiered stage pulsing with light like a giant pinball in theatre arts, and he had his pick, finally settling on machine. Behind it all – the show’s art director, Anthony Ohio University. Making the shift from theatre – helping Bishop, a 1994 Keene State alumnus. out on Broadway – to television taught him to put timetables on turbo-charge. Once a project is approved, Miniature versions of the Indianapolis extravaganza, he says, “you have to be picking those apples as fast as television shows like The Voice and Family Feud, supply you can and putting them in the right basket.” Bishop’s bread and butter, but in shows of any size, he refers to himself as “one of many cogs in the wheel.” A quick list of skills a television art director possesses includes drawing, design, lighting, carpentry, When Bishop describes his education in theatre, he audio, budgeting, project management, and a deep speaks in terms of nurturing, how students were understanding of theatre arts. But those tools are useless “nurtured by those who had experience. At Keene, it without being part of a team of co-creators. was our professors.” Even though he’s been designing

12 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst “As a theatre person at Keene State, what I learned For Bishop, keeping teammates working together first was: collaboration is everything. The second was: means listening. “Simple skills are all it takes – even we all sit at the same table; we take a script, break it when someone’s unhappy – like including them in down, and cast it around the table,” Bishop says. When the conversation, having everyone come together in he’s working with someone else’s vision, he’s figuring a huddle. Yes, I start the conversation as art director, out how to make it work, but I don’t want to be on bringing experience and all a pedestal, talking down the skills and talents of the “As a theatre person at Keene State, to anyone, because it’s people he knows. what I learned first was: not how this works.” He goes out of his way to At the core of his collaboration is everything.” support the team and show collaborations lie key confidence, passing along relationships – the kind that the faith executives have placed in him to get the job drive the entertainment business. Bishop hesitates at done in situations where mistakes are expensive and immodesty but knows himself well enough to say, “In failure is not an option. this business, you have to have presence, whether you have the skills or not; you must have personality. Without These days, projects rarely rattle Bishop. “You know a good personality, you won’t get in the door and you what scared me, though?” he asks. “The Super Bowl won’t survive the conversation.” – because I hadn’t done it before. And I saw it as the ultimate challenge.” He describes arriving in Indiana two But a strong sense of self is only a weeks before the event, meeting a prerequisite; skills and talent create convoy of tractor-trailers and an army the bond. “My relationships begin that would be assembling the set and with drawings,” Bishop says, “whether rehearsing at a covered stadium near they’re on coasters or napkins, whether the actual location. I’ve done them or someone else has. We share them and form opinions without “I knew what we had to do at even meeting each other.” Before halftime: roll in an entire set and long, designers, art directors, creative 500 people from outside, and we’ve directors – a whole cadre of artists and got five, six minutes to get it on the technicians are working to realize a field and assembled, a quick line single, yet evolving vision. check [electrical, audio, etc.], the performance, and then get the whole Knowing television production thing out of there.” Three months schedules to be tight, Bishop admits earlier, the team had arranged to have to thinking about logistics from the a mock stage constructed in New start. On The Voice, for example, a Jersey, where Madonna rehearsed complex reality set, creative teams every day. come up with concepts that must Anthony Bishop ’94, on the job at Lucas be built within two days, demanding Oil Stadium, site of Super Bowl 2012 When the time came, Bishop relied intense logistics, communication, on his skills and the talents of and cooperation among vendors. When describing professionals with whom he had worked on many other the results, though, his own voice rises to reflect the projects. Regardless of preparation, thousands of trigger- satisfaction he derives from the process. “It’s quite a points could misfire. “That’s when you see how people feat, every time, an awesome experience.” really work together,” he says. “When it goes off-plan, that’s when ultimate collaboration takes over.” But that The serial awesomeness of Bishop’s work comes from night of Super Sunday, “It was a massive movement of working with the talent around him. “The design, depth, people and equipment, like parade floats, and we were and creativity can be fantastic,” he says, “but the first a well-oiled machine,” says one very critical cog. thing everyone talks about afterwards is how great it was to work with each other.” At Keene State’s theatre department “I was taught how to do everything…there was no ‘this is my little corner, Projects call for Bishop to assemble teams that range in come talk to me,’ ” Bishop says. “It taught me to embrace number from a tight trio to 200. He shoots Family Feud, for everything. To go after it. Not be afraid. There’s nothing instance, in Atlanta, where a three-person team works outside my comfort zone anymore. And the depth of a with local riggers and technicians to take the set out of liberal arts degree allows me to take crazy situations and storage and reconstruct it for three months of filming, know I can handle them. It allows me to be me, to work then pack it up for another year. But Hollywood award with others, and make my own decisions.” shows and big events call for hundreds of hands.

FALL 2012 • 13 Student Researchers Take Action on National Epidemic

By Mark Reynolds

rescription drug abuse is the leading cause of nursing home residents accidental death in the United States – killing to gather as much P more people than car crashes. On average, information as possible. an American dies every 15 minutes as a result of prescription opiate abuse. President Obama Their research has called it “the number one epidemic explores the in the United States today.” And the significance of Monadnock Region of New Hampshire the prescription drug abuse issue and is no exception. how residents of the Monadnock Region can combat it. “This project Several KSC student researchers is different in that it contains have stepped up to address the advocacy training to prepare crisis. Students in Assistant students to be active voices for Professor Marjorie Droppa’s legislative change, as well as health science class have performing interviews with leaders partnered with Monadnock Voices in the community around this for Prevention, a local agency that issue,” Droppa explained. works to raise awareness about substance abuse, to conduct research “I cannot emphasize enough how on the problem in the region and to important the students’ research work add their data to state and national efforts. has been in determining the extent of the They’ve looked to organizations such as Phoenix problem and the goal we have developed,” noted House (a rehabilitation and detoxification facility Monadnock Voices for Prevention’s Kelly Brigham- in Keene), local law enforcement, pharmacists, and Steiner. “Without their work, we would not have had

14 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst any data for any other age group than 15 to 25 year olds. their critical thinking, analytical, and presentation Their work helped us plan strategies for people of all skills; engaging them in real-life work with community ages.” The KSC research is especially important because partners, and teaching them how to become advocates the students collected data on prescription drug abuse for social health issues. “As their professor, I have seen among the adult population, while most other studies tremendous gains in their confidence and research focus on teenagers and young adults. skills,” she said.

According to Steiner, data from the collaborative The effects of the students’ research are already research has been used to help the 32 communities in spreading beyond the region. When physician and ’73 the Monadnock Region identify needs and gaps in alumnus Elmer Dunbar, MD, read about the project in service and to develop a region-wide strategic KSC Newsline, he immediately wrote to offer plan. The recommendations will be his support and to share his research. submitted to the NH Bureau of Drug and Dunbar was active in the passage of Alcohol Services. NASPER, the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act, “Prior to their work, the community intended, in part, “to protect patients was primarily focused on ways to and physicians from deleterious dispose of unused pharmaceuticals,” effects of controlled substance Steiner said. KSC research showed misuse, abuse, and trafficking.” A that everyone, especially young resident of Kentucky, Dunbar noted people and seniors, need more that the passage of KASPER, a similar information about sharing, selling, and bill in his state, saw “doctor shopping” saving medications. It also proved the (going from doctor to doctor to gather need for community strategies to address prescriptions for pain meds) dropped social and retail access to these medications, as from 18% to 2.1% over a period of 10 years – well as their disposal. The students recommended that significantly cutting access to fraudulently acquired a sticker be added to the prescription container offering painkillers. “The students’ research is very powerful; it information about disposal locations. provides critical support to legislative efforts to curb a very serious problem,” Dunbar said. Steiner went on to explain that the students’ research “has helped position the Monadnock Region to be responsive to the NH Prescription Drug “The KSC research is especially important because Epidemic Call to Action published by the the students collected data on prescription drug abuse Governor’s Commission and Task Force. We look forward to a continued relationship among the adult population, while most other studies with KSC and are in discussions with other focus on teenagers and young adults.” colleges and universities regarding this project, because of the foundation that has been built through KSC engaging students in research.… One of Droppa’s students, Faith Durnford, has The students provided recommendations that no one received a SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research has ever thought of.” Fellowship) grant and will work with Monadnock Voices for Prevention. She’ll also receive training from Those recommendations included issues such as ease Dr. Jeffrey Metzger, senior analyst with the State’s of traveling to and from the pharmacies and disposal Department of Health and Human Services Bureau locations. Seniors are now being taught how to make of Drug and Alcohol Services and chair of the State the most of area transportation in this regard. “This is Epidemiological Workgroup. very significant,” Steiner explained, “because it affects diversion, proper disposal, theft, violence, Internet Other health science students who think this work ordering, etcetera.” sounds intriguing are in luck: This very important project isn’t over yet. There’s still plenty for Droppa’s students The KSC researchers were also the first to point out to do, and Steiner is looking forward to receiving the the problem students face in having their medications valuable information they continue to gather. stolen, and the group is working on recommendations to prevent such theft.

Droppa delights in how the collaboration has made Student researchers, (l) Shelby Hall and Faith Durnford

Photos: Mark Corliss researchers out of sophomores and juniors, enhancing (r). Kelly Brigham-Steiner (above).

FALL 2012 • 15 Will Wrobel Will KSC Chief Officer for Diversity and Multiculturalism, Dottie Morris, delivered the keynote address at the 2012 New Hampshire Culture of Peace Conference.

WORLD PEACE The Global Education Office, the Diversity and Multiculturalism Office, the Multicultural Student Affairs Office, and Common Ground sponsored the 2012 Flag Raising Ceremony to celebrate KSC NATIONAL PRIDE students’ nations of origin. This year five flags were added to the & display in the Lloyd P. Young Student Center.

Flag Raising masters of ceremony, Montel Walcott (l) and Steve George (r) hold up the flag for Senegalese student, Mamadou Cisse (not pictured). Athena Arrindell of Aruba, Nazmine Bazizane of Rwanda, Jessica Pierre of Haiti along with Colber Prosper, Coordinator of Multicultural Student Affairs, and Lado Pitia of South Sudan display the flags of their countries.

16 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst Greatest SHOOTING FOR THE Good ALUMNI PROFILE: MATT GILL ’10

E ALL RECALL THE MIX OF ENTHUSIASM, helping students realize their own dreams in college. He trepidation, and wonder that comes from our first is now a graduate student at Eastern Michigan University, W days on campus. For Matt Gill, a self-described pursuing a master’s in Educational Leadership and Higher quiet and reserved high school student, those days were Education Student Affairs. a revelation. He found his voice, and plenty of support. “As soon as I got there, I really opened up. And if I talked His first year as a grad student brought a dose of reality. passionately about an idea, somebody would say, ‘You “I run a dormitory with over 600 first-year students. It’s should try to make that happen.’ Everyone has a place pretty crazy,” said Gill. Over the past year, he and a small there and can get involved, feel accepted and welcomed.” team have worked to rebuild the school’s residence life office, applying his class assignments and grappling with Gill wasted no time getting involved. His freshman complex challenges. Starting anew in an unfamiliar place classmates elected him president, setting him on the with no affiliation and no “political capital,” as he calls it, road to leadership he would follow for four years. He has been tougher than he expected. approached his involvement in Pride, an organization focused on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and But Gill focuses on the positive and recognizes the Transgender (LGBT) students, with openness that allowed benefits of adversity. “Back at Keene, everything turned a larger community to embrace their concerns and out better when someone sitting across from me said, interests. As the president of Pride and president of his ‘What you’re talking about might be a little crazy.’ I love senior class, he sparked widespread collaboration among big ideas, but I need to be reined in, too.” He knows that students and faculty, helping first-year students who felt he will give up ground and has made a habit of shooting misunderstood or had difficult experiences for greatness, calling upon a metaphor identifying with their sexual orientation or that influences his life and collaborations: gender identity. “Achieving the greatest good is like shooting an arrow at a forward-moving target; we’re “We focused on having an open community always moving forward, achieving some and giving people safe spaces where good and something great always survives.” they could grow,” said Gill. And his fellow students and the college readily supported At 25, the eldest brother of five siblings, those efforts. “All I had to do was go for a big a long way from home in Derry, New idea and create a structure or scaffold that Hampshire, Gill has no intention of aiming allowed people to buy into it, and then they low. He hopes to find a job working in start shaping it, working it, and guiding it to student affairs in the Boston area when he fruition.” finishes grad school. A term on the board of directors of the Gay Lesbian Straight Gill capped off his Keene State days with what became Education Network (GLSEN) in New Hampshire has led a massive recognition of World AIDS Day, involving 27 him to serving on the GLSEN board in Michigan. “I’ve yet student organizations, faculty and staff groups, and to see a barrier I couldn’t cross,” said the young man who community partners. The event included fund-raisers, an sees life as a series of opportunities and possibilities. exhibition, and a two-day conference. “The president’s office immediately got involved and contributed, as did Working with others and succeeding has given Gill the vice president’s, all the way down to the students. a surprisingly sweet taste for politics. “Being able to Everybody from the Biology Club to the Martial Arts group collaborate means being able to be political,” he said. was involved,” said Gill. “People see the political landscape as divisive, but when you look at it through the scope of collaboration, of how Initiatives started by others also caught Gill’s attention much can be done by working together, it’s just the and he happily jumped aboard. He learned that Jana opposite.” Jacobson from the housing office had an intense interest in creating gender-neutral housing and helped her form a Ask this hard-working, wide-eyed optimist for his group to explore the possibility. “The collective effort just wildest dream and he doesn’t even hesitate. “Governor exploded and I didn’t have to do anything else. They made of New Hampshire.” Gill stressed his love of work and a big change happen, which is incredible.” learning, his growing political experience, his dedication to strengthening communities and representing varied After graduating with an individual arts major – Human interests. “Idealistically, if all that comes from working Studies – which focused on communications, psychology, with a large body and representing people, then governor and philosophy, and an internship with Andy Robinson, of New Hampshire would be awesome!” VP of Student Affairs, Gill knew he wanted a career

FALL 2012 • 17 STELLAR STUDENTS

On the Importance of Collaborative Relationships

“I’ve learned so much from living with roommates. It’s like being in any relationship: you have to compromise. And if you have something on your mind, you need to speak up or it will only get worse.” Andrew Hodgdon ’12, BA magna cum laude, Digital Film Production. Andrew made a promotional video each of the last three years for Walk a Mile, a project of the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention, and emceed the event. He hopes to run his own film production business.

“I chose Keene State because it was a relatively small school, which I saw as an advantage. Basically, if you give to the school, the school will give back to you. My work on the student newspaper has given me many opportunities, and has taught me about my own strengths and weaknesses.” Chris Palermo ’13, journalism major. He is executive editor and photo editor of the Equinox and photographer for the Sports Information office.

“I love working with my professors. As an elementary education major, receiving proper training is critical, and I get that here. I truly find I have a connection with every professor in the education and mathematics departments. They work so hard to ensure success for every student.” Christina Anderson ’14, elementary education and mathematics dual major, Honors program. As a freshman, she did primary research with Dr. Anthony Scioli and presented their results at an Eastern Psychological Association conference. She writes fiction every day for 30 minutes, and tutors in the Center for Writing.

18 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst “I intended to be an English/ “I come from a family of eight children, elementary education major, so one thing I love about the geography but I fell in love with physics. faculty is that I can get to know them With the help of KSC faculty, I and often their families as well. I love studied last summer at Duke’s mapping and field study. Last summer I Triangle Universities Nuclear had a Student Conservation Association Laboratories and the year before internship studying sockeye salmon in at the University of Oregon’s Cook Inlet, Alaska. I’d love to become a Hutchinson Lab.” park ranger.” Megan Ferm ’12, BS David Daly ’12, BA geography. chemistry, BS math-physics President of Geography Club, cum laude. presented at Academic Excellence Conference 2012, treasurer of Big Brothers Big Sisters. “Starting in spring of my freshman year, I was able Ferm (l), Bissonnette (r) to work with professors and “One of my proudest other students on independent moments was hearing research projects. For an entire year, I worked with Professor my friends perform my Kristen Porter-Utley, using Keene State’s ITS gene sequencer composition at their senior to better understand the evolution of 260 species in a recital. It was so wonderful subgroup of passionflowers.” to hear their interpretation of the music.” Kristin Bissonnette ’12, BS biology, BS chemistry. Chris Robinson ’12, BM, music education. Chris “As an art student, and his twin brother, I chose Keene State George ’12, have been because I could become the drummers for involved in a tightly Clap-In for several years, knit community of leading new students people who are honest down Appian Way to the and caring with each opening convocation. other. With some friends, I was able to rejuvenate the Art “My sophomore year something changed Collective as a place for in me, and my career as a student really anyone to participate took off. Sometimes it takes just one in the arts, and we’ve thing to make you realize that you mean become an official something to the community around organization with you.” funding and a major Deena Snoke ’13, biology major. presence on campus.” She spent the summer of 2011 Sean Bowes ’12, BFA in studio art and graphic design. at Dartmouth College through a What sold him on KSC was the ability to study fine art Summer Undergraduate Research alongside graphic design. Fellowship, and returns in the summer of 2012 as the program coordinator. She plans to enter a doctoral program in neurobiology or developmental biology.

Photos: Will Wrobel – Susan Peery

FALL 2012 • 19 Alumni Notebook

From: Linda Lacey ’73, President, Keene State College Alumni Association

Dear Fellow Alumni,

I am writing this letter while away on vacation in England opportunities. Much and Scotland for my 40th wedding anniversary. Upon of this comes about reflection, it is hard not to think about Keene State College through technological – where my husband, Tad, and I both met. It’s where the advances at their journey of the last four decades began. disposal that were unheard of 40 years Since graduating, we have lived in and around Keene ago, such as e-mail, for most of those years. During this time we have seen teleconferencing, instant the progression of the Keene State College community, messaging, networking and we have stayed connected in different ways by software, and social- volunteering, contributing, attending events, and keeping media platforms in contact with friends with whom we graduated. such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Today’s We have seen many changes over the years at graduates, having Keene State, including the addition of beautiful had opportunities to award-winning buildings, improvements to existing develop team-building buildings, new offerings of courses and majors, the and interpersonal addition of prestigious endowed chairs, and countless skills in classrooms and in local as well as international contributions to the community. What may be less communities, are more well-rounded than ever before. evident is the synergy created by the collaboration among The world has opened up in the last 40 years and having administration, faculty, alumni, and community leaders the skills to work with diversity are crucial. to achieve this growth and change. To maintain the level of excellence we have The vision of KSC is to integrate academics with real- accomplished, it is important to continue working world application and community and civic engagement. together so that 40 years from now another alumna can It takes the work of many to build a sustainable action be just as proud of our growth and changes as I am today. plan, in terms of academic and personal growth, that My hope is that all alumni will reflect on what part you will prepare students for the workplace and the future. might play in the future of the college and that you will in As a result of the collective work by staff and alumni, some way give back. a student entering KSC today has almost limitless

Daniel Johnson ’95, New Jersey Elementary Principal of the Year

A panel of peers has named Dr. Daniel Johnson, principal of Bragg School in Chester, New Jersey, the 2012 Visionary Leader Elementary Principal of the Year. The New Jersey Principal and Supervisor’s Association grants the award to visionary leaders – those who bring the best practices in educational research to their practical application in our classrooms and who work through a process of team-building and collaboration. Congratulations, Dr. Johnson! To read more (and the comments are worth a look) go to: http://bit.ly/I6p5QF

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20 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst Class Notes

1929 to her. Bunny enjoyed an ice- Havenwood Heritage in Concord. 1946 cream break with others during There we met Norma Walker ’51, Thelma Partridge Mitchell Viola Davis Horton graduated the movie. Breeze Mosley ’46, and Kay P.O. Box 52 from Keene Normal School in MacLean, assistant director of 70 Cedar St. 1929 and received her bach- 1940 Alumni and Parent Relations. We Contoocook, NH 03229 elor’s degree in 1952 from Keene Dorothy Young Carruthers joined other alumni and friends from Havenwood and we enjoyed Teachers College. Vi celebrated 22 Sunset Dr. Lorraine Dow Gates entertained the documentary filmEnter to her 103rd birthday with ice cream P.O. Box 344 Kay MacLean, assistant director of Learn, Go Forth to Serve: The and cake. Not too long ago, she Contoocook, NH 03229-0344 Alumni and Parent Relations, and First 100 Years of Keene State broke her hip from a fall on a Norma Walker ’51 with punch College. It was a great experience Thursday evening, had surgery 1941 and a variety of delicious “good- to view this film. Christine Swee- on Saturday, and was back in her Virginia Rollins Flint ies.” She is an excellent cook. It ney ’43 joined a group of alumni room by the following Tuesday. 799 Milan Rd. was a delightful visit remembering volunteers for lunch one day. We It didn’t take long until Vi was Milan, NH 03588 various faculty members, events, hope she can join us again. walking to the dining room for and friends from Keene Teachers Barbara Jeffery Stimson her meals. “Louise Whitten Perkins ’43 College days. 678 Pettyboro Rd. and family attended the ceremony Bath, NH 03740 Brigida “Breeze” Saladino 1935 at West Point where her son Lieut. Mosley can frequently be found Alberta (Cushing) Patch- Gen. David Perkins received his 1942 volunteering at the Alumni Office. Slegaiitis third star. Louise had the honor writes, “I spent two She has become an expert at of pinning one of the stars on his months of 2011 in the hospital Peggy Smith Campbell stuffing envelopes, locating pho- shirt. Louise also received a call and rehab having a pacemaker 143 Walton Rd. tographs, or whatever task from Barbara Adams ’43 relating installed, followed by other heart East Palatka, FL 32131 is asked of her and the group. complications. I get around with [email protected] that Andrew Moynihan, another my walker and oxygen. of our special classmates, had The most beautiful holiday A delighted Ruth Callender died of heart failure. cards always arrive from a former 1937 Lee received her Golden Circle teacher of Norma Walker’s – “I continue to volunteer at the Medallion from Norma Wright Shirley Ring Green, who lives Elizabeth Giradet Krynski lives Alumni Center. We are able to alone in North Carolina in a moth- Walker ’51 at her home in Florida. in Montana. Norma and Kay MacLean, assis- help with reunion plans. Remem- er-in-law apartment where she ber in 2013 we will be celebrating Marion Stevens Creighton is can be independent and prepare tant director of Alumni and Parent Relations, paid a visit to Ruth dur- our 70th reunion. It would be such 93 and still lives in her own home. her own meals. She has played a pleasure to have a large atten- She has family members living in the local symphony orchestra, ing their trip to Florida in February. They all enjoyed a delicious lunch dance.” nearby, so she can have help is active in her church, and has whenever she needs it. written a book of poetry book. together. 1945 Some classmates are fortunate Louise Moses Lawrence and An afternoon at the movies was 1938 Norma shared a lunch in Peter- to go south during the cold held at Havenwood, a retirement Doris John- Doris Delware Piper can con- borough, NH, recently. Louise’s weather, including community in Concord, NH. Two son Blanchard who goes to sider herself a movie star these daughter Cynthia was Norma’s of the participants in the movie days, because she is featured in fifth-grade student in Peterbor- Anne Marie Island, FL. She and Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve: her husband keep busy volunteer- the filmEnter to Learn, Go Forth ough and now she is involved in The First 100 Years of Keene ing, taking part in social functions, to Serve: The First 100 Years of education, too. Louise would like State College were Greta and visiting with friends. Keene State College. Doris en- to attend Reunion ‘12 because it Meienborn Rule and Carolyn joyed seeing the film for the first her 70th. Wynott Goodwill, who live at Shirley Colburn Hooker, who is time at the Flicks – a delightful Havenwood. They were excited now making her home at Sunrise movie theatre located at Haven- 1943 to see themselves on the silver Towers in Laconia, sent a nice wood in Concord, NH. Blanche Caroline Nichols Pregent screen. note. “Scotty” Bean Smith also at- 30 Giffin St. Clare McCusker Bennett volun- tended but was not in the film due Keene, NH 03431 Due to health problems in the fam- to illness the day other interviews ily, Myrtie Flanders Kullgren teers at her church and at the New were taped. From Caroline Nichols Pregent: and her husband stayed London Hospital. She also enjoys “We had a week of warm, sunny in Peterborough, NH, instead spending time with friends. weather in March. People are of Florida, where they usually 1939 Many years ago, a group of ’46ers wondering if that was our summer spend their winters. Our sympathy Ruth “Bunny” Berry Dodge made a trip to New York City – as season. In March, I was pleasantly goes out to them on the death of lives at Havenwood in Concord, Geneva Howe French had rea- surprised to receive a call from their son. NH. She had seen Enter to Learn, son to remember when she and Rita Sughrue. She has a con- Go Forth to Serve: The First 100 genital heart condition but she is Years of Keene State College able to do some activities. Send your news to your class secretary or to: Class Notes Editor, before its screening there, thanks Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-1502, to a relative who had sent a copy “In March, my daughter took me to [email protected].

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her daughter were there in March. Maurice “Moe” Bowler joined sion with PT. Nina is determined had been very ill for a long time. Geneva said it brought back many other alumni and guests for a lun- to get back to her old self. She For anyone who would like more wonderful memories of a time cheon in Dunedin, FL. We always also told me she had called Shir- details, her obituary appeared in gone by. enjoy seeing Moe and remember- ley Milnor Keith. They have the January 7, 2012, edition of The ing his days as a star basketball been good friends since their Keene Sentinel. 1947 player at Keene Teachers College KTC days. Irene Parent and Peterborough High School. received some in- A very special thank you goes out “I have been told that several teresting news from Don Carle, to Ruth Blodgett Washburn It was great having Walter Buck- students have come over to telling us of some very exciting who has spent a great deal of lin, and his wife and son with us the Alumni Center to have their experiences in September and time writing letters and telephon- for a luncheon in Nokomis, FL. pictures taken by our Owl. That October. Don explains, “I had the ing, encouraging her classmates There were over 40 alumni and means to me that our last gift to wonderful experience of riding in a to return to campus to celebrate guests at that gathering. Sadly, the college was very appropriate. WWII B17 Bomber, from Worces- their 65th anniversary of graduat- Walter Bucklin passed away ter, MA, to Keene. These planes Margaret ing from Keene Teachers College. on April 9. Our class sends our “A very excited were on exhibition in Keene. Six Rhoades Bost Ruth always is cheerful and ready sympathy. called to say World War II vets could ride for to do anything to help not only she had reconnected with her free. We had to call in and hope her classmates but also the KSC 1951 first-grade teacher who now lives for a ride. I was one that was cho- Alumni Association. down in Connecticut. The teacher sen. It was a beautiful day and one Norma Wright Walker is LuLu Stylianias Rizos ’33, a 19 Eaton Rd. of my great thrills of a lifetime. To 1948 graduate of Keene Normal School. think what those Air Force guys Swanzey, NH 03446 LuLu taught in a rural school with Ellie Smith Butler had to go through. [email protected] only a few students when Marga- 9 Muster Ct. ret was in first grade. Margaret “A few of us from Keene who Lexington, MA 02420-2001 The KSC Alumni Office would like and several others of LuLu’s grew up here during the late ’20s [email protected] to give a BIG Thank You to Pat Parent O’Donnell for setting up students have been invited to her to ’50s are on a TV show out of 1949 another luncheon in Dunedin, FL, 99th birthday party in May. Mar- Keene, talking about what it was this past February. Pat made all garet will present LuLu with her like then. There are four of us. We Ellie Hughgill Muldoon the arrangements, called many Golden Circle Medallion.” tape once a week for an hour, all 3D Melville Ct. alumni to encourage them to at- off-the-cuff and no script. This is Lily Pond Overlook tend, and organized some special 1952 great fun and we have not been Pocasset, MA 02559 prizes for those who attended. Winifred Woodbury Langtry cut off yet – 20 weeks so far. [email protected] 50 Evergreen Ln. “I went to Homecoming at the col- From Norma Wright Walker: Contoocook, NH 03229 1950 “We welcome Nick and his wife lege. The class of ’51 unveiled the [email protected] statue of the Owl at the Alumni Jim Wheeler Elizabeth ’57 Hatzos back to Center. Many thanks to Class 6 General Miller Rd. New Hampshire after several Irene DiMeco Parent of ’51. Peterborough, NH 03458 years in Florida. 27 Lashua Rd. [email protected] Ashburnham, MA 01430 “Elaine Schmidt Chesley drove “I also spoke to the [Elm City] [email protected] Rotary Club of Keene about Vincent Gates and his wife up to Nokomis, FL, and joined Clarence DeMar. The Rotary entertained Kay MacLean, over 40 other alumni and guests Claire Waterhouse Simensen Club [is sponsoring] The DeMar assistant director of Alumni and for lunch. It’s always good to have 17 Sullivan Ct. Marathon in September. The Parent Relations, and Norma her with us. Salem, NH 03079 members wanted to know about Wright Walker ’51 this past [email protected] “I had a phone call from Nina Clarence. Having known the De- February. To Norma and Kay’s Krochmal Witham. She has We are saddened to hear of the Mar family when Clarence taught surprise, the handsome man sit- completed most of her PT and is death of our classmate Rebecca printing at the Normal School, I ting on the porch with Vinny was trying to get around with a walker (Becky) James Brusie. It is al- gave them some insights of him as classmate Robert Lockhart. or cane. She has had a long ses- ways sad to lose a classmate. She a person. He and his family were Bob often stops by to visit with very nice.” Vinny and his wife. REUNION JuneREUNION 1-3, 2012

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Winnie Langtry shares that 1954 1958 Daughter Cristi is married to an Anita Nestor lost her husband, artist and together they have a Alex, on December 19 after a Jean W. Edgerly-Saladino took Jacqueline A. Abbott gallery in Atlanta. Son Chip and long period of ill health. They part in calling for the KSC alumni 7 Keeney Dr. his wife have several video game were married 41 years and had gathering in Venice, and says it Bolton, CT 06043 stores near Birmingham. Jane a wonderful life traveling and liv- was great to talk with memorable [email protected] and Al are enjoying their newly ing in many countries. He was a classmates of all years. adopted black German shepherd product manager handling various 1959 puppy. ways of shipping large equipment 1955 Carol Gatcomb Riel “(Mary) Betty Staniels and I for companies worldwide. He Alfreda Crosby Gallo 350 Pako Ave enjoy our monthly luncheon with was very proud of the work on the 3406 S. Palm Ave. Keene, NH 03431 several fellow Central grads. Lots Amazon River, where huge ships Palatka, FL 32177-6342 [email protected] of talking and sharing! Betty is needed special containers de- [email protected] signed just for those ships. They 1960 well and returned from Florida in lived in Australia, South Africa, Apologies to Shirley Wright, late March. When you read this, Gail Spevack Sheldon England, Mexico, Chili, Argentina, who was incorrectly listed as a she will be relaxing at her summer 241 Blucher St. England, Brazil, Yugoslavia, and member of the class of 1956 in home in Hampton Beach. An Manchester, NH 03102 other countries. Anita was very the last Keene State Today. Of enjoyable life!” [email protected] proud of her ability to entertain course, she is a member of the 1961 dignitaries of those countries as class of 1955! Gail Spevack Sheldon writes: well as representatives from the “More news from our recently Dorothy Bean Simpson United States, and she feels she 1956 found Jane Buffington Coman! P.O. Box 1373 gained those skills from the many Mary Ann Pellerin Eldest daughter Buffy is a profes- Center Harbor, NH 03226 social engagements our classes 10450 Lottsford Rd., Apt. 2104 sor at University of Alabama. [email protected] at Keene State offered us in the Mitchellville, MD 20721 field of Home Economics. She [email protected] even gave classes on entertain- ing and cooking in some of those 1957 countries. Because of all these Cynthia Randall Faust many locations and his work, Alex 77 Sand Hill Rd. was fluent in eight languages, Peterborough, NH 03458 both in speaking and writing. [email protected] Anita was fluent in Spanish and spoke other languages as well, From Barbara Ryans Brackett including their home language of and Bill Brackett: “A sincere the Ukraine. She will miss him but thank you to all who sent cards, is now hopeful of being with us all were at the services, or quietly in Keene at the 60th reunion in said prayers & thought of us dur- June. We look forward to seeing ing the days after our grandson’s as many of our classmates as tragic skiing accident which lead possible. to his death on March 1, 2012. These have been dark days but 1953 our family is trying to heal. Please In early September, five 1961 graduates gathered for three days in Donald J. Johnson continue to pray for all of us – 695 Clement Hill Rd. especially his parents, Steven New Hampshire at Judy Wilson’s lake house. Having lunch are Dotty Deering, NH 03244 and Pauline Brackett and his McGettigan Callaghan, Judy Desmarais Wilson, Margaret [email protected] brother, Jon.” Frain Curtin, Cathi White Wolf, and Terry Duggan Broderick.

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2005 after 37 years of teaching son Jeremy. They have four grand- and has been busy ever since. children: Jackson, Isabel, Lily, and She drives for Meals on Wheels Owen. Bruce and Martha love in Longmeadow and started a spending time with the kids on business, Like a Daughter, which the beach both in Florida and helps the elderly remain indepen- the Cape. dent and in their homes. She also Russ Koppang tutors elementary math twice a “ wrote to say that Cathy Derring week, which keeps her involved he and his wife Koppang ’69 with children. Jan enjoys garden- have ‘seen the light’ ing, reading, and traveling. She and moved to Florida permanently has two adult children, daughter after spending winters there. They Jessica, who lives in Los Angeles also have a house at the beach in and is a veterinary surgical tech, Wells, Maine, where they plan to and son Jason, who lives in New spend their summers. They have Jersey and is a physical therapist two sons, Erik, who is an anesthe- in Manhattan. She has one grand- siologist in San Antonio, and Paul, child, Matthew, whom she drives who is an investment banker in down to see as often as possible. Charlotte, NC. Russ says that the Jan is on the Keene State Alumni water in his pool is 82 degrees, Last summer, nine 1962 graduates gathered at the Block Island Board of Directors and is active the same temperature as it is home of Stephanie Baute (left) with her are Martha Morse, at the college again. She says, “If outside! Pat Garnis, Janice Griffin, Rita Farhm, Ruth Ross, you haven’t been back to see our “Carolyn Sprague O’Neill has Pat Albanese, Donna Woodfin, and Nancy Morgan. campus, you would never recog- retired and is now living on the nize it now!” Mississippi Gulf Coast. She is enjoying her retirement and really Bill Doolan Jan enjoys being class secretary 1962 likes the people and beauty of the 9189 William Cody Dr. but says she needs more news: area. Carolyn’s son lives in Japan Stephanie Heselton Baute Evergreen, CO 80439 “Recently I heard from a few mem- and came home to visit in Novem- 515 E. Surry Rd. [email protected] bers of our class, but hope to hear ber for the first time in four years, Surry, NH 03431 from more of you after my recent which was wonderful. She is try- [email protected] letter. Please write to let us know 1965 Elaine Paquette what you have been doing. ing to locate , if Martha Crowley Morse Richard E. Doyle anyone knows where she is now. 131 Case St. 561 Ocean Blvd. #4 “Bruce Marsette and Martha “I received a long e-mail from North Canton, CT 06019 Hampton, NH 03842 Ferris Marsette wrote a while Vinny Liscomb and Connie [email protected]. [email protected] ago. Now that they are both re- Kennedy Liscomb tired, Bruce keeps busy skiing and . They are 1963 1966 playing golf and tennis. He also retired and have moved to N. Myrtle Beach, SC. He says that it Nancy Coutts works one day a week at the hos- Elizabeth Butterfly Gilman is different being away from New 175 South Main St. pital gift shop. Martha works one 277 Coolidge Dr. England, but that they have always Brattleboro, VT 05301 day a week at Wheelock School Portsmouth, NH 03801-5740 wanted to live on the coast in a [email protected] in special education and keeps 1968 busy with golf, tennis, sewing, and warmer climate. Two of their sons painting. They spend two months and all of their grandchildren still 1964 Jan Temple Metoxen during the winter in Florida and live in Connecticut. Their third 330 Maple Rd. Helen I. Jette recently visited Vancouver, BC, son lives closer in Georgia. Vin Longmeadow, MA 01106 37100 Neukom Ave. and Alaska. During the summer, says that they are both very active, [email protected] Zephyrhills, FL 33541 they spend time at Cape Cod with exercising, and involved in many [email protected] different activities at the resort. Jan Temple Metoxen retired in their family, daughter Jessica and REUNION JuneREUNION 1-3, 2012

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They both are teaching adult 1969 1972 the road more than a third of the classes in Finance and Budgeting year for five years. Then we moved and Marriage Counseling at the Barbara A. Hamilton Debra Davis Butterworth our base of operations to Western Barefoot Church, a large church 112 Avondale Rd. 21 McAuley Rd. Europe, where we have been liv- in the area. Vin and Connie have Manchester, CT 06040 Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 ing since 2001. been married for 45 years! [email protected] [email protected] “It’s been good to read the Class “I discovered that four of our The New England Newspaper Roger Hartwell Notes from time to time over the classmates live in the two towns & Press Association recently in- 17 Meadow Ln. years and to see what some of you next door to me. Richard Seldow ducted Thomas F. Kearney ’69 Enfield, NH 03748 have been up to. This is my first and I met for lunch at the end of into the New England Newspaper time submitting anything. Hope it Heather Yurgeles writes, “We April. He and his wife, Judy, who Hall of Fame. Kearney, who spent might prompt some others who are the proud great-grandparents is from California, moved to Wil- much of his professional life as have been like me and not written! of six great-grandchildren.” braham, MA, in September to be executive editor of The Keene It’s really pretty easy to do online nearer to the children and grand- Sentinel, is currently managing From Robert “Bob” Carlton: now – from anywhere in the world! children. Rich has two married editor of the weekly Stowe Re- “Hard to believe it was 40 years “Look forward to maybe seeing children and four grandchildren. porter in Vermont. ago that we walked across the Their son Adam lives in Richmond, some of you in June at the 40th!” Janet Ouellette writes, “I am platform in front of Fiske Hall! I VA, and is a school district admin- happily retired after a 35-year can remember looking up at Hunt- istrator. Their daughter Rebecca 1973 career. I keep busy with volunteer ress Hall as I walked thinking, ‘I lives in Springfield, MA, and is a Kathleen Pickford Stacy work, writing club, trying to learn wonder if I’ll ever enter that build- medical school researcher. Rich 190 Old Hancock Rd. French (!), and other endeavors.” ing again?’ Well, I never did. retired from his chiropractic prac- Antrim, NH 03440 tice in 2006. He has lived all over, 1970 “After the B.Ed. in elementary ed, [email protected] starting with his years in the mili- I taught in New Hampshire for a Cheryl Devoid Marisov tary in Texas, to Chicago, central Susan Campbell few years, then moved on to teach 97 5th Ave. Pennsylvania, and now in Wilbra- 15 New Acres Rd. overseas – Beirut, Lebanon, and Neptune, NJ 07753 ham. Rich and Judy enjoy hiking, Keene, NH 03431 Islamabad, Pakistan. Then I came [email protected] running, bicycling, and traveling. back for an M.Ed. in curriculum 1971 and development while teaching And, of course, playing with their 1974 grandchildren! Maureen Sheehan Hall in Jaffrey. After a couple of years, I 69 Crescent St. was off to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia! Jane Cappuccio Stauffer “I recently had lunch with Holly 28 Beckford St. Hooksett, NH 03106 “Next came a short stint at the Davis Smith in the Boston area. Salem, MA 01970-3239 [email protected] San Francisco Art Institute study- Holly is a learning disabilities [email protected] teacher who is wondering when Louise (Eugenio) Geary writes, ing photography (and meeting my she can retire! Holly has two “Hello everyone! I am retired! I wife, Kathryn). Then we were on Christine Maugeri writes, “I daughters, Dr. Heather Smith, an taught elementary ed (grades 5 the road again, teaching in Taiwan must confess, as I read my alumni OB-GYN clinical medical scholar and 6) in New Hampshire for 10 and Israel (guess ‘gypsy’ was in magazine I always start at the who is doing a fellowship at Yale, years and special ed resource my blood by then). Five years later back...looking through the years and Fallyn, a social worker work- (grades 5-8) in Vermont for 13 we moved to Virginia, where we and wondering if I will recognize a ing with special needs children in years. John Geary and I dated, both got Master of Communica- name. Unfortunately, 1974 usually New York. Holly enjoys golf and cohabited (1981), and married tions degrees (TV/video produc- has few stories. So as I sit on a painting in her free time. She and (2000). He passed away in 2005. tion) at Regent University – but I Sunday evening, I’d like to share her husband, Jerry, live in Canton, We both enjoyed teaching and continued to teach in Tidewater. a ‘winter reunion.’ The first week- end in December I made plans to MA. had many great years together. So “With an MA under our belts, meet my daughter and her partner, what are you all doing? Let’s get we changed careers, moved to “Brian Trainor writes that he will Erica, in the windy city of Chicago together, and yes, I do still keep in Colorado, and began working for retire from teaching in June 2012 for dinner, shopping, and The touch with Kit.” a ministry that had us traveling all and move to the Sunapee, NH, Christkindle Market, hoping for area.” over the world (60+ nations), on

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some authentic German treats. I Margo Merrow Karamanoogian Cathy Stuart Zurek of ovarian cancer the day before called Linda Steele Young to 27 Sandstone Dr. 78 Morse Ln. she passed. It was an unbeliev- tell her when I would arrive. She Bedford, NH 03110 Boxborough, MA 01719 able shock, as she collapsed from said she and her husband would [email protected] [email protected] a pulmonary embolism, likely the meet us and drive us to the hotel result of a blood clot. I was right as they live outside Chicago 1976 1981 there with her. A team of doctors, in Hinsdale and wouldn’t mind Philip Bellingham Nancy Colciaghi Pallas nurses, and orderlies attempted to the trip. 20 Transit Ln. 6153 W. Fallen Leaf Ln. revive her for over an hour, but to no avail. She had just turned 52 “ ‘Sure,’ I said, ‘and how will East Hartford, CT 06118 Glendale, AZ 85310 [email protected] in March. we recognize each other?’ We Sr. Joan Miesser taught 25 years laughed, and Lin said, ‘Look for a grades k-8, and was a principal 1982 “We have two children, Tyson and gray-haired lady.’ I was so excited for 25 years pre-K to 6. Now, she Kristen (our son was actually born to see my daughter, but knowing is semiretired, doing parish minis- Catherine Gewanter just a couple of weeks after our Linda and her husband, Tom, were try, and celebrating 60 years as a 600 Willis Ave., Apt. 2L graduation in 1983), and two waiting for us was thrilling. We Sister of Mercy in September. Williston Park, NY 11596-1217 lovely grandchildren, Landon and traveled what seemed to be a very [email protected] Aluna. All of us who loved her, long walk through the airport to and there were many, have been 1977 Janet Carsten Shaffer arrivals. I looked out at the crowd devastated by this nightmarish Sabrina Brown Maltby 13004 Gleneagles Pl. and shouted, ‘Linda!’ as I spotted tragedy. Kathy was working as 13 Main St. Riverview, FL 33569 her right away. She always was an accountant at New Chapter Raymond, NH 03077 [email protected] taller than my small 5’4” frame. in Brattleboro, VT, and also as And we hugged and I cried and a part-time bookkeeper at the she stared at me and said, ‘You 1978 1983 Keene Day Care. She always are your mother,’ and I cried some Dianne Glaser-Gilrein Patricia K. Hodgeman Bush thought back on our college more! My mom has been gone P.O. Box 1391 Berkshire School days at Keene State with great seven years, but Lin remembered East Dennis, MA 02461 245 N. Undermountain Rd. fondness.” all those Huntress Hall visits from [email protected] Sheffield, MA 01257 my parents, and dinners together. [email protected] 1984 1979 “Our poor husbands could only Jacqueline Haight DeFreze Mary Beth Lucas Connors Bill Reed laugh! Well, we went to the hotel, 502 Portsmouth Ave. 295 Megan Dr. 3 Mayfair Ln., Apt. 206 then on to meet the girls, then Greenland, NH 03840 Manchester, NH 03109-5924 Nashua, NH 03063-7645 drinks and laughs and pictures. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Before we left Chicago, we went Valerie Belanger McKenney Louise Perron Tetreault out for a quiet breakfast together. Martha Petrowski Laflamme 31 Westwood Cir. 4 Avon Ave. We hadn’t seen each other for 27 474 Second Ave. Dover, NH 03820 Cumberland, RI 02864 years but we talked as if no time Berlin, NH 03570-2334 [email protected] [email protected] had passed. [email protected] Mark Hinrichs shared some sad “What a gift KSC afforded me, not 1985 David Stoner writes, “I’m a Se- news: “It is with a broken heart only in my excellent special edu- Alison Ahmed-Regen nior Principal/ Vice President at that I inform you of the death of my cation studies (I am still teaching), 1194 Lees Meadow Ct. Shield Engineering Inc., an envi- beautiful wife, Kathy. She passed but in the friendship of Linda. We Great Falls, VA 22066 ronmental engineering firm.” away suddenly on Sunday morn- promised to meet again soon.” [email protected] 1980 ing, April 29, at Cheshire Medical 1975 Center in Keene, NH. We have Lisa A. Gagnon Allison Ashley-Bergstrom lived in Keene since getting mar- 12 Tack Ct. Anne Dunwoody Hunter 212 S. Leandro St. ried back in August of 1980, just Edgewater, MD 21037 20 Highland Dr. Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 before my sophomore year. Kathy [email protected]. Henniker, NH 03242 [email protected] had just been given a diagnosis gov REUNION JuneREUNION 1-3, 2012

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Tamara Anderson writes: “I have Keene. Now I have even more 1988 monitoring computer data-centers two sons, Nick, 14, and Chris, 17. reason to enjoy KSC – my son – HVAC balancing; building light Both are very involved with many will be a freshman this fall. We Jeffrey LaValley control; residential and commer- activities: cross-country running, are looking forward to the whole 260 Connecticut Avenue cial clothes dryer wireless humid- track, Nordic skiing, theatre, experience again. I have been very Springfield, MA 01104 ity sensors), Smart Infrastructure speech team, marching band, lucky since leaving Keene. I have [email protected] (e.g., real-time monitoring bridges concert band, and jazz band. I am been married for 22 years to Paul for structural integrity – 600,000 Susan Lundgren Regan very satisfied with my life.” Ringuette and we have been liv- bridges in the U.S., 33% in dis- 79 Winthrop Rd. ing in Bedford, MA, for that time. repair), wireless commercial and Guilford, CT 06437 1986 We have two great kids, Michael, residential metering applications), Tori Berube a senior, and Julie, an 8th grader. 1989 Smart Transportation (e.g., planes, 35 Andrew St. #4 Right out of college, I started trains, and automobiles; car tire- Maribeth Marsico Gesler Manchester, NH 03104 working for Analog Devices in the pressure-monitoring-systems 463 Juniper Ln. [email protected] semiconductor industry. I now (TPMS) are currently powered by work for the Town of Bedford in Cheshire, CT 06410 batteries that use 20 microwatts, Michael Trabucco the recreation office and have [email protected] mandated in US in 2007 and EU 361 Park Ave. been there for about seven years. Robert G. Andosca writes: in 2012; 164M batteries installed Arlington, MA 02476 A few years back I started going “Concurrently with restarting each year worldwide that need to [email protected] to the KSC Reunion weekend my PhD in Materials Science be replaced after three years, bat- and have had so much fun at all teries embedded in plastic pack- From Michael Trabucco: “Hi (interdisciplinary between electri- of them. If you are thinking about aged TPMS unit which therefore Classmates! Michael Trabucco cal and mechanical engineering going – go! When you see your must be completely discarded here, checking in again with an- and physics) at the University of friend that you haven’t seen in after three years, original equip- other plea for any and all of you to Vermont, I cofounded MicroGen years, it is amazing how much fun ment manufacturers (OEM) will submit something for our Class Systems, Inc., with my research it is to catch up. Facebook has be required to deal with batter- Notes. You can send it to the advisor, Dr. Junru Wu. My PhD been a great way to catch up with ies as hazardous waste through email address above, or find me research was on a Micro Electro friends and keep up with what is electronic recycling or “e-cycling” on Facebook. Just a quick shout Mechanical Systems (MEMS)- going on at the college. I still keep mandates), Smart Defense and out to Holly Hansen, Paula based Piezoelectric Vibrational in close contact with Paula Mo- Homeland Security (e.g., all ap- Mercier, and her wife, Nancy, for Energy Harvester (PZEH), or nahan Bedard ’85 and many of plications previously mentioned crossing state lines to see me in micro-power generator, which the Kappa sisters and brothers.” for military applications; chemical Joseph and the Amazing Tech- scavenges ambient mechanical and biological weapon detection; nicolor Dreamcoat. You guys are vibrational energy from its sur- 1987 commercial asset tracking), and the best!” roundings that is normally lost Lisa Corrette Livingstone to the environment. On May 20, many, many other applications.” From Lisa Poirier Wilkinson: 54 Regan Cir. 2012, I will graduate with my PhD. “Deanna Stacey and I spent a Raynham, MA 02767 At the same time, MicroGen is 1990 day at Siesta Key Beach [in Flor- [email protected] thriving and growing with soon-to- Lauren Aborjaily Griffin ida] – the #1 rated beach in the be 10 full-time employees. Micro- 17 Monhege Path Samantha Barrett McKinlay U.S. – during my February vaca- Gen’s first inertial MEMS product Marlborough, CT 06447 2400 Country Line Rd. tion. It was wonderful to sit on the line is the micro-power genera- Ardmore, PA 19003 Shelly Brodeur Masson beach in 80-degree weather while tor I designed for my PhD. This [email protected] 173 Raven Cir. a storm was dumping 12-plus green technology is now moving Williston, VT 05495 inches in New Hampshire. Dee into high-volume production. The Michelle Morris Ayer [email protected] and I had a great time reminiscing 41 Hemlock Rd. products are intended to eliminate and catching up.” Hingham, MA 02043 or extend the lifetime of batter- Maureen Cicchese Musseau Leslie Burger Ringuette writes, [email protected] ies in low-power wireless sensor 75 Pinehaven Dr. “I can’t believe it has been more applications. These applications Whitman, MA 02382 then 25 years since graduating include but are not limited to [email protected] Smart Energy/Grid (e.g., real-time

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1991 1994 Manchester, NH 03103 Spaces Logistics Manager at [email protected] Ecotrust in Portland, OR. Karen Dicey Melissa Sawyer Bowler P.O. Box 88 158 Shaker Rd. Aaron Kay Sales Parker 2002 Exeter, NH 03833 Canterbury, NH 03224 5832 Wooded Acres Dr. Jessie Gannett [email protected] [email protected] Knoxville, TN 37921 [email protected] 91 Highland St., A Amy Eshelman Dawn Deurell Plymouth, NH 03264 102 Newberry Rd. 17 Chestnut Cir. 1997 East Haddam, CT 06423 Merrimack, NH 03054-6611 2003 Danielle Dearborn Gagne [email protected] [email protected] 1587 Waterwells Rd. Angela Watson 55 Davidson Hill Rd. Kathleen Kerr St. Germaine Penny Rioux Joyal Alfred Station, NY 14803 Westminster, VT 05158 19 Great Woods Rd. 106 N. Adams St. [email protected] angela_watson7579@yahoo. Plymouth, MA 02360-1826 Manchester, NH 03104 com [email protected] [email protected] 1998 Deb Clogher Burleigh Danielle Popyk Dorothy L. Therien is retiring at Jennifer Cucurullo Soares is 44 Clinton Ave. 20 Main Street, Unit #1 the end of this school year. She currently working in public rela- Budd Lake, NJ 07828 Somerville, MA 02145 writes, “I have made no firm plans tions for Boehringer Ingelheim [email protected] [email protected] for employment for this new phase Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Ridge- of my life but certainly will not field, CT. She writes, “I live in Lisa Demers Harvey Angela Fall Pitman writes, “My remain idle.” Westchester County, NY, and [email protected] husband, Ben Pitman (not a KSC should any classmates wish to alumnus), and I are very excited Kristen Cranson Nelson 1992 correspond, my e-mail address is to announce the birth of our first P.O. Box 208 Joan Crosby Anderson [email protected].” child. Her name is Hailey, and she Greenvale, NY 11548 General Delivery was born on November 12, 2011. [email protected] Wilmot Flat, NH 03287-9999 1995 She weighed 7 pounds, 0 ounces Cara H. Staus 1999 and was 19.75 inches long.” Kate Shepard Dugan 2180 Stanley St. Jason Robert writes, “My wife, 42 Middlefield Dr. New Britain, CT 06053 Jason Hindle Vanessa (Moeller) Robert, West Hartford, CT 06107 [email protected] 8 Spruce St. [email protected] Somersworth, NH 03878 and I would like to announce the Erin Delude George [email protected] birth of our daughter Irianna Acai Troy A. Patoine’s daughter Brit- 9 Bigelow Hill Rd. Robert on February 9, 2012. She tany gave birth to his first grand- Troy, NH 03465-2106 2000 had made her brother, Isaac, and son, Travis, on November 3, 2011. [email protected] sister, Isadora, very proud!” Danielle LePage Zimmerman 1993 Lori Johnson shares that her 3 Tracey Ave. 2004 husband, Dr. Daniel Johnson, Nashua, NH 03063 Shelli Bienvenue Cook Alison Thompson was recently named as the NJPSA [email protected] 18 Heathrow Ave. 18 Mount Pleasant Ave. Visionary Leader Elementary Manchester, NH 03204 Wakefield, MA 01880 Principal of the Year for the State 2001 [email protected] [email protected] of New Jersey. In addition, he is Christine Leland Williams Seth M. Klaiman now in contention for the NAESP 54 Eastern Ave. 2005 2 Sweet Fern Trail National Distinguished Principal Woburn, MA 01801 Saunderstown, RI 02874 award. [email protected] Valerie Nettleton [email protected] 497 Foster St. 1996 After three years in semiretire- South Windsor, CT 06074 ment, Chad Derosier was [email protected] Karen Holmes Reinhold recently hired as the Event 132 Overland St. REUNION JuneREUNION 1-3, 2012

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2006 Adam Wefer writes, “Happy to 2008 2010 report lots of exciting news com- Adam Wefers ing from the Class of 2006: I re- Kelly A. Mullane Tracy Minard is living in Bulgaria 154 Sagamore St., Apt. 2 cently visited Lauren Saunders 808 N. Congdon St. as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She Manchester, NH 03104 in Florida, where she is living with Georgetown, SC 29440 writes, “At Keene, I studied Eng- [email protected] fellow KSC alumni Tim Regula [email protected] lish and earned a minor in writing and Kelly Goss. Lauren works and am now teaching English to Dianne E. Steeves (also a for- Laura Sjolander and her hus- as an ESE teacher to educate grades 2-8 in a small Muslim vil- mer Campus Safety officer at band, Ethan, welcomed their first children with autism. She got her lage in the Rhodopi Mountains in KSC) earned her BA in Criminal son, Jackson Chase Sjolander, master’s degree in elementary southern Bulgaria. Justice at Franklin Pierce Univer- into the world on July 24, 2011. reading at Nova Southeastern. sity in 2008; now, she’s in pursuit Now, she says, “we are spending “I have been here for just about a of her MS in Forensic Psychology “Please reach out to me with all time with him as he begins to walk!” year now and have another year to at Walden University. of your accomplishments and go but wanted to get in touch with updates!” KSC.… I’m extremely interested in encouraging others to consider

Dustin Libby ’06 and Liz Horan ’07 were married September 2, 2011, on the waterfront in Portsmouth, NH. More than 25 KSC alums were in attendance, including 9 in the wedding party. KSC alums pictured left to right: Andrew Boulanger, Kyle McGovern, Ben Russell, Kelly McGovern, Hillary Greene, Ashley Paquette, Lauren Fasolino, Meghan Kroeber and Mary Larrabee.

Justin and Rochelle (Gaouette) Bunton ’06 were married October 9, 2010 in Farmington, CT. Alumni pictured left to right are Meghan Gaouette, Erica (Kates) Powell, Mark Flaherty, Carrie (Johnson) Yardley, Scott Yardley, Kathy Abbott, Nicole LaBranche, Kate Fleming, Erika (Dunberger) Casey, Ted Hartung, Kathryn Rue, Rochelle (Gaouette) Bunton, Justin Bunton, Casey Church, Laura (Pimm) Markwald, Elissa Gruber, Greg Schoeman, Scott Beliveau, Jess O’Brien, Chris Hughes, Joanne (Rix) Mercier, Normand Mercier, Sarina Habib, Jose Lugo, Nicole Taylor, Scott Kunz, Amanda (Boyer) Labadia, Brian Hackney, Ciro (Jerry) Labadia, Brandon Segrave.

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the Peace Corps, and would teaching English, and I plan on love to share a little about what being here for another year and a Newsline I’m doing here. My time at Keene half. I am a full-time public school State truly helped me grow into teacher. I have also begun to use Want to know more about your classmates the individual that I am today and my free time to backpack around definitely led me to my decision to Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and and what’s happening on campus? Check come here and teach English as China. I have been writing for the a volunteer.” online magazine The Next Great out Newsline (sites.keene.edu/newsline), our Generation, as well as blogging 2011 about my travels with my girlfriend, news blog for alums and parents. We post Adam Hogue wrote in February: Angie Hartley ’10, at coldsoupy. “I have been in Gwangju, South tumblr.com and kimchichronicles. news as we get it, but you can sign up for a Korea, for the past six months tumblr.com.” monthly e-mail reminder to check the latest posts. And if you or an alum you know has Send your news to your class secretary or to: Class Notes Editor, Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-1502, done something outstanding, let us know! [email protected]

In Memoriam

Herwood “Zeke” Curtiss ’48 Marilyn McMahon ’56 William D. Struthers ’73 April 30, 2012 February 20, 2012 February 18, 2008 Emery G. Chickering ’48 William Beane ’57 William J. McNamee ’73 January 22, 2012 June 28, 2011 April 11, 2012 Bernard C. Smith ’50 John Hazelton, ’57 Allen Halberg ’74 Stella (Redal) Randoy ’27 September 1, 2011 January 11, 2012 December 3, 2011 January 27, 2012 Priscilla Blackington Ingram David B. Tierney Jr. ’57 Harold A. Pasour ’74 M. Judith Clarke ’28 ’50 January 22, 2010 July 30, 2011 January 3, 2012 December 15, 2001 Janice M Brooks ’58 Allen Halberg ’74 Hazeldean Smith ’38 Walter P. Bucklin ’50 March 28, 2011 December 2, 2011 April 9, 2012 September 21, 2009 Virginia Scott ’58 Debra Lynn (Salonen) Finelli Katherine Lynch Herrick ’38 John Wright ’51 August 31, 2011 ’75 December 27, 2011 January 8, 2012 February 6, 2012 Beverly Eastman ’60 Nina Abbott ’39 Eugene Sedlewicz ’52 April 19, 2012 Michele D. Shannon ’75 March 8, 2012 January 14, 2011 November 15, 2010 Raymond A. L’Heureux ’60 Barbara A. Parker ’39 Norma Mallat ’52 February 1, 2012 Bruce K. Bakaian ’76 April 3, 2012 July 31, 2010 October 12, 2011 Arthur P. Gregory ’61 Margaret Noyes Lovett ’40 William B. Baston ’53 October 23, 1997 Kathy Jambeck ’78 March 1, 2012 January 31, 2012 January 12, 2012 Priscilla Mitchell ’66 Ida C. Soucise ’42 Esther L. Copp ’54 April 20, 2012 Kathy Hinrichs ’83 January 30, 2012 April 29, 2011 March 24, 2012 Melinda J. Holden Doyle Andrew J. Moynihan ’43 Amy B. Simpson ’55 Bussino ’68 Michael J. Dragone ’86 February 20, 2012 April 22, 2011 March 4, 2012 February 7, 2011 Elizabeth Belle (Whitte- Ruel “Joe” Hall ’55 Wesley R. Duling ’70 Travis W. Michaud ’00 more) Fitzgerald ’44 January 11, 2012 July 9, 2010 April 10, 2012 June 12, 2011 Edward F. Bourassa Jr. ’55 Norman P. Letourneau ’73 Rory O’Sullivan ’01 Beverly Fifield Darby ’46 March 24, 2012 March 9, 2012 January 1, 2012 May 11, 2011

30 • KEENE STATE TODAY Visit Keene State Today online: keene.edu/kst USING TECHNOLOGY TO BRING US TOGETHER Stay up-to-date with what’s share documents and information in real time. Now, happening at the college, with the several committees are using Skype as an easy way to meet with far-flung members. For example, one of Alumni Association, and with your our newest KSCAA board members, Josh Terrell ’89, classmates through social media. will be joining us regularly from Seattle, Washington. We’re seeing new faces, getting reacquainted, and having fascinating conversations every day on Volunteers the Alumni Association’s Facebook, LinkedIn, and Skype is also being used to engage alumni Twitter sites. Whether you want to find out about the volunteers in a variety of ways. In the spring of 2012, latest alumni events in your area, seek career advice Caitlin Croteau ’09 joined us for a panel with the from fellow alumni, or connect with a tight group of Health Science Senior Capstone Classes teammates or friends from your college from New York via Skype. Although we days, these sites are the places to go. love to have alumni join us in person on To find out for yourself, check them out. campus, Caitlin was able to share her facebook.com/keenestatealumni perspectives on moving to a new state, twitter.com/kscalumni adapting to a new community, and finding LinkedIn: keene.edu/linkedin/alumni work as a recent alumna.

KSC Alumni Association Board of Directors This fall, the KSC Alumni Association, in partnership with the Academic and Career Advising Department The KSC Alumni Association (KSCAA) is trying to and the KSC Parents Association, will launch an connect members more easily through technology. online mentoring program through Experience, an While many of the KSCAA board members online platform that provides tools and are from the New England area, attending structure that will connect alumni, students, meetings in Keene can be tough. and parents. This online strategy will Conference calls made it possible to listen give more alumni and parents a chance in, but hard to fully participate. to volunteer as mentors to students and fellow alumni as they make transitions Technology seems to have come to and life choices. Whether the subject is the rescue – in the form of Skype. The choosing a major, relocating, or changing career Communications Committee of the KSCAA has paths, this program will foster deeper connections found an effective way to meet monthly and include and more alumni and student interaction. those who can’t make it to Keene. Skype accessibility and chat function allows committee members to

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he fall semester of 2012 will mark the opening of two new academic Tdepartments at Keene State: SUSTAIN YOUR the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of Journalism. The move allows both PASSION departments to expand their academic Since 1957, through the Keene Endowment programs. Association, Keene State College alumni, faculty, and friends have come together in a collaborative The Department of Holocaust and effort to support students who share their Genocide Studies builds on a growing passion. The Keene Endowment Association (KEA), an expertly managed collection of scholarship program at Keene State, which offers funds, will distribute $188,240 through the the nation’s only baccalaureate degree college’s financial aid office in the upcoming in this field. Paul Vincent will chair school year. the department. Additional faculty includes James Waller – endowed chair Keene State is the beneficiary of more than $20 million in endowed funds, nearly three-quarters of the program, Henry Knight and of which is held by the University System of New Nona Fienberg. “Students have chosen Hampshire. The $5.4 million held by KEA has seen to attend Keene State specifically to recent growth as dedicated donors respond to take part in this program. Forming a shortfall in state appropriations and spiraling the department will help to grow our student debt. program and guarantee the support we The KEA encourages donors to name scholarships, can offer students for many years to often in the memory or honor of special friends come,” said Vincent and family, and designate them for students in particular disciplines. It also allows donors at all The Department of Journalism has levels to add to the existing funds of their choice. been serving journalism majors since Cecile Goff, president of the KEA board of trustees, has long given to a fund in memory of beloved the 1980s and Journalism courses KSC math professor Ann C. Peters. “I was very have been offered since the 1950s. It fond of her and appreciated her role at the college becomes the only journalism degree as a leader and as a model for faculty,” Goff says. program in the New Hampshire public education system. The new department All contributions to KEA are used only for Keene State College programs and students. The will be chaired by Rose Kundanis. endowments are supervised by a volunteer board Additional faculty includes Julio of trustees made up of Keene area residents and DelSesto, Chad Nye, Marianne Salcetti KSC alumni. and Mark Timney. The combined faculty brings more than 75 years of Students need scholarship help more than ever. Keene State College development director, Ken experience in the fields of newspaper Goebel, [email protected], makes it easy for and broadcast news reporting editing, donors to support KEA, and offers assistance to and anchoring, photojournalism and those who would like to include KEA scholarship multimedia journalism. funding in their estate planning. For a sample of the individual KEA endowments, go to: http:// www.keene.edu/sfs/keascholarships.cfm

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Please Answer Your Phone! The newest addition to our remarkable (We’re friendly, and we like to listen.) campus is the TDS Center – it’s “green,” it’s KSC students have returned to campus, and with interactive, and it’s open! The TDS Center is them, the start of another Phonathon year. The call a superb example of a dynamic building that center is a lively place, with student callers reaching fits the needs of today’s learners. Boasting out to alumni four nights a week. They are eager to more than 53,000 square feet, it will be the speak with you and hear about your student days primary location for instruction in three majors here. All of the callers say that this job has taught – architecture, Sustainable Product Design them much about the history of Keene State, and they love to listen to your stories. and Innovation, and Safety Studies – as well as for multiple-use space for laboratories and Last year, our student callers made 38,953 calls to instruction. alumni asking for support of current students. More than $80,000 was pledged to the College for direct Campus Open House support of scholarships and student programs. August 23. Alumni support is critical to Keene State’s success. The Phonathon program will run through the fall and Building Dedication for Community, spring semesters, so be sure to answer your phone Alumni, and Friends and talk with one of our friendly callers. October 12, 3-5 p.m. For more information about making a gift to Keene Alumni Open House State College, please contact Lindsay Taflas, (coinciding with Homecoming) assistant director of annual giving, at 603-358- October 13, 10 a.m.-12 noon 2641, or [email protected].

OUTSTANDING Safety Scholars Winners of the American Society for Safety Engineers Scholarship for 2012 Travis Brenner – Flatiron Construction Christopher Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship Timothy Brinkerhoff – Greater Boston Chapter Leadership Award Joshua Besnoff – New England Future Leadership Award

FALL 2012 • 33 Meet new folks and old friends for: Come • Alumni Games Back • Rugby – Men’s and Women’s Games & 40th Anniversary Celebration • Men’s Soccer – under the lights versus Rhode Island College Home . . . • Exclusive tour of the brand new Technology, Design, and Safety Center . . . for the fun, . . . and much more. games, parties, friends, Special for Student Government Alumni – Join Interim President Jay and to be amazed! Kahn at Open House Reception! HOMECOMING 2012 More events in the works. Look for updates at www.keene.edu/alumni October 12–14th and join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/keenestatealumni