Volume XXXI • Number 1 Fall 2014 Keene State Today THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Keene State Today Volume XXXI Number 1 Fall 2014

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Address change: Make sure you don’t miss the next issue of Keene State Today. Send information – your name, class year, spouse’s name and class year, new address including zip code, telephone number, and email address – KEENE to Alumni STATE Center, TODAY Keene State College, 229 Main St., Keene, NH 03435-2701. keene.edu THE WORLD ISSUE In ways big and small, the College community is changing the world by experiencing it first-hand. This issue of Keene State Today is dedicated to international engagement on the part of alumni, faculty, and students – be it through study or service abroad, living and working in other countries, Contents or conducting research in far-flung places. In these pages, we take you on a continent-by-continent world tour, introducing you to some of the campus and alumni community’s more intrepid travelers.

In Pursuit of Adventure and Discovery ...... 2 A Column from President Anne E. Huot

FEATURES

Antarctica...... 3 An alumnus who works “on the ice” as a contractor for the National Science Foundation. 3

North America...... 4 A look at 25 years of archaeological fieldwork in Belize and two weeks of service work in Panama.

South America...... 5 Learning about Brazil by listening, and about Ecuador by visiting.

Europe...... 6 Study-abroad connections; a cartoonist alumnus “drawing” on his roots; faculty on the importance 6 of learning history in place; keeping up with French grads; a cross-cultural chorus.

Asia...... 10 Students from Pakistan and Israel, two Fulbright projects, an excerpt from a novel based in India, indigenous Malaysian peoples, and a ’74 grad who loves living in Japan.

Australia / New Zealand...... 14 Ways teachers think, and a pleasure of life in New Zealand. 10 Africa...... 15 Stories from Kenya, South Africa, and Rwanda.

Global...... 17 Dining in a war zone, engaging students through travel, overseas basketball, and a history and literature detective.

Faculty & Staff Accomplishments...... 20 Honors, awards, and more. 15 KSC Giving...... 21 An investment that makes world travelers of students.

CLASS NOTES...... 22 Alumni News; In Memoriam

On the Cover: Travel1 – artwork and design by Tim Thrasher, photo by William Wrobel ’11 Inside Cover: 17 Alex Habibi ’15, left, with Mark Di Ianni ’15, second from right, and Rwandan friend Joseph Muvara, right, with a local guide in Rwanda. Courtesy photo

Online Only Visit keene.edu/mag for special online-only content, including interviews, expanded stories, photographs, and links. SPRING 2014 • 1 From the President’s Office

In Pursuit of Adventure and Discovery

From Dr. Anne E. Huot, President, Keene State College

ne question that we ask ourselves repeatedly at Keene in India, France, Australia, Italy, Spain, Costa Rica, South Africa, State College is, “Who says a classroom has to have Ireland, and at sea, and they completed exchange semesters Owalls?” Putting our students into real world learning at some of our 24 international partner institutions and the situations is an important part of the educational experience 170 US National Student Exchange colleges and universities. at Keene State and something that we have tried to build As I look over the list, I can’t help feeling a profound sense of into each one of our areas of pride in their pursuit of adventure and discovery, and their study. The opportunity to learn commitment and contributions to the needs of people around in locations around the world the world. is something we encourage our students to embrace. Why is it This issue of Keene State Today is a snapshot of the hundreds so important? Students tell us of examples of how Keene State alumni, students, faculty, and that their experiences outside staff are pursuing education, research, and careers around the traditional classroom have the world, and how the spark that drives their passion was amplified considerably what they somehow ignited here. have learned and provided them with a deeper context from which Many of these trips were made possible by the generous to approach their disciplines. contributions that we receive from our donors each year. I look For many, the experience is life at this philanthropy as an important partnership that has far- changing, transformational, in reaching implications for our students, the work they do that the most positive ways. Study away shifts their perspective benefits society, and the lifetime of commitment they bring to on their own lives and even influences their choice of careers. their chosen professions. As Keene State students are changed, After all, the “real world” is where they will spend the rest of they change the world. What could be more important? So I their adult lives and college must guide them and prepare call your attention to the Donor Honor Roll that is described them for that experience. in this issue and may be found on the College’s website. As you look through it, I know you will appreciate, as I do, the This year, students from Keene State College went to Nepal to significance and importance of this philanthropy. work in a sustainable community; to South Africa to study the transformation of a country moving away from the damaging Warmest regards, effects of apartheid; to Ecuador to learn first-hand about the realities of the Free Trade system; to the Turks and Caicos Islands to study the coral reef ecosystem; and to Rwanda, 20 years after one of the world’s most horrific genocides. Keene Anne E. Huot State students also participated in independent study projects

2 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu ANTARCTICA

Life on the Ice fter a hiatus of a few years, during which he taught at the fossils of dinosaur skins. “It was unbelievable,” LaBombard middle- and high-school levels in New Hampshire, Curt remembers. Another group was studying one of the first ferns LaBombard ’97 headed back to Antarctica this summer to on the planet. There were also researchers collecting fossilized serve as science implementation manager. He’s working wood, and others studying the iridium layer, a band of clay Afor the National Science Foundation’s contractor on the formed in the earth’s surface during the time dinosaurs became continent. “Basically, I manage people who manage projects on extinct. “It really brought home to me the concept that everything the ice,” he says. is connected – all the different disciplines and the different methods of conducting scientific research. It all has relevance to LaBombard worked “on the ice” from 1996 to 2004 and again in our current society as far as extinction-level events and learning 2007. “In the first place, I went for the adventure,” he says. “My about our past and how things work together,” he says. last year at Keene I did a study abroad in Russia, and I wanted to travel. I wanted to experience things. My major was geography, LaBombard credits Keene State with providing him “a world so I liked to see how the world worked. I had an opportunity class” foundational education. “The more I reflect on it, the to go to the Antarctic as a carpenter, so I took it.” Since then, more I realize how world-class it was,” he he’s worked a number of jobs in Antarctica, most recently says, citing in particular the “fantastic coordinating construction of temporary field camps. education in geography” provided by Professors Klaus Bayr and Al A memorable time: “In 2003 I was fortunate enough to Rydant. “They taught me how to be part of a camp on the Beardmore Glacier in the think like a geographer.” Transantarctic Mountains, an area that is unique because it has a lot of exposed bedrock. I was N Link to LaBombard’s helicopter operations coordinator at the 2007 Antarctica blog at camp, which housed about six different keene.edu/mag. groups of researchers.” One group found fossilized remains from a previously unknown dinosaur. They brought fossils back to the camp, including

Photos, top left and right, by Kristan Hutchinson, National Science Foundation; other photos courtesy Curt LaBombard

SPRING 2014 • 3 NORTH AMERICA The Past Facing Off with the Present W. James Stemp of the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology students over to see what had been found. When it was my Department, who received the 2014 Faculty Distinction in Research turn, I went over to a small excavation unit that contained a and Scholarship Award, has been involved in large ceramic potsherd. At first, it seemed numerous archaeological digs in Belize, and has plain, undecorated, and unremarkable. been internationally recognized for his research Then Dr. Iannone reached down, picked and analysis of stone tools from Maya civilization. up the artifact, and turned it over. On the other side of the potsherd was a face. The ne of my favorite experiences in my 25 years face looked exactly like Guillermo’s. It was one Oof doing archaeological fieldwork in Belize of the most amazing things I have witnessed. involves the discovery of an artifact that links the Here was a Maya face from the past staring into a ancient Maya to their modern descendants. One day, Maya face from the present. They were so similar while excavating at Minanha, the project director, it was as if Guillermo was looking into a mirror. Dr. Gyles Iannone from Trent University, made As excavations continued, more fragments were a fortuitous find with some of his field school unearthed until there were enough to reconstruct students. Interestingly, on this one day, of all the what ended up being a Maya incensario, a days spent digging at Minanha, we had visitors. ceremonial incense burner. The face on the pot was Among them was Guillermo, a friend of ours likely that of a ruler and venerated ancestor. Every who worked at Erva’s, our favorite restaurant time I see Guillermo, whether at Erva’s for a meal or in Belize. Guillermo is Maya. when we’re out somewhere together, I think of that potsherd with the face and wonder how As Dr. Iannone and the students Guillermo might be connected to the ancient continued to excavate, the sounds of Maya kings of the past. excitement grew and piqued the interest of those of us working nearby. He called staff and – W. James Stemp

rganizers. Planners. was so simple, and I didn’t worry about Budgeters. Managers. anything. My mind was free. I found true Mentors. Translators. happiness. That’s what was most life- Teachers. As student leaders ASKING THE changing for me. I think this trip, leading for Keene State’s 2013-14 the participants, having them lead me, internationalO service trip to Bocas Del Toro, showed me a whole different perspective Panama, Cameron Haggar ’14 and Kya on myself, a whole different perspective Roumimper ’15 took on a number of roles. on life in general and the meaning of true The group of 15 students plus Coordinator happiness. of Community Service Jessica Gagne Cloutier helped out at a school for indigenous – Cameron Haggar ’14 children, creating curriculum plans, painting a cafeteria and library, and building a BIG baseball field. While the service was a worthy undertaking, Haggar and Roumimper agree that the real value of such trips comes in QUESTIONS the education Keene State students get – the you’re coming from a place of privilege, broader understanding of themselves and the so you’re forcing yourself to step out of world that they bring back. your comfort zone and to change your way of thinking. No matter where you Our job was to get our team, both at a go or what you’re doing, you’re going to surface level and a deeper level, to look come back more changed than the people at the bigger questions. You look at social you help. justice issues, and you start questioning the systems in place that allow those – Kya Roumimper ’15 issues to be relevant. You question a lot of things on a more personal level, I think simpler now. I don’t try and plan like happiness and what it means to things; I try to go with the flow and be Students on the International Service Trip to Panama be happy. Any time you’re going into helped out at a school, including painting the library. happy with what I have. Down there, life another community and doing work, Courtesy photo

4 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu SOUTH AMERICA Listen and learn ‘We don’t all need “So many times people will approach me,” says Marcia Lehninger, a lecturer in Keene State’s Music Department, to be the same’ “asking me where I’m from. When I say I’m from Brazil, they start speaking Spanish to me. They sound disappointed when “WHEN YOU THINK ECUADOR, YOU THINK HOT,” I say, ‘Well, I speak Portuguese.’ Even though it’s the largest says Leighanna Moore ’15, but that’s not necessarily the case. country in South America, the fifth largest in the world, so little While on a travel-study course in the South American country is known about Brazil’s culture, its music.” through Keene State’s Honors Program, Moore visited a day care center in the Andes Mountains. “It’s a cement building with She’s doing her part to spread the word about the country cement floors,” she says. “There’s nothing carpeted, nothing where she grew up through a course, Listening to Brazil, that warm, and the kids were all wrapped in their little coats for the emphasizes music but also incorporates a larger look at the whole day.” country’s art and culture. The day care center lacks other amenities as well, including sufficient space for the number of children served (babies nap in “bunk cribs”) and additional safety features. But the most immediate issue, Moore learned, is that the center is stuck in a cycle of moving from one borrowed building to another. When she talked with staff, she learned they are working to raise $10,000 for a permanent facility in which the children could flourish. It would include a playground and room to wander outside, she Leighanna Moore ’15. Courtesy photo Marcia Lehninger with her husband, Keene State Artist in Residence says. “In Ecuador, they’re Christopher Swist, and their son Willy at Copacabana beach in Rio de all about being self-sustaining and connected to the earth. They Janeiro. Courtesy photo want to teach their children those values.” The class attracts a lot of non-music majors, including arts and film students and, interestingly, student athletes who want to “These kids were so amazing, speaking two to three languages, know more about the country with the most successful national yet they’re all crammed into a cement box,” she says. “Through soccer team in the history of the World Cup. Lehninger starts my education classes here at Keene, I really have become the class with a discussion of Brazil’s ethnic foundations. She aware of how much stimulation is necessary for a child’s covers art and film, along with music ranging from classical to development, so I thought, wouldn’t it be great if I could help the bossa nova and the samba to Tropicália, an arts movement these children learn and grow?” associated with a melding of Brazilian and African music and On her return to Keene, Moore, a double major in elementary rock and roll. education and health sciences, set up an account on a crowd- She also takes time to answer students’ questions about sourcing website and raised $500 for the day care center by Brazil. “They ask a lot about the rap culture,” she says. “They spreading the word through Facebook and approaching friends want to know if rap is as popular in Brazil. And I have to say, and family. absolutely. Rap is a huge culture there. And in the favelas – the “The Ecuador experience really gave me a perspective on how slums – people listen to funk. The hip hop culture is huge, too. other cultures are different than ours,” she says, “and it’s OK. This is something that would never have occurred to me to talk We don’t all need to be the same.” about in class, but now I incorporate it, because students are interested. I learn new things every semester myself.”

SPRING 2014 • 5 EUROPE “You Must Go to Germany” Thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Paul Vincent will spend the spring semester teaching in Krakow, Poland, at Jagiellonian University – where a number of ‘a big Keene State students have studied on exchange. He writes here about his own experiences as a student overseas. momentum am stirred by the opportunity study at Jagiellonian University offers our students not just to learn Polish and deepen their knowledge of a foreign culture but to glimpse the past. I recall the importance of an experience shift’ I had many years ago. In 1979, while writing my doctoral Ithesis (on the Allied blockade of Germany during the armistice Sharing the International that ended the First World War), my advisor uttered one of those seemingly gratuitous comments that serve to shape one’s Experience on Campus life: “It doesn’t matter, Paul, whether you can complete your research in this country. You must go to Germany. I don’t care tephen Humer ’14 has noticed that students who study if you get off the plane, drink a beer at the Hofbräuhaus, then away tend to be introverted, independent people – big fly home. You’re a German Sthinkers who are curious about the world. historian; you need to go to Germany before completing During his semester at York St. John University in England, your doctorate.” he followed his curiosity by setting aside his computer science studies and taking history courses, including one that Later that year I went to introduced him to the British perspective on the American Germany and drank beer Revolution and another that had him traveling all over England at the Hofbräuhaus. I also visiting ruins of castles and monasteries. enriched my dissertation with research at the Institut “It felt like a big momentum shift,” für Zeitgeschichte. More Humer says, like gaining four years significantly, I experienced the of experience and maturity in four anxiety of taking a train from months. On his return to Keene State, Helmstedt – site of the major he wanted to continue his involvement border crossing from the with international education. He Federal Republic of Germany volunteered to work with the College’s (West Germany) through Global Education Office in two distinct the German Democratic ways. Republic (East Germany) – to West Berlin and then passed First, he signed on to help international through Checkpoint Charlie Paul Vincent students at Keene State navigate to spend a surreal day in the the campus and experience New strange city of East Berlin (West Berlin was no less strange). One Hampshire life. He took them bowling, cold and rainy evening I stood in front of a dark and deserted Stephen Humer ’14 in led them up Mount Monadnock, and Reichstag, lost in thought over Philipp Scheidemann, standing Oslo. Courtesy photo served as a buddy and all-around guide. on November 9, 1918, on the building’s balcony, proclaiming “Es lebe die deutsche Republik” (“the German Republic lives”). The Second, through the Global Ambassadors program, he spoke building was a shell in 1979, unrepaired since the infamous to groups of Keene State students about the value of study Reichstag fire of February 1933. The Federal Republic’s capital away. The idea, he says, is not to “spit facts” at them, but to tell was in Bonn, not Berlin, and the Berlin Wall stood immediately memorable stories. behind the Reichstag.

He told them, for instance, about traveling around Europe Students of Holocaust history are separated by time and and meeting people from all over the world. “It expanded my distance from the subject they study. They’re empowered to mindset and beliefs about people,” he says. “The whole world eliminate one of those variables. Because the impact can be doesn’t look like Keene State. There are all these different types profound, it’s an opportunity that should be cherished. of people with different opinions and viewpoints, and you stop judging people on one set of criteria and you start learning.” – Paul Vincent

6 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu On the Purposes and Power of Memory four-day workshop on genocide and while we in Sarajevo mourned a political mass atrocity prevention for civil society assassination that would lead to a chain leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Our time of events costing millions of lives, Serbs there coincided with the 100th anniversary were celebrating a nationalist hero – of the assassination of Archduke Franz including erecting a Ferdinand, an event that triggered what statue of Princip and would become World War I. holding ceremonies in his honor. In my courses and in the seminars I teach for the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and This rich experience Reconciliation, I focus often on the role was a stark reminder of of collective memory in post-conflict the ways post-conflict societies. I firmly believe such memories societies reconstruct The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial. are important, as a transitional justice their pasts rather than Photo by Hannah Waller measure, in securing a better future by faithfully record them – remembering and acknowledging the in essence, manipulating James Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust traumatic past. I also know, though, that the past in order to mold and Genocide Studies, travels nationally and such memories can be used as a tool collective memories of James Waller internationally to teach and give lectures, of political power and identity politics. the present. The time Photo by Mark Corliss attend conferences and seminars, and conduct The commemoration of the Ferdinand in Sarajevo pushed me research. He writes here about a June trip to assassination was a poignant reminder to continue to think about the purposes Bosnia-Herzegovina. that the motives of memory are never and power of memory – especially in was in Sarajevo as a Centennial pure. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the assassin, healing a society torn apart by genocide, Senior Ethics Fellow for the Gavrilo Princip, is seen as a terrorist war crimes, crimes against humanity, and Carnegie Council for Ethics and anarchist. In the neighboring Serb ethnic cleansing. in International Affairs. I was Republic, however, he is seen as a freedom – James Waller Iresponsible for programming a fighter and principled nationalist. So, Around Europe in Seven Days

Amie Gagnon ’16 tried out film studies and English majors, but a semester at York St. John University in England, where she hung out with other international students, convinced her of the importance of connecting with people through language. Now a Spanish major who’s exploring a German minor, Gagnon is spending the year studying in Spain. A highlight of her York semester: visiting, with a friend, as many major European cities as she could during a week-long break. She tells the story here:

We started in London, where we spent a few hours in the airport boarding a plane to Paul Vincent Barcelona – where we spent one day and one night, then flew to France at 6 a.m. We were scheduled to land in Beauvais, but because of fog we were diverted to Lille, which meant a three-hour bus ride into Paris. We arrived while it was still daylight, and had the rest of the day and all of the next to explore.

From there we caught a late-night flight to Venice. We had no map and no idea where we were going. I figured we could take a taxi to our hostel, but a cabbie explained that cars are limited to the outskirts because the streets are too narrow to drive through. “Venice is a walking city,” he said. But we were still lost! The cabbie gave us directions, which started with “Go straight.” We forgot the rest of the directions, which didn’t matter because it turns out there aren’t any straight lines in Venice. We finally found our hostel after an hour and a half. We stayed two nights in Venice, and spent most of our time there wandering around trying to get lost – which we were very good at!

Next stop: Berlin. We toured the city with a friend who’d been an exchange student at my high Amie Gagnon tries on a Carnivale mask in school. The next morning, we headed back to London and then to York. Five cities, seven days. Venice. Courtesy photo

– Amie Gagnon ’16

SPRING 2014 • 7 EUROPE

he Voices of Salzderhelden sang a Voices are a choral group from Einbeck, traditional Swedish song, a German Germany, since 2002 the official partner Partner Ttango from the 1920s, the South city of Keene. African national anthem, and the all- American doo-wop hit “Barbara Ann.” The Keene Chamber Singers, led by The Chamber Singers of Keene responded Sandra Howard, assistant professor of Cities with choruses by two English composers, music at Keene State, had visited Einbeck an American composer, and the German in July 2012, and promptly invited their Johann Sebastian Bach. The Keene State new German friends to come to Keene. Partner College Brass Ensemble and Chamber During a week-long stay with local host singers expanded the concert’s reach with families, the members of the German music by composers from Germany, Italy, choral group enjoyed people, culture, and in Song Austria, Norway, and Australia. Finally, the cuisine of New England. Among their Voices of Salzderhelden and the Chamber excursions was an extensive visit to the Singers of Keene partnered on several Keene State campus, including a tour songs, including Abba’s “Money, Money, of the new TDS Center, followed by the Money,” “The Singers” by Keene State grad concert at the Redfern Arts Center, which Miriam Sharrock ’14, and the American was packed to the rafters. hymn “How Can I Keep from Singing?” The musical groups are already planning Collaborative musical projects can bridge their next get-together, continuing the cultures, as seen in fall 2013 at the joint lively cultural exchange between Keene concert by the Keene Chamber Singers and Einbeck. and the Voices of Salzderhelden. The

Drawing on Family History Marek Bennett M’04, a New Hampshire-based cartoonist, musician, and educator who is an advisor for a new MFA program in applied cartooning at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, has led community-based cartooning projects with young students in places including Henniker, New Hampshire, and Nicaragua. This cartoon is from Slovakia: Fall in the Heart of Europe, a graphic novel based on his recent season-long stay in his ancestral homelands of eastern Slovakia – where, among other things, he connected with local relatives and led Comics Workshop classes with students in Roma community centers.

N Link to Marek Bennett’s website at keene.edu/mag.

Marek Bennet M’04. Photo by Deb Cram

8 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu French Connections “I met Tom at the University of Valenciennes Watremet parlayed his management degree and English skills when he came to set up an exchange program,” writes into a career in international business as an export manager Emmanuelle Stauble ’89. “I was one of the students that had for a textile mill and the European sales manager for an Irish been recommended to him, and that’s textile company, after which he started his own company making how the whole story began – the story of women’s apparel. Four years ago he started a business that friendships, still going on.” distributes Swedish and Italian biomass boilers in France.

“Tom” is Thomas Durnford of the Modern “The friendly and supportive spirit within which we foreign Languages Department, a veteran Keene students were welcomed at KSC taught us human values such as State professor who served as director of friendship, openness, and tolerance,” he writes. international education for the College from 1986 to 1991 and a frequent world Durnford visited with Watremet in Reims before heading to Paris traveler. This year, a four-week summer to do research at the Shoah Memorial for a documentary film sojourn took him to France, where he he’s making with Professor Emeritus Larry Benaquist on the lives Thomas Durnford connected with Stauble and another of Jewish people in France leading up to and during World War Keene State grad from that era, Fabrice II. While he was there, he also Watremet ’91, and had a surprise reunion with a third Keene spent time catching up with State grad, who was launching a new venture. Stauble. That’s when he ran into yet another Keene State grad. But to get back to the story: Durnford arranged for Stauble and Watremet to come to Keene State as exchange students from the “We were sitting having lunch Université de Valenciennes in France. Stauble, a theatre major, and who do I see walk by but and Watremet, a management major, spent a happy year in New Claire Tamarelle, a woman who Hampshire – so happy, in fact, that both decided to complete their was a student here who leads degrees at Keene State. women’s tours to Paris.”

“My first year as an exchange In fact, Tamarelle ’09 was student was just amazing,” leading her very first tour. A writes Stauble. “I could study nontraditional student who Emmanuelle Stauble ’89 Photo by Thomas Durnford theatre in college, which was finished her French degree impossible in France at that many years after starting it, she had considerable business time. And I became quite good in experience and had made numerous visits to France when she English!” decided recently to translate her enthusiasm for Paris into a business. Watremet had a similar experience. “My experience at Through her company, Lily Goes to Paris, Tamarelle provides KSC between 1988 and 1991 personalized tours of the City of Light for up to six women. She Fabrice Watremet ’91. Courtesy photo surely opened doors for me,” he doesn’t think of herself as a tour guide, says the Alstead, New writes. “You have to remember Hampshire, resident. “I’m more like a friend that the world was very different back then and young people who will show you what I know about Paris fluent in English were not that common in France.” and the things that I love about Paris.” She favors venues that are off the tourist track; Their former professor spent time with each this summer, her tour this summer featured meals in the and, he notes, both have had impressive careers. “Those homes of Parisian friends and a visit to a small early graduates from abroad, they have been tremendously museum specializing in Monets. successful,” Durnford says. “They’ll tell you that what made them successful was Keene State.” They’re the kinds of experiences that create stories, establish friendships, and expand the Stauble had a long and fruitful career as a stage manager and reach of a Keene State graduate into the world. lighting designer, working in Africa, Asia, and Europe. She’s now Claire Tamarelle ’09 embarking on a new career as a photographer. And so the French connections continue. Courtesy photo

Her time in Keene gave her the technical background that she N Visit keene.edu/mag for a message en français from Durnford needed for theatre work, she notes, and says, “It’s always with a to his former students. bit of nostalgia that I think of that great period of time.” SPRING 2014 • 9 ASIA ‘Everywhere, Chinggis Khaan was present’

A longtime music teacher and veteran traveler, Dayna Lee Drake- I was a novelty to a few folks with my gray hair and green eyes. Walker ’73 traveled to Australia in 2005 as a Fulbright scholar; a I was known as “Auntie” or “American Mom” to others. Gestures second Fulbright-Hayes seminar abroad took her to Hawai’i, New of respect, courtesy, and kindness were present throughout Zealand, Beijing, and Mongolia in 2009. Her research in those my visit. During one particular bus ride into the countryside, places led to two curriculum projects: The Kids’ Connection I and a stranger offered his deel – traditional outerwear – for me to II – Integrated Social Studies and Music: Lessons and Ideas. She wear because I was cold. Others were proud to offer hospitality writes in this excerpt about her time in Mongolia: and share traditions. Our group went “guesting” in towns and to nomadic herders’ gers – homes – in the countryside. I was treated ESL TRAINING AND CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CLASSES as an equal and offered food, drink – tea, fermented mare’s milk, taken at Keene State years and years ago were recalled and very fresh camel’s milk, vodka – and the male head of household’s helpful. I was asked the English names of Mongolian animals by snuff bottle. And everywhere, Chinggis Khaan, whom we know as a bus driver who spoke only Mongolian and Russian. I colored Genghis Khan, was present. My hosts were pleased that I had read superhero pictures with a six-year-old boy and danced the hokey The Secret History of the Mongols. pokey at a summer camp for orphaned children. I played recorders, sang, reviewed music theory, and shared music of favorite – Dayna Lee Drake-Walker ’73 performers with Mongolian jazz musicians. Camaraderie, music, and humor were universal. So were prayers offered by Buddhist N Read more about Drake-Walker’s overseas research at keene. monks for our safe passage. edu/mag.

Studying Chemistry and Building Bridges

asha Nazir Butt, a student from Pakistan emphasizes cross-cultural understanding, Ywho studied chemistry at Keene State and she took her duties as a cultural during the spring semester, has big ambassador very seriously. At Keene State, plans. She hopes to establish a lab in she gave talks about her home country – her home country to conduct research including one to a Continuing Education on using gene therapy in the treatment class of local seniors and retired people – of cancer. It’s work, she notes, that will and talked informally with other students require collaboration with scientists in about the people and customs of Pakistan. the United States. She got a good start She also volunteered with the College’s on that, forming bonds with students, Habitat for Humanity chapter and went community members, and professors on a spring break service trip to New here at the College. She also worked Orleans, where she had fun wielding a with Professor Jerry Jasinski on single power drill. (“In Pakistan, men do that Yasha Nazir Butt crystal X-ray crystallography, a state-of- stuff; but here, it felt really good!”) the-art tool for determining molecular students who will be studying abroad structure that’s used in research that “I loved being here, because I could in India this year plan to visit her at can lead to the development of new socialize more with people, tell them home. “Knowing me has changed their disease-fighting drugs. about my country, build a bridge between conception of Pakistan.” these two countries,” she says. She told The program that brought Butt here, which her friends about “how people live” N Read more online about Yasha Butt’s is funded by the US Department of State’s in Pakistan and “how welcoming they semester at Keene State at keene.edu/mag. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, are.” Now, she says, several Keene State

10 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu ‘Lines Between Home and the World . . . ’ Born and raised in India, Associate Professor Brinda Charry of the photographs crumpled and soft as cotton, household account English Department is the author of two novels set in her native books, ragged whispers, and look, right there, a bedside clock, country. An excerpt from her fiction follows. batteries long dead, in the bed of giant cacti that are nearly as tall as the house. THE MULBERRY BRANCHES SCRAPE AGAINST THE GLASS of the windowpane. Let me in…The sound is the kind that makes The wind is persistent: Let me in… and coaxing: Come on … your hair stand on end, flint scraped against glass. Let me in… If let me in... the windows were opened the tree would enter the room with its eager scrawny fingers, along Around the corner workers from the Indian Tobacco Company with the afternoon rain blowing have come out for a break signaled by the long wail of the inland from the coast, along factory siren. They huddle in damp clothes around the little with the gunmetal sky, the green shop wreathed with bunches of bananas, warming their hands moss that hasn’t been scraped around miniscule cups of brick-red tea. A train goes by, rocking off the outside walls of the house and singing on the wet tracks. In the sudden brief burst of for years, and the smells of our sunshine that follows, a shadow falls over the open patch of wet, steaming compound. Lines ground in our compound. The chameleon below the crimson between home and the world and yellow poinsettia stops to watch, its eyes unblinking, and have never been clearly marked the mongrel named Rocket barks enquiringly. If you turn back here – things have always spilt and look right now, you will see our pet peacock Heera, Prince of in, fine dusty butterflies’ wings Diamonds, inspired by the clouds, spreading, just for a glorious frayed at the edges, postcards, moment, his thousand-eyed tail. He preens himself, lowers his dry leaves that wrap themselves feathers and struts towards the house. The gawking chameleon around the legs of the furniture unfreezes and scurries away, changing from red to green to red, Brinda Charry and get into people’s bedclothes. as if its body has caught two kinds of fire. And things go out that really have no right to be leaving, old – Brinda Charry, from Naked in the Wind, Penguin, 2007

As a Yale University graduate student, Rosemary Gianno made her first extended visit to Peninsular songs Malaysia in 1980 to learn about the Orang Asli (indigenous peoples). As a professor at Keene State, she’s worked to preserve documentary materials on the Orang Asli through the development of the Orang Asli Archive, housed at the College’s Mason Library. Here’s an excerpt from an article that’s part of the collection. and “Semai Response to Mental Aberration” by Robert K. Dentan, published in 1968, discusses data compiled spells between 1961 and 1963 on the Semai, one of the 17 to 20 groups that make up the Orang Asli peoples. It is worth sketching the two major ways in which the Semai medicate mental aberration (and diseases). The first is the “sing,” a ceremony which takes place on two successive nights (six, if the first “sing” is unsuccessful), with all fires extinguished. The women pound bamboo stampers rhythmically against a log, while both men and women sing. A magico-medical expert (or experts) invokes his familiar spirit(s) to aid in diagnosing and treating the disorder. These familiar spirits are attracted by the presence of fragrant plants, “spirit perches” and sometimes other gifts. During the ceremony the expert or the younger men go into a trance. Some informants said the trance was due to possession by familiars, others that the “soul” of the person in the trance has gone into the rainforest to seek the familiars whose own “souls” are attending the sing. . . . .

Spells (jenampiq, from Malay jampi), many of which are in Malay, constitute the second major method of curing. If someone in the village knows the appropriate spell, he may recite it in addition to, during, or instead of a sing. Usually, however, treatment by spells, which requires the presence of only the patient and the spell-sayer, precedes treatment by sing, which requires a larger number of participants. People are vague about how spells work but, e.g., suggest that in cases of “soul loss,” spells “call the soul back,” whereas familiar spirits go and get the “soul.”

Photo: Chief Dam and a young man with a blowpipe and dart canister, Padangstar, Yala, South Thailand. From the John H. Brandt Collection, Orang Asli Archive SPRING 2014 • 11 ASIA In India, a Culture of Respect

“I’VE NEVER BEEN TREATED WITH SUCH RESPECT, As it turned out, most of his students rose to the challenge. such appreciation,” says Professor Jerry Jasinski of his fall 2013 “I had probably the best classes in my 35 years here,” he semester teaching at the University of Mysore, India, through says. “Nobody left. The atmosphere was just electric. And it’s a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship. “I had the most wonderful all because of what I experienced in India, how I saw them professional experience of my lifetime.” embrace education and academics.”

Jasinski had been collaborating for several years with faculty N Read Jasinski’s articles about his semester in India at from the university on crystallography research, which can keene.edu/mag. lead to the development of new drugs to fight cancer and tumors. While in India, he continued his research, published, in conjunction with his students there, 28 papers, spoke at a number of universities, toured the region, and got to know the people and culture of the South Asian republic.

What stands out most for him? The reverence that students have for teachers, for education, and for the subject matter, he says. “It’s beyond comprehension.” Jasinski received celebrity treatment from students, who lined up to have their photos taken with him and stood when his lectures were finished, waiting for him to leave the room before leaving themselves.

The experience has changed the way he approaches teaching. When he returned to teach at Keene State in the spring, he told the students in his two chemistry classes that he expected them to respect the faculty and their fellow students and to give the coursework their full attention. “I said, ‘Furthermore, if you choose not to do that, you can just walk out the door.’” Jerry Jasinski in the lab with Professor Tarlok Lobana. Courtesy photo

A 37-Year-Long Dance with the Japanese Bruce Stronach ’74 is dean of Temple to others, because if you do not learn to University’s Japan Campus. He reflects here on understand that which is outside your his life in East Asia. comfort zone, you will always be an outsider. The key is learning how much to hen I left KSC 40 years ago, I adapt and adopt in order to fit smoothly Wnever planned to go to Japan. in your new surroundings, and how much And two years later when I went to Keio to retain in order to remain yourself. University as a researcher, I never planned This is a dance I have been dancing to build a life in Japan; it just kind of with the Japanese for 37 years and it is happened. Now, I don’t think that I could still fascinating. I can truly say my life have planned anything better or more never gets old or boring. It may be at satisfying to do with my life. Living and various times in different parts beautiful, working abroad, embedded within an rewarding, enlightening, stressful, alien culture, living in a society in which uncomfortable, and angst-making . . . you did not grow up, and using a language but never boring. not your own teaches you a great deal about yourself. It also teaches you a great So, whether for a semester, or a year, or a deal about humanity as a whole. lifetime, take the challenge. Can you learn another language and culture well enough In order to integrate you must become to live in it? If you can, you’ll never see Bruce Stronach ’74. Courtesy photo flexible, able to challenge beliefs and yourself, your culture or your country attitudes you have held your whole life, the same way again. Is that good? I don’t and able to adapt without changing know, but it sure is interesting. your essential being. It also forces you to develop a greater sense of empathy – Bruce Stronach ’74 12 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu sually casting his recruiting line in pools around New three years in the military following high school, Resman England, Keene State swim coach Jack Fabian waded returned to Israel to complete his commitment and Uinto international waters to reel in Shahar Resman. continue his swimming. Resman, who is from Ashdod, Israel, grew up with the Looking to improve and to fulfill his dream of representing daily reminder of his country’s precarious position in the his country at the Olympics, Resman contacted Fabian region. “There are days you can’t go out, because you don’t about coming to Keene State. “I know what’s happening,” he says. Nonetheless, he enjoyed told him that we were a non- his childhood in Israel and began his pool pursuit there, scholarship Division III school, earning a spot on the country’s open-water national team. so I figured it would be the last we heard from him,” says Fabian, who is also a coach for the USA Swimming Fabian. national team, met Resman about five years ago when their paths crossed at a World Cup open-water event in That didn’t deter a determined Argentina. Concerned about the currents of the Rio Negro, Resman, who got in touch with the site of the race, Fabian and his daughter Eva, a world- the College Admissions and class open water swimmer, commandeered a kayak to Global Education offices. With investigate the conditions. paperwork and visa issues resolved, he was on his way. “I was happy, but I was also scared, because I was “One of the organizers asked if we could take this Israeli leaving my country and my family behind,” says Resman, kid along, because he wanted to swim in the river too, and now a junior who has earned five All-America honors it ended up being Shahar,” Fabian said. swimming for Keene State. “But I knew I had to do it to make my dream come true.” Although the trio became fast friends, Fabian wouldn’t hear from Resman for several years. Required to spend – Stuart Kaufman

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and factor in 20 to 25 students per class. “The amount of thinking Lots to Think About that goes on just to get through a day is amazing,” he notes. ver wonder what goes on in a teacher’s head during a lesson? John Sturtz has, and he traveled to Australia this Sturtz hooked up with Paul Reitano, a professor at Griffith summer to collect qualitative data for a cross-cultural University in Brisbane who shares his research interest. Reitano Estudy of the ways teachers think. came to New Hampshire first, and the two videotaped social studies teachers at four middle schools. They played back the “Being a teacher is a really hard job,” says videos for the teachers, who talked about why Sturtz, an assistant professor of education at they did what they did as the class session Keene State. “There’s a lot of thought process, unfolded. In July, Sturtz made the trip to and there is no algorithm. It’s a balance of Australia to repeat the process there. art and skill and science.” Educators need to balance content and pedagogy and meeting Sturtz hopes the findings of the study will state and federal standards like Common help teachers and education students have Core and No Child Left Behind, he notes – “all a better understanding of the process of these different layers that they filter through instructional decision making. “What do the time allotted, logistics, student behavior, people in the field contemplate as they’re where students have to be for the unit test, teaching? Education students have an idea of where they have to be for the end-of-the-year what it is that happens, but that’s not reality. assessment, where they have to be for next It’s tossed out the window as soon as they’re year.” Teachers have to teach to the short- in front of a class and they have to make range plan, keep the long-range plan in mind, John Sturtz, right, grabs a selfie in decisions, and decisions that matter.” figure out what an individual student needs, Australia with collaborator Paul Reitano.

Sarah Melady ’03 earned a Master of Social Work degree in 2009. and evening meals when you sit and have a “cuppa” (tea or Shortly after that, she learned that New Zealand had a shortage coffee in Kiwi English). If you invite people around for morning of social workers, and, after a relatively easy immigration process, tea they will arrive between 10 and 10:30 and for afternoon tea she was granted a three-year work visa and later permanent between 3 and 4. I frequently have to visit schools for my work, resident status. “I left the US with three suitcases, a backpack, and if I arrive at morning teatime I will very often have to sit in and a job that started in two weeks’ time,” she writes. She the tea room with the teachers while they have their tea and lives in the suburb of Mangere Bridge in the country’s largest the children have their “tea” and recess. On special occasions, city, Auckland, and works as a child protection social worker for teatime involves elaborate food offerings to share with others the New Zealand government. and becomes a longer social occasion. There is hardly a workplace that doesn’t provide tea (and milk and sugar) for its employees. And when I visit other workplaces Sit Down and Have a Cuppa there is always an offer of a cuppa and sometimes a biscuit (cookie). While I do not always have the time hile living in another country has its to formally acknowledge morning or afternoon teatime, it’s a challenges (as does life in general), one custom that reminds us to take a break and foster self care. Wcustom I have come to really appreciate in New Zealand is morning tea and afternoon tea. They – Sarah Melady ’03 are the two times between your morning, afternoon,

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14 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu AFRICA ‘I Am Because We Are’ Kelly Christianson ’15 spent six weeks during the summer of 2013 in a service learning program in Cape Town, South Africa. While there, she took courses and worked for six weeks at a children’s Courtesy photo home, where she organized a community garden project. “It was one BLESSINGS ALL AROUND of the best experiences of my life,” says the triple major, who hopes hile their classmates were heading off to graduate schools to teach in post-conflict countries. She describes her experiences and professional jobs, Keene State couple Sarah Stearns ’13, a with her host family: secondary education and social science major with a minor in gender studies, and Bryan Finocchiaro ’13, a geography major, got to stay with a Muslim family – a mom and dad, four W raised a combined $20,000 and then spent four months undertaking children, and a granddaughter. They were absolutely volunteer work in Kenya through a nonprofit called International fantastic. It was Ramadan when I got there, so I got to Volunteer HQ. “It was kind of a spur of the moment decision,” says fast with them. I learned a lot about community. I’m from Stearns, who taught at a primary East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, the Springfield area, school and a special needs school Iand there’s no community there as tightly knit as the one in Bo as well as helping out at Blessings Kapp. I’ve never experienced living in a neighborhood where Children’s Home, the orphanage people care about their neighbors. So I thought a lot about my where Finocchiaro worked. The experience with Ramadan. The entire Muslim community came funds they raised provided supplies together, and each family would make one dish of food. They and construction materials for would make enough for the entire community. Everyone would projects at the orphanage. make a different dish, and then you’d go from house to house exchanging food, so that when it was time to eat after the day I taught English, social studies, was done, every family had something the entire community and science to sixth- through had made. Ubuntu, the Xhosa word for “I am because we are,” eighth-graders, and had about means: We are all in this together. You have what your neighbor 90 kids in my class. The school has. If you have enough to share, you share with everyone. Even had 1,200 students and only Sarah Stearns ’13 and Bryan Finocchiaro ’13. if you don’t have enough to share, you share with everyone. 32 teachers. There was no Courtesy photo technology; you were lucky if – Kelly Christianson ’15 the kids had a pen or a pencil and paper. Most of the teachers didn’t even have notebooks. My class was full, with students N Read online about Christianson’s summer ’14 trip to sitting on the floor and on desks. But they would never, ever Rwanda at keene.edu/mag. misbehave, and unless they were spoken to they wouldn’t say one word. They taught me just as much as I taught them. I spoke English, but I learned a lot of Swahili and a lot about their culture.

– Sarah Stearns ’13

I pretty much think of everyone at the orphanage as extended family now. Since we returned home, we’ve been emailing and sending packages over with clothing and games and books. It’s hard to describe the experience, but it’s one that you wish everyone could do once in their lives, see how the other people live. The kids in the orphanage had one meal a day, no parents, no possessions. But they are young, they’re bright eyed, and they always have smiles on their faces. Now I try to take advantage of the opportunities that are in front of me, and to use only what’s needed. I just don’t take as much for granted anymore.

– Bryan Finocchiaro ’13

Kelly Christianson ’15, right, with another American student on exchange in N Visit keene.edu/mag to link to a video Stearns and South Africa. Courtesy photo Finocchiaro made of their travels and work in Kenya.

SPRING 2014 • 15 AFRICA The Keene/Kenya Connection

he efforts of Jason Crooks ’96 to help a young Kenyan launched Mike Pratt and Ruthellen Davison over to do mission outreach. a chain of events that have led to a business venture to They met Kiara and Kenyan farmers who sought an outlet for their bring quality Kenyan products to America – starting in the products in the US. They brought back local tea as gifts, and the Monadnock Region. friends who received the tea loved it, which sparked the idea of T developing a business to import high-quality Kenyan A year after he graduated, Jason Crooks headed to teas, nuts, jams, chilies, and coffee to America. Kenya with the Peace Corps. One day found him riding up a mountainside in a Land Rover with a They partnered with Charles Owusu ’99, local Kenyan teenager, David Kiara ’05. Crooks decided businessman and Alumni Board president, to he would do what he could to get Kiara market their products in the US. The into KSC. “He was thoughtful, kind, partnership created Clouds of Grace and inquisitive,” Crooks remembered. Imports, which is now distributing “He’d lost a leg to cancer and had a tea under the brand name Merusu, prehistoric prosthesis, but managed coffee and nuts under the Out to be incredibly upbeat all the time.” of Africa brand, and herbs as Meru Herbs. Owusu sees many Through his friendships with possibilities for a relationship Lindy Coggeshall M’93, in what is between the College and the now the Global Education Office, and work in Africa. “There are many Don Hayes, then KSC’s coordinator of different aspects of running a Community Service, Crooks paved the business, and I believe current and way for Kiara to gain admission to Keene former students will help shape that,” State and scholarship funds to help with he noted. “I believe that KSC has yet to tuition. Frances Kiser of Kiser’s Orthotic leave its mark on this project.” and Prosthetic Services set him up with a new prosthetic leg. – Mark Reynolds

After Kiara graduated and returned to Charles Owusu ’99, left, and Mike Pratt with Kenya, the Keene church he attended sent tea and other Kenyan products.

After spending the spring semester of his sophomore year command post during the civil war for the Rwandan studying in South Africa, Alex Habibi ’15 was particularly Patriotic Front, now the governing party. I saw a small interested in traveling to Rwanda this summer with other amount of metal fragments; I assumed they were Keene State students and Professor Therese Seibert. “I’m shrapnel or bullet casings. Yes, there were trenches right interested in colonialism and seeing the effects of it,” he there, and no government markers. It wasn’t part of a says. “South Africa and Rwanda went down very different sanitized museum or anything like that. paths in 1994. If you’d asked foreign policy analysts in 1993 which country in Africa would see a race war/genocide, they It just really spoke to the freshness of the conflict. probably would have said South Africa. The international The Patriotic Front invaded in 1990, the genocide community considered Rwanda to be of marginal concern.” was in 1994, and I was born in 1993, so it’s fresh and right there. And even at some memorials, like in the Ntarama Church, there are still blood stains on the ‘There Was This Stillness’ walls, there’s still the lingering smell of death. I don’t know if it was my mind conjuring up that smell or if it The trip combined two weeks of touring Rwanda and two was actually there. It’s almost like there’s an air about weeks of participating in the Peace-Building Institute, it. Even though there wasn’t a memorial marker on a conference for students facilitated by the nonprofit Mount Kabuye, and there are no skeletons or physical organization Never Again Rwanda. Habibi also had a remains, you could almost feel that something had chance to climb Mount Kabuye with another Keene State happened there. There was this stillness. Something student, a Rwandan friend, and two local boys. He speaks didn’t feel right. about that experience here: – Alex Habibi ’15 When we got to the top, there were a lot of holes dug in the ground. Immediately, I thought they were trenches. N Read an interview with Alex Habibi at keene. It turned out that the top of that mountain was a edu/mag. 16 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu GLOBAL

“No single thing impacted me more concerns), I met a large group of high school teachers. They invited me to visit during my KSC years than Dr. Al their school to attend classes and talk Rydant’s lecture on the apartheid with their students. I eagerly agreed, but the administration wouldn’t allow it. system in South Africa,” writes A few days later I joined them to break George F. Roberson ’86. Roberson, the fast during Ramadan at the home who has a PhD in geosciences of the top military commander in the region. He was hosting a series of elegant and spent a year as a Fulbright dinners, having just returned from the research scholar in Morocco, is the Hajj in Mecca. He greeted me with great humility, bowing low, head turned down, founder, publisher, and director of gently holding my hand for a long time. Collaborative Media International, The school administrator was also there; he greeted me more warmly than my

An Elegant Dinner,

Conductedown family, with rounds in of cheek Silence kisses, a nongovernmental organization hugs, and compliments. All the guests dedicated to “furthering were male. The next few hours we were served mountains of food, more food intercultural dialogue and than I’ve ever seen before. The final understanding between the USA, course was five-foot round platters of rice and a whole grilled lamb, placed on the the North Africa / Middle East floor, with eight or nine men crouched Regions, and world-wide through around each. The odd thing was that no one spoke the entire evening; I felt like I’d multinational collaboration, stepped into the twilight zone. After we research, and education.” He left the dinner, all the teachers crowded divides his time among Denver, around, anxiously asking me questions, talking, joking, etc. And I asked, “But, Amherst, Massachusetts, Tangier, why did no one speak at the dinner?” It and Mexico City. was a “protest,” they replied, “against the administrator” – since he wouldn’t let me ’ve traveled in over 50 countries, visit their school. and nothing has humbled and impressed me more than the – George F. Roberson ’86 generosity, friendship, and solidarity Read more from George F. Roberson of the people I’ve met. N George F. Roberson ’86 explores Taoist I about what drew him to his work and sites on Laoshan Mountain, near Qingdao Once, visiting in a war zone (I can’t link to CMI’s website at keene.edu/mag. in Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China. Courtesy photo mention the place due to safety

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Writing the Book on Global Engagement o Beth Mullens, professor of geography, has designed and taught a number of international courses over the years and Jhas figured out the logistics of taking students overseas. Pru Cuper, professor of education, has a strong background in curriculum and pedagogy but (until recently) no experience teaching outside the United States. When the two teamed up to teach an Honors Global Engagement course in Peru, they realized their areas of experience and expertise complemented each other – and could even benefit other faculty teaching an international field course for the first time. Chris Coates ’04 in his Owl days. File photo “Since 2003, more students are opting for short-term, largely faculty-led programs for their international study experience,” says Mullens. “Despite this trend, we found that there were BASKETBALL AROUND THE WORLD very few resources out there to help faculty navigate this fter completing an outstanding Owl basketball career, teaching arena.” Afinishing second in scoring (1,970 points) and fifth in rebounds (795) on Keene State’s all-time career list and After leading Global becoming the program’s first All-American, Chris Coates ’04, Engagement courses in a determined and savvy 6-foot-3 swingman, overcame the Peru and Belize, Cuper and odds by becoming one of the few Division III players to get the Mullens teamed up to write opportunity to play professionally overseas. When he returned a book: Fostering Global to the US, he parlayed his experience into a business helping Citizenship Through Faculty-Led high school players prepare for college and college players International Programs. Part prepare to try out for overseas teams. practical program-planner, part curriculum model, and part Coates attended several pro-exposure camps before signing his travelogue, the book is informed first professional contract to play in France. While the perks, by the larger question of how to which included a round-trip ticket, a furnished apartment, and usher young adults into global a car, were nice, Coats says adapting to a new country and a citizenry. different language was difficult. “The people in France weren’t super warm to Americans, and no one on the team spoke “There are many things that English,” he says. “During halftime speeches the coach would Jo Beth Mullens, left, and Pru Cuper. you need to think about say, ‘Chris, you go score,’ and that was pretty much it.” just to make a trip happen,” notes Cuper, who was recently named the Alumni Association Coates had a better experience playing in Australia. “The Distinguished Teacher for 2014 (Mullens earned the award in 2006). people in Australia were really awesome. There was no “But there are other things you have to think about simultaneously language barrier and they welcomed you with open arms,” he to have the learning experience be as rich as possible.” remembers. “If you embraced the culture they went out of the way to make you feel at home.” How rich? Transformational. Here’s just one story from the book: The students took on a service project in Peru, building After putting up impressive numbers in Australia and doing stoves of mud mortar in indigenous village homes. Initially some self-promotion, Coates went on to play four more years shy with the Peruvians and uncomfortable with the task, they on a higher-level team in Norway, where he was named MVP soon began to interact and take pride in their work. Later, they and the league’s leading scorer. After signing a lucrative gathered to reflect. “Enthusiasm was running high and stories contract to play in Hungary, though, Coates saw his professional filled the air. They talked about what they had learned that day, career abroad come to an end when he suffered a pulled how clumsy they had felt at times, and how amazed they were ligament in his ankle and had a bout of food poisoning while to be in the village.” One student came to this realization: “‘We trying out for the team. were supposed to be helping today, but the service was the other way around. They opened their homes and let us in.’” These days, Coates can be found back home in New Hampshire, running Coates Sports Management. “I’m truly NRead more online at keene.edu/mag. doing what I love,” he says. – Stuart Kaufman 18 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu Lisa DiGiovanni, History and Literature Detective

Lest you think conducting literary and historical research is a dry and sedentary pursuit, consider the work of Lisa largely unknown chapter in DiGiovanni, assistant professor history that brings together of Spanish. Her book Longing forgotten stories of revolutionary women, displaced children, for Resistance: Post- intellectuals, and combatants who Revolutionary Nostalgia resisted fascist forms of government in Spanish and Chilean and culture. I learned about one of these Spanish exiles, Victor Pey, on an earlier Fiction and Film research trip to Chile. Born in 1915, Pey examines how novels fought in the Spanish Civil War and later fled on Neruda’s ship to Chile, where he and films convey a befriended Salvador Allende. I attempted nostalgic longing for a to arrange a face-to-face meeting with pre-dictatorial past in Spain him, but had begun to lose hope until I went to a book presentation and, by and Chile, as well as for the chance, Pey sat right in front of me. I got resistance during the Franco and up the nerve and approached him, but Pinochet regimes. Her research, he mistook me for someone else and gave me an embrace. After I awkwardly which has taken her to two asked if he had received my messages, continents, involves detective he realized his error and cordially told skills, legwork, persistence, and me he would get back to me, which he never did. The interview I had envisioned analysis. Here she writes about lingers, and my longing to listen to his her recent research trip to Spain, stories remains forever suspended. Yet my questions do not remain entirely funded by a Keene State Faculty unanswered. I’ve met other survivors, Development Grant: authors, and filmmakers in Spain and Chile, and have heard first-hand accounts t the Spanish Civil War of survival and continued commitment to Archive in Salamanca, I justice and equality. tracked down documents, newspaper articles, and Spanish students are not only language original letters related to learners, but also cultural interpreters theA 2,100 Republican exiles who arrived engaged in understanding the social, in Valparaíso, Chile, on September 3, historical, political, and economic 1939, on a ship called the Winnipeg. contexts of Latin America and Spain and The famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda how these connect with our own. Lisa DiGiovanni in front of the Spanish Civil War organized the transport of these exiles. Archive in Salamanca, Spain. Courtesy photo My book highlights this fascinating and – Lisa DiGiovanni

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KEENE STATE’S DONOR HONOR ROLL IS NOW ONLINE AT Darrell Hucks Mark Long Stuart Mitchell Denise Burchsted KEENE.EDU/MAG José Lezcano, Music Mark C. Long, English Performed three “Humanities to Go” Invited to serve as an external reviewer Many thanks to the alumni and friends presentations for the New Hampshire for English departments at The College Humanities Council, including one of Idaho and SUY Geneseo. who support Keene State College for inmates of the New Hampshire Correctional Institution in Berlin. Daniel Patterson, Theatre and Dance students with their donations. You’ll Had his play The Vastness Within read by Darrell Hucks, Education The Edge Ensemble under the direction find their names on the Honor Roll list Received an award for Education of Keene State Adjunct Kim Dupuis in for fiscal 2014 (July 1, 2013, through Excellence from Kappa Delta Pi, Keene’s Heberton Hall June 6. the international honor society in June 30, 2014). education. He was recognized in the Denise Burchsted, Environmental Studies Professional Development category Received a $23,450 grant from the Total donations: $1,955,032.34 for the Inspiring Conversations in University of New Hampshire/US Education conference held at Keene Geological Survey. Her project includes KSC Fund donations: $126,867.57 State. student research on dams and water Scholarship donations: $1,152,327.71 quality in New England Rivers. Total donors: 3,033 John Sturtz, Education Received a nearly $5,000 Whiting Kris Fox and Jessica Trombley, Campus Total alumni donors: 1,845 Foundation grant for travel to Safety Australia to engage in a cross-cultural Recently completed certification to investigation of teachers’ pedagogical teach Rape Aggression Defense for thinking. Women (RAD).

Jonathan Schwartz, Film Stuart Mitchell, Campus Safety Received a $5,640 Whiting Foundation Completed advanced training in the grant for travel to Vienna to explore Clery Act, which mandates that colleges holdings in the Austrian Film Museum. keep and disclose information about crime on and near their campuses. WHO DO YOUR DONATIONS SUPPORT?

Pru Cuper, professor of education, was named the Alumni Association Distinguished Teacher for 2014. With a focus on curriculum development that encourages reflection and appreciation of cultural diversity, Cuper has taught in Keene State’s elementary, secondary, and graduate education programs and in the Morris- August Honors Program. A colleague wrote: “Dr. Cuper demands much from her students and is able to pull the best from them.”N Read more on page 18 of this issue of Keene State Today and online at keene.edu. KEENE STATE STUDENTS!

W. James Stemp, associate professor in the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology Department, received the 2014 Faculty Distinction in Research and Scholarship Award. Over the past 25 years, Stemp has conducted considerable archaeological fieldwork in Belize. He’s also championed undergraduate research at Keene State. NRead more on page 4 of this issue of Keene State Today and online at keene.edu. To make a donation, or for more information, visit www.keene.edu/ development. 20 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu KSC Giving?KSC GIVING

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tudents in the Morris-August Honors Program at The William T. Morris Foundation, says Kostick, invests Keene State are going places – places like Belize, generously in the Honors trips, which are not inexpensive. Nicaragua, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cuba, Peru, and (The foundation also provides major support for all other SEcuador. Those admitted to the program for aspects of the Honors Program, including scholarships and academically motivated students are required to enroll in support for high-impact learning practices.) “It’s really an Global Engagement, a course that follows a semester of learning investment,” says Kostick, who notes that it comes with about a country’s culture, politics, environment, and history expectations for the students. with a two-and-a-half week faculty-led trip to that country. “Oftentimes they travel as second-semester sophomores, “Travel just demands critical and creative inquiry about who sometimes juniors. We’re not sending them out senior year you are in relationship to other places and other cultures,” says and saying, ‘This is a great carrot at the end of the stick, now Associate Professor Robert Kostick, Honors Program director. go graduate and go out and do good things in the world,’” he “You can’t help but be adds. The students challenged.” are expected to “I am more aware of my own culture return to campus Thanks to the William and society, and I feel more of a need to and, informally T. Morris Foundation and formally, share and its president, have a global presence.” their experiences Bruce August P’13, the with the College challenges don’t include financial pressures. The foundation community. They participate in the annual Academic makes it possible for Honors Program students to undertake the Excellence Conference; they speak to parents during Parent required travel by providing funds that offset most of the cost of and Family Weekend; they give presentations and sit on the trips. panels; they talk with other students.

The Global Engagement trips combine interactions with local “Travel is hard,” Kostick says, “but some locations offer the best residents, research, visits to museums and historic sites, of everything and the worst of everything. You’re challenged community service, and sightseeing, and sometimes include the most and you’re the most free, but not at the same time. homestays with families. Each is led by a pair of Keene State It’s the up and down of everything. When students are in that professors, who put in considerable time arranging itineraries, environment and they’re working with good faculty, they grow transit, and safe (though often rustic) lodgings. personally and intellectually.”

Two Global Engagement classes were offered during the 2014 N Learn more about the Keene State Morris-August Honors spring semester, one on Nepal and one on South Africa. The Program and how to support it with a donation at keene.edu/mag. trips left shortly after the end of the school year.

Danielle Fallette ’16, who traveled to Nepal, noted that the semester of study that preceded the trip was critical. “You have to learn about a culture to understand it and not be overwhelmed by it,” she says. “We talked about mindfulness and learned how to be open-minded and find connections. Because of that we could take in more on the trip and learn more from it.” Due to her time in Nepal, she is now considering applying to the Peace Corps when she graduates. “If I travel anywhere, I don’t want to travel as a tourist. I want to go into the country and learn about it,” she says.

Katherine Marren ’16, who blogged about the Honors Program trip to South Africa, which focused on apartheid and the country post-apartheid, calls the trip “extremely powerful for everyone. We were all taken out of our comfort zones at some point or another, and learned so much because of that.” The travel, she says, changed her life. “I am more aware of my own culture and society, and I feel more of a need to have a global presence.” Keene State student Matt McDougal ’15 talks with local children during a Morris-August Honors Program trip to Nepal. Courtesy photo

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1927 ried the local postmaster and “The smiling face of a special Marion Stevens Creighton writes country storeowner. I continued person was missing. Former from Lebanon that she did her stu- Margaret Grover Colburn is de- teaching in the Lyme-Hanover Assistant Director for Alumni and dent teaching at Concord High lighted that she can get outside to area for 30 years. In 1971 we Parents Kay MacLean died on School and Orford High School. walk in the warm weather. moved to Florida, where I became March 7, 2014. Anyone who knew She is doing pretty well in spite of a special reading teacher under Kay loved her. Kay received the several falls. Her son has cancer 1935 the Title 1 program and taught for Outstanding Service Award at the and is receiving treatment at the 10 years in Hampton. My husband awards dinner. On Sunday after- Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Beautiful Christmas and St. died in 2000. I then began travel- noon friends and family gathered Hanover. Patrick’s Day cards arrive yearly ing on cruises. I’ve been to Alas- at the College Camp for a cel- Clare McCusker Bennett from Bernice Adams Michael. ka, Hawaiian Islands twice, have ebration of her life. Jay Kahn and “Bunny” has a request for her also taken a river cruise in Europe. the Rev. Ferrin, minister of the planned to spend another summer classmates: “Send in news for I have been to Australia and New Keene Baptist Church, led the at her cottage on Mt. Vista Lake. our column.” Zealand and several cruises in the ceremonies. Friends spoke of This past winter she visited family Caribbean area. I’m 93, live alone, Kay’s many accomplishments and and friends in Phoenix and Salt 1936 and keep active. I do volunteer her great kindness. We will all Lake City. Clare enjoys time spent with her grandchildren. She volun- Thelma Dickinson Dubriske has work at the local senior center. miss Kay very much. teers at the New London Hospital moved from the Woodard Home This is not ‘just a little world!’” “Recently Louise Whitten Per- Gift Shop and is active in her in Keene to an assisted living kins and I chatted on the phone. church. facility in Westbrook, ME. Her 1942 Her son General David Perkins niece writes that it is a lovely Doris Johnson Blanchard Peggy Smith Campbell was chosen as guest speaker for writes place and that her aunt is happy 143 Walton Rd. an international delegation in Is- from Tennessee that it has been a and receives excellent care. East Palatka, FL 32131 rael and for an event in England. busy 28 years since she retired. [email protected] Doris volunteers at the hospital 1940 “I had a letter from Dorothy Lin- and is busy with church activities. Our thoughts go out to the family Dorothy Young Carruthers coln Dattge’s daughter telling us Her daughter lives close by to of John Freese. He and Barbara 100 Park Lane, Apt. 206 that Dorothy has died. Dorothy drive her any long distances. Son often held a potluck for those early Contoocook, NH 03229 had moved into an assisted living Bob owns a home in Ohio but ’40s graduates at their cottage, home. Despite her poor eyesight visits often and she hopes he will 1941 where they shared family stories and hearing, her daughter assures move down in the near future. and Keene memories. Barbara us that Dorothy had an active life. Doris has eight grandchildren and Virginia Rollins Flint and John frequently attended Dorothy and I taught together in three great-grandchildren. 799 Milan Rd. Golden Circle Luncheons. Greenville and worked as cham- Milan, NH 03588 Breeze Saladino Mosley bermaids in York Beach, ME. lives in Peggy Smith Campbell was Keene and often volunteers at the Barbara Jeffery Stimson pleased on her 93rd birthday to “The next class notes are due in Alumni Center. Her daughter lives 678 Pettyboro Rd. receive cards from the Alumni October of this year. Please send next door and three grandchildren Bath, NH 03740 staff. She has been class secre- me some news of your activities.” live in Keene also. She plays Virginia and Barbara write, “There tary for many years, but lately bridge several times a week. are 13 of us still around. If each of when calling classmates has been 1946 sad to hear that so many are in you could let us know about your- Thelma Partridge Mitchell 1947 nursing homes or deceased. selves, we would be happy to PO Box 52 Ruth Washburn Peggy lives in her own home, include you in our newsletter. 70 Cedar St. 75 Pleasant St. A207 enjoys working in her yard, rides Contoocook, NH 03229 East Longmeadow, MA 01028 “Virginia Flint had a shoulder her bike miles daily, walks often, [email protected] replacement last summer and is and is active in her church. She Shirley Ring Green and daughter back to driving her car, running moved to Florida in 1955 but loves Maureen were planning a trip to 1948 errands, and generally doing well. returning to New Hampshire as California in May to see a grand- often as she can. daughter graduate from high Ellie Smith Butler “Virginia kept in touch with Dr. 9 Muster Ct. Richard Dundas ’39, who died in school. They were also going to 1943 attend the ceremony of Gary be- Lexington, MA 02420-2001 May. He played trumpet in the [email protected] College band and went on to be- Caroline Nichols Pregent coming the commissioner of the come president of Castleton Col- 30 Giffin St. Superior Court in Fresno County. 1949 lege in VT. Our condolences to his Keene, NH 03431 Then they were to head to San Francisco. Shirley lives in her own loved ones. [email protected] Ellie Hughgill Muldoon home, takes exercise classes, 3D Melville Ct. “Barb Stimson had spinal steno- Caroline Nichols Pregent writes, drives her own car, and swims at Lily Pond Overlook sis but is now walking.” “The warm weather for the Keene the city pool. State College alumni weekend Pocasset, MA 02559 Arlene “Starkey” Rich wrote to was enjoyed by all who attended. Our thoughts go out to the family [email protected] Barbara, “Like you I settled into a The weekend included parties, of Lorraine Dow Gates, who ‘home-town’ life. My first teaching class photos, an ice-cream social, passed away recently. position was in Lyme, NH. I mar- and the President’s Brunch.

22 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu 1951 1952 president Dr. Anne Huot, a native eryone she knows. In addition, she of Manchester, NH. He says, ‘One participates in events on campus Norma Wright Walker Winifred Woodbury Langtry of her goals is to really make a all through the year. She attends 19 Eaton Rd. 50 Evergreen Lane difference, and it is important that many Golden Circle lunches and Swanzey, NH 03446 Contoocook, NH 03229 we all have pride in our College often brings friends who need [email protected] [email protected] and hope everyone gets involved rides along with her. Winnie also in student activities as a lot of volunteers for many activities on Secretary Norma Walker writes: Irene DiMeco Parent things have changed on campus. I and off campus. She lobbies for “I was pleased to receive a note 27 Lashua Rd. hope that everyone continues to the College through mails and from Glenna Yeaton Nutter. She Ashburnham, MA 01430 come to reunions to enjoy old email. She is a true ambassador reminded me I had made an error [email protected] friends and make new ones.’ and very worthy of this award. in the class notes when I said that Claire Waterhouse Simensen Winnie, congratulations.” Carlton was her brother – he is “I had a nice phone conversation 17 Sullivan Ct. not her brother but is a relative of with Norma Osgood. She used to Irene Jones Dunbar is keeping live in Sugar Hill, NH, and ran a busy these days in Ossipee and very successful bed and breakfast elsewhere. She taught for 30 for many years. She presently lives years and then retired. With family in an independent living complex connections in Prince Edward near family in Shelton, CT. She Island, she was able to purchase was a teacher for 33 years, a lot and has a mobile home in earned an MA and taught first and Summerside. (Winnie Langtry second grade, retiring in 1985. recalls camping there years ago with Bob and their grandchildren.) Mary Moore Conroy “ sent a nice She likes to go there each sum- email telling of her busy life and of mer and enjoys being with family taking care of her husband, Mick, in the area. Her husband died who had bypass surgery and is earlier but they enjoyed traveling doing well. She helps and visits while he was alive. Irene and Win- friends and a brother who is re- nie enjoyed visiting about their Winnie Langtry ’52 met Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, GA. covering from surgery as well. She experiences in classes at Keene receives daily offers of help from State because both were in the Salem, NH 03079 her husband. Sorry about that, church members. She feels very home economics program. [email protected] Glenna. She is doing well. blessed. Mary even takes time to enjoy her music group and plays Anita Rawchuck Nestor returned Irene DiMeco Parent writes: “We “Reunion 2014 brought Glen the violin for three nursing homes from Puerto Vallarta to California. are saddened to hear of the death Falkenham and wife Joy Johnson and at her church on Sundays. of another classmate, David Winnie Langtry Falkenham ’54 to campus. Joy’s She also works with her Prayer writes: “This win- ‘Senator’ Field. Dave died March brother Stanley Johnson is a Shawl Knitting Ministry. She ter I had a wonderful time visiting 10 at 85 after a long illness. High- classmate of ours. It was nice to sends love to all. friends who have retired to Plains, share the weekend with them. lights from his obituary: Dave was GA. I have always admired Jimmy Glen carried our class sign in the born in 1928 in Keene, a natural “We visited with Murray ‘Whitey’ Carter and Rosalynn. When I was parade and I was glad not to have explorer who served in the navy. Ramsay, who in spite of his long in Philadelphia studying for my to walk alone. Dave’s career in education en- illness has still retained his sense master’s degree at Temple Univer- compassed 27 years and included of humor. His wife, Margaret ’56, sity, I attended one of Jimmy’s “A special thank you goes out to many supervisory positions. In fell in the spring and hurt her hip, town meetings and was able to Pat Parent O’Donnell for seeing retirement he liked to travel and had surgery, and was coming meet and enjoy being with them that Barbara Boudreau Bisson- read. along well. several times the week I was in nette ’44 attended the Keene Plains. I even attended church and “Don Carle has a new address at alumni luncheon held in Tampa in “June 2014 was reunion – always his Sunday School class. What a Bentley Commons senior housing February. Pat is always there an exciting and uplifting time see- great job they are both doing for in Keene and is still getting around ready to help in any way she can ing old friends and making new so many mission projects and and going to events at the Col- and she loves to have alumni gath- ones. This year there were seven Peace Keeping trips, and confer- lege, where he enjoys visiting with erings in her part of the state. from our class of ’52. It was also ences all over the world at the age everyone. He still goes to athletic an exceptional year, especially for of 89 and 86. I am now reading “Bevalie Bonardi Bouchard from events, concerts, and the art gal- Winnie Langtry , who was award- the books they autographed for Alaska spent some time in her lery, and enjoys basketball games. ed the Sprague W. Drenan Award me. I thank God we have people hometown of Bethlehem this He visits with Charlotte, Bruce for volunteering her time at the like them still caring about so spring. Then she and sister Patsie and Irene Parent, and Winnie College. It was no surprise to any- many others. I am now reading his Bonardi ’53 went to Buffalo to Langtry. He talks with Dick Lord one who knows Winnie, as she is new book, which tells of the abuse attend one of Bev’s grandson’s occasionally. Dick is in assisted always doing something for some- of women and girls worldwide, graduation. living in Connecticut and is happy one. She has been a class secre- including our country.” there as his children and grand- tary for years and is adamant “I would love to hear from other children are nearby. Don says the about getting the news about ev classmates so we can keep this College is lucky to have as its column full of news.”

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1953 “My wife, Bette Baston Emmett Robert Heon has compiled a Coach of the Year honors in 2013. ’54, taught English and journalism book of poetry, The Eccentric Donald J. Johnson for 15 years in the high school English Text, now available on 1961 695 Clement Hill Rd. classroom and for nine years of Amazon. Dorothy Bean Simpson Deering, NH 03244 homeschooling a grandson. She PO Box 1373 [email protected] enjoys reading and writing. We 1958 Center Harbor, NH 03226 are both cancer survivors. Don Emmett writes: “After gradu- Jacqueline A. Abbott [email protected] ating from Keene State College I “Our daughter is director of ac- 7 Keeney Dr. completed Naval Officer Candi- counting and budget at Children’s Bolton, CT 06043 1962 date School in Newport, RI, fol- Hospital of The King’s Daughters [email protected] Stephanie Heselton Baute lowed by eight years of commis- in Norfolk. Our son is a professor 515 E. Surry Rd. sioned service. During my time at of political economics at the 1959 Surry, NH 03431 sea I was involved with assign- James Madison College of the [email protected] Carol Gatcomb Riel ments stretching from the extreme Michigan State University. Our 350 Pako Ave Martha Crowley Morse North Atlantic to the extreme family of six grandchildren and Keene, NH 03431 131 Case St. South Atlantic with deep sea div- two great-grandchildren is rather [email protected] North Canton, CT 06019 ing and operational assignments spread out; however, we keep [email protected] on a destroyer committed to the in touch through the marvels of Dr. Lawrence Cole ran in the security of the United States and modern technology!” Clarence DeMar Marathon in 1963 activities leading to the Cuban Keene September 29, 2013 – missile crisis. During the opening 1954 and finished! Elizabeth Butterfly Gilman ceremonies of the St. Lawrence 277 Coolidge Dr. Seaway, my ship had the privilege June Haymon 1960 Portsmouth, NH 03801-5740 of escorting the Queen of Eng- 3247 Lucerne St. [email protected] Gail Spevack Sheldon land and Prince Philip on their Bronx, NY 10465 241 Blucher St. royal yacht from Chicago to Lake [email protected] Robb Moore writes: “Hi every- Manchester, NH 03102 Superior. My shore assignments body! I lived in San Francisco in Lola (Tanner) Burns writes, “So [email protected] included attending the Naval Post the summer of love, grew my hair great to see how well the Scholar- to two feet long, but always had Graduate School in Monterey, CA, Carmen S. Nalbone of Titusville, ship Fund is going!” a job and an apartment. Went on and teaching the employment of NJ, celebrated her 81st birthday in the peace marches, some with special weapons in Norfolk, VA. July. She writes: “Thank you 1955 Joan Baez. Turned out that I was Keene State College and the New “After resigning my commission, I mostly gay, but I also had a son, Alfreda Crosby Gallo Hampshire fresh air.” taught math, physics, and photog- 3406 S. Palm Ave. Christian, and he is a great kid. raphy and served as a department Palatka, FL 32177-6342 Ryan Joy, Bob “Lefty” Joy’s No grandkids yet. Currently live in head at Norfolk Christian High [email protected] grandson, was named head coach fantastic San Diego, and am now School for 33 years. I completed of Plymouth State’s women’s soc- producing a film I made in San an MS at Old Dominion University, 1956 cer program. Joy won NHIAA Francisco 40 years ago – of me was a Shell Merit Fellow at Cor- and my then-partner.” Minot Parker nell University, and enjoyed 12 IN THE NEWS PO Box 370540 years of teaching freshman col- Betty Gilman continues with Montara, CA 94037-0540 Robert “Crow” Enderson lege math and statistics during the news of classmates from their [email protected] ’56 of Littleton, NH, has evenings at Golden Gate Univer- responses in the 50th reunion sity on the local naval base. Re- 1957 retired from over 50 years questionnaire. She writes: “I will cently I completed 10 years of of dentistry. He was continue to write about our class- teaching freshman math and sta- Cynthia Randall Faust featured in the New mates using the responses, but would love to hear directly from all tistics at Bryant & Stratton Col- 77 Sand Hill Rd. Hampshire Union Leader. lege in Virginia Beach. Peterborough, NH 03458 classmates. If you need another [email protected] NRead more copy of the questionnaire, please online at keene.edu/mag. let me know. Thank you for the REUNION 2014 REUNION

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A Classy Donation At this year’s annual Reunion Alumni Luncheon, members of the class of 1964 celebrating their 50th joined a growing number of 50th Reunion classes choosing to give back to their alma mater in a significant and meaningful way – through the creation of a student scholarship fund. With the average cost to attend Keene State College hover- ing around $25,000, today’s students face enormous financial hurdles and mountains of debt. Members of the class of 1964 hope that their new scholarship will help to lessen the burden for future Keene Staters. Thank you, class of 1964!

continued support of the Class enjoy camping and the coast on campus. He retired from Pem- We celebrated our 50th anniver- of 1963 Teacher Education near Waldoboro. Janice gardens, broke Academy as an industrial sary in 2013. I taught for 28 years Scholarship.” quilts, and loves to read, while arts teacher and now does a little in grades three to six in Hopkin- Jack enjoys woodworking and part-time work at SNHU in Man- ton, Dover, and North Carolina. Margaret (Roehrig) Barrett reading. chester. He also likes to travel, go We had four children: Damon, writes that as a commuter student to casinos, and follow the New Bonnie, Shannon, and Tamara. Marion (Whittier) Lake at Keene, she knew mostly other and her England sports teams. Damon was killed by a drunk driv- Albert Lake ’64 commuters and students in her husband, , recall er two days before his high school elementary education classes. receiving a mug given to Marion 1964 graduation in 1982. Needless to After teaching for five years, she on November 11, 1962, at a say, that was devastating. We used her talents working in a MERP dance. Al was her date Helen I. Jette have four grandchildren to make corporate treasury. She has a son when they won a contest and she 37100 Neukom Ave. our lives adventurous. We have and daughter-in-law who were still has the mug! Marion writes Zephyrhills, FL 33541 done considerable traveling over Christopher Dr. Ann Peters graduates of KSC. that was her advi- [email protected] the years to Europe, Belize, the Barrett ’93 Christen (Puglia) and sor and mentor in the world of Bahamas, New Zealand, and Chi- Barrett ’93 are living in Austin, mathematics for a woman. Today, Bill Doolan 9189 William Cody Dr. na. We started a camping busi- TX, so Margaret and her husband, after retiring from elementary edu- ness in 1973 in Chocorua and Thomas, visit Texas. Her daughter cation, she and her husband enjoy Evergreen, CO 80439 [email protected] continue to operate it as a family and grandson live in Merrimack, their family, volunteering, and trav- endeavor. We are very actively closer to Margaret’s home in eling the United States. Shirley La France Spencer was involved in family, business, and Hudson. Leon Frechette writes: “When looking forward to reunion. She spending time at our cottage in John (Jack to all of us) Devine you’re having fun, the time just wrote in February, “Many happen- the Bahamas. I am looking for- and his wife, Janice (Hawkins), flies by.” Leon, who played bas- ings have occurred in 50 years! ward to retiring from our camping retired in 2009 from their roles as ketball for KTC, holds special Leo Spencer and I married one resort and enjoying it as a guest to teacher and administrator. They memories of meeting his late wife week after he graduated in 1963. read, write, bike, learn some new

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things, and to exploring the US in running around making sure things since graduation in 1969. Better 1973 our motorhome.” go smoothly, but every year is a late than never! good time. This year the weather Kathleen Pickford Stacy 1965 was absolutely perfect after two “Following graduation from KSC, I 190 Old Hancock Rd. received a Master of Divinity from Antrim, NH 03440 Richard E. Doyle years of rain. I had the chance Crozer Seminary in Rochester, [email protected] 561 Ocean Blvd. #4 to talk awhile with Kathy Herold Woods and find out about her two NY, and a Doctor of Ministry from Hampton, NH 03842 Andover Newton Theological 1974 [email protected] daughters and grandkids. I spoke with Bob Baines, Bob Coll, Hank School in Newton Centre, MA. 1966 Basil, and Patty Long. Al Hods- During my 40 years of active Jane Cappuccio Stauffer don and I spent a long time catch- ministry, I served two churches 28 Beckford St. Nancy Coutts ing up. I’m sure there were others, in Rhode Island; First Baptist Salem, MA 01970-3239 175 South Main St. too. If you have never come to a Church in Nashua, NH; First Bap- [email protected] Brattleboro, VT 05301 tist Church in Beverly, MA; and as reunion, I urge you to think about Class Secretary Jane Cappuccio attending next year. executive director of the Ministe- 1968 rial Leadership Commission of the Stauffer writes, “More question- naires have been coming in, Jan Temple Metoxen “My daughter Jessa is expecting American Baptist Churches USA. in October so baby number three thanks, and it is not too late.” 330 Maple Rd. “I retired from full-time ministry in Longmeadow, MA 01106 is joining our family. She lives in At 90, Jane Allen figures she is Salem, MA, only two hours away. I 2011 and am currently pastoral jantemplemetoxen68@yahoo. associate for education at Brooks- probably the oldest member of the com drive to New Jersey once a month class of 1974. She and her hus- to visit Jason and his family, in- by Village retirement community in Peabody, MA, and concierge/ band, Warren, live in Spofford, Mike Clemons writes: “Jane and cluding Matthew, 3, and Maya, 1. I NH. They started following the I will celebrate our 48th anniver- tutor three days a week and enjoy narrator on the Salem to Boston high-speed ferry. This summer my KSC basketball team at the time sary in October. We now winter working with kids. I am driving for of her graduation, and Warren in Sarasota, FL. Ted ’68 and Meals on Wheels and still have my husband, Gary LaParl, and I will live full time in Sarasota, FL.” became the official scorer for Sue Chatfield Miller ’69 live in business running errands for the many years. “The games are al- our complex. George Manekas elderly. I like being busy but enjoy 1970 ways exciting; more alumni should ’69 and his wife, Maureen, also spending summers at our lake. attend.” She has a fond memory of live there. Ken Wood ’69 and his Susan Campbell “Our class is always sadly lack- “the Home Ec girls begging me to wife, Marylin, live nearby, as does 15 New Acres Rd. wear jeans.” Louie Brooks and his wife, Joann. ing in class news. Now that most Keene, NH 03431 We were all members of Kappa of us are retired, we are doing so Cynthia Young Atkins writes Delta Phi so we enjoy reminiscing many interesting things. Please 1971 from Rensselaer Falls, NY. She email me news. I’d also like to about the ‘glory days.’ I would love Maureen Sheehan Hall works as director of dining confer- know if you think we (not just me) to hear from all KSC grads and 69 Crescent St. ence services at St. Lawrence should plan on putting together a especially Kappa brothers in the Hooksett, NH 03106 University. She also serves as book for our 50th. Let’s get some area.” [email protected] treasurer for the Raquette Valley excitement going! Four more Habitat for Humanity after having Jan Temple Metoxen talked to years!” 1972 served as president. This year she several people at the 46th reunion traveled to Salem, NC, for the in June. She writes: “Sort of scary 1969 Debra Davis Butterworth Habitat Collegiate Challenge that our 50th is rapidly approach- Barbara A. Hamilton 21 McAuley Rd. Spring Break. Her hobbies are Martha Fer- ing! I had lunch with 112 Avondale Rd. Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 golf, kayaking, reading, and home ris Marsette and caught up. She Manchester, CT 06040 [email protected] improvements. and Bruce are doing well as are [email protected] Roger Hartwell the kids and grandkids. Suzanne Lindsay Jarvis lives in 198 Palermo Pl. Barbara Hamilton heard from Newport, NH, where she and her The Villages, FL 32159 “Because I am on the Alumni Craig Collemer: “Believe it or not, husband, Michael, have owned a [email protected] Board and reunion committee, this is the first time I have submit- sewing machine repair business reunion is always jam-packed with ted an update for class notes for the last 25 years. They have a COMMENCEMENT 2014 COMMENCEMENT

26 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu Donald Lovejoy lives in his home- town of South Royalton, VT, and has worked at Welch’s Tru Value Hardware for 35 years. He holds the office of secretary in the Ris- ing Sun Masons Lodge. Tina Cahill Swett lives with her husband, Jeffrey, in Goffstown, NH. She retires this year from Northeast Utilities. Tina is an avid downhill skier and power walker. In July 2013 she had a reunion in West Dover, VT, at Mount Snow Delta Phi Epsilon observed its 30th anniversary as a sorority at KSC the weekend of March 29. with Karin Stenberg Layton, Seventy-five alumni and 30 students were on hand to celebrate. Laurie Meyer Daily, Sherry Briscoe Strickland, Cindy 17-year-old grandson and a two- and regional committees. “I am grandchildren. Christine has fond Godin, Robin Weiss-Wimer, year old grandson – “one is learn- currently enjoying working in my memories of Huntress Hall: “Kar- Wendy Lehmann Paterson, Ann ing to drive; the other is learning woodshop, doing antique restora- en Peterson was our RA, and Robitaille, Janet Chamberlain to walk.” She has been watching tion, photography, and traveling fantastic.” She remembers walk- Ernest, Nancy Frost Conant, the younger one five days a week: with my wife and family.” He and ing to Dunkin Donuts, biking with and Jean Stone Noble. “We get “what fun!” Jo Ann recently celebrated 40 her roommate Linda, and visiting together every summer and have years of marriage in Paris under Boston with girlfriends. She still for many years.” Marje Muller Pucciarelli lives in the Eiffel Tower. They have two sees Linda Steele Young and Norwalk, CT, with her husband, daughters and a grandson. Law- received Christmas cards from Nancy Frost Conant lives with Joseph. She retired in 2012 from rence, a member of Phi Mu Delta, Maureen Cote Hall and Nancy her husband, “Bird,” in Greenfield, the middle school in Stamford, would like to hear from anyone Wiggin. MA, and retired from middle CT. Marje is active in Alpha Delta who worked at the radio station school teaching in 2013. She and Anne LeChance Dumont Kappa, a woman’s education so- WKSC, was on the soccer team, and her Bird have three adult sons. Her rority. “Other than that I am living a or was in the Industrial Education husband, Clark, live in Las Vegas. hobbies include golf and swim- life of leisure.” She and her hus- Department from 1970-73. She is retired after 33 years of ming. She has many memorable band ski in Killington, VT, where teaching in New Hampshire and experiences from her KSC days they own a condo. They also bi- David Graves and his wife, Mary, Nevada, but is still volunteering at that include friendships with stu- cycle and dance, and in the sum- still live in Becket, MA, and he a local school. She is active in the dents and teachers. She espe- mer enjoy being out on Long Is- continues beekeeping, making Community Sunshine Club for cially remembers the freshman land Sound in their Nordic Tug. honey along with jam and maple retirees, and helps to drive seniors orientation staff experience and Last November they celebrated syrup. He sells them at the farm- to doctor’s appointments. Ann and her trip to England for student their 30th anniversary with a ers’ market in Union Square in Clark celebrated their 35th anni- teaching. cruise to Central and South Amer- New York City. They now have versary this year by taking a Medi- ica. She would love to hear from three grandchildren. terranean cruise. She has two Marie Driscoll Frash and her any of the Home Ec ladies. sons and a grandson. husband, Robert, live in Palm City, Christine Offermann Maugeri FL. Her favorite hobby is riding her Lawrence Robinson lives with his and her husband, Terry Anthony, Richard Hamilton and his wife, Harley. In the last year she has wife, Jo Ann (Davis) Robinson are in Wading River, NY, but are Marie, live in St. Charles, IL. He is visited the Panama Canal, Scandi- ’72, in Marlborough, NH. He has building a home near Mt. Monad- the first vice president of Global navia, and St. Petersburg, Russia, retired from being a maintenance nock. She wrote that 2014 is her Customer Solutions at Prologis. and cruised on the Columbia and engineer at Teleflex Medical, and year to retire from teaching spe- Richard is a member of Tau Kappa Snack Rivers in Oregon and has stepped down after 15 years cial education. Her hobbies in- Epsilon. His hobbies are boating, Washington. of being a town selectman. He clude reading and writing fiction, reading, and travel. stays involved as chairman of town along with traveling. She has five Jane Cappuccio Stauffer has been retired since 2008, and

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keeps busy with volunteer work theatre, yoga, and bird watching, (like keeping up the class notes!). and she would enjoy hearing from She writes: “My husband, Rich, anyone who also enjoys bird still works, but we travel when we watching. She likes to spend can. We took cruises to Canada time at the beach in York, ME, and Bermuda last year, are plan- with her daughter Paige and ning one to Alaska this year.” her three grandchildren. She would like to hear from Kathy Toni Barrett writes: “Well every- Shea St. Germain. one, I was able to retire early! Moved from Florida back to Keene Bruce Stronach lives in Tokyo, to be closer to family. Would love and is currently dean of Temple to hear from you!” University, Japan Campus. His daughter Mariko is a hospital Candy Kelly Lussier lives in Ver- administrator in Manhattan. His Paul DeCarolis ’79 poses with his grandchildren, all Keene State mont. She and her husband run a daughter Eriko is an assistant grads. From left: Andrew ’11, Paul, Alex ’14, and Amy ’12 M’13. dairy farm. She keeps in touch language teacher in the Japan with Sue Scram Sokul. Exchange and Teaching Program Margo Karamanoogian heard Martha Petrowski Laflamme Kathleen Graham Lombardi of on the island of Shikoku, Japan. from Johnny Hasay, who wrote: “I 474 Second Ave. Concord, NH, is a reading teacher Bruce writes of “the huge appre- recently read your class notes Berlin, NH 03570-2334 in Epsom Central School. She ciation I have for the great educa- about meeting Bob Fredette, [email protected] volunteers with the Concord tion I got at KSC, especially in the Wayne Quiet, and Kenny in the Katherine Lovering Shanks ’79 Contemporary Club. She has two History Dept., and for the way that KSC magazine. Please pass on M’83 writes: “I am planning to new granddaughters. Kathy is a KSC allowed me to mature as an my best to them as I do miss retire soon from a rewarding ca- member of Delta Zeta sorority. adult.” those days we all shared together. reer in education. I have worked in Vito was always a great human Judy Gabryszewski Haley and Lorraine Duclos Arbore has had the field since I graduated in 1979 being. Only people I keep in touch her husband, Denis, live in Milford, a long career teaching in places and have greatly appreciated all with from KSC these days are CT, where she recently retired ranging from Australia to Califor- that KSC offered to secure my Jimmy Donahue, Paul DeCaro- after 34 years as tax collector. nia to New Jersey. She has plans start.” lis, and Michel Plitt Wirth. I’m still Judy visited Disney World, Hilton to retire soon from Londonderry, a magisterial district judge. Mar- Head, NC, and the New England NH, Middle School. She has two ried late in life, two kids learning 1980 states this year. Her hobbies in- children, a grandson, and three to drive, and with almost 27 years Allison Ashley-Bergstrom clude needlework, knitting, cook- stepchildren. She and her hus- of service hope to retire in a few [email protected] ing, and working the polls on band, Michael, love to travel. Her years. I dream of taking a ride to Election Day. memories of KSC were of a time Cathy Stuart Zurek Keene with Roman Mrowsinski of social change and turmoil. “The 78 Morse Ln. and griping about how things have Judy Hessler Blood and her hus- world seemed to be changing Boxborough, MA 01719 changed.” band, Dancer, live in Freeville, NY. overnight, and being youthful at [email protected] She is finishing up her 40th year that time was liberating and of teaching, and is currently seemed to come with a license to 1976 1981 teaching fourth grade in Ithaca, challenge.” Philip Bellingham Nancy Colciaghi Pallas NY. Her husband is the women’s 20 Transit Ln. 6153 W. Fallen Leaf Ln. softball coach at Cornell Univer- 1975 East Hartford, CT 06118 sity. “When he decides to retire Glendale, AZ 85310 Margo Merrow Karamanoogian we plan to live in Maine.” [email protected] 27 Sandstone Dr. 1977 Suzanne Dupont Martin and her Bedford, NH 03110 Sabrina Brown Maltby 1982 [email protected] 13 Main St. husband, Paul, live in Manchester, Catherine Gewanter NH. Before she retired she Raymond, NH 03077 Susan Allaire Trudel writes: 600 Willis Ave., Apt. 2L worked as a law librarian. She “Blink and your life passes by.” Williston Park, NY 11596-1217 stays involved volunteering for 1978 She is in her 30th year in the Bed- [email protected] political candidates. She has ford, NH, school district and was Dianne Glaser-Gilrein fond memories of the third floor Janet Carsten Shaffer selected 2013 NH Family and P.O. Box 1391 of Huntress Hall and “the Hunt- [email protected] Consumer Sciences Teacher of East Dennis, MA 02461 ress Honeys.” the Year. She is proud of her chil- [email protected] 1983 Trudee Bacon Rice has been dren, Doug (Keene/UNH), who’s retired from teaching since 2010. finishing his master’s in teaching 1979 Patricia K. Hodgeman Bush at Emmanuel College in Boston, Berkshire School She received a master’s in educa- Bill Reed and Aimee (Stonehill), who’s 245 N. Undermountain Rd. tional leadership from KSC in 3 Mayfair Ln., Apt. 206 finishing a zoology internship in Sheffield, MA 01257 2000. Trudee and her husband, Nashua, NH 03063-7645 New Orleans. [email protected] Christopher, live in Claremont, [email protected] NH, where she volunteers in her community. Her hobbies include

28 • KEENE STATE TODAY keene.edu Jacqueline Haight DeFreze 1984 502 Portsmouth Ave. The Envelope, Please Greenland, NH 03840 Mary Beth Lucas Connors [email protected] 295 Megan Dr. The winners of the 2014 Alumni Awards are: Valerie Belanger McKenney Manchester, NH 03109-5924 Tina Ulee ’99, Alumni Inspiration Award 31 Westwood Cir. [email protected] Winnie Langtry ’52, Sprague W. Drenan Award Dover, NH 03820 Louise Perron Tetreault [email protected] 4 Avon Ave. Scott Gladstone ’92 and Neil Ryan ’92, Alumni Randall Gates writes: “Time, in its Cumberland, RI 02864 Achievement Award March 31, 2014 issue, noted the [email protected] Kay Maclean H’04, Outstanding Service Award death of comedian David Brenner. How many KSC alumni can re- 1985 N Learn more online at keene.edu/mag. member that David Brenner was Alison Ahmed-Regen the Social Activities Council’s [email protected] Ringuette, Jan (Vivian) Kielec, shouting out to her former room- pick to headline Spring Weekend Paula (Monahan) Bedard. Any- mate Monique (Cusson) Lavertu, in 1982? As president of SAC at Lisa A. Gagnon one else have a memory they want “who deserted me on Facebook. the time I remember designing a 12 Tack Ct. to share? Also, I want to thank the Looking for Ellen Shea Mendel- survey asking students what they Edgewater, MD 21037 folks that sent in updates and stuff son and Melita Speidel Joiner would like to see for entertainment [email protected] for these class notes. As I said on – I’m on Facebook, girls! Find me! on our two biggest festival week- our Facebook page (Keene State My daughter Courtney just com- ends. Concerts had been the 1986 College Class of 1986), let’s be pleted her freshman year at norm so we decided to try a high- Tori Berube known as the FUN class that al- Barnard College in New York City. profile comedian as something [email protected] ways has something to say!” I’m living in Dover, NH, with my new. Some of us went to the Dil- husband of 20-plus years, Dana Michael Trabucco Carol Kelley-Elwell lant-Hopkins Airport and picked From : “My Couillard, and am working at UNH.” [email protected] up Mr. Brenner. The show was a inseparable roommate and BFF Tracy Chamberlin and I are get- Sue (Anderson) and Steve For- huge hit. Mr. Brenner’s opening Michael Trabucco writes: “Hi, ting together this summer for the tier’s son, Sean, graduated from line set the fun tone for the eve- everyone! I hope everyone’s hav- first time in 10 years. She will be Keene State in May. Their daugh- ning: ‘So, my manager said I have ing a good year so far. As Tori coming to see me on my ranch in ter will graduate in 2015. Steve a gig in Keene, NH, and I said to Berube pointed out on Facebook, the wine country of Santa Bar- has been on the KSC Parents him, ‘Where the hell is Keene, this year, Saturday, May 10, was bara, CA, and meeting my eight- Association Board for a year and a NH?”’ Mr. Brenner proved SAC’s exactly 28 years to the day that we year-old daughter Audrey for the half, and is now its president. mission of finding and paying for graduated from KSC. Amazing. So first time. She is Dr. Robinson high-quality entertainment and I was thinking, maybe in addition now, a psychologist for the state 1987 giving the students their money’s to updates on what we’re doing of Connecticut. She has two worth for their social activities fee. these days, we use these class Lisa Corrette Livingstone beautiful children, Abby and Coo- Good memories.” notes to share a favorite Keene [email protected] per. I went back to work full time State memory. I know for me, five years ago and am doing pub- Samantha Barrett McKinlay among the gazillion memories I lic relations for an agency based 2400 County Line Rd. have of the place, I loved (and yet in Santa Monica. We will relish Ardmore, PA 19003 am still a little embarrassed about) our fond memories at KSC and [email protected] playing Michael Jackson in the will be toasting our fellow college- USA for Africa Airband. It was so Michelle Morris Ayer mates from the West Coast.” much fun being up there with the 41 Hemlock Rd. likes of Leslie (Burger) Monique (Nahin) Couillard is Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] 1988 Jeffrey LaValley 260 Connecticut Ave. Springfield, MA 01104 Melissa Orestis ’86 and Andrew [email protected] Robertson ’87 celebrated their Susan Lundgren Regan 25th anniversary. Andrew owns 79 Winthrop Rd. the Robertson Agency. Melissa Guilford, CT 06437 is a cytotechnologist at the Hospital in Concord, NH. They 1989 have two kids: Rachel, a junior Maribeth Marsico Gesler at Westminster College in Salt Kellyann Sullivan ’86 hosted a little bash on her boat the first [email protected] Lake City, and Frazer, a junior in weekend in June. Sue (Anderson) Fortier, Linda Pritchard, Joyce high school. (Manegio) Sternberg, and Monica Wissman (all ’86) were her guests.

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Andrea (Sturtevant) Hatch ’02 married Scott Hatch at Lake Pearl Luciano’s in Wrentham, MA, on July 27, 2013. They live in Nashua, Chris Pangalos ’86 writes: “Just got back from beautiful Cabo San NH. Pictured are Sharon Madanat, Leslie Hall, Melissa (Goulet) Lucas! Spent a week there at the Hilton Los Cabos Golf & Beach MacDonald ’02, Andrea, Scott, Pamela Aulis ’02, Marybeth Neun Resort with my wife, Natalie, on a trip sponsored by my company, ’03, Rakhee Patel, and Melissa (Smith) Marchant ’03. Merck, for top performers. Rode horseback through the desert hills and along the beach, went swimming with dolphins, visited the oldest Manchester, NH 03204 1997 Catholic Church in Cabo (a Spanish mission from about 1730), ate, [email protected] drank, danced, and more. Had a great time!” Danielle Dearborn Gagne Seth M. Klaiman 1587 Waterwells Rd. 1990 East Haddam, CT 06423 2 Sweet Fern Trail Alfred Station, NY 14803 [email protected] Saunderstown, RI 02874 [email protected] Lauren Aborjaily Griffin [email protected] 17 Monhege Path Kathleen Kerr St. Germaine 1998 19 Great Woods Rd. 1994 Marlborough, CT 06447 Deb Clogher Burleigh Plymouth, MA 02360-1826 Melissa Sawyer Bowler Shelly Brodeur Masson 44 Clinton Ave. [email protected] 158 Shaker Rd. [email protected] Budd Lake, NJ 07828 Canterbury, NH 03224 [email protected] Maureen Cicchese Musseau IN THE NEWS [email protected] 75 Pinehaven Dr. Marshall Davenson ’91 has Lisa Demers Harvey Dawn Deurell Whitman, MA 02382 [email protected] received the 2013 Teacher 17 Chestnut Cir. [email protected] of the Year award from the Merrimack, NH 03054-6611 Kristen Cranson Nelson Shawn Courtemanche writes: “I Cheshire County Conserva- [email protected] P.O. Box 208 have been working for almost 23 Greenvale, NY 11548 tion District. A science teacher Penny Rioux Joyal years at Kendal at Hanover retire- [email protected] at Keene High School, Daven- 106 N. Adams St. ment community, where I am facili- son emphasizes place-based Manchester, NH 03104 ties operations supervisor. I have 1999 [email protected] two wonderful kids, Emily and learning and makes use of Jason Hindle Christopher, who play high school community partners to en- 1995 8 Spruce St. sports. If not at work, I’m running hance his students’ learning Somersworth, NH 03878 Cara H. Staus to watch a game or coach myself. experiences. [email protected] Hello to all my old roommates and [email protected] friends, including Scot Foster, Ben Swope is associate Erin Delude George Ed, Kim, Emily, Marie, Marcel, 9 Bigelow Hill Rd. Susan, Becky, and Steve. To so IN THE NEWS 1992 Troy, NH 03465-2106 many others, hello. I would also Joan Crosby Anderson [email protected] Tim Tourville ’96 received the like to say hello to my sister Nicki. General Delivery 2014 Dissertation Award from I couldn’t have done it without Wilmot Flat, NH 03287-9999 1996 the National Athletic Trainers’ you! I am hoping this email might spark interest in the classmates of Kate Shepard Dugan Karen Holmes Reinhold Association Research and Ed- 1990 to reach out and say hello.” 42 Middlefield Dr. [email protected] ucation Foundation. Tourville is West Hartford, CT 06107 Aaron Kay Sales Parker research assistant professor of 1991 [email protected] 5832 Wooded Acres Dr. orthopedics and rehabilitation Karen Dicey 1993 Knoxville, TN 37921 at the University of Vermont [email protected] [email protected] College of Medicine. Shelli Bienvenue Cook Amy Eshelman 18 Heathrow Ave. N Read more online 102 Newberry Rd. at keene.edu/mag.

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Meghan McGlone got engaged to James (Jamie) Reynolds on October 26, 2013, in York Beach, Chris Reynolds ’10 and Jackie Vehlies ’10 got engaged April 5 by ME. They are planning a July 2015 Brickyard Pond. Chris writes: “Jackie and I met in Pondside 1 our wedding. Ashley Plumb ’10 and Travon freshman year (2006), started dating a few weeks into school, and Little, former KSC basketball 2011 have been together ever since. For the proposal I asked Chock Full player, celebrate a win for O’ Notes to be part of a flash mob serenade of our song, ‘Faithfully’ Kelly Payeur the Danbury, CT, high school by Journey. And they did so graciously and amazingly.” 766 Ocean Ave basketball team, which Travon Portland, ME 04101 N Link to their online video at keene.edu/mag. coaches. [email protected] Molly Brewer was in her second lighting designer for The Danielle Popyk 2006 year teaching Spanish at Medo- Realistic Joneses on Broadway. [email protected] Adam Wefers mak Middle School in Waldoboro, Kyra (MacIntyre) Butts and her 2004 154 Sagamore St., Apt. 2 ME, last spring when she was husband, Michael, welcomed their Manchester, NH 03104 honored with the Promising Prac- second daughter in April 2014. Alison (Thompson) Cizowski [email protected] titioner Award from the New Eng- 101 McLellan Drive, Apt 1007 land League of Middle Schools. 2000 South San Francisco, CA 94080 2008 [email protected] Danielle LePage Zimmerman Kelly A. Mullane 2012 [email protected] John Freyer has been appointed 532 King Street Marie Avery to the Ridgefield, CT, Arts Chappaqua, NY 10514 [email protected] 2001 Council. [email protected] Danielle Johnson graduated from Christine Leland Williams 2005 2009 Old Dominion University in May 54 Eastern Ave. 2014 with a Master of Science in Amanda Ruest and 2nd Lt. Cody Woburn, MA 01801 Valerie Nettleton Educational Leadership. She is Bisnett ’10 are engaged. [email protected] 497 Foster St. now working at Bridgewater State South Windsor, CT 06074 Patrick Hardy has been named University as a resident director. IN THE NEWS [email protected] director of new member sales on Sarah (Howard) Worley ’01 earned the Connecticut Science Teachers As- Send your news to your sociation’s Excellence in class secretary or to: Elementary School Science Teaching Award. Class Notes Editor, N Read more online at Keene State College, keene.edu/mag. 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-1502, 2002 [email protected]. Jessie Gannett Heath 59 King Road Chichester, NH 03258 [email protected] 2003 In April 2014, the fifth annual KSC Spanish reunion (open to graduating seniors, faculty, and all Spanish alumni) was held at Angela Watson Margarita’s in Keene. This year’s group included Dr. Barbara Ware, 55 Davidson Hill Rd. Westminster, VT 05158 Rodrigo Rosa ’07, Corey Henderson ’07, Kristen Haskell ’07, [email protected] Lindsay Gonzalez Reilly ’06, Maricarmen Pérez-Perogil, and Dr. Rafael Ponce-Cordero (and Patty Forman ’06, not pictured).

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In Memoriam

Maurice Trudeau ’43 James N. Marrion M’58 M’67 Timothy C. Salce ’74 March 10, 2014 February 2, 2014 March 14, 2014 Constance Donaghey ’45 George L. Whitham ’58 Jeanne A. Croteau ’75 M’78 May 14, 2014 June 17, 2014 March 17, 2014 Mary E. Pelletier ’45 Charles E. Joslin ’59 Denise M. Holmes ’76 Barbara C. Pittendreigh ’38 March 31, 2014 March 9, 2014 April 12, 2014 March 10, 2014 Allyn L. Gates ’46 Ernest L. Levesque Jr. ’59 Betty M. Lindhe ’80 Blanche B. Smith ’38 March 7, 2014 M’71 March 5, 2014 December14, 2011 April 24, 2014 Jeanne B. Giguere ’46 Keith C. Page ’81 Richard J. Dundas ’39 December 4, 2013 Richard H. Bealieu ’63 March 7, 2014 December 17, 2010 May 10, 2014 David W. Field ’52 Timothy B. Beach ’86 M’92 Ruth Johnson ’40 March 10, 2014 Diane R. Henry ’64 March 20, 2014 January 28, 2013 November 20, 2012 Jean McCusker ’52 Christian E. Imperato ’88 D. Marion Thorell ’40 April 22, 2014 R. Bruce Hale ’66 April 17, 2014 April 16, 2014 March 23, 2014 Margaret E. Guilmette ’56 Frank R. Tully ’02 Lillian M. Putnam ’41 April 27, 2014 Dawn Mallory ’70 May 15, 2014 March 28, 2014 April 5, 2014 Joan Beam ’57 Nathan L. Demond ’09 John L. Freese ’42 March 7, 2014 Theodore W. Garland M’74 April 19, 2014 March 13, 2014 March 3, 2014 Richard W. Robinson ’57 Vincent R. Carey ’12 April 30, 2014 March 8, 2014

Something to be proud of

Keene State College graduates are changing the world – in ways big and small. You are raising accomplished children, participating in civic life and worthy volunteer opportunities, excelling at your professions, and deepening your understanding of others, yourselves, and the world around you through meaningful interactions and experiences. You are artists, scientists, teachers, businesspeople, thinkers, scholars, humanitarians. You approach life with generosity, intellect, and a sense of adventure. As Keene State grads, you’re part of something that’s really special.

Ask your fellow alumni how they got their start, and they’ll tell you: “Keene State College.”

• “The more I reflect on it, the more I realize how world-class my education was,” says Antarctic project manager Curt LaBombard ’97, featured on page 3 of this issue.

• “My experience at KSC between 1988 and 1991 surely opened doors for me,” says international businessman and entrepreneur Fabrice Watremet ’91, featured on page 9.

Top-notch professors, state-of-the-art educational practices, hands-on learning, solid liberal arts values, a friendly and attractive campus – they all contribute to making Keene State one of New England’s finest public liberal arts colleges. And Keene State is a big part of making you the smart, thoughtful, and altruistic group that you are.

Your donation can help today’s Keene State students go on to change the world in ways we may not even have imagined. Please make your gift today, using the envelope provided in this magazine or by logging on to www.keene.edu/development.

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Commencement 2014 Perhaps the most important lesson of all: we need Class of 2014 grads, you are now members of a diverse other people – and they need us. . . . Serve your com- munity. Give back to your college. and illustrious group: the alumni of Keene State College. Congratulations, and welcome to the Keene – Graduation Speaker Andy Robinson, State Alumni Association. Your job now? To apply your “ Keene State Vice President knowledge and wisdom to your work, your personal for Student Affairs, 2008-2014 lives, and your communities. Volunteer. Connect. Speak ” out. Step up.

Best wishes as you follow the path you set at KSC and venture out into the world.

Newsline

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UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS, FALL AND WINTER 2014-15

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OCTOBER DECEMBER Oct. 16 Reception for Alumni of the School of Arts and Dec. 3 Holiday Jazz Concert Alumni Reception – Humanities and the Seacoast Area – Keene State College Portsmouth, NH Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery 6 p.m., the Banks Gallery RSVP: 603-358-2300 FEBRUARY Oct. 18 KSC Owl’s Roost: Pumpkin Festival Open House Feb. 7 Winter Game Day – Keene State College for alumni and parents – Keene State College 11 a.m. -5 p.m., Centennial Hall, Alumni Center MARCH March 16-20 TBD Red Sox Spring Training Outing, Florida NOVEMBER Nov. 1 KSC ASSE/SOHAS Student and Alumni Networking Event – TDS Center, Keene State College Contact: Patty Farmer ’92 Save t he Date 603-358-2370; [email protected] – REUNION – Nov. 4 KSC Owl Gathering – Boston Location TBD KEENE STATE COLLEGE Contact: Bethany Morin ’12 603-358-2424; [email protected] June 5-7, 2015 Nov. 11 KSC Owl Gathering – San Diego, CA 5:30-7:30 p.m., Searsucker, 611 Fifth Avenue Contact: Patty Farmer ’92 Contact us at: 800-572-1909 or [email protected] 603-358-2370; [email protected] STAY UP TO DATE BY: Nov. 14 KSC Owl Gathering – San Francisco, CA • Checking the events page at www.keene.edu/alumni Location TBD Contact: Patty Farmer ’92 • Liking us on Facebook: Keene State College Alumni 603-358-2370; [email protected] • Following us on Twitter: KSCAlumni