Keene State College

Keene State College
Motto	Enter to learn; go forth to serve.
Established	1909
Type	Public
President	Dr. Helen Giles-Gee
Provost	Dr. Emile Netzhammer III
Students	5,443
Undergraduates	4,658
Location	Keene, New Hampshire, USA
Campus	Both urban and rural.
Colors	Red White
Mascot	Owl
Website	http://www.keene.edu/

Keene State College is a liberal arts college in Keene, New Hampshire. It is a member of the University System of New Hampshire and of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.

Founded in 1909 as a teacher's college (originally, Keene Normal School; later, Keene Teachers College), Keene State College has around 5,400 students.

Academics

Keene's ten largest academic programs, according to the Keene page of the USNH website, are English, Psychology, Art (including Graphic Design), Biology, History, Computer Science, Music, Management, Sociology and Mathematics.

Keene State College offers nearly 40 majors in the liberal arts and sciences, professional programs, and selected graduate degrees.

According to the KSC Course Catalog other notable majors include Architecture, Education, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Communication, Journalism, and Theater & Dance. Keene's Factbook 2010-2011 [www.keene.edu/ir/factbook2010.pdf] reports that Film Studies and Communication are even more popular majors than in years past.

The Education major at Keene State College is a respected teacher education program. The college hosts major annual seminars in children's literature.

The Film Studies program hosts an annual student film festival.

Keene State College recently became the first accredited university in the nation to offer a four year degree in Genocide and Holocaust Studies.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

The Owls logo.

Keene State is an NCAA Division III school, in the Little East Conference. Current programs include cross-country (men's and women's), basketball (men's and women's), soccer (men's and women's), volleyball, baseball, softball, track (indoor and outdoor, men's and women's), lacrosse (men's and women's), swimming and diving (men's and women's), as well as three club sports: men's and women's rugby, and ice hockey. The college's mascot is the owl.

Rankings

Keene State is one of 224 select colleges and universities in the Northeast that The Princeton Review profiles in its 2006 edition of The Best Northeastern Colleges. With the most popular majors being Education, Occupational Safety, and Health Sciences. Keene State was listed as one of the best colleges in the Northeast.^{[citation needed]}

Greek life

Intrafraternal Council

• Intra Fraternal Council website Keene State College Greek Life

Fraternities

• Phi Mu Delta (ΦΜΔ)
• Sigma Pi (ΣΠ) (formerly Sigma Lambda Chi (ΣΛΧ))
• Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ) (re-established in 2008)
• Psi Upsilon (ΨΥ) (formerly Delta Nu Psi (ΔNΨ); one of the only co-ed Social Greek organizations in the nation)
• Alpha Pi Tau (formerly http://www.chiphi.org Chi Phi] (ΧΦ)) (formerly Alpha Pi Tau (AΠT))

Sororities

• Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) International Sorority Phi Psi Chapter
• Delta Xi Phi (ΔΞΦ)
• Kappa Delta Phi (ΚΔΦ)
• Kappa Beta Gamma (ΚΒΓ) (formerly Tau Phi Xi) (ΤΦΞ)
• Phi Sigma Sigma (ΦΣΣ)

Facilities

Adams Technology

This building is used for the architecture department as well as the product design students. It is probably one of the lesser-known buildings on campus because of its location, but architecture students will become very familiar with it. In 2011 Adams was knocked down to make way for the top of the line TDS building expected to be completed in the fall of 2012.

Butterfield Hall

This building was established for the use of the Keene Safety and Technology department. The increase in number of majors for the Safety Program at Keene has allowed it to grow into a Masters program.

Elliot Hall

Elliot Hall is home to on-campus services, including Admissions, the Bursar's office, Health Services, and the office of Alumni & Parent Relations. The Education Department's Child Development Center is located within this facility.

Fiske Hall

The oldest building on the campus, Fiske Hall has been a part of the college since its founding in 1909. It underwent renovations during the spring semester of 2007 following the opening of new residence halls elsewhere on campus, and reopened for the Fall 2007 semester.

Holloway Hall

A first-year residence hall that consists of three co-ed floors with a kitchen on each one. Each suite consists of two main rooms with shared bathroom located between them. Each room houses three residents, totaling six people per suite. Floors are broken up into parliaments by common interest.

Huntress Hall

A co-ed residence hall (formerly a girls-only hall) situated on the main quad. It is one of the oldest dorms on campus and is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of its namesake, Harriett Huntress, a former administrator in the New Hampshire Department of Education. The ghost was briefly mentioned on a show on the Travel Channel.

Media Arts Center

The newest academic facility on campus, the Media Arts Center opened in the fall of 2006. It contains offices, classroom space, and lab space for the Film, Graphic Design, Communications, and Journalism departments. It was constructed in the former Zorn dining commons building following the completion of the New Zorn Dining Commons.

Mason Library

The Mason Library is home to the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies. This facility also houses KSC's reference collection, as well as a periodicals collection, a newspaper archive, and a video and DVD collection, which is surpassed by the collection held by the film department in the Media Arts Center. The library is named for Wallace Edward (Daddy) Mason, who was the President of Keene Normal School from 1911 until 1939. (Striving, James G. Smart,Phoenix Publishing 1984)

Putnam Science Center

The David F. Putnam Science Center was recently renovated and is home to the Computer Science department and other major science fields. The KSC Science center includes several computer labs containing 440 computers in total. All computers dual boot Windows/FreeBSD and have access to the wireless network.

Redfern Arts Center

The Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond is home to the performing arts and visual arts on campus. It has three performance venues: the Alumni Recital Hall, home to musical performances and the annual KSC Film Festival; the Main Theater, which sometimes hosts touring performances and can seat five hundred seventy-two; and the Wright theatre, a black box theatre used for small performances and Theatre department classes. The building also houses fine arts classes including painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking.

Spaulding Gymnasium

The Spaulding Gymnasium and Recreation Center is open to all KSC students and faculty free of charge, and to the general public for a fee. In addition to the large main gym, it includes a pool, a suspended track, and a weight room and aerobics room.

Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery

The Thorne-Sagendorph art gallery displays student work from the various traditional arts. It is occasionally host to touring exhibits and is open daily for viewing.

Young Student Center

The Young Student Center was named for Lloyd P. Young, who served as the school's president from 1939-1964. It is one of the tallest buildings on campus and is home to the campus bookstore, campus convenience store, several food vendors, the campus mailroom, the Mabel Brown auditorium, and student organization offices.

Zorn Dining Commons

The Zorn dining commons was formerly located in the building now known as Media Arts Center. Keene State built a much larger facility that opened in the fall of 2005. It features a variety of dining options. Within the Zorn building but outside the dining area proper is the Hoot-N-Scoot, a take-out facility with prepackaged meals.

Administration

• President: Dr. Helen Giles-Gee
• Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs: Dr. Emile Netzhammer III
• Vice President for Finance & Planning: Dr. Jay Kahn
• Vice President of Student Affairs: Dr. Andrew Robinson
• Vice President for Advancement: Maryann LaCroix Lindberg, CFRE

External links

• Keene State College website
• University System of New Hampshire website
• Keene Television (student media organization)
• Keene State College Equinox (student newspaper)