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HOW IN THE WORLD? BUILDING A SOCCER POWERHOUSE AT FRANKLIN PIERCE
Five Division II national championships for the women's soccer team. A national championship in 2007 for the men. Fourteen trips to the NCAA Final Four tournament for the women, four for the men. Four members of the men's team drafted into Major League Soccer. Numerous New England-10 championships, Coach of the Year honors, Player of the Year awards, All-American players. The list goes on and on... Read more.
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FRANKLIN PIERCE STUDENTS OFFERS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A 'REALITY CHECK'
Bullying, drunken driving, drug use, cutting, sexual harassment, sexually-transmitted diseases, domestic violence. Most teenagers have some experience – directly or indirectly – with these challenging issues... Read more.
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FROM CLASSROOMS TO LEARNING SPACES
Everyone knows what a classroom should look like. Right? The professor at the head of the room, facing a line-up of students sitting in one-armed desks taking notes. Bright fluorescent lights. A white pull-down screen at the front of the room... Read more.
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AIR PLAY
Radio theatre lives and breathes at KSC
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of radio theatre's death have been greatly exaggerated. It is certainly not as widely popular as it was in the Golden Age of Radio Theatre, the 1930s and '40s, when people all across the United States gathered around their radios to listen to "Amos 'n' Andy," "The Lone Ranger," "The Jack Benny Show" or "Fibber McGee and Molly... Read more.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Staging Adventures with Rob and Lorrie Gray
Rob Gray '99 is a soft-spoken, studious-looking man – until he gets on stage. Then the transformation takes place into Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol or Merlin in The Sword Called Excalibur or Dr. Ronk in A Doll's House...
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LOU TREMBLAY DIGS UP A DINOSAUR
Big Dig in Montana may yield largest
T.rex ever found
On a July day in 1997 in the desert badlands of northeastern Montana, life took an exciting turn for Keene State College alum Louis Tremblay '64. The ninth-grade earth sciences teacher from Connecticut had made a discovery that would lead to newspaper headlines across the nation... Read more.
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MONADNOCK REGION:
Contending with Growing Pains
The natural beauty and quality of life of the Monadnock Region of southwest NH makes it not only a desirable relocation area for people and businesses, but also makes it a great retirement community as well... Read more.
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MAKING THE GRADE: Higher education struggles to meet the needs of the high-tech economy
H.E. Bergeron Engineers in North Conway has been trying for six months to fill openings for five engineers. It can't find anyone for the jobs. "There are virtually no engineers available in the state, especially in northern New Hampshire," explains Edmund Bergeron, president of the company... Read more.
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PERSPECTIVES: Antioch University's James Craiglow and the University System of New Hampshire's Stephen Reno on Business and Higher Education
What does business want from higher education? What does higher education want from business? CONNECTION asked presidents of two distinctly different higher education systems to ponder these questions... Read more.
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DR. MARY KELLY SUTTON
After struggling with the high cost of dealing with health insurance companies and ending up $25,000 in debt, Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton is counting on a return to an older model... Read more. |
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LADIES’ CHARITABLE SOCIETY
On Saturday, July 1, 1815, 16 women met in the village of Keene to form a reading society. They agreed to pay dues of one cent a week and to use the money to help the needy in the community...
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NELSON TOWN BAND
Frank Fiske came in handy in the early days of the Nelson Town Band. That's because he can play several different instruments. Depending on who else showed up for a gig and what instrument they played...
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Cherryl's writing specialty is people profiles. She believes that everyone has a story, the seemingly ordinary person as well as the obviously extraordinary. One interviewee said: "Rarely do I read a story that tries to uncover the second layer of what makes a person tick. You were sensitive and accurate all within the same paragraphs."