With international judge Patricia Whalen now teaching courses at Keene State College, a former White House staff member for the late President John F. Kennedy sharing his experience in Washington and a Skype session with a journalist who covered unrest in Syria, KSC has taken its connections to an international level this academic year.
In addition, KSC had a number of nationally and internationally acclaimed guests who participated in the Symposium on campus. In November, the college urged students to find, understand and take responsibility for our roles in the community.
The Equinox wrote an editorial in November about the opportunities KSC gives students to evolve and become more insightful individuals contributing to society [enter to learn, go forth to serve].
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The Equinox believes the college continues to give students the ability to connect with members of society who can help them achieve positive goals for the future. This week, The Equinox reporter Bethany Ricciardi wrote about international judge Patricia Whalen and Whalen’s class, International Law and Genocide.
With the chance to build relationships with such influential individuals, there should be no KSC student left on this campus who feels he or she has not been given at least a chance to take their passions beyond the KSC community and even the United States.
Last week students had the opportunity to sit in a session and meet a young woman elected as the youngest person ever to the state of Vermont’s House of Representatives at the age of 22—the same age as many KSC juniors and seniors.
The Equinox believes KSC students can hold powerful positions in their communities in the future. All students need to do is reach out to the resources provided to them. It is discouraging to see how many students remain unaware of these events and classes that are offered.
As a member of the KSC community, students do hold a responsibility to be actively seeking opportunities to strengthen their education and bring a greater purpose to the jobs they will hold post-graduation.
Seek and you shall find.
