Keene State College Commencement for the Class of 2022 was a welcome return to familiar traditions. . Thousands of people – more than eight hundred undergraduate and graduate students receiving degrees, their family and friends, and college faculty and staff – filled Fiske Quad on the center of campus Saturday. Color; pageantry; a sea of smiles and mortarboards, decorated and not; and a sense of excitement rose from the grounds. . Commencement 2022 Enable Javascript to view image gallery. . On Friday, in separate events, graduating nursing students were recognized during a pinning ceremony, an Honors Convocation.
The bed of Michael Montembeault’s pickup truck is full – and equally divided – with the trappings of his life these days: baseball equipment and firefighting gear. . But that is about to change. There is the matter of one remaining collegiate stint on the baseball diamond – a Senior Day game – but after Michael graduates from Keene State a day later, the longtime catcher’s baseball equipment will no longer need to be within easy reach. . The firefighting gear will. . The affable senior, known by those closest to him as just “Monty,” will enter the real world as it is.
Employment good fortune is sometimes a product of who you know, but for most it’s about connections…and who you see and meet. . At the annual Spring 2022 Safety Career and Internship Fair at Keene State College, it will be the latter as graduates-to-be and undergraduates mingle with recruiters representing more than 50 businesses. The recruiters list regularly includes dozens of Keene State alumni now working in the safety field, said Lauren Waterman, job fair coordinator. . It can be a mutually beneficial pathway, the beginning of a professional career, or the opportunity for students to experience their education in a practical.
“There is a period near the beginning of every man’s life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.” . E. B. White . By Paul Miller . Keene State Communications . Clinton Mungeta’s story, evolving as it might be, is a fascinating tapestry colorful threads that reflect a life of journey, challenge, individuality, and unequivocal accomplishment. . His is a story of perseverance. The youngest of seven children in a family that immigrated to the United States from Democratic Republic of the Congo.