To date, over 300 individuals and institutions throughout the state, region, and nation have joined the college in supporting the Cohen Center's efforts to confront antisemitism, intolerance, and hate; and to build communities distinguished by active regard for the welfare of all its citizens.

In this spirit, Keene State College through the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and a number of other similarly committed programs, embodies an exemplary partnership between public higher education and the communities it serves.

The original resource center has grown from a collection of 200 books and other media to a library of nearly 6,000 volumes, which supports the college's academic program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Held in the fall, the annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture draws prominent scholars, organizers, survivors and family members, and community leaders for an evening of historical perspective and current events.

The Center is guided by a professional staff of three: Kate DeConinck, Director;[1] Tom White, Coordinator of Educational Outreach, and Michele Kuiawa, Senior Program Support Assistant.

Students and members of the local community are invited to submit essays, historical analyses, stories, poems, musical compositions, dance, film, theatre and visual arts exploring and expressing their own personal relationship to or reflections on the Holocaust or genocide.