Campus and Cultural Resource Guide

UNH Campus Services

• Academic Affairs – Office of Provost and Executive Vice President
  • - Diversity Initiatives Office
  • - Faculty Scholars Program
  • - Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
• Books
  • - Barnes & Noble (campus bookstore, MUB)
  • - Durham Book Exchange
• Campus Masterplan
• Catalogs
  • - Undergraduate
  • - Graduate
• Child Care and Development Center
• Community Service & Learning Office
• Cooperative Extension
  (research based education and information on natural resources, gardening tips, water quality, parent education, nutrition & more)
• Copy Centers on Campus
• Counseling Office
• Health Services
• Human Resources
  (benefits, health insurance, policies, holidays, etc. )
• International Students & Scholars Office
• Lactation Space
  (Dimond Library houses a lactation room. The room is designed for nursing and milk expression. It has a glider rocker, soft music. Contact: 861.1512)
• Library
• Mail
  Fed Ex, Express mail, campus delivery
• Parking
• Printing
• Registration Office
  • - Academic Calendar
  • - Time and Room Schedule
  • - Final Exam Schedule
• Campus Recreation
• Research
  • - Centers & Institutes
  • - Office of Sponsored Research
  • - Vice President for Research (funding opportunities)
• Telephone
  • - Directory
  • - Set-up (office), and cell phone plans/rates

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Advocacy and Activism on Campus

• Faculty Senate
• President's Commissions:
  • - GLBT Commission
  • - People of Color Commission
  • - Women's Commission

Student Groups

• UNH Alliance
• United Asian Coalition
  • - Contact: Vu Lee, President
• Black Student Union
• Diversity Support Coalition
• Hillel
• Indian Student’s Association
  • Contact: Rahul Arke
• MOSAICO
  • Contacts:
    - mdj2@cisunix.unh.edu
    - unhmosaico@yahoo.com
• Muslim Students Association
• NACA (Native American Cultural Association)
• SIGNAL (Students Interested in Growth, Networking and Leadership)

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Community Action Groups

• Abenaki Nation of NH
  262 Lancaster Rd
  Whitefield, NH 03598
  Chief, Charlie True
  (603) 837-3381
• NH Intertribal Native American Council
  18 Spring Street
  Laconia, NH 03246-3137
  Peter Newell (contact) TEL# 603 528-3005
• Wijokadoak
  3210 State Rte 114
  Bradford, NH 03221
  Sherry L. Gould
  PH (603) 938-2613
  Fax (603) 938-5912
  sherrygould@tds.net
  
  Wijokadoak, Inc. means "they help one another" in Abenaki. It is an organization formed by a group of Abenaki and friends to serve the needs of indigenous People in New Hampshire within the ability of our resources.
• Winter Center for Indigenous Traditions
  PO Box 328
  Hanover, NH 03755
  wcit@valley.net
  Donna Roberts Moody, Director
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
  87 Rochelle Ave
  Manchester, NH 03102
  Nabil Migalli, President
  (603) 669-6253
  Islamic Society of greater Manchester
• City Year New Hampshire
  engages individuals age 17-24 in full-time national and community service to New Hampshire as AmeriCorps Members
• Black History and Culture Around New England
  Community Black Heritage Partnership
  Contact: valerie.cunningham@unh.edu
  
  
  • Participating organizations:
  • - Black Heritage Trail, Contact: pbhtrail@aol.com
  • - Seacoast African American Cultural Center, Contact: saacc44@aol.com
  • - The Portsmouth Pearl
    The Pearl is the only historic African American church structure in the State of New Hampshire
  • - Portsmouth-Accra Sister City Connection, Contact: LizDoucette@atlanticmedia.comf
• NAACP Seacoast Chapter National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • - Contact: naacpnhseacoast@aol.com
• Latin American Center
  521 Maple St.
  Manchester, NH 03104
  Phone: 669-5661 Fax: 669-5265
• New Hampshire Folklife
• New Hampshire Humanities Council
  The council organizes Humanities programs that serve to foster reflection, discussion, and debate in the community
• New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
  Offers information, referrals, education, and advocacy for health matters regarding minorities
• New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union
• PFLAG NH: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
  Helpline: (800) 750-2524
• New Hampshire State Resources – listing of state agencies and organizations
• Parent Information Center:
  Parent training workshops on child behavior and other parenting issues (all ages).
  TEL # 800-974-7005

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Local Faith Communities

• Campus Ministry, Durham
• Durham Community Church
• Durham Evangelical Church
• Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
• St George Episcopal Church - Durham
• St Thomas More Parish – Durham Catholic Church
• Aryaloka Buddhist Center, Newmarket
• Christian Science and Reading Room, Dover
• Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation - Dover
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – Newington
• St John’s United Methodist Church
• Temple Israel - Dover

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Restaurants

• Seacoast Eats.com
  a listing of restaurants by town, food specialty. Complete menus and directions provided
• Portsmouth restaurants

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Transportation

• C&J Trailways – Bus (Boston – Maine)
• UNH shuttle bus
• Train – Amtrak Downeaster
• Manchester Boston Regional Airport

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Area Attractions

• Travel and Tourism office of NH
• Hampton Beach
• Ski Resorts of NH
• State Parks and Recreational Areas
• Seacoast Science Center
• UNH Observatory
• UNH Theatre and Dance performance calendar
• Children’s Museum, Portsmouth, NH
• Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center
  Hands on museum created to introduce children and adults of all ages to international folk arts and folklore. The museum was created to celebrate the rich cultures of America's many family heritage.
• Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
  Kearsarge Mtn. Rd.
  Warner, NH 03278
  Deidre Raffe, Executive Director
  (603) 456-2600
  The museum seeks to increase public awareness of Native American traditions, philosophy, and art through exhibits and programs.
• Strawbery Banke Museum
  The Museum interprets the lives of Colonial merchants, enslaved Africans, 19th century shop keepers, widows, sea captains, turn of the century Russian Jewish immigrants, and 20th century navy yard workers all of whom occupied a 10-acre waterfront neighborhood between 1690 and 1958.

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Personal Care

• Beauticians who specialize in Black Hair Care
• Uppercut
  Denise
  TEL # 868-7363
• J.C. Penney Hair Salon (Newington Mall)
  Cathy Thorbes
  TEL# 433-1892
  
  
• Marlene at Sugarz Salon, Kittery- Maine
  TEL # 207-439-1900
  
  
• Leroy's Styles, LLC "A Touch of Diversity"
  A multicultural hair shop, facial waxing and much more
  Men's cuts, Fades, Line-ups Afro Cleanup
  Women's cuts, style, color, Highlights
  Children's cuts
  TEL# 692-9999 Dover/Somersworth
  
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• Campus Recreation – Fitness and Wellness

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Faculty and Staff National Link Resources on Diversity Related Topics

• DiversityWeb
  Comprehensive information source on campus diversity related issues
• Excellence in Teaching Program
  Practices in the Creation of Inclusive Classrooms and Teaching Tips for Undergraduate Instruction
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education
  Diversity Initiatives articles
• Gender, Diversities & Technology Institute of the Educational Development Center
• Fair Test
  The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
• Harvard University, The Civil Rights Project
  Renewing the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and actions.
• National Association for Multicultural Education
  Advocates for Educational Equity and Social Justice
• Diversity Central
  Resources for cultural diversity at work
• McGraw-Hill Higher Education
  Multicultural Educational and the Internet listings of education sites, lesson plans, and subject specific resources

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