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Mills Hall Helps On Belay Program Serve Children Whose Loves Ones Have Cancer – April 29
On Belay, a unique outdoor adventure program that strives to create
a community of support for children whose loved ones have been diagnosed
with cancer, will be held at the University of New Hampshire’s Browne
Center, Saturday, April 29, 2006, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mills Hall, an upperclass
residence at UNH, works with the On Belay program as their community service
project. The students help to raise funds for the program, publicize the
event, organize activities and provide food for the day. The program is offered
free to young people ages 9-18. On Belay is a nonprofit program started two
years ago by Crescentia Healy-True, and will continue in her honor with this,
the fifth program, and more to come. For more information, please contact
Josina Fluehr-Lobban at 868-1772. To register, please visit the On Belay
website: www.on-belay.org.
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April 19, 2006
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UNH Recognizes Achievements of State and National Leaders at Commencement May 20
UNH will honor two New Hampshire residents
for outstanding community service with Granite State Awards
that will be presented at the 136th Commencement ceremony
Saturday, May 20, 2006,
beginning at 10 a.m. in Cowell Stadium. More >>>
(04-19-06)
No Dumping, Drains To Bay
The small metal placards with those words are on the more than 650 catch
basins or storm drains that access the UNH storm water sewer system for
the university campus. Yet despite that warning there were two recent
incidents of illicit dumping on campus that have officials urging faculty,
staff, students and visitors to think about where things that enter this
network of storm drains ultimately end up. More >>>
(04-19-06)
The Elephant In The Locker Room: UNH Professor Examines Homophobia In Collegiate Sports
Teamwork. Leadership. Personal growth. Health and fitness. The benefits
of team sports are well-known and plentiful. But some of
the positive experiences of athletics are hidden in a deep,
dark closet, says UNH researcher Heather Barber,
especially for gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) athletes and coaches. More >>>
(04-19-06)
Durham: It’s Where U Live Hosts Forum On Youth Sports
Athletics coaches from UNH, Oyster River
High School and the Oyster River Youth Association will
come together Wednesday, April 19, 2006, from 7-9 p.m.
in the Oyster River High School
Auditorium for a panel discussion on youth sports. More >>>
(04-19-06)
If You Missed The First UNH Gourmet Dinners, Your Ship Has Come In
Those who missed the tantalizing Gourmet Dinners served by University
of New Hampshire hospitality students last month have a second
chance to whet their palates as the students serve up cuisine
from “Mediterranean Ports of Call” April 21 and 22.
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(04-19-06)
Thomas D. Lee, Excellence in Teaching
Campus Journal is pleased to feature UNH's 2005 Faculty Excellence winner
profiles this spring. This week’s profile is Thomas D. Lee, associate
professor of Forest Ecology.
To anyone walking by, it is a group of students with their
professor and his dog sitting on the ground on the side of a hill. In
fact, this class is reporting out on a particular forest community on
the southeastern slope of North Mountain in Pawtuckaway State Park.
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(04-19-06)
