The dates for Family Weekend 2013 have been announced - it will be held October 5th and 6th! 

Update for 2013; there will be an exhibition hockey game scheduled for Saturday, but there is no home football game scheduled for that weekend.  You might like to review the 2012 events below to give you an idea of what other activities are usually held during Family Weekend . . .

UNH Family Weekend is designed to be a fun, family-oriented weekend; we encourage you and your family to take some time to explore parts of the campus you haven’t visited yet such as the University Museum, Museum of Art, the Observatory or College Woods.  We try to offer low cost or free events, programs or activities that you can attend with your entire family. Events with the symbol $ require a purchased ticket.

We invite you to mix and mingle with other UNH families who are visiting for the weekend during the various events. Family Weekend has no academic component nor are there any residence hall activities. Please also note that all athletic event ticket prices and game times are set by the UNH Athletics dept.

Click one of the following links for our Off the Beaten Path Tour Guides -  Central Campus - Extended Campus - Regional Guide.

Friday, September 28, 2012:

9 am to 5 pm

UNH Bookstore open. UNH Logo clothing, Gifts, books, dorm room essentials, snacks, etc. available. Located on level 1 of the Memorial Union Building (MUB).

9 am to 5 pm

UNH Computer Store open. level 2 across from the Granite Square Station mail boxes, Memorial Union Building (MUB). Also open 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday.

10 am to 4 pm  

University Museum: Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail Exhibit. The exhibit features 25 Victorian era garments and accessories from the UNH Irma Bowen Textile Collection.  It explores the aesthetics of nineteenth century clothing design and provides a close-up look at how their embellishments were constructed.  UNH Museum, Level 1, Dimond Library. Also open 12 noon to 4 pm on Saturday.

4 pm to 6 pm

Free Tennis Clinic - sponsored by the UNH Club Tennis Team. Don't miss this opportunity to sharpen up your game with the pros on the UNH Club Tennis Team! If you don't bring your racquet or don't have one - they will have some for you to use! Clinic is being held at the UNH Tennis Courts next to the Football Field. For more info. contact BenSchenck blu32@wildcats.unh.edu.

5 pm to 8 pm

Special Family Weekend Dinner for Families - $ (pay at door) Holloway Commons is hosting a special Apple Harvest dinner.  Holloway Commons also offers other exciting concepts featuring an array of chef-inspired creations. $9.00 per person, pay at the door, students can use their meal plans.

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Get the Scoop! The Parents Association is hosting a Parent Information Session for UNH Families – get an ICE CREAM CONE and get some PARENT TO PARENT INFORMATION at the same time! This session will also help us develop questions for our online F.A.Q.’s! Pick up your copy of the latest Family Weekend Event Schedule and campus map. Held at the common eating area below Dunkin Donuts at the entrance to Holloway Commons.

7:00 pm 

UNH Club Baseball Team Game

UNH vs. Dartmouth College. Held at the Wildcat Diamond (Also known as the Student Rec Field - the field beyond the Football field and Bremner field), parking available by Bremner Field. Bring a chair.

6:45 pm

Movies at the MUB: Madagascar 3 shown in RealD-3D.  $4 for students with ID, $5 for children 12 and under, and $8 for all others.  Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB.  Open to the public, $2 charge for re-usable 3D glasses.

7:30 pm

Movies at the MUB: Dark Shadows.  $2 for students with ID and $4 for others.  Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB. Open to the public.  Also shown at 9:30 pm.

9 pm

Movies at the MUB: The Avengers shown in RealD-3D. $4 for students with ID, $5 for children 12 and under, and $8 for all others. Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB. Open to the public, $2 charge for re-usable 3D glasses.

9 pm

Dueling Pianos - FREE live performance.  Don’t miss this exciting performance - just like Jake Ivory’s! Challenge these talented pianists with your favorite song requests! Complete with hot appetizers and dessert! Strafford Room at the MUB, level 2.

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012:

8 am to 12 noon

Visit the Thompson School Greenhouses.  Plant material is produced by the students in the Thompson School Horticulture Technology Program. Fall mums for should still be for sale. The Greenhouses are west of the railroad tracks right across the street from the tennis courts. Either get there early and park right near the greenhouses or plan to walk as the football game traffic get heavy prior to game time.

9 to 11 am

Parents Coffee - Sponsored by the Annual Fund, at the Elliott Alumni Center, True Lounge, 9 Edgewood Road.

Unsure of what to do on Saturday morning while waiting for your UNH student to wake up? Come join other UNH parents for a cup of coffee and refreshments in the Elliott Alumni Center. You will have the opportunity to speak with Deans, students and alumni from COLA, COLSA, WSBE, CHHS and CEPS; hear the latest happenings on campus and ask any questions you may have. UNH parent volunteers will also be on hand answering questions and sharing their experiences. All are welcome; maps and Family Weekend activity handouts will be available.  Free parking at Elliott Alumni Center is available to all in attendance. 

9 am to 4 pm

UNH Horse Trials – Day 1: Check out the activities based at the UNH Equestrian Center. Day one features the Dressage and Cross Country phases of the 2 day event. For more information go to http://www.equine.unh.edu/horse-trials

10 am to 6 pm

UNH Bookstore open. UNH Logo clothing, Gifts, books, dorm room essentials, snacks, etc. available. Located on level 1 of the Memorial Union Building (MUB).

10 am to 4 pm 

UNH Computer Store open. MUB, level 2, across from the Granite Square Station mail boxes.

10:15 to 11:15

Drop in Yoga at the Hamel Recreation Center.  $15.00 at the door, includes the facility guest fee.

11 am to 1:30 pm

University Picnic sponsored by the Parents Association - $

Only $5.00 per person – held at the Whittemore Center. The picnic is being held on the outdoor concourse and inside the lobby. A fun time for the whole family – all are welcome!

Menu features Grilled Chili Lime Chicken or Pulled Pork Sandwiches, meal comes with Tossed Garden Salad with Dressing, Tortellini Pasta Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing & Grilled Seasonal Vegetables, Cookies, and Local Apple Cider. (note: this is not a gluten free meal.)  Picnic held rain or shine.  

Picnic Notes: All Picnic Tickets will be sold on the day of the picnic at the Whittemore Center from 11 am to 1:30 – only $5.00 per person. We plan on hosting 600 people. Picnic tickets will be sold until the food runs out – so don’t come too late! Cash or checks only. As this is a catered event, we can not accept UNH Meal Plans for students or credit cards.

12 noon

Football Game, UNH vs. Delaware. - $   All ticket information is online –  Click here for ticket information. Tickets can be ordered by phone - tickets can be picked up at the Whittemore Center Ticket Booth prior to gametime. UNH students get in free with their UNH student ID. 

Families and friends are invited to participate in game day tailgating. Tailgating Parking and Information (posted information applies to Family Weekend as well): https://www.alumni.unh.edu/keep/homecoming/tailgating.html 

Football Game Note: We recommend that all family and friends of UNH students purchase Gen. Admission tickets because student seating is in the Gen. Admission section.  Tickets may be available on game day but will be $3.00 more per ticket.

12 noon to 4 pm

University Museum; Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail Exhibit. The exhibit features 25 Victorian era garments and accessories from the UNH Irma Bowen Textile Collection.  It explores the aesthetics of nineteenth century clothing design and provides a close-up look at how their embellishments were constructed.  UNH Museum, Level 1, Dimond Library.  

1 pm to 5 pm

UNH Museum of Art:

Multiple Perspectives: New Work by Peter Milton and Douglas Prince in the Carter Gallery
This exhibition pairs the work of two artists, sympathetic in their interests, working independently, each of whom creates digital collages based upon historical, often autobiographical, events and people. Their work, richly layered, offers multiple perspectives of entirely new worlds created from past events, those imagined, and those that may yet be.

Art Faculty Review: Benjamin S. Cariens, Craig Hood, Michael McConnell, and Jennifer Moses in the Scudder Gallery
This special exhibition highlights work by studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, who are new or returning from sabbatical leave.  It features work by Benjamin S. Cariens (sculpture), Craig Hood (painting), and Jennifer Moses (painting). It includes models and plans of Michael McConnell’s sculptures to be installed on the grounds of The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.  For complete information – click here   http://www.unh.edu/moa/upcoming.html 

3 pm

UNH Women's Ice Hockey open scrimmage vs. Dalhousie.  At the Whittemore Center Arena.  Free!

 4 pm – 6 pm

Building Bridges Social  The inaugural UNH Building Bridges Social for UNH students of color will be held at the Elliott Alumni Center following the UNH/Delaware football game.  Current student-athletes and their parents along with prominent student-athlete alumni of color are encouraged to attend the meet and greet and social networking event.  Sponsored by the Athletic Dept. in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Attendees must RSVP for the event by emailing UNH defensive end coach Jon Shelton at jon.shelton@unh.edu.  

4:30 pm

FREE Performance - The Evasons, world renowned psychic mentalist duo.  Join us for this amazing and fast paced stage show featuring Mind Reading, Levitation, Prediction, Memory & Telekinesis, Come early to make sure you get a seat at this popular performance!  Granite State Room at the MUB.  Free Popcorn!  

Sponsored by the Memorial Union, Campus Activity Board (CAB) and the Parents Association. 

6:45 pm

Movies at the MUB: Madagascar 3 shown in RealD-3D. $4 for students with ID, $5 for children 12 and under, and $8 for all others. Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB. Open to the public, $2 charge for re-usable 3D glasses.

7:30 pm

Movies at the MUB: Dark Shadows. $2 for students with ID and $4 for others. Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB. Open to the public. Also shown at 9:30 pm.

8 pm

UNH Club Ice Hockey Game vs. UCONN. FREE! Come watch some competitive hockey on UNH ice!  Open to the public.

8 pm to 10 pm

UNH Observatory Viewing Session   Check out the celestial bodies of the fall sky! Wear something warm and see the night skies up close and personal. Bring a flashlight and binoculars. Weather permitting. 

Note: The observatory is a silo-shaped building located at UNH on Spinney Lane off the Mast Road Extension in Durham near the Old Durham Reservoir. Check out their website for more information and directions to the Observatory. You also might want to drive out to the site before it gets dark so you know where the observatory is located. www.physics.unh.edu/observatory/ 

9 pm  

CAB presents Comedian Roy Wood Jr. - FREE     Roy Wood Jr. is currently starring in this summer’s TBS Comedy Show Sullivan and Son.  Roy has been featured on CBS’ THE LATE SHOW  w/ David Letterman, HBO’s DEF COMEDY JAM, TV One’s ‘The Funny Spot w/ Tony Rock’, CBS’ LATE LATE SHOW w/ Craig Ferguson, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and Comedy Central’s BOB & TOM COMEDY TOUR. He’s also a regular guest on the E! Network’s ‘CHELSEA LATELY’.  (Content may be adult oriented)   Don’t miss this performance! Sponsored by Campus Activities Board (CAB). Held in the Granite State Room, MUB. 

9 pm

Movies at the MUB: The Avengers shown in RealD-3D. $4 for students with ID, $5 for children 12 and under, and $8 for all others. Tickets available 1 hours before the show at the ticket booth in the MUB. Open to the public, $2 charge for re-usable 3D glasses.

Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012:

10 am to 1 pm

Family Weekend Finale at the Whittemore Center – FREE activities featuring:

• 10 am to Noon - Pancake Breakfast at the Whittemore Center. Pancakes served with Coffee, Tea, Juice & Hot chocolate!  
• Meet the UNH mascots Wild E Cat and Gnarlz take photos of your family with the mascots!  Time to be announced.
• Sport Club Demonstrations – from fencing to climbing wall demos – try the wall yourself!
• 10 to 10:30 am Ice Cats synchronized skating demonstration
• 10:30 am to 1 pm - Open Skate Time on the UNH ice – bring your skates if you can, limited numbers and sizes of skates will be available to rent.
• Photo Key Chains - Get your family’s photo taken! Don’t miss this fun opportunity to get your photos taken with your friends and family inside the Whittemore Center Lobby – all get their very own photo key chain!
• College Woods Walk – maps provided, option of 1 to 4 mile loops.
• Solar Observations - The Physics Dept. will be showing how to do safe solar observations of the sun at the outside concourse at the Whitt. (Solar Observations are weather permitting)

9 am to 4 pm

UNH Horse Trials – Day 2: Check out the activities based at the UNH Equestrian Center. Day two features the Show Jumping phase of the event. For more information go to http://www.equine.unh.edu/horse-trials  

9 am to 4:30 pm

Traditional Sunday Brunch sponsored by Holloway Commons. - $   Tickets $9.00 per person at the door, pay at the door, students can use their meal plans. Lunch menu items will be added at 11 am.

1 pm to 5 pm

UNH Museum of Art:

Multiple Perspectives: New Work by Peter Milton and Douglas Prince in the Carter Gallery
This exhibition pairs the work of two artists, sympathetic in their interests, working independently, each of whom creates digital collages based upon historical, often autobiographical, events and people. Their work, richly layered, offers multiple perspectives of entirely new worlds created from past events, those imagined, and those that may yet be.

Art Faculty Review: Benjamin S. Cariens, Craig Hood, Michael McConnell, and Jennifer Moses in the Scudder Gallery
This special exhibition highlights work by studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, who are new or returning from sabbatical leave.  It features work by Benjamin S. Cariens (sculpture), Craig Hood (painting), and Jennifer Moses (painting). It includes models and plans of Michael McConnell’s sculptures to be installed on the grounds of The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.  For complete information – click here   http://www.unh.edu/moa/upcoming.html 

2 pm

Women's Soccer Game vs. Hartford. Lewis Field 

3 pm  

Faculty Concert Series -Featuring Elizabeth Gunlogson & Arlene Kies.  Bratton Recital Hall in the Paul Creative Arts Building is the location of this faculty recital.  Elizabeth Gunlogson on Clarinet and Arlene Kies piano.  For more on the Faculty Concert Series click here.

Important Parking Notes for the weekend –  

Please remember that the rules and regulations for parking are very strict at UNH. Free day parking on Saturday and Sunday is available in lots labeled FACULTY/STAFF or COMMUTER. Do not park in campus resident lots, specially-reserved spaces, time zones, fire lanes, and no parking areas - are restricted and enforced 24/7.

If you are arriving on Friday, Lot C (off Mill Road) and Main Street Visitor Lot (corner of Main and Edgewood) are available for short-term parking, at an hourly rate of $1, up to four hours maximum. Buy a permit from the lot attendant. The permit requirement in this lot is enforced from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Visitors parking overnight should park in the Visitor Info Center Lot.  

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