A UNH Tradition: Family Weekend

Family Weekend 2012 is scheduled for

September 29 & 30th

2012 Events will be posted in August - Please review the events and activities held during the 2011 Family Weekend (listed below) to get a feel for the weekend.

Family Weekend is sponsored by the UNH Parents Association

Events listed in BLUE are brought to you specifically by the Parents Association. Other events are generously sponsored by the departments presenting the events in coordination with Family Weekend. The list of activities is continually updated, check back often to see what other activities have been posted for the weekend!

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

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 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.

Family Weekend 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011:

9am 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). Also open on Saturday.

9am to 5 pm

UNH Computer Store open. level 2 across from the Granite Square Station mail boxes, Memorial Union Building (MUB). Also open 12 pm to 4 pm on Saturday.

10 am to 4 pm

Pop-Up Book Exhibit. From the new collection which is part of UNH Special Collections. UNH Museum, Level 1, Dimond Library. Also open 12 pm to 4 pm on Saturday.

3 pm to 5 pm

Free Tennis Clinic - sponsored by the UNH Club Tennis Team. Don't miss this opportunity to sharpen up your game with 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 Evan Walsh eam47@wildcats.unh.edu.

5 pm to 8 pm

Special Family Weekend Dinner for Families - $

This dinner will feature Parent recipes at the fabulous Holloway Commons. Holloway Commons also offers eight exciting concepts featuring an array of chef-inspired creations. $9.00 per person, pay at the door, students can use their meal plans.

5 pm to 8 pm

Family Weekend Information Table, Whittemore Center. Pick up your copy of the latest Family Weekend Event Schedule and campus map, Whittemore Center Lobby, Dimond Library or at the MUB Info. desk.

7 pm

Movies at the MUB: Green Lantern & Submarine. - $

Green Lantern will be shown in 3D! $4.00 for students and $8.00 for non students ($2.00 for 3D glasses or bring your own) Submarine: $2.00 for students, only $4.00 for non students, tickets available 1 hour before the show at the MUB. Also shown at 9:00 pm.

7:30 pm

UNH Baseball Team Game

UNH vs. Merrimack College / NECBA League Game. Held at the Wildcat Diamond (field beyond the Football field and Bremner field), parking available by Bremner Field. Bring a chair.

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, October 1, 2011:

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. 862-1074. 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

FREE Parents Coffee

Sponsored by the Parents Fund, at the Elliott Alumni Center, True Lounge, 9 Edgewood Road. Enjoy free parking in our lot and join us for coffee and a snack. Juice and free tee-shirts will be available for younger family members. UNH parent and student volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and share their experiences. All are welcome; maps and Family Weekend activity handouts will be available. For planning purposes please register for the Parents Coffee event: https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_id=9054

9 am to 7 pm

UNH Club Softball Jamboree. Held at Wildcat Diamond Held at the Wildcat Diamond (field beyond the Football field and Bremner field), parking available by Bremner Field. Bring a chair. Schedule: 9 am - UNH vs. Southern Maine Community College; 11 am - NH Technical Institute vs. Colby-Sawyer; 1 pm - Southern Maine Community College vs. Colby-Sawyer; 3 pm - UNH vs. Central Maine Community College; 5 pm - NH Technical Institute vs. Central Maine Community College.

9 am to 4 pm

UNH Horse Trials: AREA I ADULT TEAM CHALLENGE and UNH 40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Check out the activities based at the UNH Horse Barns. Event features Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping (these events are spread out over 2 days, Oct. 1 & 2). For more information go to http://www.equine.unh.edu/horse-trials

10 am to 6 pm - Extended Hours!

UNH Bookstore open. Gifts, UNH Logo clothing, dorm room essentials, snacks, etc. available. Located on level 1 of the MUB.

10:15 to 11:15

Drop-in Yoga Class - Bring your mat and enjoy an invigorating yoga class. $5 for Campus Recreation members / $15 for non-members. Instructor is Lee Calderone, a Yoga Fit and STOTT Pilates Certified instructor. Held at Campus Recreation, studio 1.

11am to 11:20 am

Take Photos with the UNH mascots Wild E Cat and Gnarlz at the Wildcat Statue in front of the Whittemore Center – take photos of your family with the mascots before they head down to the football game!

11 am to 1:30 pm

Parents Association sponsored University Picnic -$ SURVEY LOCATION

Only $5.00 per person – 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. Picnic held rain or shine.
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 will be planning on hosting 700 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. Holy Cross. - $

All ticket information is online – check out the special Football and Hockey combo. game ticket pricing! Go to http://unhwildcats.com/tickets/Family_Weekend_11 Individual football and hockey game tickets are also available. Order all football and hockey tickets 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.

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.

12 noon to 4 pm

Pop-Up Book Exhibit. From the new collection which is part of UNH Special Collections. UNH Museum, Level 1, Dimond Library.

12 noon to 4 pm

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

1pm to 5 pm

UNH Museum of Art: Dahlov Ipar works and Selected Works from the Boston Sculptors Gallery.

Paul Creative Arts Center. The exhibit is both inside the Museum of Art and outside in the adjacent courtyard to the Paul Creative Arts Center. The Museum of Art presents works by Dahlov Ipar and the Boston Sculptors Gallery. The sculptors exhibit features 38 works of art by 18 artists who are members of the Boston Sculptors Gallery.

4 pm

Exhibition Hockey Game – UNH vs. New Brunswick! - $

At the Whittemore Center. Ticket information is online - go to http://unhwildcats.com/tickets/Family_Weekend_11 Order hockey tickets by phone by Sept. 15^th in order that tickets may be mailed to you.

4:30pm

FREE Performance – Comedic Juggler and UNH Alum Mark Nizer! SURVEY LOCATION

How does a zoology major at UNH from Concord, Massachusetts end up touring with Bob Hope and Barry Manilow? Nizer developed his craft by being a Street Performer, doing Revue Shows and Cruise Ship tours. He won the American Collegiate Talent Showcase in 1984 and hasn’t looked back.

Come early to make sure you get a seat at this popular performance by a UNH Alum! Granite State Room at the MUB. Free Popcorn! Sponsored by the Memorial Union, Campus Activity Board (CAB) and the Parents Association.

7 pm

Movies at the MUB: Green Lantern & Submarine. - $

8 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.

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 Jessi Campbell. FREE

Jessi Campbell is one of the fastest rising young comedians today. Her high energy and hilarious stories keep audiences on the edge of their seats. After breaking into the college market with a standing ovation at a national conference, she has become one of the most in-demand college comedians. Don’t miss this performance! Sponsored by Campus Activities Board (CAB).

Sunday, October 2, 2011:

9 am to 10:30 am

FREE – Pancake Breakfast at the Whittemore Center. SURVEY LOCATION

Pancakes served with Coffee, Tea, Juice & Hot chocolate! Meet other parents from your student’s dorm, breakfast tables will be marked with dorm names!

9 am to 4 pm

9 am to 3 pm

Club Tennis Team College Tournament. Come watch the UNH Club Tennis Team in action against opponents such as Dartmouth and Boston University to mention a few. Held at the UNH Tennis Courts, next to the Football Field.

10 am to 1 pm

Family Weekend Finale at the Whittemore Center. SURVEY LOCATION All are welcome! Family Weekend Handouts will be available.

Event details:

Sport Club Demonstrations – from fencing to climbing wall demos – try the wall yourself!
FREE 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 – option of 1 to 4 mile loops
Solar Observations - A grad student from the Physics Dept. will showing safe solar observations of the sun at the outside concourse at the Whitt. (weather permitting)

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