Welcome
from the Vice President for Student & Academic Services
The University of New Hampshire has made a commitment to "provide students an innovative, high quality, coherent, and integrated educational experience." This commitment—outlined in the Academic Plan--obligates us to create a learning environment that demands enough from students that they have the greatest opportunity to grow and that provides sufficient connection to the "outside world" that they have the opportunity to test the relevance and the effectiveness of what they are learning. Such an approach to higher education also requires that we provide the support and direction necessary for the success of our students' endeavors.
Toward this end, the Division of Student & Academic Services seeks to forge integral links between the academic and non-academic aspects of student life, to create better connections between curriculum and co-curricular experiences, and to foster high expectations for academic and personal excellence for all students. The focus of this Division is on assisting students to be successful at UNH, contributing to a process of intellectual, personal and social development that produces graduates who are well- educated, well-adjusted and well-prepared to realize their own goals and to contribute to their communities and to the larger society with intellect, professional competence, social awareness, the capacity for effective civic engagement and respect and understanding for people and the world around them.
One of the goals of this office is to assist students in connecting to the resources that will ensure that their experiences at UNH are as worthwhile and a positive as they can possibly be. If you are in search of information or a connection that you have not been able to find, please feel free to contact us at (603) 862-2053 or by email at vpsas@unh.edu.
Mark Rubinstein, Vice President
for Student & Academic Services