UNH Diversity Statement
The University of New Hampshire is committed to building and nurturing an environment of inclusive excellence where all students, faculty, and staff can thrive. We also are committed to providing open and inclusive access for all alumni, volunteers, learners, employees, and visitors seeking to participate in our programs and activities. We venture to sustain a campus environment that fosters mutual respect and understanding. We believe diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are foundational values inextricably linked to achieving our core educational mission and embrace the many characteristics of our community members that make them uniquely themselves. Here, you belong, and all are welcome.
Statement on Race-neutral Admissions
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race cannot be considered in college admissions decisions. Through our admissions policies at the University of New Hampshire, we strive to enroll students who represent the diversity of experience, background and thought that foster an intellectually stimulating and well-rounded collegiate experience. Since 2012, New Hampshire state law has prohibited preferential treatment based on race and other protected categories in public sector recruiting, hiring, promotion and collegiate admissions. Although the court decision will not impact UNH policies, which are already neutral on race in compliance with state law, we recognize the challenges this decision poses to colleges and universities across the United States and the ways it may impede access for groups already underrepresented in higher education and diminish overall educational experiences.
Diversity is critical to the university’s community to bring together those who have varying values and a range of life experiences to share that can enhance intellectual debate to help our students, and faculty, grow and build new relationships that prepare them for a future and world beyond campus.
Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Annual Reports:
2022-23 DDEI Annual Report
2021-22 DDEI Annual Report
UNH Land, Water & Life Acknowledgement
As we all journey on the trail of life, we wish to acknowledge the spiritual and physical connection the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples have maintained to N’dakinna (homeland) and the aki (land), nebi (water), olakwika (flora), and awaasak (fauna) which the University of New Hampshire community is honored to steward today. We also acknowledge the hardships they continue to endure after the loss of unceded homelands and champion the university’s responsibility to foster relationships and opportunities that strengthen the well-being of the Indigenous People who carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.
Listen to the acknowledgement read by Denise Pouliot
Indigenous Resource Library Guides
Research with Indigenous Communities
Indigenous Peoples Resources
Initiatives
The Aulbani J. Beauregard Center for Equity, Justice, and Freedom
Opportunities for individuals to explore and understand diversity, social justice, inclusion, and equity.
Civil Rights & Equity Office
Responsible for oversight of University compliance efforts regarding affirmative action, Title IX, disability laws and regulations, equal employment laws, and campus initiatives.
Office of Community, Equity & Diversity
We develop programs, policies and initiatives that serve to create a welcoming environment of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
Services for students who have permanent or temporary disabilities which impact their UNH experience.
UNH Safe Zones
Safe Zones is an educational program to raise awareness of LGBTQIAP+ issues and contribute to a campus climate of inclusion.
Sexual Misconduct (Title IX)
Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities operated by recipients of federal financial assistance.
Events
News
First-Generation Students Proudly Blazing Their Own Trails at UNH
First-Generation Students Proudly Blazing Their Own Trails at UNH
Hear in their own words what a college education means to them
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Seacoast Sips of Science Brings UNH Research to the Community
Seacoast Sips of Science Brings UNH Research to the Community
Science communication series expands with six events in Seacoast venues
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The Significance of Honoring Juneteenth
The Significance of Honoring Juneteenth
Host of upcoming Seacoast events commemorate the holiday
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The McNair program has helped me apply the tools I get from classes and learn in a more productive manner,” Linton says. During the summer, Linton, a member of the National Society of Black Engineers, was one of 15 students to present their research at the UNH McNair Scholar research symposium. Following that event, he traveled to California and shared his work on a weightless exercise system…Learn More -
Co-Founder of ecoTextA New Alternative to Buying Textbooks - Joel Nkounkou ’18 turned an idea into a new business venture with the help of UNH's Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center, and he now proudly calls several of his former classmates and teammates his colleagues. Hear the story of Joel's vision and the path to getting started in his own words.Learn More -
There aren’t a lot of white people in the Bronx, Santos says. At UNH, it is just the opposite. But it wasn’t the lack of a diverse population that she found challenging; it was the small things, like figures of speech and expressions. Her plan to become a doctor is rooted in her experience growing up in the Dominican Republic where access to medical care is limited.Learn More -
“I want to understand what indigenous communities already know about climate change through generational and observational knowledge and understand how scientists can better engage the communities in which they work to produce a more collaborative approach to research,” she says.Learn More -
UNH gave Alexis Gray the confidence to be the person she wanted to be, and now her career is taking off. The economics major at Paul College of Business and Economics has secured a job as a member of L.L. Bean’s media team.Learn More
