An Innovation Community for First-year Students
What is the Idea & Innovation Society?
The Idea & Innovation Society is an exclusive group of aspiring first year students who are idea creators, innovative thinkers, or entrepreneurs from across UNH.
As a member of the Idea & Innovation Society, you will join a community of students who are passionate about ideas and innovation and ready to make their mark at UNH and beyond. You will benefit from personalized support and mentorship as you build on your own innovative ideas and start your UNH career with a broad network of like-minded innovators from all colleges across campus.
Top Benefits for UNH Students in the Idea & Innovation Society
- Network with students who have started a company, non-profit, or were involved in innovation programs in high school
- Immediately connect with a broad community of innovative-minded students from around campus
- Attend exclusive, high-impact bi-weekly gatherings to improve your skills and grow your ideas
What Our Society Members Say
"By joining the Idea and Innovation Society, I was immediately immersed into a community of diligent and hard working individuals who were passionate about pursuing entrepreneurship. The events that I attended through The Society helped me to cultivate thoughts, ideas, and relationships that have collectively constituted my successful collegiate experience at UNH."
-GUNNAR DE YOUNG '23
"The Idea & Innovation Society has given me the opportunity to meet new people and participate in so many events that have helped me improve my networking skills and evolve my ideas for future projects."
-MADISON MCEACHERN '23
Society Member Benefits
- Exclusive Idea & Innovation Society Fund
Offering access to $250 of seed funding to help you take your idea to the next level. - Bi-weekly Society meetings with the team
Share and discuss, get feedback on ideas, and find the best resources for your needs - 1:1 coaching for your idea or innovation
- Introduction to a mentor from the ECenter Mentor Network that best matches your venture
Most mentors are UNH alumni - Exclusive Idea & Innovation Society long-sleeved t-shirt
- Exclusive Idea & Innovation Society kick-off welcome party at the ECenter
- Private small group interactions with ECenter keynote speakers, as possible
- Ticket and transportation to the annual BU IDEA Conference
- Additional 1:1 coaching for UNH prize competitions
Especially for the Holloway Prize Competition (Spring). 1:1 and group preparation and coaching offered. - Opportunity to apply for Social Innovation Internships and Semester in the City through the Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise
About the Idea & Innovation Society
The Idea & Innovation Society was created to provide students with the opportunity to be at the forefront of the idea and innovation community on campus, while gaining unique benefits through UNH's nationally-recognized Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter). It embraces first-year students from all colleges, majors, and backgrounds and provides a network of like-minded individuals with whom to connect, collaborate, share ideas and resources, and help you run faster with your ideas and innovations.
We are looking for idea creators and innovative thinkers from any and all majors at UNH: music or dance, engineering or business, chemistry or history, equine sciences or Spanish, biology or communication science disorders… good ideas come from all places!
The Society has a permanent home at UNH’s Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) on campus. The ECenter is not part of any one college to intentionally provide opportunities for all students on campus to interact and work together.
Note: The Society is an invitation-only community. It is NOT a scholarship program.
Questions? Email us at e.center@unh.edu
Learn more about the UNH Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship (ECenter)!
UNH would like to thank Arizona State University’s Entrepreneurship + Innovation Team for concept support in the creation of UNH’s Idea & Innovation Society.
SPONSORED BY SERVICE CREDIT UNION
