About

Office of International Students & Scholars

Conant Hall 315
10 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824
tel: 603-862-1288
fax: 603-862-0844
oiss@unh.edu

HOURS

Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Connect With Us

There are many ways you can make a difference for UNH students with international dreams and goals. Here are some ways that you could enrich their college experiences:

  • Create a brief profile about your international career for the Global Education Center website.
  • Make yourself available to respond to questions from students and other alumni interested in your field.
  • Serve as a career mentor for a current student.
  • Contribute an article to our newsletter.
  • Make a campus visit to talk to students about the international dimensions of your work or research.
  • Invite an international student to share a holiday celebration.
  • Contribute to a scholarship to enable domestic students with need to participate in transformational education abroad experiences or to a scholarship or emergency fund for international students.

To learn more, contact the Global Education Center by emailing Mindy McMahon.


In 1985, the first four UNH students graduated from the Program in International Perspectives, now known as the International Affairs Dual Major. For professor Frank McCann, the creative force behind the program, it was a dream come true.

McCann, together with dedicated colleagues from across the schools and colleges, engaged in years of curriculum development, fundraising and academic committee reviews to craft a landmark program that enables UNH undergraduate students from any major to expand their interests, research and career options into the international arena, and to integrate study or internships abroad into their major.. Those early visionaries included professors John Carroll, natural resources; Bernard Gordon, political science; Marc Herold, economics; and Doug Wheeler, history.

The Global Education Center's OISS Global Fund-Support for International Students and Send Wildcats Abroad Fund funds were established in honor of those faculty members whose imagination, foresight and hard work continue to make international study at UNH a vital and life-changing experience for students of every major.

Help internationalize a UNH student's education by making a contribution.

Frank McCann
John Carroll
Bernard Gordon
Marc Herold
Doug Wheeler

Pictured, left to right:

  • Frank McCann, professor emeritus of history and first director of the Center for International Education, predecessor to today's Global Education Center
  • John Carroll, professor of environmental conservation
  • Bernard Gordon, professor emeritus of political science
  • Marc Herold, professor of economics
  • Doug Wheeler, professor emeritus of history