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10 Ways To Make Your Dorm Room Feel Like Home

Home. It’s where your fuzzy slippers are. It’s knowing which floorboards creak and which picture hides the crack in the wall. It’s h...

0Campus Life, Feature4470April 12, 2017
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150 Things To Do at UNH – Part III

Here's the last of our 150 things to do at UNH list, compiled by the #UNHSocial team in honor of UNH's 150th!

0Academics, Campus Life4611October 26, 2016
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150 Things To Do at UNH – Part II

The #UNHSocial team has come up with 150 things to do here at UNH in honor of our school's 150th anniversary!

0Academics, Campus Life12994October 19, 2016
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The UNH Housing Guide

Figuring out housing at UNH is a yearly task for students. Between trying to arrange combinations of friends and anxiously awaiting your RAC time when...

0Campus Life, Feature15124June 22, 2016
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How UNH students can be sustainable and hip in this ‘Fast Fashion World’

Fast Fashion; what is it and how are you contributing? Basically fast fashion is exactly what it sounds like; it’s the term to describe the make of pa...

0Campus Life, Durham4011April 7, 2016
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Being a Senior During the Holidays

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…Or is it? With the holiday season fast approaching, one cannot help but feel excited for all the ...

0Campus Life, Durham4307December 2, 2015
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Fresh Check Day at UNH

On Thursday, October 29th, UNH took part in Fresh Check Day in the Granite State Room in the Memorial Union Building. This is a program through the Jo...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus4224November 20, 2015
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Best Places to Study in Durham

There’s no shortage of places to get some work done around Durham. Whether you prefer total silence or don’t mind some noise, there’s something for ev...

0Academics, Campus Life10904October 5, 2015
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Things You’ll Miss Most About UNH Over Winter Break as told by Instagram

If you haven’t experience this much needed and lengthy winter break, you’re in a for a treat. After months of a large course load, shower shoes and ha...

0Academics, Campus Life6052December 23, 2014
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UNH Senior Year and Facing the World

I’d be lying if I said these past four years at UNH did not have ups and downs. I’d be lying if I said I did not learn anything from my time in Durham...

0Campus Life, Durham4047December 22, 2014
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Thanksgiving Break – What to Expect & How to Deal with It

Returning home and seeing family and friends can be a very exciting time for a college student. Typically, Thanksgiving is the first time everyone is ...

0Campus Life, Feature4304November 25, 2014
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I Love Lamp: DIY Lighting for Your Dorm Room

One thing that I really wanted to bring into my dorm this year was a homey feel. To me this meant using soft lighting, tons of seating and carefully p...

0Living On Campus, UNH12048October 16, 2014
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Top 25 Things to Know Entering Your First Year at UNH

1. What do I bring to the first day of classes? When it comes to first day of classes at UNH, it varies from class to class. Check your My UNH Blackbo...

0Academics, Athletics32363August 11, 2014
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Happy RA Appreciation Week!

This past week was a very special one in the Residential Life community – RA Appreciation Week!  After serving as an RA for two years, and now w...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus4547March 31, 2014
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First Year Living: Where should you live?

Recently, I’ve noticed an increase of posts in the Class of 2018 page from prospective (or committed) students. As D-day (May 1st) approaches, I expec...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus13398March 5, 2014
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Lessons Learned

I have just finished the first few weeks here at UNH as an exchange student, and things have gone pretty well. I can understand what people are saying...

0Campus Life, Durham3683February 3, 2014
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A New Semester for RAs

After a fun first semester of being a Christensen Hall RA, I was more than ready to go back to school on January 16th for a brief RA training. Since w...

0Living On Campus3164January 23, 2014
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The Best College Pet

A lot of dorms you first visit when you start school will feel much more like school than a home. Their rooms are cold, they don’t really have any dec...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus7278November 17, 2013
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Nine Stages of a College All-Nighter

We’ve all done it. Pulled an all-nighter because of too much homework, an essay due the next morning, studying for a big exam, or insomnia just keepin...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus6470October 31, 2013
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Christensen Makes Bacon!

The four main aspects that UNH Residential Life wants the RAs to promote to their residents are citizenship, academic identity, social justice, and he...

1Campus Life2983October 24, 2013
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What it means to be “On Duty”

As an RA, one of my jobs is to be on duty throughout the year. Every dorm is different, but ultimately the purpose of being on duty is for the RAs to ...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus5465October 10, 2013
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ResLife Socials at UNH

As an RA, one of my jobs is to hold a social for my residents once a week. It’s a great way to build community within the floor and allow for resident...

0Campus Life, Living On Campus3200September 29, 2013
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The Great Floor Wars

Being that my sister just graduated UNH in May, the words ‘Floor Wars’ isn’t unheard of to me. True, I was familiar with the term, a...

0Living On Campus4287September 20, 2013
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UNH Floor Wars

Floor Wars is an activity that occurs in every dorm at the start of the fall semester. It’s a great opportunity to further get to know floor mates as ...

1Living On Campus5683September 12, 2013
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RA Training at UNH

This year on campus will be very different for me because I’m living here with a completely new perspective. Last year I was a freshman Christen...

1Living On Campus, Seacoast8376August 29, 2013
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Freshman Orientation

Showing up to single-day orientation, in my usual 45-minute early fashion, my mom quickly kicked me out of the car and peeled out, leaving me in the d...

2Campus Life4310June 25, 2013
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Christensen Pass-Down Ceremony

To follow up from my blog a few weeks ago regarding RA orientation, the incoming Christensen RAs have finally been passed-down the floors we are assig...

2Living On Campus3542May 2, 2013
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Christensen Cares about Finding Cure for Cancer

With Relay for Life coming to UNH this Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th, the preparation has been ongoing through multiple fundraisers coordin...

1Living On Campus2736April 26, 2013
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Dorm Room Shenanigans: What We Actually Do

During the spring at UNH it is a common occurrence to see tours roaming the campus.  These tours go from building to building talking about the school...

0Living On Campus5045April 19, 2013
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Look out, Freshmen, There’s New Staff in Town!

I was offered a Resident Advisor (RA) position in Christensen Hall back at the end of February, which I was really excited about since that’s the dorm...

1Campus Life, Living On Campus2877April 12, 2013
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Welcome to Stoke

When I tell people that I live in Stoke Hall, they apologize to me.  But for three years I’ve called the largest dorm on campus my home, and not with ...

1Living On Campus6519April 6, 2013
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Christensen Goes to NYC!

Every UNH dorm has its own hall council committee that tries to organize a relatively local field trip each year and opens it up to all residents with...

1Campus Life3109March 28, 2013
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From Resident to RA

As a freshman resident, I admire the RAs on this campus. They have a difficult job, but in the end, they all love it and create a positive experience ...

0Living On Campus3313February 15, 2013
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Dorm Sweet Dorm

Being a freshman at UNH, I really enjoy dorm life so far. Some aspects of dorm life are the highlights of my college experience already while other co...

2Living On Campus3400October 20, 2012

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