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...
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!
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!
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...