Kelsey Hamel ’15
I believe in UNH because what you learn while at school, and who you meet while you are there, open so many doors for your future. The least I can do ...
Valuable Connections
My first semester as a student at the University of New Hampshire within the Paul College of Business and Economics has been nothing short of spectacu...
Tips to Be a Strong RA Candidate
So… you have decided to become an RA? I envy you, the previous two years I was an RA at UNH and my floor became my family, and my hall director became...
Making the Transition to College Easier
With my summer coming to an end, I began to look ahead to my upcoming school year at UNH. Coming from a high school with just over 1,000 students, I w...
Finding Your Team
In August, as the all-college meetings for incoming students slowly approached, I was more than thrilled to take on the task of being a peer advisor i...
Taylor Sievers ’15
All of my opportunities became available because I went to the University of New Hampshire.
Work as a Team, Win as a Team
Coming into my freshman year at Paul College, I was initially overwhelmed by the sheer number of students in the business school compared to my small ...
The Best Week Ever!
When I heard about Paul College hosting their first Leadership Camp, I was hesitant to apply. I didn’t know how this new dynamic would work and had re...
A Four-Day Camp that will Last a Lifetime
As Leadership Camp drew nearer, I became more and more skeptical about what I was REALLY getting myself into. A lot of my friends were going somewhere...
Taking Advantage of Opportunities
When first approached about the Sophomore Shadow program this past summer, I was hesitant. I had no idea what my class load would be like and taking o...
Home Away From Home
I remember being so nervous on the first day of classes. As I had expected, mostly everyone knew each other already; they were dorm mates, or lived in...
Teamwork (Makes the Dream Work)
I was first told about the FIRE Program at freshman orientation; but I was never told about how big of an impact it would have on my first semester of...
My UNH: Allison Bellucci ’17
After my freshman year at UNH, I wanted to transfer. I did not feel like I belonged here and I was very lost. But I can confidently tell you all that ...
From Mentor to Mentee
Two months into my first-semester of freshman year, I never want to leave. I love everything UNH has to offer and am excited by the endless opportunit...
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!
Keeping the FIRE Burning
As a second year peer advisor and student head of this year’s FIRE program, I am proud to participate in the growing effort to actively engage Paul Co...
My UNH: Callie Ierardi ’17
From the moment I stepped out of the car onto the UNH campus, I knew this was where I needed to go to school.
My UNH: Charlotte Harris ’18
From my first week at college when I made enduring friendships with the people in my residence hall to the engaging connections I continue to make as ...
Homesickness vs. No Homesickness for UNH Students
I do not get homesick. I remember thinking during the first semester of my freshman year that I must be doing something wrong because you’re supposed ...
Say Yes
Starting my freshman year at UNH last August, I had two goals in mind: getting involved and meeting new people. I quickly realized how easy it is to ...
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...
FIRE Builds Bonds
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb Many first-year students are coming from high schools ...
UNH: “Be You” this Valentine’s Day
That one day of the year with the strongest love-hate relationship: Valentine’s Day. For many people, this holiday is dreaded. For single people...
Standing Up in a Field Full of Leaders
We are all flowers. Some of us are lilacs, others a daisy, but regardless of how we appear and our genetic classifications, each and every individual ...
The Catalyst
Throughout high school, getting involved was easy. Participating in clubs and competing for leadership roles was not intimidating. Playing in and atte...
Meeting People Is (Not That) Easy!
Since it’s a new semester, and we’re all going to meet new people, I think now’s the time to do away with the social expectation that when we are intr...
Start the Year Off Right: Tips and Tricks to Get Organized
Welcome to/welcome back to UNH! I hope you all had a great summer and you’re ready for another great year of studies and everything that the uni...
Roommate Advice from your FRIENDS at UNH!
Moving in freshman year can be pretty overwhelming. You’re making new friends, getting used to a new campus, figuring out your class schedule, and gen...
Senior Advice: What I Wish I Knew as a Freshmen at UNH
As I am about to graduate and sadly leave UNH, I have been thinking a lot about my time here over the past four years. I have made friends I know I wi...
Gourmet Dinner, New Orleans: Unmasked – A Night to Remember
On Friday, March 27th, I was lucky enough to attend the Gourmet Dinner, New Orleans: Unmasked, on behalf of the UNH Social Team. I enjoyed a night ful...
Here’s What to do When Spring Weather Finally Comes
Believe it or not – spring is here. With the Spring Equinox having happened on Friday, March 20th, it is officially springtime. However, with gr...
Strength In Numbers – Working Out with Friends
Finding time to work out always feels like a struggle, for me at least. Do I go before class or after class? In the morning or night? What if I am too...
Let’s Talk About the “Best Week Ever”: Leadership Camp 2015
Every year in January, more than 50 UNH students cut their Winter Break short and spend five days at Camp Merrowvista in Tuftonboro, N.H., and have th...
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...
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 ...
UNH’s Star – Alex Preston
UNH’s American Idol American Idol is a household name – we all recognize it from the days of Simon Cowell to how it has evolved during the...
New England Fall Astronomy Festival 2014
Why Go to the Astronomy Festival 2014? As a student in the College of Liberal Arts, I don’t tend to attend science-orientated events. However, through...
Off-Campus Dining: Portsmouth, NH
Campus Dining Transportation from UNH to Portsmouth One of the best parts about going to UNH is while we have the amazing college town of Durham right...
Once a Wildcat Always a Wildcat
The time has come when the #UNH14 class has transitioned from going to what feels like hundreds of graduation parties and collecting countless checks ...
We Will Always Have Paris
Bonjour! Where is the best place in the world (besides London) to reunite with a fellow Wildcat? You guessed it, PARIS! One of my best friends from UN...
Home for the Holidays
Once you’re finally at UNH and have your daily regimen down, your days will get busy enough that you totally forget what life was like at home. Being ...
The Gift of Independence
Like most people my age, it isn’t very common to go anywhere alone. Trips to the Fox Run Mall, going out to get food, or even girls headed to th...
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...
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...
Spring Break in The Bahamas
The entire campus let out a unanimous sigh as UNH closed its doors for Spring Break. Following a week crammed full of midterm exams, paper due dates, ...
Ready To Be Back!
Winter break was a well needed rest from the hustle and bustle of school and finals. It was time to relax and to see friends and family. Even though...
Finding Community at UNH
Coming from Portsmouth, a small city 20 minutes away from campus, I am used to a feeling of community and it was this trait that I looked for in my co...
A Very PrOVES Halloween
Last Friday, the Pre-Orientation Volunteer Experience in Service (PrOVES) staff and it’s members continued their love of community service by ho...