Elizabeth Adeeko is three months away from graduation, but she already has two part-time jobs closely related to her major. When she’s not studying for her classes in biomedical science at the University of New Hampshire in Durham or working as a student tutor, Adeeko logs hours at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover in patient registration and as an LNA.

“I’d like to stay there or work in another hospital, or work in research,” said Adeeko about her plans after graduation. “Then I may apply to medical school in the next year.”

It took some time for Mike Neveu, a senior in the UNH Manchester Biology program, to decide on his career path. Clearly, taking that time has paid off. Neveu, this year’s student commencement speaker, already has his next steps mapped out.  And besides being a successful student, throughout his college career Neveu managed to operate his own business and maintain his family life.

The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Optometry program is challenging. And that's only if one manages to be one of 55 students admitted to the program each year. UNH Manchester 2014 graduate Stephanie McQuaid is one of them and is confident she is up to the challenge.

"When I got my acceptance letter, needless to say I breathed a sigh of relief," McQuaid says. "And I immediately went and told all of my UNH Manchester professors. They were all like 'Didn't we tell you that you could do it!' It was a pretty amazing experience."

The University of New Hampshire at Manchester welcomes Laurie Shaffer as Lecturer of American Sign Language/English Interpreting.

The University of New Hampshire at Manchester welcomes Dr. Maeve Dion to the Homeland Security faculty as Assistant Professor of Security Studies.

When Caroline Consoli started at UNH Manchester, she assumed it would be a transitional school, to get her major courses done before transferring. She had followed in her brother’s path, who is a year ahead of her, after touring the school while he was on his college search. What Caroline didn’t expect was to fall in love with the community at UNH Manchester, one that she has completely immersed herself in. She declared a major her freshman year, still unsure, and found in an introductory course that it was truly her calling.

Shreya Vijay '19, a psychology graduate, shares her experience growing up as an Indian American as part of our "In Our Own Voices" series.

At an early age, Donnett Sackie ’20 was forced to leave Liberia during the civil war and spent much of his childhood in a refugee camp. His outlet was soccer and that passion led him to the UNH men's soccer team where its unique culture helped him feel right at home. #ThisIsUNH