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A Space to Heal: How a ‘Lifeline’ of Support at UNH Helped Student Rebuild After Crisis

Mikaela Belanger ’26 knows better than most how dramatically life can change in the blink of an eye. For years, she dreamed of saving enough to purchase her mother a house, only to wind up without a home herself when her mom abruptly kicked her out of the apartment they shared following a mental... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Writing Retreat Goes Digital
    - Writing Retreat Goes Digital
    Zoom breakout rooms took the place of physical spaces in donor-sponsored annual event for writing graduate students. Read More
  • Fellowship Will Offer Game-Changing Opportunities
    - Fellowship Will Offer Game-Changing Opportunities
    The Shaw Innovation Explorers Program was launched at the UNH with gifts from David Evans Shaw ’73, CEO of Black Point Group; John Shaw, CEO of Itaconix; and the Shaw family. The... Read More
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    - Angels Among Us
    A gift from S. Melvin Rines '47 continues to give students' hands-on experience as angel investors. Read More
  • A Passion for Ideas
    - A Passion for Ideas
    Family, friends, colleagues create scholarship to memorialize entrepreneurial spirit of Ed Friedlander '88  Read More
  • Scholarship Surprise
    - Scholarship Surprise
    Thanks to a generous gift from Granite State Development Corporation, this student and her family got an incredible surprise about her next three years at UNH.  Read More
  • A More Diverse Legal Landscape
    - A More Diverse Legal Landscape
    Peter Nieves, a patent attorney at Sheehan Phinney and former adjunct professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, has been working to create a scholarship program at the law... Read More
  • Tradition of Innovation
    - Tradition of Innovation
    “It’s not about what you have in your bank account or your pocket, it’s about the difference you make.”  Read More
  • Honoring Service, Sacrifice
    - Honoring Service, Sacrifice
    With ROTC scholarship, Gary pays tribute to his father’s military service and mother’s dedication to family Read More
  • Granite State Fans
    - Granite State Fans
    “It makes you feel good to be able to help out. The kids are really appreciative," says Bob Glendening of the support he and wife Beverly provide through scholarships.   Read More
  • The Skateboarding CEO
    - The Skateboarding CEO
    Tom Hayes ’87 talks berries and business, and why a 23-second video is the best free advertising few could have predicted Read More