University of New Hampshire
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| Motto | Science, Arts, Industry |
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| Established | 1866 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | US$212 million |
| President | J. Bonnie Newman (interim) |
| Staff | 800 |
| Undergraduates | 13,544 |
| Postgraduates | 2,481 |
| Location | Durham, New Hampshire, USA |
| Nickname/Mascot | Wildcats ("Wild E. Cat") |
| Colors | UNH Blue, White |
| Website | www.unh.edu |
University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The main campus is in Durham, NH and the University has one college in Manchester, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire with 15,000 students.
The University has received many awards and recognitions for its academic achievements. The Princeton Review and Forbes.com named UNH one of the nation's top 10 entrepreneurial campuses [1]. In 2004, UNH was the only public institution in New England to rank in the top 10 of Fulbright number of fellowships awarded, with five gradutes receiving grants. UNH was named one of the top 20 universities in the country in U.S. News and World Report's first annual college athletics ranking.
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[edit] History
In 1866, the university was first incorporated as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Hanover, New Hampshire, in association with Dartmouth College. Durham resident Benjamin Thompson left his farm and assets to the state for the establishment an agricultural college. On January 30, 1890, Benjamin Thompson died and his will became public. On March 5, 1891, Gov. Hiram Americus Tuttle signed an act accepting the conditions of Thompson's will. On April 10, 1891, Gov. Tuttle signed a bill authorizing the college's move to Durham, New Hampshire.
In 1892, the Board of Trustees hired Charles Eliot to draw a site plan for the first five campus buildings: Thompson, Conant, Nesmith, and Hewitt Shops (now called Halls) and the Dairy Barn. Eliot visited Durham and worked for three months to create a plan prior to the move to Durham. The Class of 1892, excited about the pending move to Durham, held commencement exercises in an unfinished barn on the Durham campus. On April 18, 1892, the Board of Trustees voted to "authorize the faculty to make all the arrangements for the packing and removal of college property at Hanover to Durham." The Class of 1893, followed the previous class and held commencement exercises in unfinished Thompson Hall, the Romanesque Revival campus centerpiece designed by the prominent Concord architectural firm of Dow & Randlett.
In Fall 1893, classes officially began in Durham with 51 freshmen and 13 upperclassmen, which was three times the projected enrollment. Graduate study was also established in Fall 1893 for the first time. The number of students and the lack of state funds for dormitories caused a housing crunch, and forced students to find housing in town. The lack of housing caused difficulty for attracting women to the university. In 1908, construction on Smith Hall, the first women's dorm, was completed using private and state funds. Prior to the construction of Fairchild Hall in 1915 for male students, 50 freshmen lived in the basement of DeMerritt Hall. With the continuing housing shortage for men, the administration encouraged the growth of the UNH Greek system. From the late 1910s through the 1930s, the fraternity system expanded and provided room and board for male students.
In 1923, Gov. Fred Herbert Brown signed a bill changing the name of the college to "University of New Hampshire", despite pressure by state agriculture interests that had defeated a similar proposal in 1911.
[edit] Academics
UNH is composed of six colleges and the Graduate School, offering some 2,000 courses in over 100 majors. The Thompson School of Applied Science (TSAS), first established in 1895 and now a division of COLSA, provides seven different associate degrees in applied science.
The six colleges of UNH are:
- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS)
- College of Liberal Arts (COLA)
- College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA)
- School of Health and Human Services (SHHS)
- Whittemore School of Business and Economics (WSBE)
- University of New Hampshire at Manchester (UNHM).
The University is a member of the New England Board of Higher Education's New England Regional Student Program (NERSP) where New England public universities and colleges offer a number of undergraduate curricula with special considerations to students from other New England states. If an out of state student's home state schools do not offer a certain degree program offered by UNH, that student can receive the in-state tuition rate plus 75% if enrolled in the program.
The coastal proximity of the university affords excellent programs in Marine biology and Oceanography. Facilities include the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory at Adam's Point in Durham, and the Shoals Marine Laboratory jointly operated with Cornell University on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals.
The University boasts three main university-wide undergraduate reasearch programs: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), and International Research Opportunities Program (IROP).
The University offers many opportunities for students to study abroad through managed programs, exchange programs and approved programs. As of Fall 2004, there were 561 students (4% of the student body) studying in 38 different countries. The University runs/manages twenty two study abroad programs which include: Salzburg, Austria; Canada; Cambridge, England; London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Brest, France; Dijon, France; Grenoble, France; Budapest, Hungary; Osaka, Japan; The Hague, Netherlands; Maastricht, Netherlands; New Zealand; India, South Africa, Italy, Kenya, and Granada, Spain. Beyond that, the University also accepts credit from over 300 approved programs that are run through other institutions. The University organizes an annual summer abroad program at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. There are also over 100 possible National Exchange Program opportunities.
[edit] Activities
The University has approximately 100 student organizations grouped by: academics & careers, community service, political and world affairs, arts & entertainment, culture & language, fraternities & sororities, hall councils, honor socities, leisure & recreation, media & publications, religious, special interest, student activism. A listing of these groups can be found at the SOS website Of those groups there are 15 undergraduate groups which receive Student Activity Fee funds to help subsidize the services they provide; such as the Campus Activity Board, The Granite yearbook, SCAN TV, SCOPE, Student Senate, The New Hampshire, and WUNH. UNH is currently ranked 14th in the unscientific Princeton Review's Top Party Schools. [citation needed]
[edit] Music
UNH offers two undergraduate degree programs: the bachelor of arts in music and the bachelor of music; and two graduate degree programs: the master of arts in music, and the master of arts in teaching. The department also offers the following groups for one academic credit:
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[edit] Greek life
Approximately 10% or 950 undergraduate students are affiliated with fraternities and sororities recognized by the University. UNH Greek Affairs, through the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Council, oversee the nine recognized social fraternities and five recognized social sororities. UNH is home to three unrecognized fraternities and one unrecognized sorority. The fraternities and sororities which have houses are located on "Frat Row," which is the stretch of Madbury Road, Garrison and Strafford Avenues in Durham. Currently fraternities and sororitys are not owned by or on University property.
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*Indicates an unrecognized fraternity/sorority.
[edit] Athletics
The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats, and they compete in the NCAA Division I. UNH is a member of the America East Conference for basketball, cross country, track and field, skiing, soccer, swimming & diving and tennis; and women's crew, field hockey, lacrosse, and volleyball. They also compete in Hockey East in men's and women's ice hockey, as well as Atlantic Ten Conference for football at the Division I-AA level.
In the 2006 academic year the University cut women's crew, men's swimming & diving, and men's and women's tennis at the varsity level, and trimmed the size of the men's ski team from 27 to 12. The reason given was the Athletic Department would save $500,000 towards a $1,000,000 budget shortfall, and be in compliance with Title IX for the first time.[9] In 1997, the University cut baseball, softball, men's and women's golf, and men's lacrosse.
In addition to varsity athletics, the University offers many club sports through the Department of Campus Recreation, including Aikido, Archery, Baseball, Crew, Cycling, Dance, fencing, Figure Skating, Golf, Lacrosse, Nordic Skiing, Rugby, Sailing, Softball, Tennis, Wrestling, and the Woodsmen Club. Many of these clubs compete either on an intercollegiate basis with New England teams, or sponsor University tournaments and frequently participate in National Championships.
The school's official colors are blue and white. The school's official mascot is the Wildcat and its uniformed mascot is known as "Wild E. Cat."
The recognized fight song of UNH is "On to Victory," the most current version of which was arranged by Tom Keck, Director of Athletic Bands from 1998-2003. In 2003, "UNH Cheer (originally titled "Cheer Boys")" was resurrected from the University archives by Erika Svanoe, former Director of Athletic Bands. It currently serves as a secondary fight song and is often performed immediately following "On to Victory."
On October 7, 2006, Wildcats wide receiver David Ball tallied the fifty-first receiving touchdown of his career to displace Jerry Rice of Mississippi Valley State University, one month thither an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame, atop the ranking of NCAA Division I and I-AA players by career receiving touchdowns.
[edit] Demographics
As of the Fall 2005 semester, the university had 13,544 undergraduate students and 2,481 graduate students enrolled in more than 100 majors. The university is 61% in-state students, 38% out-of-state students and 2% international students; and is 57% female and 43% male. The administration is also making a push to increase and promote diversity, however has had trouble retaining racially diverse students due to a percieved lack of community.
[edit] Durham Campus
University of New Hampshire is located in the small town of Durham, New Hampshire, has a "traditional New England campus." The Durham campus is 1,100 acres, with 300 acres in the "campus core" and 800 acres of open land on the west edge of campus. The campus core is considered to be the university property within a 10-minute walk from Thompson Hall, the symbolic and near-geographic center of campus. The campus core contains many of the academic and residential buildings, while the outer campus contains much of the agriculture land and buildings. The University owns a total of 2,400 acres of land.
[edit] Housing
The University currently by agreement offers all underclassmen the opportunity to live in University Housing. As of 2004, the University housed 50 percent of undergraduate students. The University's Master Plan envisions housing about 60 percent of undergraduates, requiring an addition of 1700 beds. Undergraduate housing is divided into three areas: Area I, Area II and Area III. In addition there are two undergraduate apartments, The Gables and Woodside Apartments. The University also offers family housing in the Forest Park apartments and graduate housing in Babcock Hall.
The University has just completed the construction of Gables towers North and South and has now begun new suite-style construction at Forest Park which will eventually be demolished. Plans exist to provide 781 new beds and demolish the remaining 9 buildings (98 units) in Forest Park. Later plans call for the construction of a new 170-unit graduate housing facility at a location to be determined.
[edit] Notable faculty
- John D. Mayer, psychologist, developed the concept of Emotional Intelligence
- Thomas Newkirk, author of "Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture," Professor of English
- Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Professor of English
- Donald Murray, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Professor Emeritus of English
- Andrew Boysen, composer, Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Bands
- Clark Terry, jazz trumpeter, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Music
- Grant Drumheller, painter, Professor of Art
- Joshua Meyrowitz, groundbreaking author of "No Sense of Place" , Professor of Communication
[edit] Notable alumni
Science, Business, & Industry
- Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Chemistry (retired), Merck and Former American Chemical Society president
- David M. Cote, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
- John LaMattina, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Pfizer Inc and President, Pfizer Global Research and Development
- John Roses, Chief Technology Officer, Nortel
Diplomacy, Government, & Politics
- Robert L. Caret, Ph.D., President of Towson University
- Sung-Joo Han, Professor of International Relations at Korea University, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea and former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
- Richard Linnehan (1980), Astronaut
- Lee Morin (1974), Astronaut
Governors of New Hampshire
- John Lynch (1974), Governor of New Hampshire
- Steve Merrill (1969), Governor of New Hampshire
- Wesley Powell, Governor of New Hampshire
Athletics
- Jerry Azumah (1999), former professional football player, Chicago Bears, 1998 Walter Payton Award winner
- Ty Conklin (2001), professional ice hockey goaltender, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Ralph Cox (1979), last player cut from the 1980 US Olympic hockey team
- Carlton Fisk (attended), former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox
- Jason Krog (1999), professional ice hockey forward, Atlanta Thrashers, 1999 Hobey Baker Award winner
- Barbara Marois, captain, US Women's Field Hockey team
Writers and Journalists
- Jonathan James Cramer (1997), Storyteller, musician, author
- Daniel Ford, Author/journalist, Resident Scholar at the University of New Hampshire
- John Irving, novelist
- Michael Kelly (1979), Editor-at-Large of the Atlantic Monthly, first U.S. reporter killed in the Iraq War
- Alice McDermott (MA 1978), Author, Writer-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University
- Wayne Worcester, author
Actors
- Mike O'Malley (1988), Actor
- Andrew Robinson (transferred), Actor, Television director, Author, Associate Professor and Director of MFA Acting program at the University of Southern California
- Blanchard Ryan (1989), Actor
Music
Visual Arts
- James Aponovich (1971), painter, New Hampshire Artist Laureate 2006
- Richard Whitney (1968), painter
Television
- Chris Wragge, sports anchor on WCBS-TV
[edit] Attractions
- The Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum
- UNH Dairy Bar (Ice cream made and served by UNH students in historic train depot)
- UNH Art Gallery
[edit] References
- UNH Campus Master Plan
- UNH Greek Affairs
- UNH Archives - "An Act Providing For The Removal Of The New Hampshire College of Agriculture And The Mechanic Arts From Hanover To Durham"
- UNH Archives - "An Act To Accept The Provisions Of The Thompson Will"
- "New Hampshire College: The State School in Hanover"
- UNH Archives - Significant Events in the History of UNH
- The New Hampshire - "Updated master plan builds in grad housing" (4/6/04)
[edit] External links
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