University of New Hampshire

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University of New Hampshire
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Motto Science, Arts, Industry
Established 1866
School type Public
President Ann Weaver Hart
Location Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Campus suburban
Enrollment 10,000 undergraduate,
2,000 graduate
Faculty 800
Mascot Wildcats
Colors UNH Blue, White
Homepage www.unh.edu

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public university, part of the University System of New Hampshire. The university is located in Durham, NH, and in 2004 enrolled more than 10,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, in more than 100 majors.

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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.

The Class of 1892, excited about the change, 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." In fall of 1893, classes began in Durham with 51 freshmen and 13 upperclassmen, and graduate study was established. 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.

Academics

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UNH is composed of six colleges and the Graduate School, offering a variety of study for students. These are the 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), and UNH at Manchester. The Thompson School of Applied Science, first established in 1895 and now a division of COLSA, provides seven different associate degrees in applied science.

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 at Appledore Island on the Isles of Shoals.

The University also organizes an annual summer abroad program at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge at Cambridge University, which is restricted to American students with exceptional academic qualifications.

Activities

The University has approximately 100 student organizations grouped by: academics & careers, community service, poltical & world affairs, arts & entertainment, culture & language, fraternities & sororities, hall councils, honor socities, leisure & recreation, media & publications, religious, special interest, student activism. 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.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are known as the Wildcats, and they compete in the NCAA Division I level. They are members of the America East Conference for most sports; the Division I-AA Atlantic Ten Conference for football; and Hockey East, also Division I. The athletic teams' colors are blue and white.

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America East Conference

Albany | Binghamton | Boston Univ | Hartford | Maine | New Hampshire | Stony Brook | UMBC
Affiliate: Quinnipiac, men's lacrosse

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