历史

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 of 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.

学术

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)
• College of Health and Human Services (CHHS)
• 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.

There are three main university-wide undergraduate research 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: Cambridge, England; London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Brest, France; Dijon, France; Grenoble, France; Budapest, Hungary; Osaka, Japan; Utrecht, Netherlands; Maastricht, Netherlands; New Zealand; India, South Africa, Italy, Kenya, and Granada, Spain. 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 National Exchange Program opportunities.

Research

Sponsored research

University of New Hampshire InterOperabilty Laboratory (UNH-IOL)

Students and staff from mainly majors of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science students work at the UNH InterOperability Laboratory, which tests networking and data communications devices and products. The UNH-IOL interviews and accepts applications from students of all majors and varying backgrounds of job experience and expertise.

More than 100 graduate and undergraduate student employees work with full-time UNH-IOL staff, gaining hands-on experience with developing technologies and products. The companies and organizations that work with the UNH-IOL benefit from cost-effective testing services, as well as the opportunity to recruit future engineers from the UNH-IOL workforce.

Activities

The university has approximately 200 student organizations grouped by academics and careers, community service, political and world affairs, arts and entertainment, culture and language, fraternities and sororities, hall councils, honor societies, leisure and recreation, media and publications, religious, special interest, and student activism.

A list of these groups can be found on the Student Organization Services website. 13 of these groups receive Student Activity Fee funds to help subsidize the services they provide; these groups include the Campus Activity Board, Diversity Support Coalition, Memorial Union Student Organization, The Granite yearbook, SCAN TV, Student Committee on Popular Entertainment, Non-Traditional Student Organization, Student Senate, The New Hampshire, and WUNH.

The New Hampshire Outing Club, the oldest and largest club on campus, offers trips into the outdoors each weekend.

Student government

The Student Senate of the University of New Hampshire will serve as an advocate for all undergraduate students, deriving its power from the consent of the governed; and is developed on the principle that all undergraduate students of the University of New Hampshire have the basic right and responsibility to participate in University governance. Such participation encourages the development of student expertise in affairs of the University of New Hampshire and places significant responsibility on students for their involvement with the implementation of policies, rules, and regulations that affect the lives and quality of education of students at the University of New Hampshire.

Engineering

Mechanical Engineering students have the opportunity to get involved in the following projects and extracurricular activities:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) ME Student Advisory Board Mini Baja Robotics Club UNH Hovercats Racing Team

Society for Mobile Autonomous Robot Technologies (SMART) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Tau Beta Pi American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pi Mu Epsilon, Math Honors Society Precision Racing team [1]

Greek life

Approximately 9% of undergraduate students are affiliated with fraternities and sororities recognized by the university. The Office of Greek Life, the Interfraternity Council, and Panhellenic Council oversee the 11 recognized social fraternities, seven recognized social sororities, and one coed society. Many of the fraternities and sororities have houses on Madbury Road and Strafford Avenue in Durham. These houses are not owned by or on university property.

Fraternities Alpha Delta Phi Society Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Sigma Phi Lambda Chi Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon Pi Kappa Phi

Sororities Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Phi Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega Kappa Delta Sigma Alpha Delta Xi Phi

Unrecognized groups

Unrecognized groups that have no official relationship with the University of New Hampshire after losing recognition for violations of the Student Code:

• Phi Kappa Theta
• Zeta Chi Beta

Music

The University of New Hampshire 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:

Instrumental Wind Symphony [2] Symphonic Band [3] Concert Band [4] Wildcat Marching Band [5] Pep Band [6] Jazz Bands [7] Symphony Orchestra [8]

Vocal Concert Choir [9] Chamber Singers [10] Opera Workshop [11]

A cappella - not associated with music dept Not Too Sharp [12] Alabaster Blue [13] University of New Hampshire Gentlemen University of New Hampshire Notables Maiden Harmony

The University of New Hampshire has a recently formed student organization not associated with the music department or a cappella groups: the Association of Students United by Music or ASUM Klub. The organization, pronounced "Awesome Club," provides the opportunity for students enrolled in all fields of study to play music with their peers. The organization takes an informal approach to playing covers of modern rock and pop music in a concert format. Though many musical genres are incorporated, popular rock and pop songs make up the majority of ASUM Klub's repertoire.

体育运动

Main article: New Hampshire Wildcats

The school's athletic teams are 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, soccer, swimming & diving and tennis; and women's crew, field hockey, and volleyball. They also compete in Hockey East in men's and women's ice hockey, Eastern Collegiate Ski Association for skiing, as well as the Colonial Athletic Association for football at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly known as 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.[14] 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, Taekwondo, 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. UNH also offers horseback riding as a recreation. Many students can take horseback riding lessons with instructors, on their horse or the schools. UNH holds many events each year, for they have a large cross country course. UNH also has a dressage team that competes yearly.

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. Based on the school song "Old New Hampshire", not to be confused with the New Hampshire state song of the same name, "UNH Cheer" 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, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame a month earlier, atop the ranking of NCAA Division I and I-AA players by career receiving touchdowns. He later signed as a rookie free agent with the Chicago Bears and played with well-known college football players Chris Leak and Darius Walker.

The Wildcats are considered one of the top NCAA D-1 hockey schools in the nation.

[edit] Demographics

As of the fall as of 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.

Durham campus

The University of New Hampshire is located in the town of Durham, New Hampshire and has a "traditional New England campus." The Durham campus is 1,100 acres (4.5 km), with 300 acres (1.2 km) in the "campus core" and 800 acres (3.2 km) 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 2,450 acres (9.9 km) of land.

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 Campus Master Plan envisions housing about 60 percent of undergraduates, requiring an addition of 1700 beds.

Undergraduate housing is divided into three areas: The Hills, The Valley, and The Timbers (formerly Area I, Area II and Area III, respectively). There are also two undergraduate apartment complexes, The Gables and Woodside Apartments. The university offers family housing in the Forest Park apartments and graduate housing in Babcock Hall.

For the fall 2006 semester, two new buildings at The Gables ("North" and "South") were opened, providing an additional 400 beds. In summer 2006, one-half of Forest Park was demolished to make way for two new buildings (A & B) of the Southeast Residential Community (SERC). Buildings SERC A and SERC B have provided housing for 492 students since fall 2007. Two existing mini-dorms were demolished during summer 2007 to construct a third building, SERC C, which has provided housing for 235 students since fall 2008. Plans exist to provide 781 new beds by demolishing 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.

Due to the over-enrollment of the 2006-2007 academic year, the university offered students who intended to live in campus housing a free parking pass for the academic year, credit in UNH "Dining Dollars" and a refund of the housing deposit given that the student withdrew their intentions to live on campus. The incentive was designed to free up space for the large incoming freshman class.

Themed housing

The University of New Hampshire offers themed housing options for students interested in choosing a living environment that best suits their personality. Common themes include: first year, leadership, green living, multi-cultural, honors, chem-free, and the arts. [15]

Housing is guaranteed to all new first-year students, with many of them housed in Christensen Hall and Williamson Hall, the two largest first-year-only halls. These halls offer a living environment of commonality, where all are new to the university.

Sustainability

With the University Office of Sustainability, UNH possesses the oldest endowed sustainability program in higher education in the U.S., and has been developing sustainable practices since the office was founded in 1997. A number of efforts have been implemented to reduce environmental impacts through energy efficiency and less carbon-intensive sources. For example, UNH’s combined heat and power facility (cogeneration plant) cost an estimated $28 million with an anticipated payback within 20 years and resulted in an estimated reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 21% within its first year of operation. UNH is the first university in the U.S. to use landfill gas as its primary energy source. UNH possesses an active environmental student community. Recently created by its EMCOR Energy Services unit at UNH, the EcoLine TM Project, has been named the “2009 Project of the Year” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

National Historic Chemical Landmark

Conant Hall was dedicated as a National Historic Chemical Landmark — the first in New Hampshire. Conant Hall was the first chemistry building on the Durham campus, and it was the headquarters of the American Chemical Society from 1907–1911, when Charles Parsons was the society’s secretary. In addition, from 1906–1928, the hall housed the laboratories of Charles James, who was an innovative developer of separation and analytical methods for compounds of rare earth elements.

He is particularly well known for the James Method for separation of rare earths by fractional recrystallization of their double magnesium nitrate salts. James has also been credited (with Urbain and von Welsbach) for the independent discovery of the element lutetium. This is the only element discovered (as opposed to synthesized) on American soil. James Hall, the second chemistry building on campus, was, of course, named for (and designed by) Charles James.

Notable faculty

• Grant Drumheller, painter, Professor of Art
• Mary Goldsmith, Artist-in-resident emeritus
• Meredith Hall, author of New York Times Bestseller "Without a Map", Lecturer of English
• Jochen Heisenberg, Professor Emeritus of Physics, son of famed German physicist and Nobel Laureate Werner Heisenberg
• Robert LeBlanc, Professor Emeritus of Geography, 9/11 victim (United Airlines Flight 175)
• John D. Mayer, Professor of Psychology, co-developer of Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and notable author and expert on personality psychology
• Joshua Meyrowitz, author of "No Sense of Place" , Professor of Communication
• Donald Murray, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Professor Emeritus of English
• Edwin Scheier, noted American sculptor, Fine art professor emeritus
• Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Professor of English, U.S. Poet Laureate (2007–08)
• Andrew Smith, polling and political adviser for The Boston Globe, Professor of Political Science
• Clark Terry, jazz trumpeter, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Music

Notable alumni

Science, business, and industry

• Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Chemistry (retired), Merck and former American Chemical Society president
• David M. Cote (1976), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
• Richard M. Linnehan (1980), astronaut
• Lee M.E. Morin (1974), astronaut

Diplomacy, government, and politics

• Robert Caret, Ph.D., President of Towson University
• Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, Turkey's first woman Prime Minister (1993–96) and the first female to head a Muslim country in the Middle East
• Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State, sets date of New Hampshire presidential primary
• Eoin McKiernan, early scholar in the field of Irish Studies
• Ronald Noble (1979), Secretary General of Interpol
• Carol Shea-Porter (1974, '79G), congresswoman
• Arthur C. Vailas (1973), President of Idaho State University; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Houston System and Vice President of the University of Houston

Governors of New Hampshire

• John Lynch (1974)
• Steve Merrill (1969)
• Wesley Powell (1937)

体育运动

Ice hockey

• Derek Bekar (1998), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues (current), Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders (former)
• Eric Boguniecki (1997), professional ice hockey forward, New York Islanders (current), Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers (former)
• Ty Conklin (2001), professional ice hockey goaltender, Detroit Red Wings (current), Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers (former)
• Kevin Dean (1991), professional ice hockey defense, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, champion with New Jersey Devils
• Tricia Dunn-Luoma (1995), three time Olympian, Gold Medal winner, women's ice hockey
• Bobby Gould (1979), forward, Atlanta/Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, two-time Selke Trophy nominee
• Darren Haydar (2002), professional ice hockey forward, Detroit Red Wings (current), Atlanta Thrashers, Nashville Predators (former)
• Colin Hemingway (2003), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues
• Jason Krog (1999), professional ice hockey forward, Vancouver Canucks, (current) New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, New York Rangers (former), 1999 Hobey Baker Award winner
• Rod Langway (1977), professional ice hockey defense, played for Montreal Canadiens 1979 - 1982, Washington Capitals 1982 - 1993, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002, Norris Trophy winner 1982 and 1983
• Dave Lumley (1977), professional ice hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup champion with Edmonton Oilers
• Mark Mowers (1998), professional ice hockey forward, Anaheim Ducks (current), Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators (former)
• Bryan Muir (1995), professional ice hockey defense, Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Stanley Cup champion with Colorado Avalanche
• Eric Nickulas (1997), professional ice hockey forward, Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks
• Garrett Stafford (2003), professional ice hockey defense, Dallas Stars (current), Detroit Red Wings (former)
• James van Riemsdyk (attended)
• Erin Whitten (1993), first woman to win a professional hockey game. Replaced Alan Harvey due to injury in the second period and stopped 15 of 19 shots in a 6-5 win over Dayton in the ECHL Toledo Storm
• Daniel Winnik (2006), professional ice hockey forward, Phoenix Coyotes (current)

Football

• Jerry Azumah (1999), former professional football player, Chicago Bears, 1998 Walter Payton Award winner
• David Ball (2007), professional Canadian football player for the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Broke the Division I-AA record for touchdown receptions that was previously held by Jerry Rice.
• Corey Graham (2007), professional football player, Chicago Bears
• Chip Kelly (1990), head football coach for the University of Oregon
• Dan Kreider, (1999), professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2006 Super Bowl champion

Other sports

Baseball

• Carlton Fisk (attended), former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
• Rich Gale, major league pitcher and coach, and New Hampshire Athlete of the Century honorable mention
• Anthony Valentine, local legend and former Mets bullpen catcher

Field hockey

• Barbara Marois, captain, US Women's Field Hockey team

Rowing

• Patrick Sweeney 1989, single sculler second place 1996 Olympic Trials, winner 1996 Canadian International Henley Regatta, Gold Medal and Silver Medal in 1994 Olympic Festival. US National Champion
• Katie Scanlon 1992, silver medalist in the eight and the four at the 1993 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, a silver medalist in the eight at the 1994 World Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., and a gold medalist in the four at the 1995 World Championships in Tampere, Finland.

[edit] Writers and journalists

• Jonathan James Cramer (1997), storyteller, musician, author
• Geoff Cunningham, political journalist
• Daniel Ford (1954), author/journalist, Resident Scholar at the University of New Hampshire
• Ursula Hegi (1978, MA 1979), novelist, including best-selling Oprah's Book Club novel Stones from the River
• John Irving (1965), Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist
• Michael Kelly (1979), Editor-at-Large of the Atlantic Monthly, first U.S. reporter killed in the Iraq War
• Jackie MacMullan, sportswriter, columnist and editor
• Alice McDermott (MA 1978), author, National Book Award winner (1998), Writer-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University
• Tom Osenton (1976), author, journalist, former CEO The Sporting News Publishing Company
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Ph.D.), Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor of history at Harvard University
• Wayne Worcester, author/journalist, professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut

Film

• James Broderick (1948)
• Michael Graziadei (2001)
• Peter Jurasik (1972)
• Mike O'Malley (1988)
• Michael Ontkean (1970), starred in the 1977 movie Slap Shot
• Andrew Robinson (transferred), actor, television director, author
• Blanchard Ryan (1989)

Music

• Barbara Bonney, soprano
• Jeff Coffin, jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist
• Tim Janis (1991), New Age composer

Visual arts

• James Aponovich (1971), painter, New Hampshire Artist Laureate 2006
• Richard Whitney (1968), painter

Television

• Andy Brickley (1982), Bruins color analyst NESN, played in the NHL for 14 years, including four years for the Boston Bruins
• Pat Callaghan, news anchor on WCSH-TV, Portland, Maine
• Marcy Carsey, television producer, Carsey-Werner (The Cosby Show, Mork and Mindy, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Men Behaving Badly and more)
• Jack Edwards, sportscaster, formerly on Versus, and ESPN. Now the current play-by-play announcer for Boston Bruins games on NESN.
• Mary Ann Esposito (MA 1991), TV chef of Ciao! Italia
• Natalie Jacobson, news anchor on WCVB-TV (retired)
• Chris Wragge, news anchor on WCBS-TV

Campus sites of interest

• Durham-UNH (Amtrak station)
• Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum
• UNH Art Gallery
• UNH Dairy Bar (ice cream made and served by UNH students in historic train depot)
• Whittemore Center Arena, home to UNH Wildcat Hockey and Basketball. Capacity is 6100 for sporting events, 7500 for concerts and other events.

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• UNH Alma Mater
• University of New Hampshire at Manchester

参考文献

External links

• Official website