I always hear people asking each other that all-important question: “How was your weekend?” Sometimes, I cannot answer that question if someone asks me because we are always running some type of program at the University. This is a good thing for all prospective students out there because we really do put our students first. When is it easier or more convenient for you to visit colleges? Weekends of course!
Remember that UNH is open 7 days a week with a few exceptions. I am not sure that too many other (if any) universities are. In fact, a colleague of mine from another university was simply amazed when I told him how many things we do. He even told me that his particular university was only open Monday – Thursday for the entire summer (and summer in college calendars starts in May). I wondered how that is even possible. We’re open nearly every day in the summer – including weekends when we host 15 of our very popular Summer Preview Days. These are designed to give students interested in admission for the fall of 2010 their first look at UNH. This quite simply is one of the reasons that our inquiries and applications for admission continue to rise dramatically. We put students first – and this includes prospective students. It’s not about us – it’s about them or you depending on how you view it!
Along these lines, we hosted an Explore UNH Day for students interested in our education programs on Saturday. While most of the campus cleared out as early as Thursday (and mostly on Friday) for Spring Break – yes, rough life these college students have – some stayed behind to help us with the event. Read some of our student blogs to find out where they are going for Spring Break to relieve their stress.
At UNH, we offer our Bachelor’s Plus program for students interested in becoming teachers. The gist of it is that students earn a bachelor’s degree in a subject area, a master’s degree in education, and Connecticut teacher certification – all in just five years and for the price of only four! A tremendous opportunity and a tremendous deal!! Check back later this week for more info about the Bachelor’s Plus program.
Anyhow, when I asked our faculty to participate in the Explore UNH Day, I was expecting to get one or two and perhaps one or two students if we were lucky. We ended up with five faculty members and four students – on a Saturday during Spring Break. Many of the families that attended let me know just how impressed they were with not only the presentation and the campus but the fact that so many UNH people were there. They told me that this simply wasn’t the case when they visited other colleges. It was definitely worth my time to be there!! The rest of my weekend you ask? Well, my wife volunteered to dog sit for one of her friends who had to go out of town. Since we already have a dog, I was slightly apprehensive about this – and I turned out to be right! I thought that I would finally have a day off in which to rest and do absolutely nothing. How wrong I was!! The dogs have been attacking each other all day long, knocking things over, running around the house and the yard, and eating each other’s food. The visiting dog has even been marking his territory in various rooms in my house. All of this is to the delight and enjoyment of my children, who think this is the best day of the year. My wife has also grown increasingly angrier throughout the day, particularly with me because I am not assisting with the dog situation. Even right at this very moment, I am hearing some form of yelling because I am working and the dogs are participating in their own unique form of the Olympics. This is one reason why I list work and traveling as hobbies of mine in my profile for this blog. How was your weekend?
