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	Forum on master plan planned A public forum about the Campus Master Plan will be held at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, in the MUB Theatre II. This is a presentation of the draft plan by the master plan consultants ASG. Benefits open enrollment is under way Benefits Open Enrollment began Oct. 1 and runs until Oct 31. The Benefits Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct 14, in the MUB Granite State Room. University Folk Club holds tea The University Folk Club is beginning its ninth year with a “Welcoming Tea” at the Elliott Alumni Center Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. All women faculty and staff members, and women family members of faculty and staff are invited, as are resident alumnae and wives of resident alumni. Since 1912, the University Folk Club has been promoting fellowship among women of the university community and helping women students. Info: 868-9692. Farewell reception set for Paiton Friends of Barbara Paiton, director of housing, are invited to a farewell reception Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Champlain Room of the NEC. Paiton retired Sept. 30, after 23 years at UNH. More FYIs >>>

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Oct. 3, 2003, Edition

Academic Convocation celebrates faculty scholarship
UNH will celebrate the scholarly and creative work of its faculty at the 2003 Academic Convocation Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, 12:30 to 2 p.m., in the Piscataqua Room of Holloway Commons. The convocation, “Dialogue on Discovery: Works in Progress by UNH Faculty,” is free and open to the public. It will include remarks by Provost Bruce Mallory, Faculty Senate Chair Tom Laue, and President Ann Weaver Hart. Light refreshments will be available. (10-03-03) More >>>

Long-time benefactor receives Hubbard Family Award for Service to Philanthropy
Frederick B. Whittemore, for whom the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center is named, has received the UNH Foundation’s 2003 Hubbard Family Award for Service to Philanthropy. He is the son of the late well-known industrialist Laurence Whittemore, for whom the Whittemore School of Business and Economics is named. (10-03-03) More >>>

It's Apple Picking Time

It’s apple-picking time at UNH. Here John Maclean, Woodman Farm manager (left), and Evan Ford, Woodman Farm assistant manager (right), pick buckets of apples at Woodman Farm.

Yakovakis named UNH Foundation's Volunteer of the Year
UNH alumnus James S. (Jim) Yakovakis has been named as recipient of the UNH Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award. The award was established in 2000 by the foundation board of directors and its emeriti directors to recognize exemplary service to the university and the foundation. (10-03-03) More >>>

Breakfasts promise to help staff make a personal tune up
Are you experiencing rust-out? Are you bored with your daily routine? Maybe it is time for a personal tune up. Take initiative and attend the new Professional Development Breakfast Series, starting this fall. All breakfast presentations are held at Acorns at the New England Center, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with coffee and a continental breakfast. Presentations begin at 8 a.m., and end at 9 a.m., with a question and answer period following. (10-03-03) More >>>

CEPS has only accredited computer science program in state
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) recently announced that the Computer Science program at UNH’s College of Engineering and Physical Sciences has passed its standards of accreditation. (10-03-03) More >>>

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