Annual Impact

Donor support allows COLA to provide financial assistance, state-of-the-art equipment, life-changing experiences and so much more to its students. Without this additional funding generously provided by our supporters each year, COLA wouldn’t be able to offer the well-rounded and marketable education across its wide-range of disciplines that the college has become known for. 

College of Health and Human Services

For 50 years the College of Health and Human Services has been preparing a strong, compassionate workforce, and through our research we’ve provided solutions that improve the lives of those we serve in New Hampshire and beyond. Giving to the College of Health and Human Services assists us in our pursuit to “rise by lifting others” and to ultimately keep pace – and often stay a step ahead of – advances in the health and human services fields.

Donor support is vital to the experience of CEPS student organizations, such as Society of Women Engineers (SWE). This support allows members to attend local and national conferences where they interact with industry professionals, learn valuable networking skills and participate in educational talks given by experts in their field. The students also share their experience with local communities through after school engineering activities for middle school girls.

ECenter

Donor support is the driving force behind student success at UNH’s Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter), allowing us to grow our programs and impact year-over-year. Students from all colleges and majors benefit from a range of high-impact experiential programs, including our Paid Student Internships at Start-Ups Program, Summer Seed Grant and i2 Passport Program, as well as the student-run Makerspace and Entrepreneurship Club. Students who participate in these donor-funded programs not only develop the skills needed to be creative, innovative thinkers ready to launch their own companies, but are also highly attractive candidates for top companies looking to hire proven innovators.

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law

Donor funding allowed the law school to offer even more robust programming in areas like intellectual property. Two teams from the law school took home first and second place in the semi-finals of the regional 2020 USPTO Patent Drafting Competition, held virtually this year in March. Donations also helped the law school provide an immersive classroom experience in Silicon Valley where students learned from the heads of Apple, Dolby, Microsoft and more. The law school also brought back the Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI) to further establish itself as a leader in IP education, scholarship and practice. Without donor support, the law school would not be the beacon of legal education it is today.

UNH Manchester

Thanks to support from our donors, UNH Manchester was able to expand its Millyard Scholars Program to offer scholarships and research opportunities to exceptional engineering technology students in addition to biotechnology students.

Graduate School

The UNH Graduate School is able to fund various professional development opportunities for its students through donor support. Examples include 20 students participating in the Three Minute Thesis Competition – which included prize money – and nearly 200 students being able to participate in the Graduate Research Conference via a virtual platform.

Athletics

Donor support to Athletic Director's Priorities and other general athletic funds benefits all UNH student-athletes and provides resources aimed to promote student-athlete well-being. Sport-specific donations provide enhancements to each sport and allow our coaches to invest in student-athlete and team success, such as team bonding experiences, professional development opportunities and community service initiatives.

Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics

At the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, donor support benefits the Business in Practice Program, which connects students with industry professionals and allows them to grow their knowledge and experience beyond the classroom with real-world guidance from experts.  Students gain industry experience by working in groups like Voice Z Digital, a student-run digital marketing agency, and Artifex, a student-run data analytics organization.

College of Life Sciences and Agriculture

Through COLSA's SOAR Fund, students were able to attend conferences across the country where they not only enhanced their own learning but brought valuable knowledge and skills back to the COLSA community. This funding also provides internship stipends that give our COLSA students the opportunity to gain a competitive edge when they enter the workforce and receive invaluable hands-on experience at institutions and organizations like the Mayo Clinic, New England Wildlife Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Whale and Dolphin Conservation and many more.