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About University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire, often referred to as UNH, is a public university in Durham, which is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, with a population estimated at a number of nearly 13 000 inhabitants (2000).

UNH was incorporated in 1866, as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, in Hanover, NH, in association with Dartmouth College. In April, 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`, and one year later, classes officially began in Durham, with 51 freshmen and 13 upperclassmen.

Since it was first opened, UNH quickly grew, having today an enrollment of nearly 15 000 students, fact which makes it the largest university in New Hampshire. UNH is among the only 9 sea, land and space grant institutions in the nation, and according to The Princeton Review (2004), it is the 10th best entrepreneurial college in the nation.

The athletic teams from UNH are known as the New Hampshire Wildcats, who compete in the NCAA Division I, the university being a member of the America East Conference, in various sports which include cross country, basketball, soccer and tennis, also participating in the Colonial Athletic Association for football at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly known as Division I-AA) level, including in Eastern Collegiate Ski Association for skiing, as well as in the Hockey East in men’s and women’s ice hockey.

The list of notable UNH alumni contains names such as Richard M. Linnehan (1980) – astronaut, Robert Caret - Ph.D., President of Towson University, Geoff Cunningham - political journalist, Andrew Robinson - actor, television director, author, Jeff Coffin - jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, as well as many other former students who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.