6-7:30 pM
Congratulations on your Hamel Scholarship award! We invite you to the Hamel Scholars Shadow Day. Find out more about how the Hamel Scholars stand out as leaders at the state’s flagship research university. You will also have the opportunity to see the Hamel Honors and Scholars College facilities and connect with current scholars. Learn why they decided to attend UNH and the amazing things they’ve done since.
The Hamel Scholars Program
The program is oriented around intellectual community and public engagement, from the close-knit honors floors in our residence halls to the student-driven task forces tackling some of today’s most urgent challenges. Forge meaningful connections with world-class professors. Advance knowledge through innovative research starting your freshman year. You’ve worked hard for this caliber of academic and professional opportunities.
Stillings Dining Hall
20 Ballard St, Durham, NH, 03824
(603) 862-1360
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, March 6 | Friday, March 14 | Tuesday, March 25
Hamel Scholarship Shadow Day | registration coming soon
*Tentative schedule, subject to change
- 5:45 p.m. Check-in
- 6 p.m. Awards Dinner
Enjoy your meal in the company of current and other admitted Hamel Scholars as you make connections with present and future Wildcats. Meanwhile, your guests will be seated at a separate table with the accomplished faculty and staff that comprise the program. - 6:45 p.m. Faculty and Student Speeches
UNH President James Dean Jr. shares welcoming remarks and insight into the history of the Hamel Scholars Program. Hear from a panel composed of a Hamel Scholar alumna, current Hamel Scholar, accomplished faculty member, and program advisor about the merits of a Hamel Scholar experience at the University. - 7:30 p.m. Panel Conclude
We encourage conversations and questions after the speeches conclude with those at your table or others in the room you wish to meet.
Read about the 2023 Hamel Recipients
*Please note, it may not be possible to accommodate dietary restrictions for registrations received after February 16. Menu will include options for vegetarians.
FROm Edgewood Visitor Lot to Stillings Dining Hall
Once you have parked in Edgewood Visitor Lot, proceed to the Stillings Dining Hall.
- Exit Edgewood Visitor Lot
- Cross Edgewood Road using the crosswalk near the Hamel Recreation Center
- Follow the sidewalk up the hill between Congreve Hall and McLaughlin Hall.
- At the top of the hill, bear to the right and walk in front of the brick building before you (Scott Hall)
- Continue towards Smith Hall
- Following the sidewalk, proceed behind Smith Hall and take the left at the fork
- Proceed down the hill and Stillings Dining Hall will be before you on the left
- Enter Stillings and go to the second floor to check-in
Campus housing is about community, which is precisely what Hamel Scholars find living on campus, from dedicated honors floors –and beyond.
Watch a Video About Living Here
Diverse ecosystems ripe for scientific research. An easy train ride to pre-professional opportunities in Boston. Academic conversations at the center of New England’s higher-education hub. Our middle of everywhere location positions you for success.
With small, student-driven classes and immersive academic opportunities, Hamel Scholars enjoy meaningful faculty mentorship from experts in their fields. Scholars often work closely with the same team of mentors throughout their entire UNH career.
Get in touch and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Contact Your Admissions Counselor
Contact Undergraduate Admissions
