SUSTAINABLE YouNH 
It's Your University. Be Part of the Solution.
UOS Student Office Hours
Wednesdays, 12:30 - 2 PM during the academic year
107 Nesmith Hall
A chance for UNH students to ask questions, get quotes and information for stories, and learn more about sustainability at UNH!
Student Energy Waste Watch Challenge Meeting!
Thursday, Sept 24, 7 PM, Ecological Advocates Office (MUB, across from the SAFC office and the Student Senate office)
Come discuss ways to get your dorm on board and how to best communicate with your hall director and RAs about the Challenge! Get involved!
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Jobs (at UOS and elsewhere)
- When we are hiring, we post our work study positions on the UNH Financial Aid website. Our non-work study positions are posted on our website homepage and the UNH student employment page.
- For other jobs related to sustainability -- both on and off campus -- visit the University Advising & Career Center'sgreat online resource Wildcat Careers. You may also visit UNH Student Employment Resources.
- You can also find a listing of other job, internship and volunteer websites in our online FAQ.
Internships
- Visit the University Advising & Career Center's great online resource Wildcat Careers to find sustainability-related internships. In particular, learn how you can be a part of a new UNH Sustainability Internship Program!
- You can also find a listing of other job, internship and volunteer websites in our online FAQ.
Volunteer
- Currently we only recruit volunteers on an as-needed basis -- such as to help with recycling and composting education at events like University Day, to help staff conferences on and off campus, etc. If you would like to be added to our volunteer list, please fill out our contact form and say in the "message" field "VOLUNTEER."
- Visit the UNH Office of Community Service & Learning (including their student page) to get help finding local volunteer and community service opportunities.
- Help write the student column "Sustainable YouNH" in The New Hampshire. If interested, please fill out our contact form and say in the "message" field "TNH COLUMN."
- Volunteer to be Energy Captain in your hall or on-campus apartment as part of the Student Energy Waste Watch Challengeeach fall. To sign up, visit the Challenge websiteor ask your hall director.
- Help out with Durham Community Dinners. Contact Larry Brickner Wood at the Waysmeet Center for more information.
- Volunteer to do free work for the NH Carbon Challenge (NHCC). For more information, email NHCC.
Scholarships and assistantships
- We do not typically award scholarships, assistantships or stipends.
- Visit the UNH Financial Aid Office and the UNH Graduate School to find information about various forms of such aid.
- We do occasionally share with students information about sustainability-related funding opportunities. Please email us with information to share with students.
Scholarships to explore:
Classes & independent study
- We do not advise students on what courses to take, and we do not offer independent study opportunities.
- We recommend that you talk with your advisor to plan how -- regardless of your major(s) or minor(s) --you can learn more about sustainability.
- We also recommend that you take a well-rounded mix of courses to ensure you get a strong liberal arts education that helps you think critically, communicate well, and engage in interdisciplinary work. Sustainablity is about connections: sciences and social sciences, humanities and arts -- all are important to sustainability when they work together. (You can find all of UNH's academic programs HERE.)
Programs to explore:
- Dual Major in EcoGastronomy
- Sustainable Living Minor
- Masters in Environmental Education
- Natural Resources & Earth System Sciences PhD Program
Student organizations
Get involved in the many student organizations and groups on campus advancing sustainability! To see all officially-recognized UNH student organizations, visit Student Organizational Services.
- Artists Circle
- ChildVoice International
- Circle K
- Diversity Support Coalition
- Earth Science Club
- Eaton House
- Ecological Advocates, the student group that runs the Student Energy Waste Watch Challenge
- Energy Club
- Forestry Club
- Habitat for Humanity
- Mask and Dagger Dramatic Society
- Model UN
- NH Outing Club
- Organic Garden Club
- Oxfam UNH
- Peace and Justice League
- Project Sunshine
- Relay for Life
- Rotaract Club
- STAND
- Student Arts Association
- Student Environmental Action Council (SEAC)
- Student Nutrition Association
- Student Slowfood Campus Convivium (send them email)
- Students Advocating Gender Equality
- Students Without Borders
- UNH for ONE
- WildACTS Social Change Theatre Troupe
- Wildlife Society
