Remembered at the MUB

Memorial Day may be over, but memories of New Hampshire’s war dead are kept alive at the War Memorial room at the MUB. Recently, a visitor left this picture, of Raymond L. Paradis, a Nashua soldier who was killed in Vietnam in May 1970. Paradis was an Army photographer when the helicopter he was in was shot down as it returned to the Pleiku army base in Vietnam from a combat mission in Cambodia.
The photograph, with a rubbing of Paradis’s name taken from “The Wall” at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., included no note or clue as to who left it, or why.
Dedicated in 1953 by former governor Hugh Gregg, the Memorial Union Building (MUB) is the official State of New Hampshire war memorial and student union.
Quiet and bathed in light filtering through a stained glass wall, the Memorial Room is open for silent reflection.
– JG

Local, organic, fresh, sustainable — delicious!

The Organic Garden Club farm stand is now open Wednesdays from 11 to 2 at the Murkland Courtyard.

The UNH Organic Garden Club opened its weekly farm stand at the Murkland Courtyard this Wednesday, offering farm-fresh strawberries, salad greens, and early vegetables. The student-run club runs the stand every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Farm Manager Ben Tillinghast (above) and Business Manager Kelsey Silfvenius (center) sell fresh greens to UNH employee Erin Jenkins. — JG

Commence……A new beginning

Mike Ross/Manager Photographic Services

Members of University Communications and Marketing presented Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce Mallory with an autographed print of Commencement 2009 at sunrise during a send-off reception Thursday. Mallory will leave his administrative post and return to the faculty July 1.

EVEN More UNH Shoutouts!

More UNH Shoutouts!

UNH Commencement Shoutouts

Walk New Hampshire

Walkers from UNH and Durham joined Walk NH to promote good health.

About 200 people took part in Walk NH on Wednesday, walking either a 1.5-mile or 3-mile route around Durham and the UNH campus. The walk was one of several around the state designed to encourage people of all ages to get out and get moving. Gov. John Lynch proclaimed this week as Walk NH Week. Participants are encouraged to make walking part of their everyday routine.
The event was created by the nonprofit Foundation for Healthy Communities, and sponsored by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation.
– JG

A Wildcat Welcome

Incoming freshmen arrived on campus Monday for orientation.

Incoming freshmen were greeted with cheers, music, high-fives, and fist-bumps as they arrived on campus Monday for first-year orientation. Kerri Wall (right), of Providence, R.I., enjoys a spirited welcome from orientation staffers Sarah Kelley, Michele DiOrio, and Haley Harper. Over two days, the students will meet with academic advisers, register for fall classes, eat in Holloway Commons, get official UNH IDs, and learn the ins and outs of campus and downtown.
- JG