UNH Freshman Orientation and the parents get some too

We just spent parts of Monday and Tuesday at the UNH campus for the Freshman and Parents Orientation. Separate programs for both parties. We brought the camper down and dropped it off at a local campground for Carol and I to stay in. Ian got to stay in a dorm with two roommates. So after leaving the campground we go to the campus and drop Ian off at the dorm to stow his overnight gear and we park at a distance lot and grab a shuttle back where we meet up with Ian for lunch at one of the cafeterias. Then it's off in different directions not to meet up again until late Tuesday morning. Carol and my sessions were interesting and well planned out. We were pretty familiar with what was what there from visiting the UNH website but seeing and hearing about what we knew and what we didn't was quite helpful. I'll elaborate more in future blogs.

Our group of parents who's kids were attending the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture are lead to the Parsons building where many of that college's majors are taught. We get to hear from the Associate Dean, Alberto Manola. He gave a terrific overview of the academics of the college.

Carol and I check out the train station on campus. Amtrak's Downeaster makes regular stops here.

This is some serious scaffolding - the landmark building of the campus, the Clocktower getting some major renovation.

The Main entrance to the Memorial Union Building (MUB, referred to as the Mub). There's two more stories below this one. All the sessions but one Carol and I attended took place in the MUB.

We only stayed one night at Forest Glen Campground so we didn't bother getting fancy setting up the campsite. Very nice site though. We were only 10 minutes from the campus.