Its 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, and its Family Day on campus. Now that the mad rush is over and all 1,300 people are checked in and off doing Family Day Activities, I now have time to sit at my computer in my office and write this article to tell you “Why UNH Students are AMAZING?”

On Friday morning at 6 a.m. I received a call from Shelissa Newball, Assistant Director of Student Activities, who is responsible for planning and implementing Family Day, saying she doesn’t feel well and would be in late. Now keep in mind its 6 a.m. on the day before Family Day.

I was half asleep and told her to take care of herself and do what she needed to get better and that we would do what was needed for Family Day. At 8:30 a.m. she called and said she was going to the ER. I was like …uh oh….its Family Day tomorrow and Shelissa knows what’s happening.

My staff took over and started figuring everything out and making sure we had what we needed to make Family Day a success for our UNH families. They did exactly what I expected of them….thanks!!!

What really surprised me was the huge influx of students who came by, called, texted me, emailed asking if we needed help. There was the usual cast of characters; you know the ones I would expect. I was shocked at how fast word got out that Shelissa was going into surgery and we needed help. We had students that I had never seen before offering assistance.

“GregO, whatever you need,” and “I can be there at 6 a.m.” and “What can I do?” were some of the many statements we heard. I was totally dumbfounded. We had so much help on Family Day I didn’t know what to do with everyone. I have always known we had amazing students, but they really reinforced that for me.

All in all we had close to about 100 students offer assistance and come in on a beautiful Saturday to help us out. So to all the students, staff, faculty who played a role….THANK YOU!!!!!

THANK YOU, to all who helped make Family Day a huge success. Special thanks to my staff: Andrew Mayer, Kristen Elision, Amber Monk, Erica Weiglhofer and Tiffany Wynn.

So if you have ever wondered if we have good students here….I hope this has answered your question.