UNH Discovery Program

UNH Discovery Program Undergraduate Education The Discovery Program provides the intellectual framework for students in any major.

It represents the faculty's collective belief in what constitutes and contributes to essential knowledge of the world. Together, students and faculty attempt to understand fully and use ethically that knowledge, both in the present and as a reservoir from which to draw in the future. These intellectual skills, knowledge, and ethical grounding will help prepare students to contribute to the creation of a more sustainable, healthy, just, and prosperous world.

35th Annual Essay Competition!Phi Beta Kappa is pleased to announce its 35th Annual Essay Competition for first- and sec...
03/21/2023

35th Annual Essay Competition!
Phi Beta Kappa is pleased to announce its 35th Annual Essay Competition for first- and second-year students.
WHAT: Essays submitted in Discovery Courses from April 16, 2022 through April 15, 2023
WHO: Current first- and second-year students
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 3,000 words
PRIZES: TBA
DEADLINE: April 21, 2023
OTHER: Essay must be endorsed in a brief written statement by the instructor of the course.
SUBMIT entries via email attachment to Dante Scala, Department of Political Science ([email protected])
Students do not have to be Phi Beta Kappa members to submit essays. All are encouraged to submit their superior work.
The competition will award prizes at the Phi Beta Kappa initiation ceremony in May 2023 for superior essays of no more than 3,000 words, written as regular assignments in Discovery (including Inquiry) courses offered in spring 2022, fall 2022 or spring 2023.
Essays submitted in courses offered during spring semester 2022 are eligible, but only if their due date was after April 15, 2022.
The Phi Beta Kappa competition was initiated by Professor Barbara Cooper to encourage students in general education (now Discovery) courses to strive for excellence in written work.

02/07/2022

34TH ANNUAL PHI BETA KAPPA DISCOVERY ESSAY COMPETITION!

WHAT: Essays submitted in Discovery Courses from April 16, 2021 through April 15, 2022
WHO: Current first- and second-year students
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 3,000 words
PRIZES: TBA
DEADLINE: April 18, 2022
OTHER: Essay must be endorsed in a brief written statement by the instructor of the course.
SUBMIT entries via email attachment to R. Scott Smith, Department of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies ([email protected])

Phi Beta Kappa is pleased to announce its 33rd Annual Essay Competition for first- and second-year students. The Phi Beta Kappa competition was initiated by Professor Barbara Cooper to encourage students in general education (now Discovery) courses to strive for excellence in written work.

Students do not have to be Phi Beta Kappa members to submit essays. All are encouraged to submit their superior work.

The competition will award prizes at the Phi Beta Kappa initiation ceremony in May 2022 for superior essays of no more than 3,000 words, written as regular assignments in Discovery (including Inquiry) courses offered in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 or Spring 2022.

Essays submitted in courses offered during spring semester 2021 are eligible, but only if their due date was after April 15, 2021.

05/24/2021

33rd Annual Phi Beta Kappa Discovery Essay Competition

The following are the results of the 33rd Annual Phi Beta Kappa Discovery Essay Competition. We thank all the faculty who nominated essays this year.
Congratulations, Students!

FIRST PRIZE
Samantha DiNatale (COLSA)
on “The Marriage of Environmentalism and Civil Rights,”
for HIST 410, “Historic Survey of American Civilization.”
Course instructor: Charlotte Richard

SECOND PRIZE
Alana Dail (CHHS)
“There Is No Such Thing as Free Lunch: Let’s Change That,”
for ENGL 401, “First-Year Writing.”
Course instructor: Stephanie Harzewski

Check out this amazing PAID summer fellowship with the Beauregard Center and the Education Department !!
05/04/2021

Check out this amazing PAID summer fellowship with the Beauregard Center and the Education Department !!

Earn Discovery HUMA credit and learn more about Women and Gender Studies this summer with Gender, Power, and Privilege w...
04/30/2021

Earn Discovery HUMA credit and learn more about Women and Gender Studies this summer with Gender, Power, and Privilege with Professor Kallock! The course is completely online so you can learn from wherever you'll be spending your summer. Check it out!

One week until URC!!
04/13/2021

One week until URC!!

We’re a week away from the annual University of New Hampshire week!
Visit www.unh.edu/urc for more information!

03/22/2021

Check out this is amazing opportunity!! Application Deadline is 4/1/21.

The Treat Fellowship program, established in memory of Judge William W. Treat, provides students with a platform to engaging in civil discourse.

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