Alumni

Brendan McCann '11 is an Exercise Science program alum from Newmarket, New Hampshire. 

Morgan James '17, '19G is a Communication Sciences and Disorders alum who is currently working in a school-based setting. 

Name: Rebecca Daniels  Hometown: Andover, MA  UNH Major: Kinesiology: Exercise Science  Graduation Year: 2016  What are you currently doing? I am a research coordinator at Boston Children’s Hospital, working on exercise intervention studies to improve recovery following concussion.  How did your...

Name:  Sean McGrimley Hometown:  Seneca Falls, NY Major:  Physical Education & Health Pedagogy Graduation Year:  Undergraduate 2010, Graduate 2011 What are you currently doing? I am currently teaching elementary physical education at Little Harbour School in Portsmouth, NH.  Along with teaching...

Keryn Bernard-Kriegl is a UNH alumna several times over.  A 1989 graduate of the UNH Leisure Management and Tourism program, Keryn received her M.S. in Family Studies in 1993.  She also completed a certificate in supervisory skills at UNH. After completing her master's degree, Keryn worked at...

I am an alum of the 2011 Family Studies Class.  After graduation, I moved back to CT where I worked for Bright Horizons as an infant teacher. I was fortunate enough to be hired as the core group of teachers to open Bright Horizon's ESPN KidsCenter in Bristol, CT which is a school for faculty and...

Meghann Hickey is an alumni from Abington, MA and graduated with the class of 2014 majoring in Human Development and Family Studies. I love how much real-world classroom time the UNH HDFS program has. Teaching, especially with young children, cannot fully be learned from a textbook. It takes real-...

Sumire Gysin was born in Sherburne, NY.  She came to UNH wanting to be a Marriage and Family Therapist, so she enrolled in  Human Development and Familly Studies courses to pursue the undergraduate requirements needed for graduate school, where her concentration was Family Support/CFLE. Sumi...

Kelsey was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada and moved to the United States to pursue her goal of becoming a speech-language pathologist. She completed her undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota before beginning the graduate program at...

UNH Nursing alum Rebecca Roma spreads hope and healing to patients on a floating hospital.

Major: Outdoor Education Graduation Year: 2015, 2016G Born and raised on a small farm in Westmoreland, NH, I connected with the outside world throughout my childhood. Growing up I had the opportunity to creatively play outdoors, help around the farm, and fully embrace all that my small town had to...

I did my undergrad at UNH and got a bachelor’s in psychology. During my sophomore year, I took RMP 490: Rec. & Leisure in Society, thinking it would be an interesting elective. During a class one of the TR faculty came in and gave a presentation on Therapeutic Recreation as a major at UNH and...