Guest speaker at mandatory sorority and fraternity life meeting strikes controversy
Humanitarian activist and author Becky Sakellariou is a first hand witness to the refugee crisis currently affecting Europe. She spoke on Friday, March 3, in the Strafford room of the Memorial Union Building (MUB) about the work she had done with refugee camps in Greece in an event titled “Refugee Lives Always Matter” put on and organized by the UNH Muslim Student Association.
When asked if UNH alumna and local group exercise coach Jackie Garnet had always had an interest in fitness, students were met with a surprising answer.
As part of Alpha Loft’s “Startup Tuesday” event, two UNH alumni spoke about their successes and challenges of starting their respective businesses in the Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) in Madbury Commons. Based out of Portsmouth, Alpha Loft is a nonprofit economic development organization dedicated to helping founders of startups getting off the ground with locations in Durham, Portsmouth and Manchester. Alpha Loft sponsors a series of events around the Southern New Hampshire area every Tuesday, bringing in founders of startup companies that have started in the seacoast and southern New Hampshire areas.
This piece is a segment of the ongoing “TNH Alumni Series” that profiles former staff members of The New Hampshire.