UNH Today

Seacoastonline: Exeter Schools Hire New Director to Focus on Diversity and Equity

NH Listens Fellow and former NH Listens program managerÌýAndres Mejia Jr. has been named the new Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice for the Exeter Region Cooperative School District in Southern New Hampshire. A graduate of the Carsey School's Master in Community Development program, Mejia has worked at UNH as a social justice educator for several years.

Sharing His Passion for Food

Pan fried smelt. Blood sausage. Liver and onions. Dishes not usually found on the kids’ menu–but for Hospitality Management Lecturer Ron Boucher, they are recipes that define a childhood of interesting foods served up by a loving grandmother. Recipes that expanded his palette and became the launching point in the career of the man many Paul students lovingly refer to as “Chef Ron.â€Ìý

Pulse of New Hampshire

The latest results from the monthly Granite State Poll, conducted by the , are in. This month's topics cover political opinion, from approval ratings of Governor Sununu to the NH Senate race to President Biden's reelection support, as well as the quality of life in the Granite State.

Among the Poll findings are:

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Population Growth, an Economic Driver, Grinds to a Halt

Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal regarding the role of population growth in bolstering the economy. "While many [states] are likely to shift back to a births surplus once the pandemic ends, deaths will continue to outpace births in large sections of the U.S. as the population ages," said Johnson.

Survey Says

In 2005, when , principal lecturer in the , began asking students in the Nutrition in Health and Well Being course to use the results of their own bloodwork and health assessments, she was just looking to make students feel more connected and invested in what they were learning. Then she had another idea.