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LIFE ON THE HILLTOP
What’s it like to live at Saint Anselm? Here you can lead, sing, play, volunteer—do whatever it is that you love to do. There’s great food, nature to explore, the city of Manchester, unique people to get to know, and more than 80 clubs and organizations to join!
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clubs and organizations
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national ranking for campus dining
94.00 94 %
of first-year students live on campus
Anselmian Events
As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join your fellow Anselmians for some friendly competition with the monks. Prizes and food will be part of the festivities.
As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, learn about the process of electing an Abbot as Saint Anselm Abbey prepares for their election of a new abbot in April.
As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join Fr. Mathias for a tour of the Abbey Church.
As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join Br. Andrew for a presentation and demonstration of the Abbey Church organ.
As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join professional women from various professions to discuss the integration of values into their work.
Delight is a space where women of all faith backgrounds can come together for supportive conversations about pursuing a relationship with Jesus.
For more information, contact us: CampusMinistry@anselm.edu
Elsa Voelcker will conduct an exciting workshop exploring the old photographic process of making photograms. Since the 19th century, this unique camera-less process has made for great image experimentation and invention using light sensitive paper. Participants will make their own photograms in a traditional development darkroom, and a gallery flat table display and discussion will follow! Interested participants should contact the Chapel Art Center to register. Enrollment is limited to 12.
Register for the workshop by emailing the Chapel Art Center at chapelartcenter@anselm.edu or by calling (603) 641-7470. Enrollment is limited to 12. Observer participants welcome.
New Hampshire author and journalist Joe McQuaid will join the Institute to present a true New Hampshire story about his parents and World War II, with War Fronts Home Fires: A WWII correspondent's remarkable coverage, his wife's indomitable spirit.
As a World War II newspaper correspondent, B.J. McQuaid covered American and British front lines from the frozen Aleutian Islands of Alaska, to the steaming jungles and seas of the South Pacific, at Tarawa and Guadalcanal and then to Europe from D-Day forward in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
B.J. interviewed Sir Bernard Law Montgomery during the Battle of the Bulge and went toe-to-toe with U.S. Third Army General George S. Patton. He interviewed and got the names of frontline soldiers and sailors, providing a link to their families back home in towns and cities across the United States. His stories ran in more than 80 American newspapers through the Chicago Daily News Service.
He was separated from his wife, Peg McQuaid, and two small children for three years. Peg kept the Home Fires burning back in New Hampshire, providing for herself and their two small children. She dealt with food, oil, and gasoline rationing while writing faithfully and regularly to her husband overseas.
Theirs is a story of love, of sacrifice, and of hope. Even 80 years after D-Day in Europe, it will still resonate with many Americans.
Books may be purchased in advance at your local bookseller or online.
Free and open to the public.
Reading Party
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Starting on March 19, 2024, Geisel will host a weekly Reading Party each on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. for the remainder of the semester. The last party will be on April 30, 2024.
How it Works
Bring something to read (fiction, non-fiction, textbook, magazine, whatever), or pick something from Geisel's collections. We'll read for a hour or so, silently, as a group in the Reading Room. After one hour you will be invited to share what you've read with the person/s sitting next to you.
Take advantage of this time to read, learn from others, and find out about other great books to read.
Coffee, tea, and cocoa will be provided.
No RSVP required. Attend when you can.
All are welcome!
Make yourself at home
More than 90% of the student body resides on the Hilltop, which makes sense because campus is where all the best stuff happens.
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Some of our favorite traditions
With over 130 years of history, time-honored traditions are a part of everyday life on the Hilltop.
• Your class banner will hang in Davison until commencement week
• Enter the annual Gingerbread House Competition
• Help raise over $100,000 annually by participating in Relay for Life
• Spread holiday cheer by dining with friends during the Christmas Feast
• Honor the bard with a day of sonnet reading on Shakespeare’s Birthday
Out and About in the Queen City
Less than 3 miles away, downtown Manchester offers students all kinds of fun from concerts and baseball games to taco tours and coffee shops.
Facing Mental Health
Moving out of a pandemic and into a post-pandemic world, where uncertainty is often the only constant, a group of dedicated students and their advisor help peers recognize, navigate, and discuss the many layers of mental health.