Hamilton Smith Hall

Here at Hamilton Smith Hall is where the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) brings thinkers, innovators and artists together at the center of campus. Whether you are expanding your horizons in UNH’s Discovery Program, taking your first-year writing class or majoring in one of COLA’s dozens of programs, you’ll spend time in “Ham Smith” and feel at home in COLA. Here is where the flyers advertising the English department’s upcoming events are a “who’s who” of famous authors. And there’s always a student performance to get excited about. Here is where art students get their hands dirty experimenting with charcoal in the studio and future filmmakers use cutting-edge tools to tell the stories they have to tell. Here is where philosophy students linger in the halls after class to continue their debates and tomorrow’s entrepreneurs dream up the next game-changing idea.

The voices of our students drive what it means to learn at COLA, right down to the student-designed art lining our walls. Here is where you’ll catch up on your reading in the Great Hall or meet up with classmates on the beautiful outdoor patio. Here is where the liberal arts engage with the past and chart the future.