Granite State College to merge with University of New Hampshire

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  1. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Granite State College in New Hampshire has announced they will be absorbed by the University of New Hampshire, and will become the UNH College of Professional Studies. Anyone graduating by June 2023 will receive a Granite State diploma, those after June 2023 will get UNH diplomas.

    https://www.granite.edu/UNH-CPS/

    I’m sure there will be some nostalgic types, but I personally would hold out for the UNH diploma/transcript.
     
    Bruce, Oct 24, 2022
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  2. bceagles

    bceagles Member

    This is great! Those who already graduated from Granite state will be able to reference UNH on their resume.

    The mild version:

    University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
    BS Business, Granite State College 2019

    The aggressive version:

    University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
    BS Business, 2019

    Technically, the academic records will be housed in Durham, either representation is technically fair.

    My dream, and I know it’s a huge long shot, is that SUNY Albany absorbs Excelsior sooner than later. That would really help my resume, in my opinion.

    That being said, I’ve been interviewing pretty heavily the past 6 months. Not once has anyone question my Excelsior degree. I have no reason to continue to be hung up on the Excelsior name, I just am.

    Thanks for posting about Granite/ UNH!
     
    bceagles, Nov 5, 2022
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  3. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    There are a lot of Career Professionals who recommend removing the year you graduate from your resume.
     
    TEKMAN, Nov 6, 2022
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    It depends on how old you are, but one may want to not include it, depending.
     
    SteveFoerster, Nov 7, 2022
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  5. Acolyte

    Acolyte Active Member

    I'm 52 but didn't graduate from college until I was 35, and I just got my Master's in 2019. I tend to NOT put the years that I graduated from college on my resume. It confuses people. :)
     
    Acolyte, Nov 7, 2022
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  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Given what people say about discrimination against older workers, perhaps listing them might actually work to your advantage?
     
    SteveFoerster, Nov 7, 2022
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  7. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, I would list the degrees you have that are really relevant to the position you're applying for. Sometimes having too many unrelated degrees or credentials will be too much extra fluff. I recommend leaving the year out of the degree as well if you wanted, unless you completed everything in the last few years. Just make sure to have a 'complete package', meaning to include certs, experience, but don't over-do it...
     
    AsianStew, Nov 7, 2022
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  8. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I didn't graduate from college until I was 46 (1989). At 50 I retired. No job, no need, no resume. :)
     
    Johann, Nov 8, 2022
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  9. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Maybe it would, but Excelsior seems to be doing fine as it is. If that ever happened, it would be so long from now that your experience and accomplishments will have already far outweighed the value of the name of the school on your degree.

    Although, I wouldn't mind name dropping SUNY Albany at a high school reunion or at a speed dating event or something :D The governor of NJ at one point wanted to make TESU a part of Rutgers. So, yes, I would have been that guy if they had gone through with it :cool:
     
    Maniac Craniac, Nov 8, 2022
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  10. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    I had a professor in graduate school who had a B.A./M.A./Ph.D. in the content area listed on his faculty page, only after the class was over when I saw his LinkedIn profile did I realize he also had a M.Div. & D.Min. (all degrees RA/ATS) and was an ordained minister.

    I haven’t had contact with him since the class ended, but I assume he didn’t list his religious degrees since they didn’t have bearing on the subject matter, and he didn’t want to make any non-religious or non-Christian students uncomfortable.
     
    Bruce, Nov 10, 2022
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