What Students and Employees Say About Our Community

UNE has a very chill community here. [The students] are not uptight which allows for a lot of people to feel welcome and vibe with each other.

UNE just felt like home. I really liked the small school.

UNE has a great sense of community. We are all very friendly and genuinely care about each other. When people ask how you are doing, they are not just expecting ‘good’ as a response – they want to get to know you.

It really feels like a community here. It's not too big of a school, but not too small. Everyone sort of knows everyone, which I really appreciate. Because of the tight-knit community, everyone here cares and looks out for each other.

Everyone from our professors to the students have been phenomenal. Right off the bat, I just felt very welcomed in the COM community.

When I toured UNE, the campus was just so gorgeous and the location is just amazing. Aside from that, I could just tell that the community and atmosphere would be a place that I wanted to study.

UNE is very inclusive. Even if you feel left out, if you just take that first step, you have many options …to meet people.

As much as I would love to give myself all that credit, it’s definitely my peers and my professors that helped foster my growth at UNE.

The environment here is amazing. Everyone's very nice and they're willing to help you get to your career goals.

The past four years have been the most amazing experience I’ve ever had and I would not trade this for anything. I’m so happy that I chose to go here. I love the closeness in our community.

People are always willing to meet up outside of class to go over things. Even though we are a big class, I feel like I’m connected with everyone.

You got to love UNE. Beautiful campus, beautiful people. Everyone’s welcoming and happy.

The first thing that stuck out to me when I toured UNE was the friendliness of the staff and the close integration of the students. Compared to other campuses that I visited, the students here were the nicest and friendliest.

The first thing that stuck out to me when I toured UNE was the friendliness of the staff and the close integration of the students. Compared to other campuses that I visited, the students here were the nicest and friendliest.

Everyone is really friendly and willing to help out and collaborate. Through my experiences with classes, clubs, intramural sports…it’s all been so open and welcoming. There is a really good air on campus all the time.

The people at UNE are the kindest people. I could tell right away that it was a place I wanted to be.

I feel like everyone here actually cares about each other and is willing to help each other out. It’s a really homey, welcoming community.

UNE always struck me as a remarkable place because students are earnest and hardworking and nice to each other in a unique way.

I just fell in love with the community here at UNE. I wanted a place where everyone knows each other, and that’s what I found.

The English department at UNE may be small, but that is what I love about it. More than a decade later, I still have relationships with my professors who have become lifelong mentors that I continually turn to for advice and they are always willing to support me.

[The UNE community is] really inclusive. We have an awesome program where we're not ranked, so we're not competitive. We’re all trying to make sure that we are all succeeding.