COLIN
Colin is a Senior, Sports Studies major at UNH. This is his third year as Student Manager for the Hockey Team. He is responsible for all of their equipment and helping with day to day operations. Colin loves the job and it is a great learning experience as he wants to work in college athletics or coaching when he graduates this year. A high point of the job is traveling with the team to places like Minnesota and the Fleet Center. Colin was formally diagnosed with his learning disability during his Sophomore year at UNH and it was a relief to finally understand his strengths and weaknesses.
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MAKING THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE
STRATEGIES
CONFIDENCE
HAVING A LEARNING DISABILITY
USING SERVICES
LIVING ON CAMPUS
WORKING WITH THE HOCKEY TEAM
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LIVING ON CAMPUS
I lived in the smallest dorm on campus my freshman year. I probably knew everyone in the dorm but I just didn’t feel the connections. Sophomore year, I wanted a single room. With my learning disability I knew I would need to work a lot harder. I ended up in Stoke Hall on a floor with all singles. That was difficult. I didn’t have a support network with people living around me because I was living alone. How do you meet people in a hall where there are 500 to 800 people? I am a very social person but it took a while to get going. Once I got into hockey, I got to know all of those guys and now I live with some of them. That is where I find I really fit in. The only negative is that I spend so much time with hockey and around these friends that I don’t talk to other friends that much anymore.