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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!
80.0080+
clubs and organizations
#15.0015
national ranking for campus dining
94.0094%
of first-year students live on campus
There is something here for everyone… You will meet many amazing people, including peers with similar interests and faculty members who will become your biggest cheerleaders and supporters.
Anselmian Events
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Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
Join us for the 12th annual NH East-West All-Star Football Game benefitting Dartmouth Health Children's and the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD).
The game brings New Hampshire's best graduating high school football players together for one incredible competition and to raise critical awareness and funds for Dartmouth Health Children's. Join us for this exciting and family friendly event as the most talented players and coaches from across the state battle it out for field and fundraising glory!
Children 5 and under are FREE.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL
NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES
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Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
Join us for the 12th annual NH East-West All-Star Football Game benefitting Dartmouth Health Children's and the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD).
The game brings New Hampshire's best graduating high school football players together for one incredible competition and to raise critical awareness and funds for Dartmouth Health Children's. Join us for this exciting and family friendly event as the most talented players and coaches from across the state battle it out for field and fundraising glory!
Children 5 and under are FREE.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL
NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES
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Enjoy an evening of great family fun with one of Shakespeare's most-revered comedies, performed in front of the beauitiful and iconic Alumni Hall on the colleges campus quad. Bring your lawn chairs, coolers, and snacks. Don't miss this amazing summer exeprience for the whole family.
Kids 12 and under are free.
All sales are final.
No refunds or exchanges.
**In the event that the performance is cancelled due to bad weather, tickets will be valid for any other performance during the summer series. Please contact the Dana Center box office with questions or concerns if you are unable to attend a future date.
Event details for Shakespeare on the Green: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2024
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Enjoy an evening of great family fun with one of Shakespeare's most-revered comedies, performed in front of the beauitiful and iconic Alumni Hall on the colleges campus quad. Bring your lawn chairs, coolers, and snacks. Don't miss this amazing summer exeprience for the whole family.
Kids 12 and under are free.
All sales are final.
No refunds or exchanges.
**In the event that the performance is cancelled due to bad weather, tickets will be valid for any other performance during the summer series. Please contact the Dana Center box office with questions or concerns if you are unable to attend a future date.
Event details for Shakespeare on the Green: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2024
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Enjoy an evening of great family fun with one of Shakespeare's most-revered comedies, performed in front of the beauitiful and iconic Alumni Hall on the colleges campus quad. Bring your lawn chairs, coolers, and snacks. Don't miss this amazing summer exeprience for the whole family.
Kids 12 and under are free.
All sales are final.
No refunds or exchanges.
**In the event that the performance is cancelled due to bad weather, tickets will be valid for any other performance during the summer series. Please contact the Dana Center box office with questions or concerns if you are unable to attend a future date.
Event details for Shakespeare on the Green: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2024
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On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., we will be meeting via Zoom to discuss "Yellowface" by R. F. Kuang.
Description
"Her novel became a best seller. The trouble: she didn’t write it. In “Yellowface,” R.F. Kuang satirizes the publishing industry with a tale of a struggling writer who passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own" (New York Times, 2023). Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2023.
All are welcome to attend.
Learn more about our book group by visiting our group webpage.
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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
![Students participate in the gingerbread house competition](/sites/default/files/styles/responsive_8_5_300w/public/2023-01/20211128-GINGERBREAD-HOUSES-LL194-%281%29.jpg?itok=pp56DFwb)
![Manchester skyline above the Merrimack River](/sites/default/files/styles/responsive_8_5_300w/public/Images/Admission/Discover%20Saint%20Anselm/crop-duplicate-1-for-discoverSACmanchester-innerhero.png?h=0b61bd4d&itok=slGWb3fL)
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.
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