Briefs
Student
Affairs seeks faculty interns
Student
Affairs is looking for two faculty interns to work for a year
with the vice president for Student Affairs.
Faculty
interns have the opportunity to enhance leadership skills
through direct experience in project and program management
and development.
Interns
receive $2,500 in four installments as compensation for extra
duties.
Under
the guidance of Vice President Eliseo Cheo Torres
and other mentors, the faculty remain in their current positions
while interning.
Previously,
interns have worked on summer bridge programs for low-income
and under-represented student groups, college prep, concurrent
high school and college prep, gifted and talented, freshman
summer programs and more.
Interested
faculty can contact the Office of the Vice President for Student
Affairs, 123 Scholes Hall. Deadline for the application is
Dec. 13.
Call
277-0952.
Popejoy
hosts holiday classic Nutcracker
The New
Mexico Ballet Company and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
will combine creative forces to produce their 13th production
of The Nutcracker Ballet in conjunction with Popejoy Hall.
The ballet
opens Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Other performances are Nov. 30
at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Dec. 1 at 2 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. on
Dec. 3.
Under
the leadership of Artistic Director Patricia Dickinson, the
New Mexico Ballets Nutcracker has become the pre-eminent
holiday attraction in the state. Filled with the traditional
elements that has made the ballet an international favorite,
the ballet includes such well-known music as the delightful
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, Battle
of the Toy Soldiers, Waltz of the Flowers
and others.
Tickets
are $27, $24 and $22 and $22, $17 and $13 for children 12
and under. Patrons may purchase tickets through tickets.com
online or by calling (800) 905-3315. Tickets are also sold
at UNM Ticket Offices.
Ecologist
to lecture
Native
American Studies (NAS) will host a visit from Raymond Pierotti,
Ph.D., professor in the University of Kansas Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, on Monday, Nov. 25.
Pierotti
will present from 10 a.m. to noon at NAS, Mesa Vista Hall,
rm. 3080, and from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Biology Department,
rm.100.
An open
discussion will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in Biology, rm. 139.
Call
277-3917.