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Video and Photo Opportunities at UNM
April 11-14 , 2006

Tuesday, April 11

1 p.m.

UNM Board of Regents Meeting: Agenda includes student tuition and UNM budget. Student Union Building Ballroom C. For more information, call University Communication and Marketing at 277-1989 or visit: http://www.unm.edu/news/06AprilNewsReleases/06-04-07regents2.htm.

2 p.m.

Partnership for Public Service: U.S. Attorney David Iglesias will speak on career opportunities in public service in the Student Union Building Acoma Room. For more information, call Karen Wentworth at 277-5627 or visit: http://www.unm.edu/news/06AprilNewsReleases/06-04-04attorney.htm .

4 p.m.

Premio Aztlán Literary Prize: Gene Guerin, author of “Cottonwood Saints” and winner of the 2005 Premio Aztlán Literary Prize, will receive $1,000 and deliver a public lecture in the Willard Reading Room in UNM's Zimmerman Library. For more information, call Karen Wentworth at 277-5627 or visit: http://www.unm.edu/news/06FebNewsReleases/06-02-24guerin.htm .

Wednesday, April 12

9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

3rd Annual UNM Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium: UNM's PROFOUND office will showcase undergraduate research in Student Union Building Ballrooms B and C. For more information, call Steve Carr at 277-1821 or visit:

http://www.unm.edu/news/06MarchNewsReleases/06-03-07profound.htm .

Friday, April 14

7 p.m.

Final Works in Progress Reading of Spring 2006: Features Laura Matter (graduate student reading prose), Monica Garcia (graduate student reading fiction) and Julie Shigekuni (professor reading fiction; author of “Invisible Gardens” and “A Bridge Between Us”). Winnings Coffee, 111 Harvard SE. Free and open to the public. For more information, email wasserst@unm.edu


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