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The University of New Mexico

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Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
kwent2@unm.edu

February 15, 2007

Friday is UNM Day at the Capitol in Santa Fe

Members of the public visiting the Roundhouse in Santa Fe tomorrow can get a first look at the way the internationally known Tamarind Institute hopes to renovate its planned new quarters. Or they can have free medical screenings performed by pharmacy students. Those are two of twenty-one departments that will have exhibits in the halls of history outside the rotunda of the state capitol building for UNM Day at the Capitol.

Tamarind will also have a small lithographic press on hand and will be printing copies for people who are interested. The institute is seeking money to remodel the architecture buildings on the south side of Central Ave., which will be vacated when the School of Architecture and Planning moves into its new building on the north side of Central Ave. later this year.

UNM Day at the Capitol this year is focused on programs the university wants to expand and improve. Exhibits from Digital Media in the College of Fine Arts, the Harwood Art Center, the branch campuses, the School of Engineering, the College of Education, International Programs, Recruitment Services, the Staff Council, Associated Students of UNM, University College, the College Enrichment Outreach programs, the Health Sciences Center, the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, the BA/MD program and the UNM Cancer Center will all be on display from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m.

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