UCAM's News clips for Tuesday, April 22, 2008
1. Rebuilding a university - UNM's unprecedented construction boom (New Mexico Business Weekly)
by Thomas Munro NMBW Staff
Capital expenditures are being made in unprecedented volumes at the University of New Mexico as the school takes leaping strides toward a national profile.According to an Office of Capital Projects report, there are 170 active capital projects ongoing, 41 of them in the major project price tag category -- more than $500,000. Of the 1.7 million square feet involved, 1.5 million is in major projects. Current projects have a total cost of about $381 million, with 93 percent of that going to the majors.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22capital.htm2. Retired FBI agent discusses diploma fraud (New Mexico Business Weekly)
NMBW StaffThe Anderson School of Management is inviting the public to learn about diploma fraud at a seminar with retired FBI Special Agent Allen Ezell.
Ezell retired in 1991 after 31 years of service. As part of his FBI duties, he spent 11 years investigating fictitious colleges and universities in Operation Dipscam ("Dipscam" is an abbreviation of "diploma scam"). He testified before the U.S. House Education Subcommittee in 2005 and keeps up to date on fictitious schools and academic fraud.
Ezell is a frequent speaker on academic fraud and white collar crime before academic, banking and government bodies. He will discuss how to know the difference between recognized credentials and those from a degree mill and will address what to do if a degree is counterfeit.
The Thursday, April 24, seminar will take place in Anderson's Paul R. Jackson Student Center on the University of New Mexico campus at 7:30 a.m. Admission is free.
The breakfast seminar is sponsored by the Anderson Accounting Department and the Center for Information Assurance Research and Education.
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3. Advanced Pulmonary Solutions wins business plan competition (New Mexico Business Weekly)
NMBW StaffAdvanced Pulmonary Solutions has won first place in the Anderson School of Management's 2008 University of New Mexico Technology Business Plan Competition.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22asm.htm4. Navajo Committee Proposes Changes To Tribal Education Law (Albuquerque Journal)
By Felicia Fonseca/Associated PressNavajo lawmakers who serve on the Education Committee say the tribe's board of education hasn't made sufficient progress and Navajo people would be better served if the board had less responsibilities.
"We're not squabbling with the board of education," said Tribal Council Delegate Leonard Anthony. "Among themselves, they have disagreements, miscommunication, misrepresentation. They are not up to part do their job."
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22Navajo.htm5. UNM cuts dorm services to save on housing costs (Daily Lobo)
By: Christina LovatoUNM is cutting dorm costs by stripping services.
Telephones were taken out of the dorms at the beginning of the fall semester. Housekeeping services in the apartments were discontinued, and students no longer get HBO.
Dupuy Bateman, director of Student Housing, said the money saved will be reinvested in the dorms.
"Every dollar of that money goes back into housing," he said. "It doesn't go to UNM or any place else in the University - it all goes back into the dorms.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22dorms.htm6. Senator punished for breaking campaign rules (Daily Lobo)
By: Rachel HillASUNM punished a newly elected senator after he received complaints about his campaigning.
The Associated Students of UNM Elections Committee decided to reprimand Sen. Christopher George after it received four complaints stating that he violated elections codes while campaigning April 15.
George will have his voting rights revoked for his first month as a senator.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22asunm.htm7. University breaks ground on Native American Center (Montana Standard) (Cajete is the Native American Studies director at UNM)
By The Associated PressThe University of Montana’s new Native American Center will inspire a new era in leadership, vitalize American Indian studies and become a cornerstone of tribal community, said author and educator Gregory Cajete.
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/04/21/state/hjjbjfhijiicjd.txt8. St. Pius Seniors Qualify for National Rocketry Competition (Rio Rancho Journal)
By Andrea Schoellkopf, Journal Staff WriterA trio of St. Pius High School seniors has aimed for the stars and is nearly there, thanks to their own rocket ship.
James DeOreo, Josh Cruz and Matt Sisneros, all 18, qualified for the Team America Rocketry Challenge next month by building a rocket that reaches 750 feet at launch, with a flight time of 45 seconds. Two raw eggs included as payload had to emerge unbroken.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AprilNewsClips/22competition.htm9. Why Not Base APS Pay on Its Graduation Rate? (Albuquerque Journal Letter to the Editor)
SO, A GOAL of 65 percent graduation may be too high, says Winston Brooks, incoming superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools. I guess it's understandable when the current graduation rate is 52-53 percent.
Perhaps what we need is a little incentive here. May I suggest that Brooks and all other employees of APS be paid their salaries based on the graduation rate. They graduate students at a 52-53 percentage rate, they get paid 52-53 percent of their salaries. They graduate students at a 65 percent rate, they get paid 65 percent of their salaries.
That ought to get things going.
BILL NAEGELE
Albuquerque###
10. Police say NMSU student was stabbed by roommate's mother (Las Cruces Sun News)
Sun-News reportA New Mexico State University student killed Friday in Indiana was stabbed following an argument with her alleged killer, identified as the mother of one of the student's roommates, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_900808211. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com* Student-Visa Fees To Support Federal Surveillance Program Could Double
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to increase to as much as $200 the fees that visiting international students must pay in order to upgrade a program that monitors those students' activities.* Princeton Review Will Issue 'Green' Ratings In Coming College Guides
College officials and sustainability advocates have some concerns about the company's plan to evaluate institutions based on their environmental records.* A Supercomputer Takes Humanities Scholars Into The 21st Century
One million hours of supercomputing time is going to humanities scholars, thanks to a new National Endowment for the Humanities grant program meant to foster digital scholarship.* Audio: Student Loan Companies Are Seeking Federal Help
Carl C. Dalstrom, president and chief executive of USA Funds, the nation's largest guarantee agency, describes why companies involved in federally subsidized student lending need even more government assistance before they can continue making sloans for this coming academic year.12. National News:
* Now It's Colleges' Turn to Say 'Pick Me! (Washington Post)
The University of Maryland at College Park is making sure that nearly every single student admitted this fall -- more than 10,000 of them -- gets a personal telephone call from a current student extolling the virtues of becoming a Terrapin.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/20/AR2008042002113.html* Students protest proposed budget cuts to higher education (San Francisco Chronicle)
About 1,500 college students rallied at state Capitol this morning to protest $1 billion in budget cuts that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing for California's three college systems in the coming fiscal year.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/22/BAV51096TQ.DTL13. Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Monday, April 21 include stories about:* Lobo Football Team in Spring Practice
4 KOB 6:00 PM
THE LOBO FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY HAS A COUPLE MORE DAYS OF SPRING PRACTICE LEFT. THE COACHES ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AN OFFENSIVE LINE FOR THE FALL. THE LOBOS LOST FOUR STARTERS FROM LAST SEASON. THIS WEEK THEY'LL MIX AND MATCH. SPRING FOOTBALL CONTINUES FOR THE LOBOS WITH THE CHERRY AND SILVER SCRIMMAGE TO PLAYED THIS WEEKEND IN SANTA FE. THE LOBOS HELD A SCRIMMAGE THIS PAST WEEKEND. COACH ROCKY LONG SAY SOME GOOD THINGS BUT BELIEVES PLENTY OF WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.Susan McKinsey
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