The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: University Communication and Marketing,
277-5813, ucam@unm.edu
Video and Photo Opportunities at UNM
December 13 –17, 2005
Tuesday, Dec. 13
7:30 p.m.
Mariachi Christmas: UNM's Popejoy Hall partners Nuevo Chapultepec with Ballet Folklórico Paso del Norte to perform traditional songs and dances of Mexico. For more information, call Terry Davis at 277-9451 or 362-1009 or visit http://www.popejoypresents.com/show.asp?title=Mariachi%20Christmas.
Thursday, Dec. 15
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Gerald W. May Staff Recognition Award: Pamela Agoyo, Linda McCormick and Joel Straquadine will receive the university's highest honor for staff at a public ceremony in the Student Union, Ballroom C. For more information, call Laurie Mellas at 277-5915 or visit http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/000953.html#more.
Friday, Dec. 16
6 p.m.
UNM's Fall Commencement ceremony will be held in the University Arena (“The Pit”). 1,768 students are projected to receive degrees. A reception will follow the ceremony on the east concourse of the arena. For more information, call Laurie Mellas at 277-5915 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/Dec05Releases/05-12-06commencement.htm .
Saturday, Dec. 17
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
“Rwandan Refugees: A Story of Hope,” the first exhibit in a year long series called “Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan,” opens at the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit runs Dec. 16 – Feb. 27. The opening reception on Dec. 17 features African music and a presentation by acclaimed photographer Lucian Niemeyer. For more information, call Greg Johnston at 277-1816 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/Nov05Releases/05-11-22holocausts.htm .
The University of New Mexico is the state's largest university, serving more than 32,000 students. UNM is home to the state's only schools of law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture and operates New Mexico's only academic health center. UNM is noted for comprehensive undergraduate programs and research that benefits the state and the nation.
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