UNM Press Release

The University of New Mexico

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Public Affairs Department, 277-5813, paaffair@unm.edu

Video and Photo Opportunities at UNM
November 28 – December 5, 2005

Monday, Nov. 28

Annual Giving Tree : A tree in the Student Union Building Plaza Atrium will be decorated with ornament tags with the names of children and gifts they would like to receive this holiday season. Event runs Nov. 28 – Dec. 15. For more information, call Student Activities, 277-4706.

Tuesday, Nov. 29

10:30 a.m.
Architecture Groundbreaking Ceremony: Groundbreaking ceremony for George Pearl Hall, the new UNM School of Architecture and Planning building and Fine Arts and Design Library . UNM Bookstore Visitor Parking Lot. For more information, call Carolyn Gonzales, 277-5920.

Thursday, Dec. 1

3 p.m.
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient and Vietnam War veteran Colonel Jack H. Jacobs will be the first lecturer for the UNM Presidential Speaker Series. Keller Hall in UNM's Center for the Arts. For more information, call Karen Wentworth, 277-5627.

Friday, Dec. 2

5 – 8 p.m.
Hanging of the Greens: Students decorate UNM with luminarias and carol through campus to present President and Mrs. Caldera with a wreath at University House. For more information, call Student Activities, 277-4706.

Monday, Dec. 5

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UNMH Health Science and Hospital Summit: Summit to discuss uncompensated healthcare and other issues pertaining to the UNM Hospital and other medical resources at UNM. Student Union Building Ballroom. For more information, call Ellen Wenzel, 277-7639.

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.