The University of New Mexico NEWS RELEASE

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VIDEO AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES AT UNM

October 24 – 31, 2005

Monday, Oct. 24

3 – 5 p.m.
Indigenous Nations Library Program sponsors a panel discussion in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library on sustaining indigenous presence through language. Researchers representing a number of tribal languages discuss the value of maintaining language in the local culture. For more information visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-19language.htm.

Thursday, Oct. 27

Hispano Student Day: More than 1,000 high school juniors and seniors from throughout NM spend a day learning about attending UNM. Student Union Building. For more information call 277-5020 or 277-2260 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-13hispano.htm.

2 p.m. 
University Libraries presents a Faculty Acknowledgement Award to Beth Noll, assistant professor of education, for her contributions to scholarly research. Zimmerman Library, Willard Reading Room. Noll will present a lecture on "Advocacy as Social Action in Academia.” For more information call 277-5627 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-20faculty.htm.

Friday, Oct. 28

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Exhibit Reception: "¡ZAPATA VIVE! Constructions of a Cultural Hero." Jonson Gallery. Free and open to the public. Exhibit runs through Dec. 22. For more information call 277-4967 or visit http://www.unm.edu/~jonsong.

7 p.m.
Works in Progress Reading Series: Elizabeth Shaw (fiction), Jennifer Schaller (creative nonfiction), Lisa D. Chavez (poetry). Winnings Coffee, 111 Harvard SE. Free and open to the public. For more information e-mail wasserst@unm.edu or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/Sept05Releases/05-09-28worksinprogress.htm.

Saturday, Oct. 29

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tricentennial Colloquium: Final installment of "All Roads Lead to Albuquerque." Lectures on ballooning, aviation and the Air Force base. Free and open to the public at the new Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum. For more information call 277-5920 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/Sept05Releases/05-09-29tricentennial.htm.

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Pueblo Pottery Demonstration by Emma Lewis Mitchell and Dolores Lewis Garcia at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. Free and open to the public. For more information call 277-4405 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-21pottery.htm.

Monday, Oct. 31

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Pumpkin Carving Contest in the Student Union Building Plaza Atrium. For more information call 277-LOBO (277-5626) or e-mail sub@unm.edu.

12 – 2 p.m.
Halloween Costume Contest at the UNM Bookstore. Sign-up at 11:30 a.m., judging starts 12 p.m. Music, prizes and sales. For more information call 277-5451 or visit http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/000873.html#more.

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