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The University of New Mexico

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

VIDEO AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES AT UNM

November 2 – 7, 2005

Wednesday, Nov. 2

10:30 a.m.
Red Ribbon Day: The grand prize award for the 2004-2005 University Drinking and Driving Prevention Program will be presented to UNM's Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) in front of Zimmerman Library. For more information call 277-1816.

2 p.m.
Lecture by Dr. Joseph Sanchez on collaboration between UNM and the National Park Service to copy, transcribe and translate thousands of pages of documents and maps from archives in Spain, France, Mexico and Italy about the Spanish Colonial and Mexican periods in the southwestern United States. For more information call 277-5627.

Thursday, Nov. 3

8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
African American Student Day: UNM invites African American high school juniors and seniors to campus to learn more about UNM and what it has to offer. For more information visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-27aaday.htm or call 277-5645.

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Po'pay Commemoration Symposium: Pueblo scholars discuss Po'pay's leadership during the 1680 Pueblo revolt against Spanish colonization. Commemorates installation of Po'pay sculpture at Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C. Student Union Building Lobo room. For more information call 277-3917 or visit http://www.unm.edu/news/OctoberReleases/05-10-17popay.htm.

Saturday, Nov. 5

2 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Rudolfo Anaya, Fred Harris, Tony Hillerman, Virginia Swift, and Judith van Gieson discuss writing, plots, techniques and ideas for crime and fiction. Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library. For more information call 277-5627.

Monday, Nov. 7

12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Indigenous Nations Library Program , "Winter Storytelling." Zimmerman Library, Willard Reading Room. For more information contact Mary Alice at 277-8922 or mtsosie@unm.edu.

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.