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January 30, 2002

CLOUDCROFT NATIVE INDUCTED INTO ARCHITECTURE HONOR SOCIETY

Cloudcroft native Shelley Maynard, graduate student in the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning, was one of six graduate and 10 undergraduate students inducted as charter members of the UNM chapter of Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society, the only honor society recognized in the fields of architecture and the allied arts, announced Dean Roger Schluntz.

Allied arts, in UNM's case, includes landscape architecture and community and regional planning.

Maynard, daughter of Susan and Jim Maynard, graduated from Cloudcroft High School in 1998. "I am honored and excited to be admitted to Tau Sigma Delta. The University of New Mexico has provided me with the education necessary to continue with my future goal as an architect. I have enjoyed my undergraduate studies in Albuquerque and look forward to continuing my education," says Maynard.

Maynard has applied to master in architecture programs in Washington, Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. "I plan to spend most of this summer in Cloudcroft enjoying my family, friends and community. I look forward to moving in the fall where I will be off to a new school, meeting new people and seeing new places," she says.

Tau Sigma Delta, founded in 1913 at the University of Michigan, is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, giving Tau Sigma Delta the high rating of most distinguished honor societies in other educational fields.

Students inducted are in the top 20 percent of their class.

Other graduate students admitted to the UNM chapter, Gamma Lambda, were:

· Robert Baca
· Parker Berg
· Mark Harvold
· Shelley Maynard
· Steven McCaslin

All hold BAs in Architecture except Baca, who earned a BA in Environmental Design.

The following undergraduate students were also admitted:

· Shawn Anderson
· Sonia Archuleta
· James Cooke
· Nasima Hadi
· Margaret Hirsch
· Laura Kuenn
· Karole Mazeika
· Catherine Moody
· Daniel Puzak
· Rossana Ramirez Robertson

Faculty attending the ceremony included Schluntz, Provost Brian Foster, Alf Simon, director, landscape architecture; Andy Pressman, director, architecture; David Henkel, director, community and regional planning; and Stephen Dent, associate professor, architecture, and Tau Sigma Delta member.

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