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Egypt Trip 2009/2010

The Africana Studies Program is offering a trip to Egypt for 2009/2010.
Eygpt Flyer - Download

Internship and site updates
02-12-09 | 3:25PM MST

Over the next week, the site will be seeing some internal upgrades. Apperance wise it should remain the same but one major upgrade is the use of JavaScript in the site. If you don't have it enabled when you visit the site, most of the site will not work. So please enable it under your browser settings. For most people, this will not be a problem.

Secondly, a new section has been added to the site regarding internships. You can veiw that page here.

Black History Month PodCast
02-02-09 | 2:12PM MST

"UNM Sr. Communication Rep. Carolyn Gonzales interviews Africana Studies Director Sherri Burr about UNM's Black History Month events, current academic initiatives in the program, news about a recent intersession course that took students to Egypt, and an introduction to Kadeshia Matthews, new faculty in English and Africana Studies."
Learn more here.

Africana Studies Holiday Party
12-11-08 | 11:44AM MST

Please join us for the Africana Studies Holiday party taking place on December 12th at 4:00pm.
This is a chance to meet one another as well as see what has been accomplished by the department in the past semester.
Food and drink will be served.
In attendence will be UNM's new foot ball, Mike Locksley, as well as Ron Wallace of the Perspective.
So please join us in having a wonderful evening.

Events Update
10-13-08 | 11:44AM MST

The events page has been updated with a new exciting event called Distinguished Faculty Success Seminar. Africana Studies director, Dr. Sherri Burr is taking part. For more information, visit the events page.

Faculty Page is Up
9-19-08 | 3:51PM MST

The faculty page has been updated. Every faculty member of the Africana Studies Dept. has there own page. Each page contains contact info, the courses they are teaching, and a download section. Enjoy.

Events Update
9-17-08 | 12:08PM MST

A new page has been added to the website. This event page will display all up coming events that are of interest to the Africana Studies Dept. So be sure to check it every so often to see the list.

The faculty page will be complete by the end of the week as well. So be sure to check that too.

Faculty and Staff updates
9-12-2008 | 12:31PM MST

The Staff page has been updated. If you have a question for the department or need to call, this is the best place to look for emails and numbers.

The website now includes a faculty page. This will include emails and office numbers in the near future.

Finally, if you have any comments or questions, please email the department at afamstds@unm.edu.
If there are any questions or comments towards the website, email Kyle Wagner at kazion@unm.edu.

Updates and A Message from the Director
8-27-2008 | 12:44PM MST

I'm excited to announce that most of the website is now functional!
The contact page has been updated it there is a need to contact the Africana Studies Dept.
There is now a message from our director Dr. Shrri Burr which can be found here.

If any problems are found, please contact our webmaster at kazion@unm.edu and he'll get on it right away.