Department

• Fairness Policies
• Staff Office Hours
• Facilities
• C&J CIRT Pod
• Holidays
• Inclement Weather (Snow) Policy
• Faculty and Staff of C&J

Fairness Policies

Equal Educational Opportunity Policy
The University of New Mexico is committed to providing equal educational opportunity and forbids unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disabilities, age, sex, sexual preference, ancestry, or medical condition. Equal education opportunity includes: admission, recruitment, extracurricular programs and activities, housing, health and insurance services and athletics. In keeping with this policy of equal educational opportunity, the University is committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere free from all forms of harassment.

Affirmative Action Policy
The University of New Mexico commits itself to a program of affirmative action to increase access by, and participation of, traditionally under represented groups in the University's education programs and work force. It is the policy of the University in the case where a vacant position falls within a job group which is determined to have underutilization that the hiring official give preference for selection to a finalist who is member of the underutilized group, provided his/her qualifications and past performance are subtantially equal to other finalists.

ADA Compliance
To comply with ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, UNM can provide information in alternative formats. If you have a special need and require an auxiliary aide and/or service, please contact Student Support Services - Upward Bound, Mesa Vista Hall, 505/277-3506.

Staff Office Hours

Regular Hours
We are open Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Fridays we are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p m. We are also open every day through lunchtime. So do drop by just to chat or  resolve an issue. Either way we are here to help you as necessary. And of course do not hesitate to call us at our main number: (505) 277-5305.

Extended Hours
Let us know if you need special arrangements.

Facilities
The C&J building opened in May 2007 after being closed for a year for renovation. Faculty and staff will be moving back into the building throughout the summer of 2007, and classes will resume there in the fall of 2007. Temporary offices will remain until on or about June 1 for the chair and department administrator in Mesa Vista Hall 2137, for the department adviser in Mesa Vista Hall 2138, and for the broadcast engineer in 221 Marron Hall.

Our department provides the following resources to augment the lessons of the classroom: a television production studio, video editing facilities, a work area for forensics students, a computer writing Lab (C&J Room 214), audio tape recording facilities, a darkroom, portable video-camera sound recorders and access to computer-aided photocomposition (in cooperation with the student daily newspaper.)

C&J CIRT Pod
The C&J Department has two CIRT pods on the first floor of the renovated building, but they are closed until Aug. 20, 2007.

Holidays
Our office will be closed during the following days this academic year:

• Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 3, 2007
• Fall break, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11-12, 2007
• Thanksgiving: Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, 2007
• Winter Break: Dec. 21-Jan. 1, 2007–08
• New Year's Day: Observed Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008
• Martin Luther King Day: Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
• Memorial Day, May 26, 2008

Inclement Weather (Snow) Policy
Please remember that UNM's "Snow Policy"' provides that all offices and work locations will normally remain open during regular business or operating hours even if early or late classes are cancelled because of snow. Only in extreme conditions would the University shut down and even then, the medical facilities, UNM Police, and other critical areas would remain open.

In the event of delays of closures during final exam week, faculty whose final exams are affected by the delay or closure may elect one of the three options. Faculty must choose one of the options prior to final exam week and clearly communicate to their students which option thy have chosen. The options are:

• Faculty may assign as final grades, the current grades that students have going into final exam week.

• Faculty may make provisions for students whose exams are cancelled to contact them for the scheduling of a make-up exam or alternative arrangements.

• Faculty may, as a last resort, choose to assign incomplete grades.

On days when there is bad weather, you can listen to local radio and television stations for information about UNM or call UNM's "Snow Hotline" (277-SNOW). Information will also be made available on UNM's voice mail and e-mail systems.

Faculty of the
Department of Communication & Journalism

C&J staff
The staff members of the Department of Communication & Journalism are profiled here.