The University of New Mexico will celebrate its 115th birthday on Friday, February 27 at noon. There will be birthday cake for everyone at the Student Union Building along with entertainment and prizes.
Associated Students of the University of New Mexico are hosting the event. President of ASUNM Jennifer Onuska says, "We are inviting students to come celebrate UNM's birthday, and if they arrive at noon there will be a photograph taken of all students present." The photograph will become part of the UNM birthday card and will be hung in the student union for the next year.
UNM has been educating students in the Southwest since territorial days. The University opened its doors in 1892, 20 years before New Mexico was admitted to the union as a state. Today there are more than 110-thousand University of New Mexico alumni worldwide, and the university offers 45 higher education degrees in a wide variety of disciplines.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Posted by kwentworth at February 25, 2004 01:25 PM