UNM's Building the Future Festival, an official Albuquerque Tricentennial event, will be held Friday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. on the main campus. Activities are free and open to the public. Free parking will be available at the University Stadium south lot. Shuttle service is provided to and from the main campus every 15 minutes.
More than 50 exhibitors will set up along the Cornell Mall to provide information and engage visitors in hands-on activities and demonstrations. Lobo Louie and Lobo Lucy will greet the crowds and athletes will sign autographs. Johnson Field will be action packed with hot and cold air balloons, fire trucks, fire prevention information, Smokey the Bear and Clifford the Dog. Traditional Native American games will be demonstrated.
New Mexico Student Union Executive Pastry Chef Tony Cipollone will decorate a birthday cake celebrating Albuquerque's 300th at the Student Union Building at 10:15 a.m. The dessert will be served during the welcome ceremony, scheduled for 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. on Cornell Mall near the Center for the Arts. The Marching Band will perform the university's fight song. President Louis Caldera will deliver the official welcome. Professor of Music Michael Chapdelaine, the world's only guitarist to earn first prize in both the top classical and fingerstyle competitions, and Ballet Folklorico Lumbre will perform.
Storyteller Eliseo Torres, vice president for Student Affairs, will read from his newest book, “Stories of Mexico's Independence Days and Other Bilingual Children's Fables,” at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Campus tours, lectures, entertainment and an opportunity to register to win Tricentennial memorabilia are also planned. Tours begin at 10:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. near the Welcome Center on Cornell Mall and include “Master Planning” with Terry Gugliotta and Joe McKinney, “Out Door Art” with Kimberly Feldman, “The Architecture Tour” with Anne Taylor, and “UNM Arboretum” with Bryan Suhr. Arboretum and architecture tours also repeat at 3:15 p.m.
Steve Borbas will conduct Tours on the Edge, which involves a shuttle bus tour around UNM's main campus and Health Sciences Center. The tours begin at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
School of Law tours with Brian Eagan begin at 3 and 4 p.m.
Engineering departments will be out in force on Cornell Mall with information and demonstrations such as robots that track, dance and perform other tricks.
Chemistry magic shows are scheduled at 2 and 2:20 p.m. in Woodward Hall.
Events taking place throughout the day include a portable LodeStar Museum planetarium exhibit in the New Mexico Student Union, music department student performances in the Center for the Arts, and art students sharing techniques with Albuquerque Public Schools students on Smith Plaza near Zimmerman Library.
The ARTS Lab mini-dome research space and High Performance Computing Center, both located in the old Lee Galles facility at Central and University NE, will be open. Tours of the computing center are at 10 and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Nasario García, Ph.D., author of “Albuquerque – Feliz Cumpleaños ,” will give a lecture at 1 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room, Zimmerman Library. College of Fine Arts Dean Christopher Mead will speak about the contemporary architecture of Albuquerque at 4:30 p.m. in the lecture room of Northrup Hall.
APS teachers, students and their families have been invited to the campus festival. Rapid Ride Class Passes are available to schools for free city transit.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915
Posted by scarr at September 21, 2005 12:51 PM