The Provost’s Committee on Staff Assessment and Development (PCSAD) at the University of New Mexico will present the 2004 Provost Outstanding Staff awards on Wednesday, April 7, at 3 p.m., in Ballroom C at the Student Union Building.
Nominated by their peers, co-workers and supervisors, staff members and workgroups will be recognized for their positive contributions. Through their service, interactions and initiative, they embody the highest standards and ideals of UNM.
The Provost’s Committee and Staff Assessment and Development was organized in 1989 to assist the Provost in determining what activities would provide UNM staff with opportunities for growth, recognition and service.
For more information contact Lourdes Mckenna at (505) 277-5304.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-5627
Four candidates have been selected finalists for the University of New Mexico Art Museum director position. Candidates will meet with deans, department chairs and UNM Art Museum and Jonson Gallery staff, in addition to attending other meetings and events with UNM faculty, staff and students.
The public is invited to attend open forums for the candidates set for the day of their campus visits from 3-3:45 p.m. at various locations indicated below with the candidates names and dates for scheduled visits:
* Linda W. Bahm, interim director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Monday, April 5. Bahm's public forum will be held in the Roberts Room, Scholes Hall.
* Kathleen Stewart Howe, interim associate director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Thursday, April 8. Howe's public forum will be in Fiesta Rooms A&B, Student Union Building.
* Marianne Lorenz, executive director, Las Vegas (Nevada) Art Museum, Monday, April 12. Lorenz's public forum will be in Fiesta Rooms A&B.
* Peter S. Briggs, chief curator, University of Arizona Museum of Art, April 14. The public forum for Briggs will be in the Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall.
The UNM Art Museum has more than 30,000 works representing some 500 years of artistic and cultural history. The museum holds paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints and drawings. Jonson Gallery was established in 1950 by pioneering modernist painter Raymond Jonson. Today, scholars from around the world visit the gallery.
The finalist selected for the position will replace longtime director Peter Walch who retired in 2001.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Leo Romero has been elected President of the National Order of the Coif. He will serve a three-year term.
Romero is a native of Las Vegas and graduate of Robertson High School.
Coif is the national honorary society for law, akin to Phi Beta Kappa for undergraduate colleges. Law school graduates from schools with Coif chapters are elected to the Order of the Coif if they graduated in the top 10 percent of the their class. Coif promotes and honors academic and scholarly excellence.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
University of New Mexico junior Sean Murray had a surprise visit to his mechanical engineering class last week. UNM President Louis Caldera stopped by to announce Murray is a 2004 Truman Scholar.
Murray is among nearly 80 students nationwide to be selected this year as Truman Scholars. Twenty independent selection panels chose the recipients based upon leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of “making a difference.”
Murray is the sixth UNM student to receive the scholarship. The 22-year-old is a Albuquerque native who graduated from Albuquerque Academy in 2000. As a student in the UNM School of Engineering mechanical engineering program, Murray has maintained a 4.25 GPA. during the current semester. Murray is also co-captain and right fielder for the UNM Lobo baseball team and led the team in hitting last year with a .383 average.
Tariq Khraishi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and one of Murray's instructors, said, “I've been at so many higher education institutions. I've never seen a student that sharp, professional and dedicated; all the good things together in one package.”
Murray has been creating a model to study atom movement in metallic crystals. The model demonstrates how atoms respond when force or loads are applied on a scale of nanometers, or a trillionth of a meter. The study shows that atoms respond differently on a nanoscale.
Last summer, Murray traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering program. His research subject was hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. He wrote that hydrogen could be produced from natural gas early on to make vehicles as inexpensively as possible, in order for them to be mass-produced.
The Truman Scholarship is a $26,000 merit-based grant awarded to undergraduates who wish financial support to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government or the not-for-profit sector. Murray was one of 221 scholarship finalists from 146 academic institutions.
In 1975, Congress established the Truman Scholarship Foundation as the federal memorial to the thirty-third president. Murray and other 2004 Truman Scholars will receive their awards late in May at a ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
More than 40 presentations by University of New Mexico College of Education graduate students will be featured in a daylong colloquium, Tuesday, March 30, noon to 8 p.m. at the Student Union Building.
This event allows students to present various stages of research to their peers and the education community. The event is free and open to the public.
Topics range from “Issues of Special Education in Native American Communities” to “The Professional Development of a First Year Teacher.” The colloquium allows students working toward advanced degrees in education to present dissertation ideas, preliminary research and to make trial conference presentations.
A keynote presentation, “Narrative Construction as Educational Research: Past, Present and Especially, the Future” will be given at 2 p.m. by Tom Barone, Ph.D., professor of education at Arizona State University. Barone will also speak at 5 p.m. as part of a graduate school panel.
The event is sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies and the College of Education. For more information, contact Denise Dion at ddion@nm.edu
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
More than 40 presentations by University of New Mexico College of Education graduate students will be featured in a daylong colloquium, Tuesday, March 30, noon to 8 p.m. at the Student Union Building.
More than 40 presentations by University of New Mexico College of Education graduate students will be featured in a daylong colloquium, Tuesday, March 30, noon to 8 p.m. at the Student Union Building.
This event allows students to present various stages of research to their peers and the education community. The event is free and open to the public.
Topics range from “Issues of Special Education in Native American Communities” to “The Professional Development of a First Year Teacher.” The colloquium allows students working toward advanced degrees in education to present dissertation ideas, preliminary research and to make trial conference presentations.
A keynote presentation, “Narrative Construction as Educational Research: Past, Present and Especially, the Future” will be given at 2 p.m. by Tom Barone, Ph.D., professor of education at Arizona State University. Barone will also speak at 5 p.m. as part of a graduate school panel.
The event is sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies and the College of Education. For more information, contact Denise Dion at ddion@nm.edu.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
Sign Fest, a local annual visual arts performance offering sell-out performances for 15 years, is back. The University of New Mexico's Sign 214 Lexical Semantics class in the Department of Linguistics is host to the event, scheduled for Thursday, April 22 at Popejoy Hall.
Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at McKinley Middle School, 4500 Comanche Rd. NE. Anyone wishing to audition may try out.
The class is taking responsibility for everything - publicity, fundraising, auditions to select community talent, the show itself, props, make-up, everything,” said Phyllis Wilcox, associate professor and course instructor.
“We are terribly excited about this because it is a rare event when deaf people can perform on stage, especially in such a lovely place as Popejoy Hall,” she said.
Dr. F. Chris Garcia will be guest of honor because he was instrumental in helping Wilcox implement the baccalaureate degree in Signed Language Interpreting in 1983.
“We are thrilled that he will open the program with a few remarks about establishing that program; it's become a nationally known program attracting students who hope to become professional interpreters from all over the nation,” she said.
Garcia was dean of Arts and Sciences (A&S) when the opportunity arose to move signed language from Communicative Disorders into the Linguistics program in A&S. “Her program is in great demand. The result was that we were on the cutting edge nationally and internationally both in terms of signed language and research. I am proud of this success stories, proud to have had a hand in this flourishing, blossoming program,” Garcia said.
Thomas J. Dillon, III, who was appointed executive director of the New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons by Governor Bill Richardson, will offer a few remarks to the deaf community.
Dillon points to Richardson and the state legislature as strong supporters of the state's deaf. He said, “ The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child's Educational Bill of Rights, sponsored by Rep Dan Silva and Senator Cynthia Nava, passed and was signed by the Governor. This legislation is huge step forward to ensure that deaf and hard of hearing children in our public schools will no longer be isolated due to their communication disability.”
This, and other recently passed legislation, provides huge steps forward and an indication of what is to come under the administration of Governor Bill Richardson for the benefit of the New Mexico deaf and hard of hearing population, Dillon said.
“So many positive movements for deaf people are taking place in our state,” Wilcox said.
Dr. Sherman Wilcox, chair of linguistics, will present the graduate, undergraduate, signed language research and publication awards to linguistic students.
Dance, stories and skits in ASL and Japanese Sign Language, poetry in signed language, and everything will be interpreted to be entertaining for deaf and hearing alike. A montage of various acts and performances taken from previous Sign Fest shows will also be featured.
Sign Fest was held from 1979-1993, so this rejuvenates the spirit of the former events. As Sign Fest's last year, organizers hope all those who enjoyed previous shows will come to celebrate the final Sign Fest.
Tickets are available at www.tickets.com . Parking shuttles will be available at University Blvd. North of Tucker.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
“No Child Left Behind: Federalization, Testing and Accountability in the Public Schools,” is the topic of the University of New Mexico School of Law's Keleher & McLeod lecture on Wednesday, March 31, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in rm. 2401.
UNM Professor of Law Kip Bobroff, recipient of the Keleher & McLeod Endowed Professorship, will give the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
“This talk arises out my own interest as a parent and from a class I taught last fall on educational equity and the law,” Bobroff said. “I hope parents and people with an interest in our public schools will attend.”
Bobroff became interested in educational equity after gaining firsthand knowledge about an Albuquerque school, East San Jose, which was successful but had been placed on probation – the first step in the New Mexico State Department of Education accountability process that can lead to state takeover. He learned that the state's accountability system is based overwhelmingly on English language tests, even for schools that have the goal of graduating bilingual students.
Bobroff worked with parents and teachers to overturn the state's probationary ranking. Along with another concerned parent and a former teacher, both UNM law students, he designed the educational equity and the law course and introduced it last fall.
“We looked into both finance and accountability issues affecting equity,” Bobroff said. “We learned that New Mexico has one of the most equitable school funding systems in the country when it comes to operating funds, but that it is quite inequitable when it comes to capital funding. And we learned that the accountability system is far from perfect.”
The Law Firm of Keleher and McLeod, P.A, funds the UNM endowed professorship. One of the oldest, largest firms in the state, more than half of its attorneys are UNM law school graduates who often take leadership roles in local, state and national professional associations.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera, after consultation with the UNM Board of Regents on Thursday, announced that long time state government executive David Harris would be joining the university as its Executive Vice President for Administration. At a special meeting Thursday afternoon, the UNM Regents unanimously passed a resolution recognizing Harris's unique qualifications for the appointment, due to his “extensive experience working at the highest levels of two State Government Administrations and the New Mexico Legislature.”
In a related matter, the Regents also supported naming Brian Foster as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective immediately. Foster has served as UNM's Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs since April 2001.
Regarding Harris' appointment, Caldera said, “He brings tremendous experience to the position. David Harris is a seasoned government executive with a wealth of knowledge in financial matters and a long association with the New Mexico state government.” Harris was the Director of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee from 1989 to 1995, and served Governor Gary Johnson as Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration from 1995-2000. Governor Bill Richardson named Harris his deputy chief of staff in January 2001, a position he held until May 2003 when he became the executive director of the New Mexico Finance Authority.
"David Harris was an invaluable advisor because of his vast institutional knowledge and expertise and his relationships with people from all corners of New Mexico,” says Richardson. “He will be an asset to the University of New Mexico. Nonetheless, I will still call on his services in the future for special assignments.”
UNM Regents' President Jamie Koch calls Harris's selection “a real coup” for the University. “He is probably the top fiscal person in the State of New Mexico,” says Koch. Regent Mel Eaves remarked that “anyone who has been an observer of State of New Mexico governmental finance for the last 10 – 15 years, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, will realize that David Harris is a blue chip recruit for UNM.”
Contract negotiations with Harris are underway and his starting date at the university has yet to be determined. Provost Foster will continue to serve under his present contract for the remainder of this fiscal year.
Contact: Susan McKinsey (505) 277-1989
Para el lunes, 29 de Marzo se esta planeado una Feria Educacional en El Centro Comunitario de Alamosa, 6900 Gonzales Rd SW, de las 4 a las 6 de la tarde
El Centro de Oportunidades Educacionales (EOC), parte de Programas Especiales de la Universidad de Nuevo Mexico, esta patrocinando este evento con varias escuelas y universidades de la ciudad de Albuquerque que estaran presente durante el evento.
“La Feria esta diseñada para enseñar a la communidad de las oportunidades que existen. Aunque estamos enfocados en estudiantes adultos que no tuvieron la oportunidad de ir a la universidad, la Feria esta abierta para cualquier persona,” dijo Ivan Olay, Consejero Estudiantil del Program EOC.
Representantes de las Oficinas de la Universidad de Nuevo Mexico estaran presentes incluyendo aquellas como, Admisiones, Programas Especiales, CAMP – Programa de Asistencia Universitaria para Personas de Familias que trabajan en el campo, Upward Bound, HEP – Programa Equivalente a la Preparatoria, Ronald McNair Scholars Program, Servicios estudiatiles Afro-Americanos, Indio-Americanos y Latinos.
“Tendremos a los representantes de las becas de la loteria para hablar con personas y tambien representantes de la oficina de asistencia finaciera,” dijo Olay.
La Doctora Terry Flowerday, profesora asistente del Programa Familia Individual y Educación Comunitaria de la escuela de Educación de la Universidad de Nuevo Mexico, estara presente para dar su testimonio de como supero su situación al conseguir su GED (diploma equivalente al de la preparatoria) y como llego hasta obtener su Doctorado.
“Su vida es un triunfo y queremos que los demas la escuchen y tengan el mismo triunfo,” dijo Olay.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning recently announced that its proposed graduate certificate program in Historic Preservation and Regionalism was approved unanimously by the State Board of Finance with endorsement from Governor Bill Richardson and the Lt. Governor Diane Denish.
“The strong support underscores my own sense that this is a very important initiative and undertaking for the School of Architecture and Planning,” Roger Schluntz, dean, School of Architecture and Planning, said.
Chris Wilson, associate professor and J.B. Jackson Professor of Cultural Studies, said, “The certificate program will position UNM to engage student interests from several related disciplines in this field, while directly addressing a critical need of New Mexico and this region.” The program will be open to students by fall.
Wilson notes the economic incentive statewide to engage in historic preservation.
“As areas within the state hurt economically, they fight for investment and development strategies to remain vibrant. We can offer ideas to designate areas as historic, which makes it possible to go after funding to preserve those sites,” he said.
The popularity of heritage tourism also helps make the case. “Working with communities, we will help them cultivate, restore, preserve and revitalize that heritage.”
“The certificate program is intended to assist students who wish to contribute to the conservation of architectural and cultural heritage, and to the contemporary vitality of valued regional traditions,” Wilson said.
Wilson developed the courses that are part of the certificate program. It requires a minimum of 18 credit hours, nine of which may also be used to satisfy graduate degree requirements.
Courses include an introduction to preservation and regionalism, nine hours from an approved list of electives, a course in historic community research and a real-world final project, which can be a graduate community studio, a project in the Design Planning Assistance Center (DPAC) or a master's thesis or project.
What sets this program apart is its interdisciplinary nature. “Electives, in particular, will come from other disciplines. Courses will be cross-listed in museum practices or history, for example. We've had conversations with faculty and chairs in other departments with similar interests,” he said.
“We see city planners being drawn in, as well as those charged to oversee cultural resources and historic preservation within city, county or tribal governments,” Wilson said. “They need the specialized knowledge. We're offering the courses largely in the evening and on weekends to accommodate them.”
For the past two years, Wilson has taught the course on historic community research. “We have looked at historic plazas and squares of New Mexico. Students develop an understanding of historic built environments, the history of Spanish Colonial and railroad era town planning, settlement patterns, building types and contemporary planning – generally termed ‘New Urbanism,'” he said.
Through the program the students will work directly with communities, learning how to elicit community involvement. “They will bring research abilities to service in a community,” Wilson said.
The students will learn to love and respect where they are without having to turn to nostalgia and escapism to do so, while also understanding how their place fits into a larger global reality, Wilson said.
“The partnerships we will be able to forge with communities, organizations, as well as the State Historic Preservation Division and the MainStreet Program, will allow the School of Architecture and Planning to take an active role in shaping the future of this state, as well as understanding and conserving an important part of our history and cultural legacy,” said Schluntz.
Conact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico's Institute for Medieval Studies presents “Medieval Russia,” for its annual spring lecture series March 29-April 1, in Room 101 of Woodward Hall on the main UNM campus.
A team of six acclaimed experts will deliver a total of seven lectures exploring the richness and the complexity of early Russian history and culture. The lectures will cover history, archaeology, religion, gender studies, music, art and architecture. All lectures are free and open to the public. Free parking and a shuttle service are available.
“'Medieval Russia' is the 19th spring lecture series offered by the Institute for Medieval Studies. As in previous years, the lectures should appeal to a large cross-section of the community,” said Tim Graham, director, Institute for Medieval Studies.
The seven presentations will reveal the complex origins of the Russian state and highlight the extraordinary cultural achievements characterizing Russia's medieval history. Individual lectures will describe the respective contributions of Vikings and Slavs to the formation of the Russian state, will survey the Novgorod, Kiev and Muscovy phases of Russian history, and will underscore the major impact that the conversion to Christianity had upon the flowering of the arts in Russia. Art, music and architecture all came under the strong influence of the Greek culture of Byzantium, but it will emerge that what resulted was a distinctively Russian culture of strongly independent character. The lectures will also bring to light the complex ethnic and social tensions that underlay Russia's historical development and that resonate even today.
The topics of the lectures:
Monday, March 29, 7 p.m.
Robert O. Crummey, “The Origins of Medieval Russia”
The opening lecture establishes the essential background for the rest of the series. Crummey, professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis, will describe the events that led to the creation of Kievan Rus by Viking invaders who subdued but were ultimately assimilated by the local Slavic population. His lecture will highlight the political structure, the economy and the society that characterized this earliest phase of Russian history and will establish that the turning point in the history of the region came with the decision of its rulers to adopt Eastern Orthodox Christianity as their official religion. Crummey will discuss the consequences of this choice and will complete his lecture by focusing on the Mongol conquest and its impact on the future development of Russia in the Middle Ages.
Tuesday, March 30, 4 p.m.
Eve Levin, “Men's Religion/Women's Religion: The Christianization of Medieval Russia”
Levin, professor of history at the University of Kansas, will address two assumptions that have become almost axiomatic in accounts of early Russia: that Russians accepted Christianity slowly, and only superficially; and that women surreptitiously rejected Christianity, finding it to be a misogynistic religion. She will demonstrate that documentary and archaeological evidence that tells a different story. Christianization took place in Russia at much the same pace as in Western Europe, and penetrated popular culture to the same depth. Both men and women embraced a Christian identity, although Orthodoxy mandated different sorts of empowerment and restrictions for the two sexes. Levin will show that the most vocal pagan opposition arose from men, not women. It will also emerge from her lecture that Russia did continue to have a visible pagan presence throughout the medieval period and, indeed, into the modern age, because it continually annexed new territories inhabited by non-Russian, non-Christian peoples.
Tuesday, March 30, 7 p.m.
Evgenij Nosov, “The Formation of Ancient Russia: Geographical Background, Trade Routes, and First Towns”
The respective roles of Vikings and Slavs in the foundation of Russia have long been a topic of contentious debate, but scholars have often paid insufficient attention to archaeological evidence when contributing to this debate. Nosov, director of the Institute for the History of Material Culture in St. Petersburg and Russia's foremost medieval archaeologist, will present archaeological evidence that he has accumulated over some 30 years. He will discuss the impact on the early Russian state of the significant cultural interchanges that resulted from the establishment of major trade routes and will focus especially on the case of Novgorod. This important city was Russia's first major political center: it was to Novgorod that Slavic and Finnic tribes are said to have invited the Viking leader Rurik around the year 860.
Wednesday, March 31, 4 p.m.
Vladimir Morosan, “The Exotic World of Medieval Russian Music: The Znamenny, the Strochny, and the Demestvenny”
Whereas the sacred choral works of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and others are now well known in the West, the world of Russian medieval music - the liturgical chant that was sung in Russia for more than 600 years, from the Baptism of Rus in 988 to the middle of the 17 th century - remains mysterious for most people. In this lecture, Morosan, president of Musica Russica and one of America's leading specialists in Russian Orthodox music, will explore this strange and wonderful world of sound, using recorded examples. By the end of his lecture, terms such as “znamenny,” “kondakarian,” “demestvenny,” “strochny,” and “partesny” will have become familiar and listeners will have gained an appreciation for the serene and other-worldly sound of this music, created, like medieval icons, by largely anonymous artists whose aim was to evoke heaven on earth.
Wednesday, March 31, 7 p.m.
Scott Ruby, “Reawakening to a Spiritual Past: The Holy Icons of Medieval Russia”
For some, a Russian icon represents the precious inheritance of a distant past; for others, it is the object of aesthetic delight; and for yet others, the icon conveys spiritual light. Icons are considered an integral part of the fabric of Old Russia. Ruby, University of London's Courtauld Institute of Art, will show how the rediscovery of icons in the 19th and 20th centuries reintroduced the world to the startling beauties of Russia's medieval past. His lecture will demonstrate how appreciation and understanding of medieval icons developed and in the process will introduce the audience to key aspects of medieval iconography. He will focus especially on some of the superlative works of the monk Andre Rublev, considered by many to be the greatest of all painters of icons.
Thursday, April 1, 4 p.m.
Robert G. Ousterhout, “Kiev and the Origins of Russian Architecture”
Early Russian architecture was intimately linked with the Christianization of Kievan Rus. In his lecture, Ousterhout will describe how in the year 987, the ambassadors of Prince Volodymyr were overwhelmed by the visual splendor of the liturgical celebrations they witnessed in the churches of Constantinople. As a result, Russia converted to Orthodox Christianity and the earliest masonry buildings in Kiev were constructed by Byzantine masons brought from Constantinople. The dedications of the earliest churches and monasteries in Kiev replicated those of the most important foundations in Constantinople, Hagia Sophia and St. Irene. Similarly, Kiev's famous ceremonial entrance, the Golden Gate, was named after one of the gates in Constantinople. Architecturally, however, none of the foundations in Kiev finds a direct counterpart in Byzantium. Ousterhout's lecture will clarify the exact nature and extent of the Byzantine contribution to early Russian architecture, the Russian response to Byzantine architectural forms and the distinctive role of Kiev in the formation of Russian architecture.
Thursday, April 1, 7 p.m.
Robert O. Crummey, “The Emergence of Muscovite Russia”
Crummey's second lecture closes the series by describing the historical process by which Russia first emerged as a major international power, although one troubled by deep social and cultural divisions that were to continue into modern times. After considering how the princes of Moscow first achieved political hegemony, he will discuss the remarkably rapid territorial consolidation and political integration of the Muscovite monarchy during the reign of Ivan III (1462-1505). The lecture will also weigh the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in legitimizing the authority of the Grand Princes of Moscow as successors of the Byzantine emperors. One of the most famous episodes in Russian history of this time is the Oprichnina, the bloody experiment in absolute rule in the later years of Ivan IV (1533-84). Crummey will connect the Oprichnina with the expansion of the Muscovite realm into a multiethnic empire whose diversity resulted in problems of social control. The lecture will highlight the complexities in Russia's past that continue to resonate today.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Camino de Salud, located on the University of New Mexico’s North Campus, east of Yale and south of the loading docks by the Cancer Research and Treatment Center (CRTC), will be closed for approximately five to seven weeks, beginning Monday, March 22, 2004. The planned closure will force UNM traffic on North Campus, including the Health Sciences Center (HSC), to be rerouted. The closure will allow installation of new chilled water lines for North Campus.
Parking will remain open at all nearby parking structures including, CRTC lot 4 and the Office of the Medical Investigator’s lot. Traffic should enter from Yale to access CRTC lot 4 for the OMI and the CRTC. To access all other parking areas, traffic must enter from Lomas. There will be no through traffic from UNM Hospital to Yale or from Yale to the hospital. Traffic must also exit the parking lots/structures utilized via the same route entered.
Pedestrian traffic will remain open in the construction area throughout the closure. Construction signs are posted accordingly to guide pedestrians through the project. All construction areas will be enclosed with fencing and pedestrian and vehicular routes identified with temporary traffic signs. Ramps will be provided at necessary pedestrian crossings.
Copies of the planned vehicular and pedestrian rerouting during the closure are available through the Physical Plant Department (PPD) or on the Internet at: http://www.unm.edu/waytogo/ncds.htm. For a hard copy of the rerouting plans contact Tom Spurkosky or Ray Garcia, PPD Utility Project Team, at 277-9348.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning presents, “Desert Cities: Surviving the 21 st Century?” by John Meunier, former dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University , on Friday, April 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 2018, Center for the Arts, UNM main campus.
This is the final lecture in the 2004 John Gaw Meem lecture series.
The illustrated lecture will focus on traditional and contemporary efforts in designing desert cities and sustainable structures throughout the world, with suggestions and lessons applicable to our current needs.
Meunier's recent work has focused on design of new buildings in historically sensitive urban contexts. He has been a design consultant to Cincinnati and served on its urban design review board. He is currently vice-chair of the City of Phoenix Central City Architectural Design review panel. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was a fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.
Prior to coming to Arizona in 1986, Meunier was director of the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. He began his teaching career at Cambridge University, where he served on the architecture faculty from 1962 to 1976.
Meunier received a master's from Cambridge University and a master of architecture from Harvard University. He has published several articles on architectural education, edited “ Language in Architecture ,” and is the founding editor of the journal “ CENTRAL Papers on Architecture .”
Parking is available in the recently opened UNM Visitors Parking Garage near Stanford and Central. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The Southwest Conference on Language Teaching will be held Thursday – Saturday, March 25-27 at the downtown Hyatt in Albuquerque. For the first time, the conference is free to all students.
“It is an initiative to bring our newest language colleagues into the profession without stressing their bank accounts,” Marina Peters-Newell, lecturer, UNM Foreign Languages and Literatures, said.
She added that all foreign language graduate and teaching assistants as well as graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend sessions on Friday and Saturday, March 26-27. To receive the free student pass, contact Peters-Newell at mpnewell@unm.edu or 277-0525 by noon, Thursday, March 25. Those who fail to make arrangements in advance will be asked to pay the $105 conference fee.
“I would urge everyone to attend this conference as it is our link to professional development in the field of language pedagogy. As a department of foreign languages, this conference should be a high priority, especially since it is in our own backyard,” Peters-Newell said.
Information about the sessions is available on the conference Web site at www.swcolt.org.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Students interested in transferring to the University of New Mexico should mark April 17 on the calendar. Students Services will be working with transfer students on that day to set up time with academic advisors and to allow early registration for summer and fall classes. Activities begin at 8 a.m. and run through 1 p.m. at the Student Services Center on the main campus.
In order to take advantage of transfer day, students must have applied for and received admission to UNM. Transfer students must have 26 transferable semester hours, with a cumulative 2.0 grade point average. Approximately 40% of the university's new students each year are transfer students, and UNM has a median class size of 25 which makes it easier to get to know other students and faculty. UNM is an extremely diverse campus with more than 225 degree programs and majors.
For more information, call the UNM Office of Admissions toll free at 1-800-225-5866. If you are in Albuquerque, call 277-2446.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Interview itineraries have been set for the four candidates identified as finalists for the Dean’s position at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management (ASM).
The candidates and the itineraries for their respective visits are:
Dr. Stefanie Lenway, associate dean, MBA Programs, University of Minnesota; Monday - Wednesday, March 22-24.
Monday, March 22, 2004
2 to 2:45 p.m. Associate Dean, Ken Baker
3 to 3:45 p.m. Meeting with Chairs
4 to 4:45 p.m. Open Forum for Faculty ASM 1004
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Search Committee
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Provost Brian Foster
9 to 9:45 a.m. President Louis Caldera
10 to10:45 a.m. Meeting with Tenuring Department Dwight Grant, Chair Finance International Management
and Technology Management
11 to 11:45 a.m. Open Forum for Students Fiesta A & B, SUB
12 to 1:30 p.m. Deans Luncheon
1 to 2 p.m. Open
2:30 to 3 p.m. Formal Faculty Presentation Fiesta A & B, SUB
“Vision for a Business School”
Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students,
Alumni, and Community
3 to 3:30 p.m. Q & A Fiesta A & B, SUB
4 to 4:45 p.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Advisory Boards
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Open Forum for Staff Fiesta A & B, SUB
9 to 9:45 a.m. Open Forum for Students Fiesta A & B, SUB
10 to 10:45 a.m. Presidents Executive Cabinet and Provost
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Provost Brian Foster
Dr. Mohammed K. Najdawi, senior associate dean and professor, director of Graduate Business Programs, Villanova University; Wednesday-Thursday, March 31 - April 1.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Provost Brian Foster
9 to 9:45 a.m. President Louis Caldera
10 to 10:45 a.m. Meeting with Tenuring Department
George Hozier, Chair
Marketing Information and Decision Sciences
11 to 11:45 a.m . Meeting with Chairs
12 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Associate Dean, Ken Baker
2:30 to 3 p.m. Formal Faculty Presentation Fiesta A & B, SUB
“Vision for a Business School”
Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students,
Alumni, and Community
3 to 3:30 p.m. Q & A Fiesta A & B, SUB
4 to 4:45 p.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Search Committee
Thursday, April 1, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Open Forum for Staff Fiesta A & B, SUB
9 to 9:45 a.m. Open Forum for Students Fiesta A & B, SUB
10 to 10:45 a.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
11 to 11:45 a.m. Tour of Facilities
12 to 1:30 p.m. Deans Luncheon
3 to 3:55 p.m. Presidents Executive Cabinet and Provosts Staff
4 to 4:55 p.m. Provost Brian Foster
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Advisory Boards
Dr. Charles Crespy, dean, College of Business, J.P. Morgan Chase Professor, University of Texas-El Paso; Monday-Tuesday, April 5-6.
Monday, April 5, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Provost Brian Foster
10 to 10:45 a.m. Open
11 to 11:45 a.m. Meeting with Chairs
Monday, April 5, 2004 (Crespy cont’d.)
12 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Associate Dean, Ken Baker
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Open
2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Formal Faculty Presentation Fiesta A & B, SUB
“Vision for a Business School”
Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students,
Alumni, and Community
3 to 3:30 p.m. Q & A Fiesta A & B, SUB
4 to 4:45 p.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Advisory Boards
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Open Forum for Staff Fiesta A & B, SUB
9 to 9:45 a.m. Open Forum for Students Fiesta A & B, SUB
10 to 10:45 a.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
11 to 11:45 a.m. Tour of Facilities
12 to 1:30 p.m. Deans Luncheon
2 to 2:45 p.m. Meeting with Tenuring Department ASM 2102
Dwight Grant, Chair
Finance, International Management
And Technology Management
3 to 3:45 p.m. Open
4 to 4:45 p.m. Presidents Executive Cabinet and Provosts Staff
5 to 6 p.m. Provost Brian Foster
Dr. Philip Regier, interim dean, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University; Wednesday-Thursday, April 7-8.
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
8 to 8:45 a.m. Provost Brian Foster
9 to 9:45 a.m. President Louis Caldera
10 to 10:45 a.m. Open
11 to 11:45 a.m. Meeting with Chairs
12 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Associate Dean, Ken Baker
2:30 to 3 p.m. Formal Faculty Presentation Fiesta A & B, SUB
“Vision for a Business School”
Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students,
Alumni, and Community
3 to 3:30 p.m. Q & A Fiesta A & B, SUB
4 to 4:45 p.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Advisory Boards
Thursday, April 8, 2004 (Regier cont’d.)
8 to 8:45 a.m. Open Forum for Staff Fiesta A & B, SUB
9 to 9:45 a.m. Open Forum for Students Fiesta A & B, SUB
10 to 10:45 a.m. Open Forum for Faculty Fiesta A & B, SUB
11 to 11:45 a.m. Tour of Facilities
12 to 1:30 p.m. Deans Luncheon
2 to 2:45 p.m. Meeting with Tenuring Department ASM, Rm 2082
Alistair Preston, Chair
Accounting
3 to 3:45 p.m. Open
4 to 4:45 p.m. Presidents Executive Cabinet and Provosts Staff
5 to 6:00 p.m. Provost Brian Foster
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico General Library is acknowledging one of its own on Thursday, March 25. David Baldwin, director of Zimmerman Library, will present a short lecture “One Librarian's Experiences in Publishing” in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman at 2 p.m. That will be followed by a reception. The Faculty Acknowledgement program honors members of the UNM faculty who have significant achievements in research and other scholarly/creative publications and projects at the university.
Throughout his career, Baldwin has written and published six books. His most recent book, published in 2003 is “The Library Compensation Handbook: A Guide for Administrators, Librarians and Staff.” He also co-authored “Effective Management of Student Employment: Organizing for Student Employment in Academic Libraries” with Frances Wilkinson and Daniel Barkeley, and “Humanistic Management by Teamwork: An Organizational and Administrative Alternative for Academic Libraries” with Robert Migneault, the former dean of the General Library. As an individual he has written “The Public Librarian's Human Resources Handbook: Employer Rights and Responsibilities,” “The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook: Employer Rights and Responsibilities,” and “The Supervision of Student Employees in Academic Libraries.”
Baldwin, who has served in many different capacities at the General Library, has been with the University of New Mexico since 1988.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico School of Law student organizations will sponsor a teach-in on gay marriage Wednesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. in the UNM law school forum, 1117 Stanford NE. The event is free and open to the public.
The teach-in will explore the reasoning of state court judgments and individuals in government who issued marriage licenses to gay couples, the implications on an individual's constitutional rights and recent proposal by President Bush to pass an amendment to the constitution to limit marriage to a union between a man and a woman.
UNM Professor of Law James Ellis, constitutional law expert, Michael Adams, director of Education and Public Affairs for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Lynn Perls, domestic relations attorney in Rio Rancho, will speak.
Student groups sponsoring the event include the Lambda Law Student Association, Women's Law Caucus, Native American Law Students Association and American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (NM MESA), Inc., will hold its 16 th annual Statewide Jamboree, Saturday, April 3, hosted by the University of New Mexico. The Opening ceremonies will be held at UNM's Johnson Center at 9 a.m.
More than 2,000 New Mexico students from 6 th through 12 th grade will participate in academic events at sites scattered across the university beginning at 9:45 a.m.
Activities include: Junkyard Speaking, Lego Robotics, MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition (multi-purpose vehicle made from a mouse trap), On-Site Engineering, On-Site Math, On-Site Science and On-Site Surprise (math, science or English based). Also included is the Spirit Design competition, where students create a school banner to showcase school and MESA spirit and this year's Prepared Design, a motorized boat.
Celebra la Ciencia will also be on hand with bilingual, hands-on science experiments and family-friendly exhibits sponsored by a host of museums and foundations, including the National Science Foundation, Self-Reliance Foundation and National Public Radio. Activities begin at the UNM Duck Pond at 10:30 a.m. Participating organizations include the Albuquerque Bio Park, Balloon Explorium, Explora Science Center & Children's Museum, LodeStar, Astronomy Center, National Atomic Museum, UNM, the NM Museum of Natural History and Science and Rio Grande Nature Center.
A number of in-state college recruiters (UNM, NMSU, NMHU, ENMU and NM Tech) will also participate. Exotics of the Rain Forest, the UNM Climbing Wall, Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, various UNM programs, music and more will be featured.
In it's 21st year, the NM MESA continues to prepare pre-college students from underrepresented ethnic groups for college majors and careers in mathematics, engineering and science. Educational enrichment such as tutoring, community service, and field trips to sites related to math, engineering and science and summer enrichment classes help build well-rounded and academically involved NM MESA students. NM MESA, a year-round program, serves more than 5,000 students in 97 schools and 30 school districts.
“We invite the press to attend this 16 th annual NM MESA Jamboree at UNM. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase New Mexico's best and brightest students and demonstrate to the New Mexico public that our schools do work. In addition, it showcases volunteer involvement from around the state as more than 115 people with varying careers will judge the competitions,” said Cindy Smith, Jamboree coordinator.
Contact: Eleanor Sanchez (505) 277-1813
Wild Friends, a proponent of legislative measures to protect wildlife and make roads safer for motorists, was recently honored with the New Mexico Wildlife Society's 2003 Professional Award for outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation.
The Center for Wildlife Law, University of New Mexico Institute for Public Law, founded Wild Friends, a statewide network of 500 students grades 5-12, teachers and mentors . Students adopt compelling wildlife issues, develop legislative bills or memorials and work to advance them through the legislative process.
“The students' efforts will help reduce wildlife mortality, human injuries and property damage,” said Mark Watson, New Mexico Game and Fish habitat specialist.
Solutions developed by Wild Friends are a “win-win for both wildlife and humans,” he added.
New Mexico State Rep. Mimi Stewart has sponsored the group's legislation since 1999, including two memorials aimed at reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions.
In January 2003, the group wrote and lobbied for House Joint Memorial 3 requiring the New Mexico Game and Fish and Transportation departments to work together to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and increase habitat connectivity across highways by constructing fences and under/overpasses for wildlife.
New Mexico species most affected by roadways include black bears, mountain lions and mule deer, which require large areas to breed and forage for food.
The memorial raised public awareness and was the impetus for “Brake for Wildlife Day” in October declared by Governor Bill Richardson. The memorial also paved the way for the Division of Motor Vehicles to include information in the Driver's Manual on the potential for wildlife-vehicle collisions and how to avoid them.
Wild Friends recently worked on a second memorial, House Joint Memorial 21, requesting that federal funds be appropriated to study the need for wildlife-dedicated passageways for four critical areas in New Mexico – Tijeras Canyon on 1-40 east of Albuquerque, Raton Pass on 1-25 in northeast New Mexico, San Augustine Pass over the Organ and San Andres Mountains on U.S. 70 above Las Cruces, and U.S. 90 south of Silver City through the Burro Mountains.
Wild Friends teacher Bob Anderson and student Sydney Thayer of Silver City accepted the Wildlife Society award on behalf of members at the joint conferences of the New Mexico and Arizona Chapters of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society held last month.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
The University of New Mexico is ranked 23rd on Hispanic Magazine's list of top 25 Colleges and Universities for Latinos in the March 2004 issue. UNM is the only school in New Mexico to make the list.
According to the magazine, academic excellence and Hispanic achievement lead the list of qualities for schools receiving the honor.
“We're pleased by this recognition of the good work that is done here,” said UNM President Louis Caldera. “It reflects the caliber of our students, faculty and staff, and the unique role UNM plays as one of the nation's leading Hispanic-serving research institutions.”
The magazine notes UNM as “strong in Latin American affairs and Southwest Hispanic studies. Nearly half of the undergraduate students are minorities and the law school is the most racially diverse in the nation.”
Colleges are ranked based on academic reputation and information related to freshman, retention rates and minority enrollments.
To arrive at the list, the magazine used a myriad of sources, ranging from the universities themselves to Hispanic scholarship organizations to U.S. News and World Report's annual special edition of America's Best Colleges. In 2003, U.S. News and World Report cited seven UNM graduate programs among the best in the country, including four programs in the School of Medicine and UNM's clinical law training.
Contact: Laurie Mellez-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Leaders from the University of New Mexico and the U.S. Air Force today signed an agreement that will allow Air Force officers and civilians to earn advanced degrees in science, technology and management by combining credits from UNM and Air Force Institute of Technology.
"This collaborative program will allow students in the School of Engineering to access high-quality systems engineering courses from AFIT, said Charles Fleddermann, School of Engineering professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs. “It will allow military and civilian employees at Kirtland Air Force base to easily transfer UNM courses to AFIT, or AFIT courses to UNM,"
UNM has provided graduate level education to Air Force officers and personnel for many years. For more than 50 years, AFIT, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, has been the Air Force's primary source of graduate education in engineering, science and management. Air Force military personnel typically have three-year assignments, making it difficult to complete a part-time graduate program, which usually requires four or more years.
The agreement will provide a framework for UNM and AFIT to jointly offer part-time graduate programs, primarily to the Air Force; share distance education offerings and encourage research applications between the two institutions. UNM will further benefit by allowing its students access to advanced courses and research opportunities, previously available only to Air Force personnel.
Beginning fall semester of 2004, four college courses will be taught at Kirtland Air Force Base through a distance education program, teleconferenced from AFIT headquarters. Additional classes toward an advanced degree will be available at UNM, no longer requiring Air Force personnel to travel to Ohio.
The signing of a formal agreement took place today in Scholes Hall on the UNM campus. Representing UNM were Fleddermann and Provost Brian Foster. Signing for the Air Force were Robert Calico, Jr., dean of engineering and management, AFIT and Col. David Eidsaune, commandant, AFIT.
Others in attendance included UNM representatives Terry Yates, vice provost for research; Kevin Malloy, professor and associate dean for research at the School of Engineering and Kirtland Air Force Base Commander Col. Hank Andrews.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
The University of New Mexico hosts Feria Educativa, a two-day education fair for the Albuquerque community, on Friday and Saturday, March 19-20 at UNM's Johnson Center.
“ The goal of the event is to empower the Hispanic community with the educational tools and resources needed to become strong advocates for children's education,” said Karen Sanchez-Griego, director of ENLACE in Albuquerque/New Mexico.
Among the scheduled events is “She Flies,” a theatrical production depicting a young woman's struggle between her family's wishes and her desire for a higher education. Other events include detailed information on what matters most on the pathway to college, and a professional development program for educators, including information about the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on Hispanic communities.
A college fair and computer giveaways are scheduled both days.
Invited speakers include Governor Bill Richardson, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici and U.S. Acting Deputy Secretary of Education Eugene Hickok.
For more information, call 505-746-6500.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico Department of Human Resources is pleased to announce NEON at UNM – Navigating Employment Opportunities Network at the University of New Mexico. NEON is a community outreach weekend workshop designed to cater to the needs of specific populations within the state and to allow UNM an opportunity to fill our growing need for talented and diverse employees.
Our next NEON at UNM is scheduled for March 27. We will be hosting New Mexico's African American community. The event will be at the UNM HR Service Center, located at 1730 Lomas Blvd. in Albuquerque, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in an Open House format. Participants will receive assistance with UNM's computerized application system called eJOBS( http://ejobs.unm.edu ), help with resume building, an overview on hiring procedures, and information on African American programs at UNM.
Light food and beverages will be provided. For additional information and to RSVP, please contact Joann Perrine at the UNM Human Resource Department at (505) 277-6077 by March 22.
The University of New Mexico's 2003-04 Irish Renaissance lecture series will close on April 5 with, “ The Island of the Poets: Irish Oral Tradition in the Writings of J.M. Synge and Sean O'Casey .” Colbert Kearney, University College, Cork, Ireland, will discuss the influence of the Irish oral tradition upon the plays and politics of Synge and O'Casey.
Kearney was born in Dublin, Ireland and attended University College, Dublin and Cambridge University. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University, the University of California at Irvine and the University of Padua. He is published as both scholar and novelist.
This final lecture is scheduled Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall Rm. 125 on the UNM main campus. It is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Mary Power or Hugh Witemeyer in the Department of English at 277-6347.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
New Mexico writer Rudolfo Anaya and his wife Patricia have donated a number of original manuscripts to the Center for Southwest Research /Special Collections /Special Collections at the UNM General Library. The manuscripts include various versions of his novels, “Alburquerque, Zia Summer, A Chicano in China , Tortuga , Rio Grande Fall” and others, as well as letters between Anaya and his publishers, and other papers. Of special potential interest to scholars is an unpublished manuscript - his first novel.
The Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections /Special Collections has mounted an exhibit to celebrate the donation. “Escrituras y Honenaje: Ruldolfo A. Anaya” opens today, March 15, and runs through August. It will contain one of the original manuscripts for “Bless Me Ultima” as well as portions of manuscripts, articles and translations of Anaya's work into Japanese, German, Italian and other languages. The exhibit will be in the CSWR Gallery of Zimmerman Library.
Anaya is generally hailed as the first writer who wrote about the coming-of-age experience from a Chicano perspective. He was born in 1937 in the small village of Pastura , New Mexico , the fifth of seven children. Anaya graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He also received a Master of Arts degree in 1968 in English and a M.A. degree in guidance and counseling in 1972. Throughout the 1960's Anaya was a public school teacher in Albuquerque , before moving on to become a counselor at the University of Albuquerque , then joining the UNM faculty in 1974. He taught in the English Department until his retirement in 1993. He now has emeritus status at UNM continues to write.
Anaya has received numerous awards, including the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities' Excellence in the Humanities in 1995, the Mexican Medal of Friendship in 1986, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship in 1983, the Award for Achievement in Chicano Literature of the Hispanic Caucus of the National Conference of Teachers of English in 1983, and honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from the University of Albuquerque in 1981, and the Governor's Award for Literature in 1980.
The exhibit will be in the CSWR Gallery of Zimmerman Library. Anaya's papers are now being inventoried by General Library archivists and are expected to be opened to the public in early fall. “This donation is a gold mine to scholars interested in New Mexico writers and to Chicano literature,” says Teresa Marquez , co-curator of the exhibit. “It will allow scholars to see how the manuscripts changed over time as Anaya worked on them.”
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Four candidates have been identified as finalists for the Dean’s position at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management (ASM), announced Provost Brian L. Foster today.
“I am excited about the finalists,” said Foster. “They are very different kinds of people, and each one has interesting and appropriate experience. The search committee has done an excellent job of recruiting highly qualified candidates for the position.”
The candidates and the dates of their scheduled visits are:
Dr. Stefanie Lenway, associate dean, MBA Programs, University of Minnesota; Monday - Wednesday, March 22-24.
Lenway has been on the faculty at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota since 1984, rising from assistant professor to her current position. She also taught at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Lenway was educated at the University of California-Santa Cruz, UCLA and Haas School at the University of California-Berkeley, where she completed her Ph.D.
Dr. Mohammed K. Najdawi, senior associate dean and professor, director of Graduate Business Programs, Villanova University; Wednesday-Thursday, March 31 - April 1.
Najdawi has been at Villanova University since 1985 when he started as an assistant professor. He was educated at Slovak University of Technology, the London School of Economics and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he completed his Ph.D.
Dr. Charles Crespy, dean, College of Business, J.P. Morgan Chase Professor, University of Texas-El Paso; Monday-Tuesday, April 5-6.
Crespy is an alumnus of the University of New Mexico where he earned four degrees including his Ph.D. in International Management. He has taught at Miami (Ohio) University (1982-2001). He became the Dean at the College of Business at UTEP in 2001. He has also worked in Ecuador and Mexico.
Dr. Philip Regier, interim dean, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University; Wednesday-Thursday, April 7-8.
Regier has been a faculty member at Arizona State since 1987 prior to becoming interim dean at the business school. He earned his undergraduate degree at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M., and also attended the University of Illinois where he received his Ph.D.
During their respective visits, each candidate will have meetings with ASM chairs and their home department, faculty, staff and students. They will also participate in other meetings and events.
“The search committee has worked hard to come up with a list of four outstanding candidates all of whom bring interesting expertise and background to the job of being the next dean at the Anderson Schools of Management,” said Reed Dasenbrock, dean, College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the ASM dean’s search committee. “Anyone with an interest in who the next dean will be, should come to the open forums, meet the candidates and give the Provost feedback.”
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
An Albuquerque based company, Advanced Medical Devices, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of New Mexico Science and Technology Corporation to develop technology from the UNM Health Sciences Center.
STC President and Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Kuuttila says, “We are excited about the opportunity created by the contribution of UNM HSC technology, a talented entrepreneurial founding team and the assistance from STC's new venture development efforts.
We believe that AMD has excellent prospects for substantially impacting physician to patient care as well as creating economic growth for New Mexico."
Advanced Medical Devices is dedicated to the design, development and commercialization of “improved” medical procedure syringes, a family of safety needles and syringes, and enhanced medical consumables. These products will provide increased functionality, safety, patient comfort, and health care professional satisfaction.
The company was founded by practicing physician, Wilmer L. Sibbitt Jr. M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine at UNM, who functions as the Chairman, and Kathleen L. Kelleher, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
The licensing agreement gives AMD the exclusive right to several patents developed at HSC. The company is located at in the UNM Science and Technology Park.
Advanced Medical Devices is working with Duopross Meditech , in Farmingdale , N.Y. to finalize prototype development of its first two products. The companies are working together to obtain necessary FDA approval, and will co-promote the product in the United States.
It is anticipate d that the first product , the Reciprocating Safety Syringe, will be commercially available in 2005.
“Our first product,” co-founder Dr. Sibbitt states, “ the Reciprocating Safety Syringe, is all-purpose one-handed syringe with great stability and control. Our test systems demonstrated markedly decreased perforation rates. Thus, this syringe should dramatically decrease the complications of syringe procedures, including decreased rates organ perforation, pneumothorax , hemorrhage, and failed procedures. The use of this new syringe should decrease in-hospital costs of patient care, and improve patient outcomes.”
UNM Science and Technology Corporation is a non-profit corporation founded by the University of New Mexico to license technology developed by university faculty, staff and students, and to accelerate the development of that technology in the commercial marketplace.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is the largest integrated healthcare treatment, research and education complex in New Mexico. As part of a major research university, UNMHSC's research grants and contract awards have increased by 80% over the past five years.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The best and brightest young scientists from the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area will compete in the 45th Annual Northwestern New Mexico (NWNM) Regional Science & Engineering Fair on Friday and Saturday, March 19-20, 2004, at Johnson Center on the campus of the University of New Mexico.
The schedule includes a science teacher and invitation only VIP reception/tour Friday, March 19, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and a public open house Saturday, March 20, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Almost 1,000 middle and high school students will exhibit their science fair projects and compete for nearly $50,000 in prizes and scholarships.
“The NWNM Regional Science & Engineering Fair is a great opportunity to see the positive side of New Mexico’s youth, encourage younger children to participate in science, math, engineering and or technology education, and to celebrate the incredible efforts the participants have put forth in order to qualify and participate in the NWNM Regional Science & Engineering Fair,” said Karen Kinsman, director of the fair.
Visitors attending the open houses will also be able to visit special interest corporate booth displays from the UNM School of Medicine – Department of Neurosciences, Native Plant Society, Sandia National Laboratories, UNM Outreach Services, Celebra la Ciencia, UNM College of Education, UNM College of Nursing, UNM College of Arts & Sciences, Summer Science Camps/Camp Invention, UNM School of Engineering, Usborne Books, Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hobsons and more.
For more information contact the NWNM Regional Science & Engineering Fair office at (505) 277-4916.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico Alumni Association and Office of Outreach Services will host a “Star Scholar” reception honoring the top ten percent of New Mexico high school juniors.
Receptions will be held as follows:
Farmington : Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott, 560 Scott Avenue, Farmington.
Gallup : Wednesday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 2915 West 66 Highway, Gallup.
Clovis : Wednesday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Clovis Community College, Town Hall, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis.
Roswell : Thursday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Best Western Sally Port, 2000 North Main Street, Roswell.
Silver City : Tuesday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at Caballero's, #2 Caballeros Drive, Highway 180 East, Silver City.
Las Cruces : Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Las Cruces, 705 South Telshor Blvd, Las Cruces.
Las Vegas : Tuesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the El Rialto Restaurant, 141 Bridge Street, Las Vegas.
Santa Fe : Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Hilton of Santa Fe, 100 Sandoval St., Santa Fe.
Albuquerque : Monday and Tuesday, May 3 and 4, at 7 p.m. at the Student Union Building, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Please join us for an Information Fair in the lobby from 6-7 p.m.
Special guests from UNM will address students, parents, community leaders and friends at the reception. Each student will receive a certificate of recognition.
Students are encouraged to RSVP to 277-3430 or 800-CALL-UNM, #3.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Jennifer Moore, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, will be inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr., Collegium of Scholars of Morehouse College on April 1 at the first National Assembly of the International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP).
IAEWP is a not-for-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization composed of university professors who are active in the fields of disarmament, human rights education, environmental justice and non-violent dispute resolution.
Moore is the New Mexico state chancellor for the IAEWP and was chosen for this position by the national chancellor Terry Paupp based on her fieldwork and scholarship in the field of human rights and refugees and her peace activism.
As a Fulbright scholar in Tanzania last year, Moore organized human rights workshops for Burundian refugees residing in camps in Western Tanzania. She looks forward to this first IAEWP national assembly as an opportunity “to talk about how grass roots human rights education can enable refugees and refugee advocates to make more vital contributions to social transformation and national reconstruction in countries emerging from conflict.”
Moore, who worked with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Guinea, Rwanda and Washington, D.C. , received her bachelor's from Amherst College and her J.D. from Harvard University.
The IAEWP 's first national conference coincides with a gathering of peace and human rights activists from around the world at Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The chancellors of the IAEWP are being inducted into the MLK Collegium of Scholars at Morehouse during the conference on April 1.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Recent findings of a University of New Mexico study show that students from low-income communities can excel in mathematics when schools make teaching and learning a top priority. The research, led by Rick Kitchen, assistant professor at the College of Education, examined the characteristics that distinguished nine high achieving schools serving low-income communities.
The High Achieving Schools Initiative, funded by the Hewlett Packard Corporation and released in February, offers new information that may help schools meet the challenges of the No Child Left Behind act. Participation eligibility required that each school in the study have more than 50 percent of their students on the free or reduced lunch program and that the school demonstrated significant or academic success over three to five years across a variety of indicators. First-hand accounts from teachers, administrators and students are included in the study of nine highly effective public secondary schools throughout the nation.
The UNM research team was aware that huge discrepancies exist in test scores between schools that serve low-income and upper middle class neighborhoods. Research has consistently shown over the past several decades that students from more affluent neighborhoods have greater access to a high quality education than students from low-income communities.
During the 2002-2003 school year, the UNM team visited each school twice. Researchers conducted classroom observations, interviewed math teachers and students and provided surveys to school administrators. Researchers asked their subjects to describe what their schools were doing to promote high achievement and why it was working.
The findings showed that by promoting changes in school culture and through committed administrative support, schools in low-income settings were able to achieve high levels of academic success. Many of the participating schools had slogans displayed prominently such as: “Failure Is Not and Option;” “Whatever It Takes;” and “No Excuses.”
“What readily became apparent is that teaching and learning are truly priorities at these schools,” said Kitchen. “When you consider typical schools, putting teaching and learning first represents a real change to the school culture.”
Through their findings, Kitchen and his team identified seven characteristics of highly effective schools:
• Teaching and learning are prioritized to support high academic expectations for student learning
• Supplemental support is provided for student learning
• Strong and well-defined sense of purpose among mathematics faculty
• Faculty collaborate and support each other
• An explicit focus on test preparation
• Teaching resources are widely available
• Teachers have regular access to professional development opportunities
Kitchen believes that changing the culture of schools depends on educational leadership. In the high achieving schools, administrative support went beyond rhetoric. Components for success included investments in teaching materials, professional development courses and tutors for students. Kitchen said equally important are shared preparation periods, more hours of instruction and shelter from bureaucratic procedures, allowing teachers to concentrate on teaching.
“At all nine participating schools, the discipline policy, class schedule, student support services and professional development goals for teachers were established with one thing in mind: to positively impact student learning and achievement,” he said.
Another key aspect of the High Achieving Schools Initiative was to look at the effect of mobile technology within mathematics classrooms. Jonathan Brinkerhoff, assistant professor at the College of Education, looked at teachers' assessments of their computer competency and technology skills, along with students' attitudes. His findings showed that teachers were enthusiastic about the technology and its educational potential, but were also cautious in assessing the effects of computer use on student learning, noting that their access to the sophisticated equipment was only for a year.
Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis, assistant professor, College of Education, and Julie DePree, associate professor, UNM Valencia Campus, also participated on the research team. In the report, Celedón-Pattichis wrote a case study of the Young Women's Leadership School in East Harlem, N.Y.
“The school creates a culture of success, not only in academics, but in students lives,” said Celedón-Pattichis. “One hundred percent of the first two graduating classes went on to college. Ninety percent of the graduates are the first in their families to attend college.”
Schools that participated in the study were Emerald Middle School, El Cajon, Calif.; John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, Boston, Mass.; KIPP Academy, Bronx, N.Y.; KIPP Academy, Houston, Texas; Latta High School, Latta, S.C.; Rockcastle County Middle School, Rockcastle, Ky.; YES College Preparatory School, Houston, Texas; Ysleta Middle School, El Paso, Texas and The Young Women's Leadership School, East Harlem, N.Y.
The final report of the High Achieving Schools Initiative can be found at www.unm.edu/~jbrink/HASchools/.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
The Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at the University of New Mexico has announced the recipients of its first-ever Young Alumni Award. Jason P. Anderson, vice president and district manager, Central Oklahoma District, Bank of Oklahoma, NA; Maria Elena Berry, owner and president, Cumbre Construction, Inc. and Cristina Jaramillo, vice president/marketing officer (public relations and advertising), Ranchers Banks, will be recognized at The Schools’ 15th Annual Hall of Fame dinner on Thursday, May 6.
Anderson assumed the role of vice president and district manager for Bank of Oklahoma’s Central Oklahoma District in January 2003. Currently, he serves on the New Mexico State University International Alumni Association Board of Directors and is a previous member of the Boards of Directors for the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce and the New Mexico Special Olympics. In 2002, Anderson was named to the New Mexico Business Weekly’s “40 under 40” list. He received his MBA from ASM in 2001.
Berry, who received her BBA in 1987, has been the owner and president of Cumbre Construction for more than eight years. Under her leadership, Cumbre Construction has completed more than $42 million in construction projects over the past four years. The company has consistently ranked in the top half of the New Mexico Woman magazine’s list of Top 25 Woman-owned businesses in New Mexico since 2001. Berry is a literacy and ESL tutor, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels and a member of the Albuquerque Literacy Program Board of Directors.
Jaramillo has been with Rancher’s Bank for 14 years starting out as a customer account specialist and moving into her current role as vice president/marketing officer (public relations and advertising) in January 2002. In addition to the executive MBA she received from ASM in 2003, Jaramillo has attended the Western States School of Banking, the American Institute of Banking and the School of Bank Marketing and Management at the University of Colorado. She is acting executive director for the Boys and Girls Club of Valencia County and a member of the United Way of Central New Mexico Women in Leadership Council.
The Young Alumni Award was established by the ASM Foundation Board to honor individuals age 40 and under who are making their mark through their work and service to the community in the short time since graduating from The Anderson Schools.
The awards will be presented at the Hall of Fame Dinner at the Sheraton Old Town in Albuquerque on Thursday, May 6. A no-host cocktail hour begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The Hall of Fame event is ASM’s most significant community event. The funds raised help support student scholarships, faculty research and career placement activities.
Corporate (table of eight) sponsorships are available for $600. Individual tickets can be purchased for $75. For reservations or to inquire about table sponsorships call The Anderson Schools Development Office at (505) 277-0880 or e-mail Lisa McHale at: mchale@mgt.unm.edu, by Friday, April 30.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
An Education Fair is scheduled for Monday, March 29, from 4-6 p.m. at the Alamosa Community Center, located at 6900 Gonzales Rd. SW.
University of New Mexico's Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), an office within Special Programs, is partnering with other colleges and universities in the area to present the event, designed to provide information about how to get into college.
“The fair is designed to show the community what opportunities are out there. Although we are targeting non-traditional students and those who didn't see college in their future, the event is open to everyone,” said Ivan Olay, student program advisor, EOC.
Representatives from various UNM offices will attend, including those from Admissions, Special Programs, Upward Bound, College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), High School Equivalency Program (HEP), Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, American Indian Student Services and African American Student Services.
“We'll have people from the lottery scholarship there to talk to potential students as well as those from UNM's financial aid office,” said Olay.
Terri Flowerday, assistant professor in Individual Family and Community Education, UNM College of Education, will give her own account of earning a GED and going on to earn a Ph.D.
“Hers is a success story and we want others to see that they can have the same success,” said Olay.
For more information, call Ivan Olay at 277-3096.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico Speech and Hearing Sciences Department will celebrate the grand opening of its new facility on Friday, March 12, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m. The department is located at 1712 Lomas Blvd. N.E., on the southeast corner of University and Lomas.
As part of the ceremonies, the department will dedicate its new audiology booth and will also showcase new offices, labs and therapy rooms. Food, music, demonstrations and prizes will all be a part of the open house celebration.
The open house will be held in conjunction with 13th Annual Southwest Conference on Communicative Disorders, on March 11-12, at the Wyndham Albuquerque Hotel.
The conference, hosted and presented by the UNM Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association and the UNM Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, will feature a number of speakers from throughout the country presenting a variety of speech and hearing related sessions.
The seldom heard about, often utilized UNM Speech-Language-Hearing Center recorded more than 2,000 client-related visits last year. Clients of all ages are seen at the center and treated for a variety of speech and language disorders including accent modification, aphasia, apraxia of speech, articulation, auditory processing disorders, aural rehabilitation, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury rehabilitation, dysarthria due to Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders, language delay, stuttering, and transgender speech and voice disorders.
For more information or to RSVP for the reception, contact Diana Gourlay at dgourlay@unm.edu or call 277-4453.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management at the University of New Mexico will honor three alumni, Michael J. Glennon, president, Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute; Eric M. Pillmore, senior vice president, Corporate Governance, Tyco International; and Michael A. Romero, president, Terradigm, Inc., as 2004 Hall of Fame recipients at The Schools’ 15th Annual Hall of Fame dinner on Thursday, May 6.
“I am very impressed by the high quality of nominees we received for these awards,” said Kathy Sporing, senior vice president and regional private banking manager at Wells Fargo Bank and chair for this year’s event. “While all of the alumni nominees were impressive, these three really set themselves apart with their commitment to making a difference, both in their professional accomplishments and contributions to the community.”
Glennon has been president of Albuquerque TVI since November 1998 and has been instrumental in TVI’s 21 percent enrollment increase over the past three years as the result of such initiatives as increased distance learning options, a westside campus and a workforce training center. Glennon serves as president of the New Mexico Association of Community Colleges and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and the Hispano Chamber of Commerce. In 2001, he received the Zia Award for Community Service from the UNM Alumni Association. Glennon received both his BBA (1971) and MBA (1974) from The Anderson Schools.
Pillmore assumed the newly created position of senior vice president, Corporate Governance for Tyco International in August 2002. Prior to his role at Tyco, Pillmore held executive roles at Multilink Technology Corporation, General Instrument Corporation and General Electric Company. He has been a guest lecturer at business schools around the country speaking to students about ethics and
governance, and works with Deloitte and Touche to develop curriculum for college accounting courses that integrates ethical concepts and principles into materials used by business students nationwide. Pillmore, who received his BBA from The Anderson Schools in 1975, is an active member of The Schools’ National Advisory Board.
Romero founded Terradigm, Inc. in 1993 to provide project and financial management services to government and commercial clients. Inc. Magazine selected Terradigm for its 2001 Inc. 500 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. Romero serves on the editorial advisory boards for Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies & Techniques and the Federal Facilities Environmental Journal.
He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the New Mexico 8(a) and Minority Business Association and the New Mexico Boys’ and Girls’ Ranches. Romero received his Bachelor of University Studies from UNM in 1980 and his MBA from The Anderson Schools in 1982.
The awards will be presented at the Hall of Fame Dinner at the Sheraton Old Town in Albuquerque on Thursday, May 6. A no-host cocktail hour begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The Hall of Fame event is ASM’s most significant community event. The funds raised help support student scholarships, faculty research and career placement activities.
Corporate (table of eight) sponsorships are available for $600. Individual tickets can be purchased for $75. For reservations or to inquire about table sponsorships call The Anderson Schools Development Office at (505) 277-0880 or e-mail Lisa McHale at: mchale@mgt.unm.edu, by Friday, April 30.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
Michael Kelly, former curator of Special Collections at Wichita State University will become the director of the Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections in July.
Dean of Library Services, Camila Alire, says, "Mike will be bringing great administrative and leadership skills to the position and considerable expertise in the area of digitalization of special collections, which is an important area for us as we look toward the future."
Kelly served as an associate professor and curator of Special Collections at Wichita State University during which he successfully oversaw the planning and development of a state-of-the-art archival facility and was a leader for advancement of digital archival development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Shippensburg State University, a Master of Arts degree in history from Iowa State University, and a Master of Arts degree in library science from the University of Denver.
He was appointed to the Kansas Library Commission, served as chair of the South Central Kansas Library Systems, and has been involved in numerous other regional and state professional activities. He also has served as a consultant for two history and civics textbooks on Kansas history.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico’s PROFOUND (Program of Research Opportunities FOr UNDergraduates) office will showcase undergraduate research during its first-ever Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium on Monday, April 19, from noon to 6 p.m., in Ballrooms A&B in the Student Union Building.
“It’s a great opportunity for students to show their work in front of a large group of students and faculty and to raise awareness across campus for their research efforts,” said Theresa Lopez,
PROFOUND program coordinator. “Not only will the students get recognition from their peers and mentors, but this experience can be utilized when preparing for national conferences and highlighted when applying to graduate school. We look forward to having a diverse group of students from all over campus come out and participate.”
The PROFOUND office is currently conducting a call for posters for students interested in displaying their research. Students should present their work in the form of a poster display. Maximum poster dimensions are five feet long and four feet wide. Two deadlines have been set for registration and poster submission.
The deadline for on-line registration with a tentative poster title is Friday, March 12. The deadline for the final title and abstract, to be e-mailed, is April 2. The website to register on-line is: www.unm.edu/~profound/celebration_registr.htm
The symposium, which will become an annual event for undergraduates, is intended to feature research conducted in any discipline by any undergraduate at UNM or at the branch campuses. Prizes will be awarded to first place recipients.
The mission of the PROFOUND office, which was established late last year, focuses on student employment through research opportunities to increase retention rates; to improve communication and provide unity within the UNM research community; and as a resource for future funding opportunities.
For more information contact Theresa Lopez at (505) 277-0528 or via e-mail at profound@unm.edu.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico’s Department of Geography and Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) will host a lecture Tuesday, March 9, from 7 to 8 p.m., by Robert Julyan, chair, Geographic Names Committee (GNC) of the New Mexico Geographic Information Council.
The lecture, which is part of the Geography Department’s continuing series, will be held at the UNM Science and Technology Research Park auditorium located at 800 Bradbury S.E. The lecture is free and open to the public.
In his lecture titled, What’s in a Name?...the Colorful History and Changing Fabric of America’s Place Names, Julyan will discuss New Mexico’s Evolving Namescape. How Washington Pass became Narbona Pass; Why Rio de Arenas did not become Whiskey Creek; and more true tales from the files of the N.M. Geographic Names Committee. The GNC has been given formal responsibility for the state’s geographic names and makes recommendations to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names regarding new names, name changes or controversial names.
Julyan has been involved with geographic names for more than 25 years and is author of three books about place names: The Place Names of New Mexico, The Place Names of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and Mountain Names.
He is a longtime member of the American Name Society, and has contributed articles and reviews to its scholarly journal, Names. While a staff member at the EDAC, Julyan led a three-year project, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey, that inventoried all the state’s place names, estimated to total more than 50,000.
Julyan has attended meetings of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and has observed the evolution of toponymy from when it was solely the province of history and linguistics to today when geographic names have become an essential layer in GIS technology.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Department Professor Ken Frandsen, Ph.D., received the 2004 Distinguished Service Award from the Western States Communication Association (WSCA) at the 75th annual convention held in Albuquerque in February.
Established in 1979, the award is the association's highest honor recognizing those who make significant contributions to WSCA and the communication discipline.
Frandsen's 24-year commitment to the group includes serving three times as local host for the convention, including the 2004 event, which attracted more than 600 attendees and was the largest regional communication scholar's event in the nation.
WSCA past presidents and longtime members supported his nomination.
"His skill in planning and overseeing a convention is only one example of his professional competence as can be found in his graduate and undergraduate teaching and in his commitment to research in human communication. He made his initial impact in our field at Penn State and we are fortunate that he was wooed to the West," wrote Blaine Goss, professor, New Mexico State University Department of Communication Studies, and past president of the WSCA Executives Club.
Katherine Adams, Fresno State University Department of Communication chair, and past president of WSCA wrote: "We all look to mentors to help us navigate through our professional lives…Ken was always around whether it was as a dinner host sharing marvelous stories of the discipline or as a local host showing why he not only loves WSCA but also is so proud of his own city and institution."
Frandsen is director of the UNM Institute for Organizational Communication and consults on management communication for the Management Training and Development Institute. He is a member of the National Communication Association's Doctoral Education Committee and Preparing Future Faculty Leadership Team and he is completing his twenty-fifth year at UNM.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
What caused the first U.S. appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory to literally lose his head in Taos? Did the vigilantes who hung a man in the 1880's for killing the editor of the Socorro Sun newspaper have the right person? What caused the political assassination of a local figure in Santa Fe during the 1890's?
New Mexico's turbulent history is the focus of a lecture by the director of the Center for Regional Studies, Tobías Duran, on Tuesday, March 9 at 2:30 pm at the Willard Reading Room in Zimmerman Library.
Duran will discuss the social and political dimensions of U.S. colonialism in the late 19th and early 20 century and how race and class intersected in reform efforts from statehood through the 1940s. He says, "When General Stephen W. Kearny greeted the local population in 1846 he told them he came in friendship. But the relationship between the U.S. army and the majority of the Mexican population was anything but friendly in the beginning."
Duran's lecture is the second in the Richard Etulain Lecture Series in Western Regional Studies. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Southwest Research and UNM Press.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
University of New Mexico fraternities and sororities recently put muscle and money into helping Cuidando los Niños, the organization they chose to sponsor during Greek Week.
"We accepted letters from different organizations and spoke with some of the groups and decided upon Cuidando los Niños because their needs paired up well with our goals," said Emily Bryl, who with Joey Roeher, organized Greek Week activities. Both are La Cueva High School graduates; Bryl in 2001, Roeher in 2000.
The UNM Greeks raised $11,500 for Cuidando and also visited their site and spruced it up. "We are very grateful to all the students who came out to work. They did a lot - they played with the children, cleaned the yard, addressed envelopes, filed and even vacuumed," said Blanca Galindo, Cuidando los Niños.
"About 20 Greeks went out to work at Cuidando," said Roeher.
Other Greek Week activities included a dance, a Greek sing, basketball and volleyball games. They hosted a brunch at the UNM Student Union Building to thank UNM staff and faculty for their support. Participants earned points for various activities and the week culminated in a Greek banquet on Saturday night, during which the announcement about the total funds raised was made.
"Several Greek students work at UNM's El Centro de la Raza. Rosa Cervantes and Andrew Gonzalez are advisors to the Latino sorority and fraternity. Since they were established at UNM, Lambda Theta Alpha and Lambda Theta Phi have found a perfect home at El Centro de la Raza," said Verónica Mendez-Cruz, director, who attended the faculty/staff appreciation brunch with her staff.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
University of New Mexico faculty and staff gave more than $222-thousand to the United Way Campaign of Central New Mexico last year, a record for the school.
Campaign Chairman Howard Smith, Dean of Anderson Schools of Management says, "Several things contributed to the success of the campaign. President Louis Caldera set a leadership example with his significant encouragement and personal donation, we were better at getting the campaign organized and Patrick Vigil from Advancement did an extraordinary job of coordinating the effort."
However, Smith says there is room to grow at the University. Only about 9% of the faculty and staff at UNM contributed last year. That number is low compared to our counterparts in the Albuquerque area and among other institutions of higher education.
In New Mexico 100% of donations go directly into the programs of the organizations the United Way funds. Administrative costs for the United Way organization are taken care of by corporate sponsorships. Campaign coordinator Patrick Vigil says "We ask so very much from the community and they have always supported the University. We can show our thanks by supporting the community through the United Way Campaigns."
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico’s Chapter of Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society will present a Science and Society Series talk featuring forensic anthropologist Alison Galloway, professor from the University of California-Santa Cruz.
The lecture, “The Glamorous World of the Forensic Anthropologist: The True Story” will be Thursday, March 11, beginning at 5 p.m. at the UNM Conference Center, room G, located at 1634 University Blvd., N.E.
Galloway has more than 20 years of experience working with medical examiners and coroners in the analysis of human skeletal remains. Her research focuses on the interpretation of injury patterns to the bone, the decay processes in human remains, evidence of life history in the skeleton and the legal role and responsibilities of forensic anthropologists.
Galloway is the co-editor of The Evolving Female and author/editor of Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma.
The Distinguished Public Talks Series is co-sponsored by the Offices of the Vice Presidents for Research and for Health Sciences, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Division of Continuing Education, School of Engineering and the Albuquerque Section of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers.
The Distinguished Public Talks series is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served beginning at 4:30 p.m. and free parking is also available.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821