The Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at the University of New Mexico honored Richard A. Reid with the 2004 Community Leadership Award at the ASM 15th Annual Hall of Fame dinner May 6. Reid, a professor in the Department of Marketing, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, was chosen as the outstanding faculty member based on his service to the community, teaching and research excellence.
“The Foundation Board is always pleased to honor faculty members who bring their expertise back into the community,” said John Brown, chair of the ASM Foundation Board’s Community Relations committee. “While academic honors often focus exclusively on published articles, we like to recognize those people who make a point of enriching the community, both on a local level and on a larger professional level. Dr. Reid demonstrates all the qualities that we look for in a faculty leader.”
Reid joined the faculty at the Anderson Schools in 1969. He received his Ph.D. in 1970 from Ohio State University. He teaches classes on service operations management, production and inventory management, management of science, business statistics and management of quality. Reid has been published extensively in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, most recently partnering with ASM adjunct faculty member Jim Cormier to write “Applying the TOC Thinking Process: A Case Study in the Service Sector,” which was published in the September/October 2003 issue of Managing Service Quality.
Reid is a member of the Decisions Sciences Institute and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. He has also served as a consultant for Los Alamos National Laboratory, AlliedSignal Aerospace and Sandia National Laboratories. He serves on the board of directors for the
Albuquerque Chapter of the Educational Society for Resource Management (APICS) and was a guest speaker at the chapter’s January 2004 meeting.
Reid was honored along with ASM alumni Michael J. Glennon, Eric M. Pillmore and Michael A. Romero, who were inducted into the ASM Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame event is ASM’s most significant and visible community event. The funds raised help support student scholarships, faculty research and career placement activities.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico Alumni Relations Office recently honored four alumni for their contributions to the university. This is a yearly event sponsored by the office.
Stanley E. Harrison received the Zimmerman Award for acts of fame and honor. Harrison's career has extended from engineer and scientist to manager and executive and most recently to university dean. He came to New Mexico from Ohio in 1958 to work at the Sandia National Laboratories Radiation Physics Department. He moved from there to Martin Marietta, and on to BDM. Harrison was appointed BDM president and chief operating officer and member of the Board of Directors, retiring from BDM in 1988.
Harrison continues to be active, serving as a member of the George Mason University Board of Visitors, and dean and professor at the Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
F. Chris Garcia was awarded the Bernard S. Rodey Award for educational leadership. Garcia started at UNM as an undergraduate student, eventually working his way up to president. Garcia left UNM twice during that time, to teach briefly at Albuquerque's Valley High School and to earn his Ph.D. at the University of California – Davis Campus.
Garcia began teaching in UNM's political science department in 1972, where he became a full professor. He was appointed assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1975, associate dean the following year, and dean in 1980. After six years as dean, he was named vice president for academic affairs. He has twice served as Provost for the university. In 2002 UNM Regents persuaded Garcia to accept an appointment to the presidency of the university.
Robert Matteucci received the Erna S. Fergusson Award for exceptional accomplishments. Albuquerque community organizations have sought Matteucci's service for decades—for his loyalty, his determination to be well informed, and the wisdom that comes from long community awareness and caring.
Following a family tradition, Matteucci began his own journey of public service in the early 60s, chairing the New Mexico Economic Development Board. He has also chaired the Board of Educational Finance and the board of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. Matteucci was a commissioner with the Albuquerque Urban Development Agency, chaired the United Way campaign, and presided over the Lobo Boosters' Club. In the 80s, Matteucci served on the board of the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation and as president of the UNM Alumni Association. In the 90s, Matteucci was a member of the founding board of the national Hispanic Cultural Center. He now chairs the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation, serves on the board of the Albuquerque Business/Education Compact, and is a member and past chairman of the Governing Board of the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute.
Shiame Okunor has received the Faculty Teaching Award for outstanding teaching and service to students. He came to the United States for Ghana, Africa to pursue an education in television production, but changed direction when he was named director of UNM's International Center. Okunor recognized the need and potential at UNM Afro-American Studies, initially accepting an administrative assistant position, the becoming director. Okunor has also served in numerous academic leadership roles. “Shiame Okunor sees himself as here to assist people in their growth and movement through life, not just their intellect,” says Alumni Association executive director Karen Abraham.
Since 1994, UNM students and others have accompanied Okunor on three-week educational visits to his homeland. In 2001, he officially founded the African Field History Project. Okunor is currently working to establish an exchange program between universities in Ghana and UNM.
Contact: Eleanor Sanchez (505) 277-1813
Natasha Kolchevska, professor of Russian, will be the new director of the Feminist Research Institute effective fall 2004. She succeeds Beth Bailey of American Studies.
The Feminist Research Institute at UNM is dedicated to the production of scholarship on women, gender and sexuality. It sponsors a visiting scholar program and organizes interdisciplinary support groups and workshops for UNM graduate students.
Kolchevska is a well-known scholar of modern Soviet and Russian literature who has written extensively on Russian women writers. Among her publications is a translation and scholarly edition of S. Kovalevskaia's “Nihilist Girl” (2001).
In 2002, she was the principal investigator for a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for teachers at UNM where they studied Tchaikovsky's opera “Eugene Onegin.”
Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Noted Navajo poet and University of Arizona professor Luci Tapahonso will lead a weekend poetry workshop for young adults at the sixth annual UNM Taos Summer Writers' Conference July 10-16. The focus of the workshop, scheduled July 10-11, will be fashioning poetry.
The nationally-recognized Taos Summer Writers' Conference offers writing workshops and special events during a single week in July and draws participants from around the country and, increasingly, from around the world.
“In 2003, more than 150 people from 30 states and Canada took part in the weeklong event,” said Sharon Oard Warner, UNM associate professor of English and conference director.
This year's conference features a distinguished faculty teaching a wide range of workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, screenwriting, playwriting, travel writing and special topics. Visiting editors, publishers, agents and authors will provide practical information on the writing life.
“The new young adult workshop is intended to address a perceived need. I regularly receive inquiries from New Mexico teachers, parents and high school students interested in workshops on writing, but not much is available in this part of the country,” Warner said. To begin addressing this need, the Teacher's Institute in the UNM College of Arts & Sciences will sponsor two scholarships to cover tuition and lodging, for New Mexico high school teachers attending the conference.
In a separate but related initiative, the conference will sponsor the workshop for young adults led by Tapahonso. This workshop is open to those 16-22 years of age with class size limited to 12 students . The cost is $250, but Taos and Santa Fe area high-school students may apply for full or partial scholarships.
The author of eight books, Tapahonso writes out of her own cultural and geographical history. Her poetry is rooted in the remote country of the Navajo reservation, and her poems evoke not only the beauty of the area but also the social issues of racism, alcoholism and poverty that face her people. She has given numerous lectures on Native American issues such as American Indian education and stabilizing indigenous languages—humanities issues important to the Pueblo people of Taos.
On Sunday evening, July 11, Tapahonso opens the conference with a public lecture, supported in part by the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Byron Lindsey, associate professor of Russian at the University of New Mexico, was recently notified by the U.S Department of Education that he is a recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad award.
Lindsey's project is to study and translate texts from the literature of Dagestan, a region from the former Soviet Union in the northern Caucasus. This area and its religion and culture are little known and studied in the West, and apart from some translations of their writings from various native languages into Russian, these works are not even widely available in a language accessible to a broad spectrum of scholars.
“The Dagestani religion is Muslim, in contrast with the predominately Christian background of Russia, and the tension between these two Asian cultures adds to the fascination and need for new research,” Lindsey said.
Lindsey, faculty in UNM's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for more than 30 years, is well known as a translator of Russian literature and has already edited several volumes of short stories translated from Russian. In 1988-1989 he received a Fulbright fellowship for study in Kazakstan, and in 2000 he received the prestigious William Arrowsmith award for his translation of a Russian short story. His most recent trip to Russia was in July 2003 when he made a presentation on the literature of Dagestan at a conference in St. Petersburg.
The period of his fellowship will fall in the first half of 2005 when he is applying for a sabbatical from his teaching duties at UNM. During this time, he will work as a visiting scholar at the Gorky Institute of World Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, which will serve as his home base. He will make side trips to St. Petersburg, where he also has connections relevant to his research, and above all to Makhachkala, where he will consult with writers and materials in the region he is studying to select the best short stories for his translation project. His research will eventually lead to a book with a critical history of Dagestan and a selection of translations into English of its best works.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
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Charles Crespy has been appointed dean of the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management Provost Brian L. Foster announced today. Crespy, a four-time alumnus of UNM, currently serves as J.P. Morgan Chase Professor and dean of the College of Business at the University of Texas at El Paso. Crespy is slated to begin at the Anderson Schools on August 1, 2004.
“I am very excited about appointing Charles Crespy to the Dean’s position at the Anderson Schools,” said Foster. “He brings rich experience to the position. Dr. Crespy has been a dean, a department chair, and a successful faculty member. He has an extensive background in Latin America and he has the vision and demonstrated leadership skills needed to guide the Anderson Schools. His record at UTEP is very impressive. He is the right person to lead ASM.”
Crespy says he is impressed with the university’s strategic direction and ASM’s efforts to prepare the next generation of business leaders for lives of responsible citizenship and skilled stewardship of the state’s resources. “That said, I think that we can enhance ASM’s role in fostering economic development in New Mexico by building on the state’s comparative advantages.
Crespy earned a doctorate in international management in 1984; an M.A. in Latin American Studies and an MBA in business administration in 1977; and a bachelor of university studies in 1974, all from UNM.
At UTEP since 2001, he has led a team of more than 60 full time faculty, including 13 endowed chairs and professors. He spearheaded development of the college’s first Ph.D. program (in International Business) and launched an accelerated, executive MBA program. He raised more than $750,000 for a student center in the College of Business, which held its groundbreaking in April.
Before assuming the deanship at UTEP, Crespy spent 18 years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He chaired Miami’s Marketing Department at the Richard T. Farmer School of Business—the ninth largest business school in America. He has taught abroad on multiple occasions through Miami University in England, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Academy for Educational Development. He was first sensitized to international issues through study in Quito, Ecuador at UNM’s branch campus; he stayed on in Ecuador for two years to teach in a private school.
Crespy’s managerial experience includes a stint as a group product manager for Del Monte Corporation in Mexico, regional chair of the Academy of International Business, board president of Transitional Living Inc. in Ohio, and interim director of Graduate Programs in Public Administration at Clark University in Massachusetts.
Crespy’s research interests include business ethics and international business. He has co-authored two books and more than 40 journal and proceedings articles.
He was appointed to the Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee in 2002 and currently serves on the board of directors for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the El Paso United Way and the El Paso Better Business Bureau.
“As a New Mexican I’m thrilled to return home. As an alumnus I am proud to join the ranks of this distinguished group of scholars and to work with the dynamic leadership team of the university. UNM’s star is clearly on the rise.”
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
University of New Mexico Psychology Professor Dr. Robert Meyers will be the guest at the UNM Bookstore, Friday, April 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. to promote and sign copies of his new book, “Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening.
Co-written by Brenda Wolfe, a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of substance abuse, eating disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, Meyers and Wolfe provide basic guidelines for spouses, parents or children of problem drinkers or drug users to improve the quality of their own lives while making sobriety a more rewarding option for their loved ones than drinking or taking drugs.
Based on the scientifically validated CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) model created by Meyers, Get Your Loved One Sober provides the guidance and tools to recognize how you and your loved one interact and to change those patterns to achieve healthier and happier results.
Meyers created the CRAFT approach to treating patients with alcohol and substance abuse problems more than 25 years ago. It’s an alcohol and drug treatment method that has gained a reputation for its success over the past several decades.
“The community reinforcement approach has never had a negative clinical trial, when we’ve tested it (CRAFT) against other methods,” says Meyers. “This mode of treatment is designed to help a family member motivate a treatment-resistant substance user to enter treatment.”
Meyers feels the main difference CRAFT is successful is the involvement of family members as part of the overall treatment.
“This book is for consumers,” Meyers said. “We want to help family members of users who are at their wits end with no place to go. We teach several things in the book. We teach family members how
to stay safe, how to take care of themselves and how to gently persuade their user to enter treatment. We want family members of the users to lead fuller and more balanced lives even if the user never enters treatment.
“Part of the unique aspect is that we found that people who go through the program reduce a lot of their negative psychological problems such as depression, anger and anxiety.”
Meyers has been at CASAA for the past 17 years and has been involved in addiction treatment for more than 27 years.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Christine Zuni Cruz is a recipient of the 2004 Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women. She will be honored at a banquet Friday, May 7, at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque.
Started in 1986 during Bruce King's second term in office, the prestigious governor's award honors 20 women, selected from statewide nominations, for their exceptional contributions and achievements.
This year, judges appointed by Governor Bill Richardson will award women for their extra efforts to improve the status of women in our state. The nominations are rated on community leadership, effectiveness of advocacy for positive change for women and families and leadership in their careers.
Christine Zuni Cruz came to the UNM law school in 1993 to establish the Southwest Indian Law Clinic , which provides students with a hands-on opportunity to practice Indian law. She has served as a tribal judge, a tribal gaming commissioner and also spent a decade in private practice.
In her research and teaching, Zuni Cruz, a member of Isleta Pueblo, explores law and culture, including the impact of law on Indian families, the practice of Indian law and lawyering for native communities and the internal traditional and modern law of indigenous peoples domestically and internationally. In 2001, she traveled to Greenland where she helped teach an intensive course on international indigenous human rights.
She currently serves as an associate justice on the Isleta Appellate Court.
Zuni Cruz, the first pueblo woman to earn tenure as a law professor, is editor-in-chief of the Tribal Law Journal , an on-line law journal dedicated to the internal law of indigenous peoples.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-1821
by Carolyn Gonzales
KUNM, 89.9 FM, recently took top honors, including “Station of the Year,” from the New Mexico Associated Press Broadcasters for radio news based on New Mexico radio station entries. Stations are grouped into two divisions based on market size.
Oklahoma Associated Press broadcast members judged New Mexico entries. The results below are from Radio Division 1.
“KUNM is one station with many voices. Here is a wonderful example of why this saying is so valid at KUNM. Our programming showcases the work of many people from all walks of life. This list of award winners shows excellence in diverse coverage of important community news, skillfully blended by KUNM professionals, students, community volunteers, faculty members and community-based commentators from across northern and central New Mexico,” said Richard Towne, KUNM general manager.
Best of Show
Shared by KUNM and KKOB-AM
General News
First: Joe Gardner Wessely, KUNM volunteer: “Immigrant workers freedom ride”
Third: Kent Paterson, KUNM volunteer and independent producer: “Mexico ecocide”
Feature News
First: Leslie Clark, KUNM Staff Reporter: “Ecoversity”
Second: Mercedes Mejia, UNM Student: “Escuela nacional”
Third: Jeremiah Luria Johnson, UNM Part Time Instructor in Communications and Journalism: “Chicano Vision”
Newscast
First: KUNM Evening Report.
Three KUNM Evening Report programs were submitted in the competition. “These talented folks include KUNM staff members, students, volunteers, part time paid reporters and KUNM listeners who provide commentary for the Evening Report,” Towne said.
Anchors: Tristan Clum, Linda Rodeck, Anton Daughters, Daniel Estes, Paul Ingles
Engineers: Renee Blake, Nick Layman
Producers: Renee Blake, Jessica Carr, Mercedes Mejia
Reporters and Contributors: Renee Blake, Leslie Clark, Tom Trowbridge, Kent Paterson, Ron Chapman, Kathy Sabo, Paul Ingles, Deborah Martinez, Jim Terr, Mercedes Mejia, and Craig Barnes.
Documentary
First: Kent Paterson, KUNM volunteer and independent producer: “Lucio's Legacy”
Second: Stuart Overbey, UNM Student: “Mideast Conflict”
KUNM has won the prestigious “Station of the Year” award for the past three years. KUNM news features and documentaries are archived for online listening at kunm.org. Funding for KUNM News programs is made possible in part by the University of New Mexico and by UNM student fees as granted by the UNM Student Fee Review Board.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The 22nd annual Bank of America/Larry Ahrens Golf Tournament, benefiting the Presidential Scholarship Program (PSP), will be held Friday, June 11, at the Championship Golf Course.
Since its inception, the PSP has offered tuition-free education to more than 2,300 scholars, made possible by more than $8 million in gifts from donors.
"The golf tournament set a record in terms of proceeds last year," Mary Wolford, the director of fundraising for the Presidential Scholarship. "In one day, the tournament raised more than $75,000, which funded 50 Presidential Scholars for the entire school year.
"There are approximately 400 scholars on campus this year, representing a wealth of ethnic backgrounds from all across the state. This number puts UNM, and New Mexico, among the national leaders in merit scholarships."
Over the past 21 years, the tournament has raised more than $900,000 and provides at least 40 Presidential Scholarships each year. The tournament is annually the single, biggest one-day fundraiser at UNM.
The tournament format will be a 4-person Red-White-Blue scramble limited to one "A" player (handicap of nine or less), and a combined handicap of each team of at least 43. Interested participants may form their own team, play as an individual or pair and be assigned to a team. The tournament will have two shotgun starts beginning at 7:30 a.m. and at 12:45 p.m.
Team prizes will be awarded for first through fourth place teams, a.m. and p.m. flights, and first through third place prizes for women's teams. There will also be a number of skill and random drawing prizes. The entry fee of $125 per player includes green fees, cart, range balls, drinks, snacks, breakfast, lunch and a post-tournament awards dinner.
For more information call (505) 277-5688 or interested participants may register online at www.pspgolf.org.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
A scanning electron microscope that will allow researchers at UNM and at other state universities to study nanomaterials at unprecedented resolution, will be dedicated Monday, April 26 at the University of New Mexico School of Engineering.
According to Abhaya Datye, director of the Center for Micro-Engineered Materials and UNM professor of chemical and nuclear engineering, the Hitachi S-5200 is the highest resolution scanning electron microscope available today. Datye says that UNM is the first U.S. university to have the $800-thousand microscope, which is able to view materials at a dimension of 0.5 nanometers. A nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter. The UNM laboratory where the microscope is housed is part of a nanotechnology initiative to enhance the infrastructure in New Mexico.
The new instrument allows scientists and researchers to look at the surface of complex materials to understand their structure. It also enables users to design novel materials on a nanoscale and to tailor their properties for superior performance.
As each SEM image or spectrum is acquired, an off-site user can download data in real time to their personal computer at the full resolution, allowing researchers at other universities access to the facility as if it were their own campus. The SEM laboratory also allows UNM researchers to collaborate with others worldwide by using a web-based interface.
Purchase of the microscope was made possible through a National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) project grant. Additional funding came from the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, a pretigious collaboration of top academic technology programs to which UNM was admitted last November. The State of New Mexico and UNM provided matching funds.
Total funding of $1.4 million has been allocated over three years to UNM and five other New Mexico Universities. The goal of EPSCoR is to increase the competitive of New Mexico researchers within targeted science and technology fields through sustainable infrastructure improvements. UNM is the lead organization managing the statewide program, which includes New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico Highlands University, Eastern New Mexico University and San Juan College.
A dedication of the scanning electron microscope will be Monday, April 26, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the SEM laboratory located in the basement of the Farris Engineering Building. Images of nanoscale materials will be projected, allowing viewers to see nanoscale images.
The first two in a series of seminars will also be presented Monday, aimed at educating users about the newest nanoscience tools at UNM. "Introduction to X-ray Microanalysis" will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in ECE conference room 118. "Spectrum Imaging for Materials Classification" will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, room 102. Each seminar will feature a presentation by Dr. John Friel, technical director of Princeton Gamma-Tech. Space is limited. For information call 277-2833 or send e-mail to cmem@unm.edu.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
The Parking and Transportation Services Department is taking a look at long term parking needs for the university; the first comprehensive study of the combined long-term needs of the north, south and main campus areas.
Two representatives from Walker Parking Consultants conducted a series of public forums in April, and are now in the process of compiling results from the online parking survey.
The consultants say they already know some things, and one of them is that UNM has more than 19-thousand parking spaces, and doesn't immediately need more. They say the problem is not the number of spaces; it is where they are located, and how people access them conveniently. It also appears the most difficult parking problems are on the north portion of the campus near the Health Sciences Center, since parking places in this area are used all day and much of the evening.
The consultants say campus research is telling them it is important to allow resident students to park near the residence halls, and it is important to have visitor parking available on the main campus. There are currently 5-thousand parking places on the main campus, and demand for about twice that number.
Part of the problem that the parking study will examine is a way to better balance damand with supply. For example, the parking survey is showing that 93 percent of the people who come to UNM are driving from home and 79 percent of them are driving along. One way to ease the parking demand might be to set up a carpooling system.
Parking and Transportation Services planners say they are looking for any way possible to ease the problem. University projections show the fall 2004 freshman class registration may again top 3-thousand. Results and recommendations from this study will be made public in late August, just about the time the campus community is likely to have parking problems uppermost in mind.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico Provost's Task Force on International Relations (formerly known as the UNM Circle on Sovereignty and Sustainability) has been assigned to Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Paul Nathanson.
The task force will identify central themes within the university's teaching, service and research activities to broaden UNM's international profile.
Preliminary goals include promoting a UNM-based international research agenda, expanding international student and faculty exchanges, enhancing international service and service contracts and developing an international studies program at UNM encompassing all departments and colleges.
Nathanson met with dozens of individuals across campus associated with international projects. He is now organizing small, working groups to explore cross-disciplinary themes and begin a three-part planning process. Steps include:
• Define a vision of what UNM has to offer the world and what the world has to offer the university
• Inventory UNM's existing programs
• Develop a business plan to stimulate UNM's international efforts
Faculty and staff involved with projects or programs or who have strengths related to the six thematic areas – all of which grew out of UNM's connection to and strengths within the Southwestern United States – are asked to join the task force.
The themes are:
• Indigenous peoples
• Arts and culture
• Borders
• Economic development
• Environment (with special focus on water issues)
• Political and human rights
“A lot of medical schools ask for help from UNM's School of Medicine because if we've solved some problem here, whether it's related to medicine, borders or water, it is more important to those in the developing world because we are more like them. We have something unique to offer here at UNM,” Nathanson said.
To create a UNM vision for each theme, he said, the self-selected groups will be asked to address issues that cut across them all – questions such as: What are the appropriate research questions UNM should pursue? What are the relevant health issues? What law and public policy issues arise? How does each theme relate to women/gender issues? Are there special language/linguistic issues? How can distance learning and conferencing technologies available at UNM contribute to international studies? What external partnerships are possible? How do UNM's region-centered resources affect our international profile? What should the role of a public university be in this arena?
Nathanson anticipates the planning phase will be completed within a few months, followed by work to implement the new international agenda.
Faculty and staff interested in working on one or more themes should email Karla Crawford at karlac@unm.edu .
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915 or
Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The Tribal Virtual Network (TVN) will have a blue ribbon cutting ceremony event on the Access Grid (AG) Thursday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. The TVN/AG is a consortium of five New Mexico tribes and the University of New Mexico Arts of the Americas Institute -- all working on a technology project that uses Access Grid or AG technology to enable real time audio/video communication between multiple sites using Internet connectivity.
The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and includes the Pueblos of Pojoaque, Jemez, Zuni, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the Jicarilla Apache Cultural Center.
The ceremony will occur ‘virtually' over the TVN/AG in the Tribal Virtual Network's institutional venue. Many sites within the Access Grid community are expected to participate in the event. The ceremony will open with Dr. Maria Williams, associate director of the Arts of the Americas Institute. Presentations and participation by tribal officials at the individual tribal sites will also be part of the event.
Two weeks of special activities will take place over the TVN/AG including an appearance by Cochiti drum maker Arnold Herrera who will conduct a drum making demonstration. Each partner site will feature an event. On April 30, Maureen Olson and Wilhelmina Phone from the Jicarilla Apache Culture Center will give a lecture on the Jicarilla Apache language and history. On May 4, Lee Derks from UNM will provide on-line tutoring on how to create a web site.
For more information contact Maria Williams or Lee Derks at 505-277-2282 or go to the TVN/AG website: http://finearts.unm.edu/tvn/.
Note to editors: The event is "virtual" but media are invited to attend at the UNM Access Grid site -- located in the High Performance Computing Center on Central one block west of University on the north side.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
University of New Mexico History Professor Virginia Scharff has been elected a Fellow of the Society of American Historians (SAH), an organization founded in 1939 by Allan Nevins and others to promote good historical writing. Membership is limited to 250 fellows, and Scharff was one of 13 elected this year.
The notification letter said in recognition of the literary and scholarly distinction of [her] historical work.
Scharff's published works includes,"Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age", Collier Macmillian Canada, 1991; "Coming of Age: America in the Twentieth Century", Houghton Mifflin, 1998; "Seeing Nature Through Gender", University of Kansas, 2003; and "Twenty Thousand Roads: Women, Movement, and the West", University of California Press, 2003.
Past SAH presidents include Nevins, Barbara Tuchman, and David McCullough, and current board members include Frances FitzGerald, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Richard White and Elliott West.
Mary Jane Slaughter, chair, Department of History said, "Virginia's election into this elite group of historians brings national recognition to our department and increases our stature. She is deserving of this honor. Her publications are outstanding."
Scharff's teaching focuses on the history of women in the United States and the American West, environmental history, social theory and writing as a historian. She was the Frederick W. Beinecke Senior Research Fellow at the Howard R. Lamar Center at Yale University, and she directs UNM's Center for the Southwest, which sponsors programs and events to bring together scholars and the public to promote understanding of Southwestern history, culture, landscape and environment.
Scharff has served as consultant on numerous television documentary projects, including the nationally broadcast Biography of America, a television course in United States history produced by WGBH in Boston, and funded by Annenberg CPB.
She also enjoys a career as a mystery novelist. Under the pseudonym Virginia Swift, she has published two books:"Bad Company"; (2002) and "Brown-Eyed Girl&" (2000).
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Joan L. Bybee, linguistics professor, has been named UNM's 49th Annual Research Lecturer. The lecture, "Say it again: how usage shapes language," will be presented on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in the Continuing Education Building.
The annual research lecturer title is the highest honor UNM awards faculty members. Bybee is credited by many of her peers with developing a new paradigm or linguistics. "When I came into the field of linguistics, all the attention was focused on abstract linguistic structures and it was assumed that meaning and patterns of use were not important," says Bybee. "I thought right away that there was a lot missing from this picture. My research has involved applying the study of meaning and usage to the question of why languages have grammar and why grammar takes the form it does."
Bybee is a leader in the development of two major theoretical innovations that have had an enormous impact on the field of linguistics: grammaticization and usage-based grammar. She has written and co-edited a number of books, journal articles and book chapters. Bybee has received seventeen grants and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five National Science Foundation grants, and grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In addition to her work at UNM, she currently serves as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the largest organization of its kind in the world.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico General Library and the Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections are hosting a special Native American Colloquium on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 20-21, from 4 to 6:30 pm . The colloquium will be held in conjunction with Nizhoni Week April 18-23 on the UNM campus.
The colloquium will feature a broad range of presentations by graduate and undergraduate students. All presentations will take place in the Willard Reading Room in Zimmerman Library.
Tuesday April 20
4:00 p.m. “Tracking Native American Student Entrance into Higher Education,” Leola Tsinnajinnie
4:30 p.m. “Uranium Mining on the Navajo Reservation,” Patrick Willink, Lance Begaye and Mary Eye
5:00 p.m. “Reclaiming Our Youth: Developing a Mentoring and Advocacy Program for Incarcerated Native American Indian Youth” and “Survival Trends in Native American Women diagnosed with Breast or Cervical Cancer in New Mexico ,” Yolanda Gomez Toya
6:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session
Wednesday April 21
4:00 p.m. “Fragmentation and Metaphor: Quilts in Louise Erdich's ‘Love Medicine'” Deborah Weagel
4:30 p.m. “Using Bi-lateral Symmetry (or sacred geometry) in Deciphering Ancient Art from an Indigenous Perspective” Roger Cultee, Colleen Gorman and Tracy Greer
5:00 p.m. “Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and Non-Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes” Casey Thornbrugh
6:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session
The colloquium is funded by The Center for Regional Studies.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Two films by Native Americans and a roundtable discussion will conclude the Indigenous Film Series presented by the University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology. “Honey Moccasin” by Mohawk artist Shelley Niro and “Shush” by Navajo filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe will be shown Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology lecture hall (room 163), north of the Maxwell Museum. Admission is $6.
“Honey Moccasin” blends the tradition of storytelling, collective memory and humor to provide an irreverent slice of life on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation. The comedy/thriller depicts the rivalry between the Smokin' Moccasin bar and the Inukshuk Café. Also portrayed is the saga of closeted drag queen and pow wow clothing thief Zachary John and the life and times of crusading investigator Honey Moccasin.
At its release in 1998, “Honey Moccasin” received national and international acclaim, including best feature at the Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City and best experimental work at the Dreamspeakers Festival in Edmonton, Alberta.
“Shush,” a short film by Blackhorse Lowe, follows a young Navajo man as he tries to protect his little sister from her abusive boyfriend. Lowe will be present at the screening.
The Indigenous Film Roundtable on Friday, April 30, will include filmmakers Lena Carr (Diné), Darrin Kipp (Blackfeet) and Bird Runningwater (Apache), a member of the Sundance Institute. High school filmmakers will also participate in the roundtable and others are encouraged to attend. The event will be 11a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UNM Hibben Center, lecture hall 105, is free and open to the public.
Tickets for the film screening are available at the UNM box offices, Tickets.com outlets, by phone at 925-5858 or 1-800-905-3315 and at the door. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the UNM Anthropology Graduate Student Scholarship Fund.
The UNM Indigenous Film Festival is held in conjunction with the Jubilee 75th Anniversary of the UNM Anthropology Department.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
Spiritual transformations have been described as events that lead one to an awakening of the mind, body and spirit, that more often than not, produce a marked change in an individual-usually for the better. In Alcoholics Anonymous, spiritual transformations are a catalyst and starting point for alcoholics to begin the recovery process and start life anew without alcohol.
Alyssa Forcehimes, a graduate student at the University of New Mexico, is studying that connection and recently had an article published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology Titled, "De Profundis: Spiritual Transformations in Alcoholics Anonymous" that delves into spiritual transformations and alcoholism recovery.
The roots of Alcoholics Anonymous and spiritual transformation are in the Oxford Group, a nondenominational program begun in answer to antireligious response following World War I. Their evangelical nature and view of God as the true authority resulted in a reliance on God control through men and women who had surrendered fully to God's will.
"Transformational experiences are often part of the recovery process," Forcehimes said. "According to Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholcis Anonymous, 'if people don't have spiritual awakenings, they can't get better'."
"Many alcoholics feel like they can't recover alone; they need the help of a higher power. There's a general feeling of surrender, which is one of the first things that happens in the transformation process. They feel like they are at a point where paths diverge: continued drinking to ultimate death or to surrender and allow something sudden and dramatic to happen.
"An example of a spiritual transformation is likened to the feeling of putting on a warm blanket. It gives one a feeling of peace. There's often a shift in personality and the way you view the world. Others report replacing a feeling of hate toward humanity with a feeling of oneness with others. There's an increase in meaning and purpose of life." Forcehimes adds.
There are two general assumptions in AA: the assumption of confession as a prerequisite to change and the expectation that those who have changed are instructed to help others.
Forcehimes says after completing the first steps, individuals admit to being powerless and turn their will and their lives over to God. Members then spiritually cleanse their past through confession of wrongdoings. Finally, as members become spiritually prepared, they await the cleansing of a spiritual awakening, followed by a desire to assist others toward sobriety. Forcehimes hypothesizes that spiritual awakenings are the true mechanism of change in AA.
Forcehimes says the time of change in individuals varies. In some there is an immediate change and in others it may take up to a year or longer. Forcehimes recently began a study to better understand the development of the process and the transformational experience.
Forcehimes is currently working on her master's thesis and is further exploring the connection between spiritual transformations and alcoholism recovery.
"This project is attempting to better understand transformational experiences in AA by examining the period around them as well as describe how individual's experiences were similar and different," Forcehimes said.
"It's fascinating to hear these stories that inspire such hope. It is wonderful to hear how people have had an experience that offered them a way out of the despair of alcohol dependence."
She's interviewing individuals for her study who have experienced a spiritual transformation. To qualify for the study, individuals need to meet three criteria including: experiencing a deep shift in core values, feelings, attitudes or actions; a member of Alcoholics Anonymous; and abstinence from alcohol for at least six months.
For more information or to find out about qualifying for the study call Alyssa Forcehimes at (505) 925-2399.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
Former University of New Mexico Professor of English Minrose Gwin, now of Purdue University, presents two lectures in association with the Women Studies Brown Bags Series.
The first, “Gender and Space,” is Thursday, April 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Women Studies Conference Room, located in Mesa Vista Hall, room 2130. Gwin presents a general and informal discussion about theorizing space and language associated with discussion of space, particularly in social and cultural theory.
The second lecture, “Wishing for Snow: A Reading,” is Friday, April 23 from 11 a.m. to noon in the same location. Gwin will read from her recent memoir, “Wishing for Snow,” the story of her mentally ill poet mother, Erin Taylor Clayton Pitner. Gwin will discuss the difficult mother-daughter relationship they had, linked with personal and cultural psychoses in the U.S. South while reflecting both her mother's despair and brilliance.
“Mothers and daughters each have their own personal imaginative lives that are not always visible to the other person and this is compounded with mental illness,” Gwin said.
“The memoir became not only a way of knowing my mother, if only incompletely, but a way of imagining her as she might have been. Not just giving a fair and balanced picture, which I tried to do, but a full and deep one that acknowledged her passion and possibility, her own imaginative life, despite her mental illness,” Gwin said.
Gwin, UNM professor from 1990-2001, taught courses and directed dissertations in women's literature, feminist theory and Southern studies. She served on various Women Studies committees and directed the Feminist Research Institute. Now at Purdue University, she is affiliated with American and Women's studies.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning Alumni Association hosts, “Understanding the New Mexico State Water Plan: a continuing education event,” on Friday, April 23 from 1-4 p.m. in the Acoma Room, Student Union Building.
David Henkel, director of Community and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture and Planning, will moderate an informative discussion by a panel of experts from around the state on the functional and practical impacts of the recently approved State Water Plan. Among the panelists is Mary Helen Follingstad, Interstate Stream Commission and the Office of the State Engineer; Paula Garcia, State Acequia Commission and Consuela Bokum, 1000 Friends of New Mexico. This program will be of interest to planners, architects and landscape architects, and will satisfy continuing education requirements.
Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions for the panel.
The cost of the event is free to members of the school's alumni association and $25 for non-members. Seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve a seat, call John Miller, 277-7421 or jcmiller@unm.edu .
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico Arts of the Americas Institute (AAI), the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) and the City of Albuquerque's KiMo Theatre will host an international conference, free and open to the public, to explore “Religion as Art” at the NHCC Wednesday, May 12, through Friday, May 14.
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is the main focus, but proceedings will also include discussions of Sufism and Yoruba beliefs related to artistic expression.
The three-day conference features 32 scholars on eight panels in an interdisciplinary framework incorporating experts from the arts as well as the social sciences, humanities, physical sciences, medicine and law.
In conjunction with the conference, a concert will be held at the KiMo Theatre on May 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for seniors/students, and $8 for adults, and are available through www.ticketmaster.com or through the KiMo Box Office, 768-3544.
The concert highlight is the premiere of a symphonic piece composed by internationally renowned composer Arturo Márquez based on the Guadalupe cult and religious belief. The UNM Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jorge Pérez-Gómez will perform the piece. Other performances include a group on the Bata Drums, Arabic music performed by Ali Racy and Souhail Kaspar, a performance by Turkish musician Latif Bolat, musical narrations of Guadalupe, Orisha and Sufi poems, devotional songs and more.
Steven Loza, Ph.D., director of the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute, planned the conference. Loza, who is a noted ethnomusicologist and author of several books including, “Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles,” and past director of the UCLA Mexican Arts Series, will facilitate the following panel discussions in the NHCC Wells Fargo Auditorium:
• Wednesday, May 12, 3:30 – 6 p.m., Panel 1: The Spirit of Guadalupe: Religion as Art in New Mexico
7 – 9 p.m., Panel 2: The Spirit of Guadalupe: Immigration, Economics, and Human Rights
• Thursday, May 13, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m., Panel 3: Visual and Media Art, Aesthetics, Religion, and the Legacy of Our Lady of Guadalupe
11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Panel 4: Guadalupe and the Historical Interpretation of Religion as Art
2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Panel 5: Musical Relationships of Faith and Art
7 p.m. – Concert Performance (KiMo Theatre)
• Friday, May 14, 9:30 a.m. – noon, Panel 6: Comparative Concepts: Guadalupe and the Orishas of Africa, Cuba, and Brazil
1– 3:30 p.m., Panel 7: Religion, Art, and Musical Expression: Comparative Perspectives
4 – 6 p.m., Panel 8: Guadalupe and the Native American Experience
“ Research and theoretical discourse centering on Guadalupe and the other cross-comparative topics of the conference necessitates interdisciplinary methods,” Loza said. “La Virgen de Guadalupe especially demands such scholarly treatment because of the intercultural relationships represented by her and the interactive and diverse means and practices of individuals devoted to her.”
“To many, la Virgen transcends the issues and categories of class, ethnicity, gender, age, ideology and even religion. As scholars, how do we account for such possibilities?” Loza added. “We cannot exclusively rely on preconceived methodologies or theory. The goals of the proposed conference include not only a critique of this heated argument, but a matrix of both intellectual and intuitive alternatives.”
Among scholars invited to present at the conference are Francisco Miranda Godínez, professor of history at El Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico; Akin Euba, professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh, and Ali Jihad Racy, UCLA professor of ethnomusicology.
A sampling of local presenters include Tobías Durán, director of UNM's Center for Regional Studies, Enrique LaMadrid, acting director of UNM Chicano Studies and professor of Spanish; Miguel Gandert, UNM professor of art and photography; Janice Schuetz, UNM professor of communications and religious studies; Maria Williams, UNM professor of music; and Margaret Montoya, UNM law professor.
UNM Press will publish proceedings of the conferences. Additionally, a professional recording of the symphonic piece by Arturo Márquez will be produced through a CD and/or DVD production with notes and will be released and published jointly by the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute. The UNM Symphony Orchestra will record the piece under the direction of Pérez Gómez.
The conference is also sponsored by UNM Center for Regional Studies, the Guadalupe Institute, UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM Division of Student Affairs, Instituto Cervantes, UNM Religious Studies Program, UNM Department of Music, UNM African American Studies, University of Notre Dame and UNM Chicano Studies.
For more information or to reserve a space at the conference, call the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute, 277-2286. A full conference description can be seen at www.unm.edu/~aaiinfo/mayconference.htm .
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
University of New Mexico anthropology student Stephanie Ford has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study Maori culture in New Zealand, following her graduation in May.
Ford will attend classes at the University of Auckland, study the Maori language, and participate in a study of how New Zealand protects, preserves and interprets Maori traditional culture and archaeological sites.
Ford, a UNM Regent's Scholar from Tacoma, Wash., was a high school exchange student in Germany and, in 2002, studied at Flinders University in Australia through the UNM international exchange program. She has been involved in a number of archaeological field studies in Australia and the United States.
“Stephanie has an impressive record of academic scholarship and accomplishments. Her experience conducting fieldwork in indigenous communities in Australia and the U.S. will significantly contribute to the success of her project in New Zealand. She was an exceptional candidate for the Fulbright grant,” said Les Field, associate professor of anthropology and a member of the Campus Fulbright Committee.
The Fulbright Student Program awards approximately 1,000 grants annually from a pool of 5,000 to 6,000 applicants. The program, funded by the U.S. Congress and more than 140 other countries, was established in 1946 by the late Senator J. William Fulbright, to foster student exchanges as an alternative to war and conflict.
Applications for the 2005-06 student awards will be available by the end of April online at www.iie.org/fulbright or on campus in the Office of International Programs & Studies, Mesa Vista 2111.
For more information, contact Ken Carpenter, associate director of International Programs & Studies, 277-4032, or e-mail carpenk@unm.edu .
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales
The first-ever celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium at UNM will be held Monday, April 19, from 12 to 6 p.m. at the Student Union Building in Ballrooms A and B. Sponsored by the PROFOUND (Program of Research Opportunities For UNDergraduates) office, the event will showcase research undergraduates are conducting on campus through the program.
“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 about their research efforts and the PROFOUND program,” said Theresa Lopez, PROFOUND program coordinator. The event will be held annually she added.
More than 50 students from 27 UNM departments on main and north campus are participating in the symposium. Students will have opportunities to present their research with poster judging at 2 p.m. At 4 p.m., prizes will be awarded to the top students in four categories, with cash awards donated by the New Mexico American Vacuum Society and the PROFOUND program.
Larry Crumpler, Mars Rover project scientist and research curator for Volcanology and Space Science at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, will provide the keynote address. Crumpler’s lecture titled, “Electronic Geologists on Mars: Field Research with the Mars Exploration Rovers,” will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Additionally, Teresita Aguilar, dean of Graduate Studies, will talk about graduate school opportunities at 12:30 p.m.
PROFOUND was established in 2003 to offer undergraduates research experience with faculty mentors and to improve communication among departments about faculty conducted research on campus.
“Undergraduate research currently provides on-campus funding opportunities for over 400 undergraduates as they pursue their education, which assists greatly with student retention and academic performance,” said Robert Duncan, Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts and Sciences, and Physics professor. “Many other undergraduates conduct research for academic credit and as part of their honors thesis work.
“Students at UNM have the opportunity to work within leading research programs and with excellent researchers in almost every discipline. In the classroom we ask students to answer all the questions, while in our research program we ask the students to team with us as we question all the answers.”
Lopez added the value of the symposium will not only get students recognition from their peers and faculty, but they will learn how to prepare for national conferences and participation in this event will strengthen their applications to graduate school or for research positions.
The symposium is open to the public. For more information about the event or PROFOUND visit the website at: http://www.unm.edu/~profound/, via e-mail at profound@unm.edu, or contact Theresa Lopez at (505) 277-0528.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
University of New Mexico’s Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts and Sciences and Physics Professor Robert Duncan has been named the Gordon and Betty Moore Distinguished Scholar at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy.
Each of the four operational divisions of Caltech name one Moore Distinguished Scholar every year. Duncan will accept the appointment during a sabbatical leave from UNM.
“Many people don’t realize that we have a wonderful world-class research effort at UNM that helps attract over $255 million per year in contracts and grants,” said Duncan. “Many of our faculty members hold key research leadership positions in their respective professional societies. The other fine universities within New Mexico sustain excellent research programs as well, and we are fortunate to have large federal investments in New Mexico through the national laboratories, and by other major research institutions.
“Programs such as PROFOUND (Program of Research Opportunities FOr UNDergraduates) help leverage this excellent research position at UNM to contribute to our lead teaching mission, by including our undergraduates in many of our research efforts.”
The Moore Distinguished Scholars program was created through a $300 million gift from Gordon and Betty Moore, founders of Intel Corporation, to support distinguished scientists as visitors to Caltech.
“Moore Scholars are invited to Caltech specifically for the mutual benefits that will follow from their presence on our campus and their association with the faculty and students of the Institute,” said T.A. Tombrello, chair, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at Caltech.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The Department of English at the University of New Mexico honors retiring Professor Hugh Witemeyer with a one-day conference, “Literature and the University,” on Friday, April 16 in Zimmerman Library's Willard Reading Room on the UNM campus.
“The event is different than any we've ever held for a retiring professor,” said Scott Sanders, department chair. Sanders said that in addition to exploring Witemeyer's literary areas of interest and expertise, the event focuses on university governance, a focal point of much of Witemeyer's service work.
Among participants and presenters is Reed Way Dasenbrock, dean of UNM's College of Arts & Sciences, who will discuss the place of Dante's lyrics in Ezra Pound's cantos. Edward P. Walkiewicz, English professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, collaborated with Witemeyer on the UNM Press publication, “ Ezra Pound and Senator Bronson Cutting: a political correspondence, 1930-193 5.”
He will attend and present, “Masculinity, Misogyny, and Violence in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.”
English doctoral candidate Mary Friedman Blum will present, “The Great War: The Greater Love,” taken from her dissertation.
Poet Simon Ortiz, University of Toronto, and Gene Frumkin, UNM professor emeritus of creative writing are featured.
“This is an opportunity to honor Hugh, but also to showcase the best of what we do in the department,” Sanders said.
Former UNM President and Professor of Political Science F. Chris Garcia will chair, “The University and Its Governance,” from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Panelists include Jane Slaughter, chair, Department of History; Beulah Woodfin, emerita professor of biochemistry and molecular biology; and Mary Burgan, general secretary, American Association of University Professors.
An afternoon session on Victorian and American literature features Cheryl Fresch and Gail Turley Houston, faculty in the department, and Dieter Schulz, professor of American Studies at the University of Heidelberg.
“We are grateful for the support we've gotten from other departments in Arts & Sciences that has allowed the department to put on this event,” Sanders said.
For a complete schedule of events, call Scott Sanders at 277-6347.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Peter M. Whiteley, the curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, will lecture on Hopi and Native American culture at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, in the UNM Anthropology lecture hall, Rm. 163.
“Why Anthropology Needs More History: Some Hopi & Other Native American Cases,” will be presented by Whiteley as the topic of the Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) distinguished lecture. The journal has been published quarterly by UNM since 1945.
Whiteley is a widely respected ethnologist, specializing in Native American cultures of the Southwest, notably Hopi and Rio Grande Pueblos. He has done extensive work for government agencies, providing evidence in legal cases and conducting research as a consultant for the Hopi and other tribes.
Whiteley is the first UNM Ph.D. in anthropology to present the JAR lecture. He earned his masters in anthropology in 1978 and his doctorate in 1982, both from UNM. He also holds bachelors and masters in archeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. Whitely was born in Leicester, England.
He has published four books, most recently “Rethinking Hopi Ethnography” (Smithsonian Institution Press), which won the 1995 Southwest Book Award.
On Friday, April 23 at noon in Anthropology Rm. 178, Whiteley will participate in a seminar; “Applying Ethnology in the Courtroom: Virtues & Vices in Adversarial Research.”
Both events are free and open to the public. The Anthropology Building is located on the UNM campus near Roma Ave. and Redondo Rd.
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
Tori Hobbs has been named chief development officer at the Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at the University of New Mexico. Hobbs most recently served as the director of United Way of Central New Mexico’s community fundraising campaign, where she oversaw the strategic planning and management for the workplace campaign.
“As a graduate of ASM it is an honor to return and work with faculty and staff, donors, alumni, corporations and friends of Anderson to provide the future resources to remain competitive and increase economic development for New Mexico,” said Hobbs.
During Hobbs tenure as director, the United Way overall campaign increased more than six percent annually including 6.5 percent in 2002 and 9 percent in 2003. Duties as director included gathering data, analyzing information and preparing reports to assist chair in reaching overall fundraising goal, training and managing employees and cultivating and managing major corporate accounts among others.
Hobbs has spent her entire career at the United Way of Central New Mexico. She was hired as a loaned executive in Aug. 1998 and assisted company representatives in managing the company-wide fundraising campaign. In Jan. 1999, she became a development officer with 185 corporate accounts valued at more than $1.45 million.
Two years later Hobbs became a senior development officer, which included training new development officers and helping to develop strategic fundraising plans for accounts. In April 2002, she became the director of campaign.
Hobbs is also involved in several professional organizations including the New Mexico Chapter of the American Marketing Association, where she is currently the vice president of membership, and as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America.
Hobbs graduated from UNM with a bachelor in business administration in 1998.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico presents the 2004 Clauve Outstanding Senior Awards to six students on Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in a ceremony at the Student Union Building ballroom. The awards will be presented as part of the UNM Recognition Reception.
This year's recipients are Jenny French, Fredrick James Efu-Awich, Jennifer Onuska, Amanda Sims, James (Trey) Smith, and Kwame-Rugunda. The Clauve Awards are given to UNM seniors who have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. The award is based on leadership and involvement as well as academics.
Jenny French is a political science major who has served in various capacities on Panhellenic Council throughout her UNM career including president, secretary/treasurer and risk management chair. She has served the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority as chapter president, vice-president , and class representative. She is also involved with Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM) and as a senator has served, elections commissioner, and finance chair. She is active with UNM boards and committees, working as a member of the Student Fee Review Board, a member of the Campus Safety and Security Committee, a member of the Library Committee and a member of the SUB Grand Opening Committee. She has also completed an internship with student activities as the Greek life representative.
Fredrick James Efu-Awich is a biology major who combines activism with academics. He is a member and honoree of Phi Beta Kappa, making both the Honor Roll and the Dean's List. He has received an Amigo International Scholarship and an Enterprise Scholarship, and is a tutor for athletics and the African-American Student Services Center . He was homecoming king in 2002, and is a founding member and secretary of Africa's Friends Reaching the International Community for Africa . A.F.R.I.C.A. reaches out to inform the campus community through discussions and movies about problems facing the African continent. Efu-Awich is also a founding member and parliamentarian of the first fraternity established for UNM's African-American students on campus, an elections commissioner for ASUNM, and representative to the joint faculty-senate Committee on International Affairs.
Jennifer Onuska is a political science major completing who puts her academic background into practice as she completes her second year as president of Associated Students of the University of New Mexico. She has initiated several new programs, including spring and fall campus clean-up events, and a special group to involve more students in community service. She is a member of the Chi Omega Sorority, and a member of the Trailblazers Student Alumni Association. She has served as a Rho Gamma recruitment counselor for the Panhellenic Council, and serves on a number of student government boards, including the Student Fee Review Board, the Planning Council, the Budget Subcommittee of the Planning Council and UNM Lobos for Legislation, a student lobbying group. She has received a number of academic scholarships including the New Mexico Lottery Success, Scholarship, the UNM Alumni Scholarship, the UNM General Honors Program Stipend, the Chi Omega Symphony Scholarship Award and is a Presidential Scholar. She has also participated in the UNM Honors Program.
Amanda Sims is majoring in criminology, and serves as the vice president of ASUNM. In this capacity, she presides over the student senate and is a voting member of the Student Fee Review Board. She has served in a variety of positions with the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, and as chair of the Panhellenic council, as well as a Rho Gamma recruitment guide, and as a member of the Trailblazers Student Alumni Association. She has served as a research assistant for the UNM Institute for Social Research, and done research on Crime Statistics and National Crime Prevention Programs, such as Project Safe Neighborhood. Sims has received the Manuel Lujan Excellence in Education Scholarship, and the Class of 1942 Memorial Alumni Scholarship. She has also been the UNM Greek Woman of the Year, and has received an Outstanding Senator Award from ASUNM. She is a member of the Order of Omega Honor Society.
James (Trey) Smith is an English major who has worked to give others a voice. He organized the UNM Speech and Debate Society when the Communications and Journalism department cut the speech and debate program. The society now hosts the largest high school speech and debate tournament in the state. He also chairs the UNM chapter of the Green Party, and was has recently been elected chair of the Bernalillo County Green Party. The College Greens are an active political group on campus. Smith serves as secretary for Students for Clean Energy, is a co-founder of the Albuquerque Student Alliance for Progress, and a member of the Honors Student Advisory Council, the UNM chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and UNM-NARAL. He is the special events coordinator for the Student Union Building, where he works as a manager and serves as an undergraduate representative and secretary of the KUNM Radio Board. He has received the Manzano Faculty Scholarship, and volunteers as a speech coach for Manzano High School, where he was selected the 2003 New Mexico Speech Coach of the Year. In the UNM Honors Program he worked with Professor Dawn Stracener to develop a class on living eastern legacies and co-taught with her.
Kwame-Rugunda is an engineering major from Uganda . He is a co-founding member and the first president of A.F.R.I.C.A. He is also a member of the Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, the Copiera Club and the Study Abroad Committee. Rugunda has worked directly with the international studies program to initiate contact with African schools so that UNM can more successfully recruit international students. He mounted a campaign to raise funds for an African student at UNM who had lost his athletic scholarship so he could remain in school long enough to secure another scholarship. Rugunda is a math, physics and engineering tutor, and a member of the Kappa Mu Epilson Math Honor Society. He also works with the Good Shepherd home to assist in feeding the homeless community.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
A team of researchers, including Tobias Fischer, assistant professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences and graduate student Maarten de Moor from the University of New Mexico, are joining representatives of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego (UCSD), Carnegie Institution of Washington and Boston University to take part in the National Science Foundation-funded project
The MARGINS initiative, an expedition to study plate tectonics near the Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States located at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, will take place April 11-23.
Scientists have chosen the 1,500-mile-long chain as one of two places in the world to study some of the most challenging questions in plate tectonics.
Other members on the team include: David Hilton, associate professor of Geochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; Erik Hauri, research scientist, Carnegie Institution; Alison Shaw, postdoctoral researcher, Carnegie Institution; Lillie Jaffe, graduate student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; and Jenn Wade, graduate student, Boston University.
The research team is looking for a better understanding of subduction zones where material is routed from Earth’s surface to its interior and to determine the composition of volatiles emitted from the magmas that lie below to the Earth’s surface. They will also quantify the emission rates of the volatiles to the atmosphere. Findings might also reveal how the atmosphere that sustains life on Earth was created and how it continues to evolve.
The group, which will be split into two to cover and sample as much of the Marianas as possible, will traverse nine islands in the Mariana chain that begins in the south and extends northward into the heart of Japan.
The Mariana Islands have a history of occupation by a succession of different peoples and had a pivotal role as the site of history-making events during World War II. The Mariana Islands have seen ancient mariners, atomic bombs and the occupation of several civilizations on its shores in the past 4,000 years.
Students and others interested in learning more about volcanoes, the Mariana Islands or just the life of a scientist in the field, can follow the expedition on a daily basis on the website: http://sio.ucsd.edu/marianas
Students can also send related questions about the science and the researchers’ day-to-day experiences, along with your age and location to: volcano@ucsd.edu
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
University of New Mexico Professor of German Peter Pabisch has been bringing the language and culture of the German speaking world to students in the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. For almost a decade before his arrival, the study of German was part of the curriculum in Modern and Classical Languages, now Foreign Languages and Literatures, in UNM’s College of Arts & Sciences. Pabisch retires in May, at semester’s end.
In honor of the program, its accomplishments and goals, Pabisch has organized, “Pioneering ‘German Studies’ in the Trans-Atlantic Context: 40 years innovative German program at the University of New Mexico 1964-2004,” an interdisciplinary conference April 12-19 at UNM.
“The content of the program reminds us that at UNM we have been instrumental in furthering German Studies on an international level,” Pabisch said.
“German Studies is more than the study of the language and the conference is more than an academic event,” Pabisch said. History, political science, education, economics, fine art and music are all featured during the event as well as being reflected in German Studies curriculum.
The conference features “open doors,” or an opportunity for participants to sit in on German classes from introductory conversation courses through advanced classes on
German literature and a graduate seminar on the plays of Schnitzler, Freud, Mahler and Klimt.
“German at UNM,” a display of interdisciplinary activities and programs, will be on exhibit all week in Ortega Hall.
Another exhibit features the work of Viennese artist Georg Eisler at the Univeristy Museum.
In keeping with Pabisch’s tradition of bringing experts from the German-speaking world to New Mexico, Stefan Pickl, from Cologne, presents, “The Kyoto Protocol as a Concept for the Atlantic Bridge Idea,” on Monday, April 12 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the Ortega Hall Reading Room.
On Friday, April 16, a lecture series is presented. Among speakers is former UNM faculty George Peters, now at Michigan State University, presenting, “Jewish Life and Culture in Berlin Today.” UNM-Gallup Professor Peter Handeland presents, “A Transatlantic Effort: Teaching German to Navajo High School and College Students.”
On Friday evening from 4-6 p.m., the music of Hanns Eisler will be featured in Keller Hall. UNM music department faculty Falko Steinbach and Leslie Umphrey will be featured as well as Krzysstof Zimowski, concert master, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. The event is free and open to the public.
A concert by Musica Antigua de Albuquerque is featured Saturday, April 17 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Ortega Lounge. “They will present Renaissance music at the courts of the Habsburgs Maximilian I and Charles V,” Pabisch said. This semester he is teaching a course on the connections between the European Habsburgs and New Mexico.
“The Atlantic Bridge connects us to the European Union, especially Germany, Austria and Switzerland while maintaining strong ties with Mexico through Camino Real activities. Our goal is to show people that New Mexico’s history and people have long been connected with Europe, not just Spain but the entire continent,” Pabisch said.
Among honorary committee members is Governor Bill Richardson, Austrian Consul General Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal and Governor Dieter Patt, Kreiss Neuss, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Among sponsors is the Max Kade Foundation, Austrian Cultural Forum, German Academic Exchange Service and the Austrian-American Consul of New Mexico as well as many UNM schools, colleges and departments.
For a complete list of conference activities, call Monica Fresquez at 277-5335.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Three members of the University of New Mexico community who made outstanding contributions to international programs and education in the last year will be honored at a ceremony Wednesday, April 14, 3-4:30 p.m. in the History Department Commons, Mesa Vista Hall 1106 on the UNM campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Professor Michael Campana, Earth & Planetary Sciences and director of the UNM Water Resources Program, will receive an International Excellence Award for his efforts to improve water resources throughout the developing world. Campana has worked with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and a number of other international agencies to promote sustainable development of water resources in regions from Central America to Central Asia.
For a number of years he has taken groups of UNM students to work on water development projects in rural Honduras.
“The Honduras program is one of the best international opportunities available to UNM students. The participants live and work with local people in rural villages, learn real problems and solutions for sustainable development, and make a great contribution to improving people's lives. What they learn in Honduras they can apply in their eventual careers in New Mexico or other parts of the world,” said Ken Carpenter, associate director of International Programs & Studies.
The staff recipient of the International Excellence Award goes to Robyn Côté, program coordinator, Latin American & Iberian Institute. Côté, who has bachelor's and master's degrees from UNM, is responsible for a number of international exchange and intensive language programs for UNM students in Spain and Latin America. She also works as an administrator with the Brazilian Studies Association, housed on the UNM campus, the Guanajuato Summer Law Institute, and a number of other UNM programs in Spain and Latin America.
William Stanley, interim director of the Latin American & Iberian Institute, said, “She provides outstanding service in her advising and support for international students as well as our domestic students on study abroad programs, her promotion of international collaborations for faculty members, and her contributions to UNM areas studies.”
A third International Excellence Award will go to Jason Ben-Meir, a doctoral candidate in sociology. Ben-Meir came to UNM in 2000 after serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco and working and studying in Israel. While at UNM, Ben-Meir received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to coordinate a rural forestry project for several Moroccan communities.
He has also worked with homeless women and at-risk teenagers in Albuquerque and Taos. Ben-Meir teaches an undergraduate sociology course, “Participatory Community Development,” which compares efforts to improve communities in New Mexico to those in developing countries around the world.
For more information contact: Ken Carpenter, International Programs & Studies, 277-4032, E-mail: carpenk@unm.edu .
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Native American activist Dennis Banks will present a talk based on his recent autobiography "Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement," as part of the University of New Mexico Native American Studies Spring 2004 Lecture Series.
Banks will speak Monday, April 19, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lobo Room of the UNM Student Union. A reception will be held 30 minutes prior and a one-hour discussion will follow. Banks will sign copies of his book from 8-8:30 p.m.
An Anishinabe born on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota, Banks co-founded the American Indian Movement in 1968. He recently founded the non-profit Nowa Cumig Institute to support Native American youth programs and the Indian community. Proceeds from his "Still Strong" CD, re-released in 2001, benefit the organization.
Banks now resides on the Leech Lake Reservation with his family and runs Dennis Banks Company producing American Indian food products such as wild rice and maple syrup grown organically on the reservation. All products are available at DennisBanks.com.
While visiting UNM's Native American Studies program, Banks will also meet informally with students. For more information, call 277-3917.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
The Mexican American Law Student Association at the University of New Mexico School of Law will honor the Hispano Round Table of New Mexico at the Ninth Annual Fighting for Justice Banquet on Saturday, April 17, from 6-9 p.m., at the Double Tree Hotel.
The Hispano Round Table of New Mexico is a coalition of several organizations which exchange information and organize on matters of interest.
A keynote speaker at the banquet will be New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Edward L. Chavez, an alumni of UNM. Chávez graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978 with a B.B.A. degree. He went on to attend the University of New Mexico School of Law and received his J.D. in 1981.
For more information contact Roxie DeSantiago at 363-3302 or visit the school's website at http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/announcements/malsa.htm
Contact: Pablo Siefert (505) 277-5813
University of New Mexico Political Science Professor Christine Sierra has launched a three-year study on the role of gender and race as it relates to elected officials in the United States.
The first of its kind, Sierra said, the study was funded by a $680,000 Ford Foundation grant this past summer. The project is a comprehensive examination of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of America's increasingly diverse elected leadership at local, state and national levels. The study will focus on African American, Hispanic and Asian American elected officials.
The study is timely given America's demographic change and its impact on the country's leadership ranks, she said. The 2000 United States Census points to an urgent need to understand the role of gender and race/ethnicity in today's elected leaders and how diversified leadership is becoming incorporated into the governing structures of a nation projected to be “majority-minority” in the next fifty years, Sierra said.
Sierra will conduct the study “Gender and Multicultural Leadership: The Future of Governance,” with co-principal investigators Carol Hardy-Fanta, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Boston; Pei-te Lien, Department of Political Science and Ethnic Studies, University of Utah; and Dianne M. Pinderhughes, Department of Political Science and Afro-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“Related to this award and project, I was invited by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University to be a visiting professor this year. I spent fall semester at Rutgers and will return for the month of June,” Sierra said.
“The role women of color play in the exercise of representative government and democratic politics is a central concern in this study. As elected officials, women of color are most prominent on local school boards and in municipal government. At the same time, their slow but unprecedented rise to state-level and federal office, including the U.S. Congress, signals their increasing prominence among America's political leaders. Women of color now comprise a significant percentage of the total number of elected officials from their respective racial/ethnic groups – at rates that surpass those for women in general,” Sierra said.
Other issues addressed through this project will include:
• Need for Information : This study will provide important baseline data of a new emergent political leadership for America in the 21st century. Subjects for investigation include dimensions of identity politics (race, ethnicity, and gender), motives for seeking political office, trajectories into elective office, political attitudes and representational roles in office and public policy perspectives.
• Contributions to Scholarship : The role women of color play in the exercise of representative government and democratic politics is a central concern of this study. Accordingly, this project asks how gender, race, and ethnicity, independently or in combination, impact women (and men) of color as they seek and hold elective office.
• Inform Public Policy Debates : This study seeks to contribute to the public debate on major issues of national policy. The study's inclusion of questions relevant to timely and contested issues such as affirmative action, immigration and immigrant rights, voting rights and redistricting will provide a sound, analytical basis from which to assess how these questions figure into the politics of minority elected officials.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
The University of New Mexico’s Provost’s Committee announced the 2004 Provost’s Outstanding Staff awards at a ceremony honoring the recipients today.
Outstanding individual staff awardees include: Sarah Dilmore, Economics; B. Sue Garley, Speech and Hearing Sciences; and Jerry Pilkinton, Physical Plant. In addition, the outstanding workgroup honored was the team at the UNM Art Museum including Tyler Anderson, Linda Bahm, Kelvin Beliele, Michael Certo, Kathleen Howe, Kathryn Guscott, Chris Jones, Ursula Mines, Sarah Otto-Diniz, Lee Savary, Shelley Simms, Laura Downey Staneff, Bonnie Verardo and Chip Ware.
“Through their dedication to service, their interactions with others, and their willingness to take initiative, they embody the highest standards and ideals of the University of New Mexico,” said Brian Foster, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.
The PCSAD organizes and coordinates the annual Outstanding Staff awards program and recommends candidates to the provost, who then makes the final decision on the awardees.
Nominations and subsequent selections were based on extraordinary service including going beyond the duties listed in the job description in service to UNM and or the community; University values, including excellence, integrity and professionalism, diversity within academic community, creativity and initiative, academic freedom and student success; and substantial contribution to significant team or department accomplishment.
The PCSAD was organized and formed in 1989 to assist the provost in determining what activities would provide UNM staff with opportunities for growth, recognition and service.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
Graduate programs in engineering, fine arts, law and medicine at the University of New Mexico are ranked among the best in the nation in the April 5 issue of U.S. News & World Report. The listing of America's best graduate schools for 2005 includes eight UNM programs.
For the first time, a specialty program in the UNM School of Engineering is included in the top 50 rankings. Graduate programs rated the best by engineering school department heads show UNM tied for No.46 in the new category of Electrical/Electronic/Communications. Also, computer engineering at UNM is ranked No. 62 in the nation. Both fields of study are included in the UNM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“There is a pride and a camaraderie that comes with this ranking,” said Christos Christodoulou, professor and chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering. “Everybody here is very proud because everybody wants to be part of a class act. Our students are proud to be in a place like this because they know their job opportunities go way up.”
Holding its position as second best in the nation is the UNM Department of Fine Arts graduate program in photography, tied with the Rhode Island School of Design. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is No. 1.
UNM's College of Fine Arts printmaking program, which includes the prestigious Tamarind Institute, is ranked No. 11 nationally. For its master of fine arts program, UNM is in a nine-way tie at No. 45.
In the category of law specialties, the clinical training program at the UNM School of Law is tied for the No. 7 position with Yale University. Both the UNM School of Law and the UNM School of Engineering placed within the top 100 programs nationally.
For the 14 th consecutive year, the UNM School of Medicine is included in the top 15 schools in the country with a primary care curriculum and is ranked 12th nationally. In medical specialty categories, UNM is second in the teaching of rural medicine for the 10th consecutive year and ranked 10th in family medicine. Rankings are for 125 medical schools.
Each year U.S News ranks graduate programs in the areas of business, education, engineering, law and medicine. Rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research and students. For the rankings in all five areas, indicator and opinion data come from surveys of more than 1,000 programs and nearly 9,100 academic faculty and other professionals, conducted each fall.
Additional rankings for Best Graduate Schools 2005 are available at the website www.usnews.com .
Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816
Professor A. Dan Tarlock, distinguished professor of law and director of the Environmental and Energy Law program at Chicago-Kent College of Law, will speak at the University of New Mexico School of Law Wednesday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in room 2402.
His talk, “Ecosystem Restoration of the Colorado Delta,” is free and open to the public.
Tarlock is an internationally recognized expert in environmental, land and water use law. He has published a treatise “Law of Water Rights and Resources” and is co-author of four casebooks. A frequent consultant to local, state, federal and international agencies, from 1989 to 1992 Tarlock was chair of a National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council committee to study water management in the western United States. He is currently one of three United States special legal advisors to the NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation.
Marilyn O'Leary, director of the Utton Transboundary Resources Center at the UNM School of Law, invited Tarlock to speak to an international water law class she teaches.
“As we struggle to find solutions for our water resource management problems we have a responsibility to solicit ideas and knowledge from recognized experts. Professor Tarlock is an expert of such stature that all students, both graduate and undergraduate and members of the community must be invited to hear him,” O'Leary said.
There will be a question and answer period following the talk.
For more information call 277-5655.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Albuquerque attorneys Edward Ricco and David Stout were honored at the New Mexico Law Review's 4th Annual Excellence in Jurisprudence Awards Banquet held recently at the University of New Mexico.
The law review, a component of the UNM School of Law, is a student-edited, general legal journal published three times a year.
Justice Gene E. Francini presided at the banquet honoring the two attorneys, both prolific brief writers who have argued extensively before New Mexico as well as federal appellate courts.
Attorney Bruce Hall presented Ricco with his award. Ricco earned his J.D. from UNM in 1980 and has been with Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., since 1981. While in law school, he was lead articles editor for the UNM Natural Resources Journal. He is actively involved in the field of health care law.
Ricco is a UNM adjunct professor of law teaching appellate advocacy. He frequently speaks on appellate practice topics at continuing legal education seminars and has given presentations on health law, legal writing and other law related subjects.
Stout earned his J.D. from UNM in 1982. A partner in Carpenter & Stout, Ltd., since early 2003, he practiced previously with the law firm of Carpenter and Chavez, Ltd., specializing in personal injury, products liability and insurance bad faith. He was president of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 2002-2003, and editor-in-chief, New Mexico Trial Lawyer, April 1994 to June 2000.
The law review's annual banquet provides recognition to legal professionals who have contributed to shaping jurisprudence through excellence in legal research, reasoning and writing.
When it began publishing in 1971, the mission of the New Mexico Law Review, the only general legal journal in the state, was to serve as a crucible for scholarly discussion of legal issues unique to New Mexico. Since then, the law review has fulfilled that mission by serving as the major outlet for professional and student scholarship on important developments in New Mexico law. With the globalization of the law in recent years, the publication broadened coverage to include scholarship of national and international significance.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
More than 100 University of New Mexico students are listed in the 2004 edition of “Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” Campus nominating committees chose the students on the basis of leadership and community involvement
Assistant Director of Student Activities, Susan Corban said, “There are so many outstanding students doing wonderful things at UNM that it's great to have this opportunity to recognize them.” The Who's Who recipients, including 103 UNM students, will be acknowledged at the annual recognition reception on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. They are:
Tracy Alexis
Thomas Andrews
James Aranda
Alonso Archuleta
Donnaleigh Arviso
Margarita Avita
Nichole Baker
Ben Baragiola
Johnyne Barraclough
Rozanna Benally
Ramon Blanch
Stephanie Bofman
Robert Butler
Amanda Carrillo
Loreto Catoira
Estevan C de Baca
Victor Chacon
Duandelyn Chatters
Dustin Conrad
Amy Cook
Buckner Creel
Echelle Crenshaw
Treyvon Davis
Max Dominguez
Cuoghi Edens
Fredrick Efu-Awich
Adrean Flores
Tiffany Freeman
Jenny French
Andy Friedenstein
Erika Gamboa
Veronica Garcia
Melanie Giron-Carpenter
Jacquelyn Gomez
Amanda Gonzales
Michael Gradoville
John Griego
Cynthia Griego
Erika Grijalva
Carlos Guillen
Amanda Gutierrez
James Gutierrez
Lauren Haggerty
Abby Hanson
Michelle Heidbrink
Meriah Heredia
David Herman
Scott Hudson
Saraswati Khalsa
Michele King
Aaron Kugler
Joshua LaClair
Justin Landis
Ashley Leach
Melissa Letter
Robert Duff Lill
Keith Lopez
Christopher Lujan
Irene Ma
Jonathan Maple
Leanora Mariano
Amanda Martinez
Benito Martinez, III
Christine Mathews
Ed Mazel
Louis Metzger
Kevin Mohr
Leona Morgan
Valoree Newton
Rosalyn Nguyen
Ndidi-Amaka Okoli
Dahlia Olsher
Jennifer Onuska
Daisy Ortega
Alyssa Overton
Ashlynne Padilla
Donna Padilla
Therese Padilla
Josh Parsons
Elizabeth Peck
Carina Perea
David Piech
Christine Prior
Christine Probasco
Pedro Arturo Ramos
Timothy Reed
Joseph Rohrer
Sean Romero
Matthew Ruybal
LeAnne Salazar
Valerie Sanchez
Jessica Santana-Price
Thomas Schawel
Steven Silva
Amanda Sims
Andrew Steele
Kevin Stevenson
Julia Tapia
Adam Treibel
Anna Tu
Chandra Tweet
Lorenzo Villarreal
Amanda Viltrakis
Amy Weber|
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Melissa Bokovoy, University of New Mexico associate professor of history and Regents' Lecturer, has been selected to present the annual Snead-Wertheim Endowed Lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the History Department Commons Room in Mesa Vista Hall on the UNM campus.
Bokovoy's lecture, “The Politics of Commemoration: Memory and Mourning in Serbia and Croatia, 1918-1941,” is free and open to the public. Bokovoy's topic has cross-disciplinary appeal, a goal of the selection committee, comprised of faculty from history and anthropology.
“As the only internal research fellowship available in-house for history, we value it highly,” said Jane Slaughter, history department chair.
The Snead-Wertheim Endowed Lectureship in Anthropology and History is awarded annually to a full-time, tenure-track faculty member alternately in the two departments. Annually since 1989, anthropology and history have collaborated in naming one of their faculty to the Snead-Wertheim Lectureship. The lectureship recognizes and supports significant scholarly activity by a faculty person in these two disciplines. The recipient receives a cash award and delivers a public lecture on his/her research during the spring semester. Next year's recipient will be announced at the lecture.
The Snead-Wertheim Lectureship, created in 1989 by Jerry and Mary Carole May Wertheim and James E. and Georgia Phillips Snead, was designed to benefit both anthropology and history. Wertheim and Snead are UNM alumni and attorneys in Santa Fe.
Honored to receive the recognition, Bokovoy said, “Endowments like the Snead-Wertheim lectureship are significant additions to the intellectual life of any department. Not only am I excited about presenting my research in public, but the additional funding has allowed me to travel to important archives in Serbia to complete the work on this project.”
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920