The University of New Mexico’s Voices of the Southwest: Culture of Water class will host a free workshop titled, “Redefining Our Water Culture: A Water Conservation Workshop,” Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, from 1 to 4 pm in the UNM Student Union Ballroom.
This workshop culminates the speaker series and lectures that examined the many different voices of water as exemplified by the urban, Native American, agricultural, legal, artistic, scientific, utilitarian, environmental and community vantage points. These voices consistently echoed the need to conserve water, our most precious natural resource.
The goal of the workshop is to assist local homeowners and businesses in the implementation of water conservation measures. The workshop will feature exhibits, talks and demonstrations by experts, a chance to network with your neighbors, opportunities to save money with government rebate programs, and provide information about the resources available in the Albuquerque area to help people implement conservation practices in their homes or businesses.
Workshop sessions include:
· Household Appliance Conservation Modification Demonstration
· Finding, Fixing, and Preventing Indoor Water Leaks
· Integrated Rainwater Catchment System
· Water Testing Demonstration
· Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Featured exhibitors and speakers include:
· Martin Heinrich, Albuquerque City Councilor
· John Stomp, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
· Richard Jennings, Earthwrights Designs
· Cat Shrier, Golder Associates
· Baker Morrow, Landscape Architect, Morrow, Reardon and Wilkinson
· Judith Phillips, UNM School of Architecture and Planning
· Joran Viers, Bernalillo County Extension Office
· Dr. Bill Turner, Waterbank.com
· Bob Heuer, UNM Department of Geography
· City of Albuquerque
· Arid Solutions, Inc.
· New Mexico Rural Water Association
· Sandia National Laboratories
· High Desert Worm Ranch
· Earthships
· Roman’s Rain Barrels
Parking is available at the Parking Structure at the intersection of Stanford and Redondo on the UNM campus. A downloadable campus map is available at http://www.unm.edu/campusmap.html. The Student Union Building (SUB) is Building #60.
For more information, contact Anthony Edward, Publicity Committee Chair, by email at aedward2@unm.edu, by calling (505) 265-5318, or by visiting: http://www.unm.edu/~wrp/ and clicking on the banner.
The Culture of Water class was made possible by a grant from UNM’s Evening and Weekend degree program as part of its Voices of the Southwest series. Instructors included Professors Basia Irland, José Rivera, Marilyn O’Leary and Michael E. Campana.
Contacts: Anthony Edwards, (505) 265-5318 or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning recently initiated a graduate certificate program in historic preservation and regionalism under the direction of Professor Chris Wilson, J.B. Jackson Chair of Cultural Landscape Studies. The program has now received funds from the George Pearl estate and Senate Bill 14 to create and support two endowed fellowships.
“The selected Pearl fellows would rotate on an annual or biannual basis, and recipients of these will be solicited regionally, nationally and possibly globally,” Wilson said.
“These distinguished professionals will infuse the school in historic preservation, design and planning with their perspectives and experiences through public lectures, guest seminars and direct interactions with students,” he said.
Roger Schluntz, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, said, “Mr. Pearl's foresight, generosity and solid support for this school and its programs might well serve as an outstanding example for other philanthropists and friends who care deeply about the stewardship of New Mexico's cultural heritage, its inspiring landscapes, as well as our fragile environment.”
Contacts: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Joseph L. Galloway, senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers and co-author of the national bestseller, We Were Soldiers Once … and Young, comes to the University of New Mexico this week for two appearances as part of the “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered” symposium.
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf has called Galloway “the finest combat correspondent of our generation – a soldier’s reporter and a soldier’s friend.” On May 1, 1998, Galloway was decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the Ia Drang Valley, in November 1965. His is the only medal of valor the U.S. Army awarded to a civilian for actions during the Vietnam War.
Galloway will talk about the events of the battle in the Ia Drang Valley, detailed in the book he co-authored with Lt. General Hal Moore (retired) and portrayed in the recent Mel Gibson movie, “We Were Soldiers.” The film will be shown, followed by discussion with Galloway who served as its advisor, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. in Anthropology 163 next to the Maxwell Museum on the UNM campus.
Galloway will also speak about his four tours as a civilian war correspondent in Vietnam during a lecture on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m., also in Anthropology 163.
As the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers, Galloway works in their Washington Bureau and is also author of a weekly column on military and national security affairs. He recently concluded a brief assignment as a special consultant to Gen. Colin Powell at the State Department.
A native of Refugio, Texas, he spent 22 years as a foreign and war correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International, and nearly 20 years as a senior editor and senior writer for U.S. News & World Report magazine.
His overseas postings include tours in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Singapore and three years as UPI bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union. During the course of 15 years of foreign postings, Galloway served four tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered the 1971 India-Pakistan War and half a dozen other combat operations. In 1990-1991 Galloway covered Desert Shield/Desert Storm, riding with the 24th Infantry Division (Mech) in the assault into Iraq.
Galloway received the National Magazine Award in 1991 for a U.S. News cover article on the 25th anniversary of the Ia Drang Battles, and the National News Media Award of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1992 for coverage of the Gulf War. In 2000 he received the President’s Award for the Arts of the Vietnam Veterans Association of America. In 2001 he received the BG Robert L. Denig Award for Distinguished Service presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association.
Galloway is a member of the advisory boards of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the nonprofit organization No Greater Love that was founded to assist the victims of war, the 1st Cavalry Division Association and the National Infantry Foundation. We Were Soldiers Once…and Young is presently in print in four different editions which have sold more than 1.2 million copies. He also co-authored Triumph Without Victory: The History of the Persian Gulf War for Times Books.
About “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered”
This multi-component public history of the Vietnam War includes displays and lectures at several venues on the UNM campus through mid-January 2005. “Vietnam Visions: Art from the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum” can be seen at the University Art Museum and Jonson Gallery. “Vietnam Voices: Letters Home” is on display at the Center for Southwest Research Gallery in Zimmerman Library. “Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side,” which features a collection of photos taken by North Vietnamese combat photographers, can be seen at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989
Judith Espinosa, director of the University of New Mexico’s Alliance for Transportation Research Institute, has been appointed chair of the Washington D.C. based Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP), a national transportation reform organization.
Espinosa will lead the effort to reauthorize the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century. As chair of STPP, she will advocate for increased funding for urban and rural transit systems and for the progression of alternative transportation choices.
“For fifteen years, STPP membership has spearheaded progressive policies to achieve balanced transportation choices, which have given communities better mobility and changed the way transportation serves our citizenry,” said Espinosa. “I am eager to collaborate with our national partners to accelerate and replicate the successful policies and services they have implemented within their regional and local areas.”
Espinosa, earned her doctor of jurisprudence at UNM, a masters in Public Health Administration at UCLA, and a bachelor of science in Nursing at UNM. She is former secretary for the New Mexico Departments of Transportation and the Environment.
Espinosa is known for her advocacy and public interest work in the areas of transportation and the environment and has been recognized for her dedication, locally and nationally. She served as a member of President Clinton’s Council for Sustainable Development.
Community Experience, an executive agency of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, was created to provide an opportunity to students to get involved in service projects benefiting the city of Albuquerque.
Photo cutline: UNM SUB student employee Samantha McNulty (l.) assists Misty Salaz, the SUB's communication and marketing specialist, in decorating the Giving Tree. Sponsored by the SUB, ASUNM's Community Experience and the SRCs, the tree features ornaments with the name of a foster child and a requested gift.
The group recently hosted a food drive to benefit Roadrunner Food Bank.
“We collected 763 pounds of food through donation spots all across the Student Union Building. We also trick-or-treated for food at various offices after putting up flyers notifying people of our project,” said Chelsea Armstrong, UNM senior and Community Experience organizer.
“The University of New Mexico, as the focal point of our community, has a responsibility to give back to Albuquerque and show our appreciation for community support,” said Saraswati Khalsa, director, Community Experience.
In addition to the food drive, the group also plans to put up a Giving Tree in the SUB on Monday, Nov. 29. It will remain up through Dec. 17. Individuals can take names, purchase gifts and bring them back to the SUB for distribution.
“The gifts will be donated to foster children around New Mexico,” Armstrong said. She said UNM students who are going home to communities around the state will deliver the gifts in their hometowns, expanding the group’s reach beyond Albuquerque.
Community Experience also hosts Spring Storm, an annual event organizing students, staff and faculty to be engaged in a one-day community improvement event.
They also host an annual blood drive.
For more information about Community Experience, call 277-0106.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
The Culture of Water Lecture Series and the Water Resources Program present a free public lecture, "Water As Sacred, Water As Commodity," presented by Dr. Bonnie Colby, Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. in Woodward Hall, rm. 101.
Colby is a professor at the University of Arizona in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Hydrology and Water Resources.
No other element embodies both the mystical and practical aspects of human community as fully as water. Revered in the world's great wisdom traditions and yet the subject of countless wars, water presents us with the paradox of conflict and transcendence.
In many parts of the world, water is now traded as a commodity. Water acquisitions and transfers have become an essential tool for maintaining reliable regional water supplies during drought. However, water transfers often create unintended social and environmental problems and require complex negotiations among multiple interests. Transactions that move water from traditional uses and rural communities to support urban sprawl and resort development are a stimulus for bitter conflict.
Innovative transactions can help to restore degraded watersheds and to sustain cultures and communities. Decades of worldwide experience with water transfers have shown that the types of arrangements for transferring water from one use and place to another are limited only by the creativity (and financial resources) of the parties involved.
Colby will discuss the many different aspects of water use during her lecture.
Woodward Hall is Building #82 on the UNM campus map at
Campus Map. Parking is available at the parking structure at the Redondo and Stanford.
Rosalie Otero, director of the University of New Mexico’s Honors Program, announced today that Governor Bill Richardson will teach an intensive course in state government during the spring 2005 semester.
“Throughout our 40-year history, the University Honors Program has produced leaders in politics, business, the arts and other areas,” Otero said. “It is fitting that the governor should choose to share his knowledge and expertise with Honors students, and we welcome this highly tangible contribution he is making to education in New Mexico.”
During the 16-week semester, Richardson will lecture on key issues facing New Mexico, including education, economic development and healthcare. He also will teach students about the roles of the governor and the state legislature, and students will learn how policy decisions are made. A key requirement of the class will be a final project in which students make a specific policy recommendation to the governor.
The course will be limited to 100 Honors and graduate students. The class will be divided into 10 discussion groups led by graduate students in political science, sociology, American studies, public health, public administration and education.
When initially contacted by the governor’s office about hosting a course in government, the Honors Program responded enthusiastically, according to Otero.
“We were delighted the governor would choose to teach in our program,” she said. “Our first thought was, ‘What a wonderful opportunity for our students.’”
Founded in 1961 by Dudley Wynn, the University of New Mexico’s Honors Program is one of the oldest in the nation. Students from all academic disciplines who maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 and higher may participate in the program. The program offers small, interdisciplinary courses that emphasize research, writing, and public speaking skills. A part of University College, the Honors Program functions as a discrete academic unit.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico College of Arts and Sciences has received $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. The grant provides funding to recruit science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors into teacher education programs.
“The schools are in need of teachers with an interest and enthusiasm in STEM content areas. The intent is to introduce teaching early on to these students as they are finishing up their majors. Giving them the opportunity to have early classroom experiences will let them know if teaching is a good career choice for them,” said Doug Earick, education outreach coordinator in UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences.
“The hypothesis is that we can improve the quality of math and science teaching in New Mexico schools by bringing to the profession those with a strong content background,” said Diane Marshall, UNM biology professor and principle investigator.
Earick said the students would take College of Education credits to become certified teachers.
“The grant offers the opportunity for students in STEM disciplines, as well as graduates, to get licensure with support to help fill a high need area,” said Kathryn Watkins, associate professor, director of secondary education, UNM College of Education and co-PI.
“We want to reach out to those students who are about to be seniors at the university. Perhaps they aren’t sure about going on to graduate school, say in biology. But maybe they would be interested in teaching biology,” Earick said.
The scholarship would provide up to $10,000 per year for one or two years to students selected for the program. The scholarship would help the student finish a final year in his or her undergraduate program plus provide for a following year of College of Education courses.
“It is hard for students to work while enrolled in teacher training because of student teaching. The grant makes it possible for them to take that step,” Marshall said.
In addition to identifying undergraduates in STEM majors, Earick said they are also looking at those who finished a degree and might be interested in teaching.
“We would follow these students into the classroom for the first year. We’ll be hiring master mentor teachers because we recognize that the first three years of teaching is critical. With greater support for new teachers, we would hope to retain more of these individuals as career educators,” Earick said.
The program does require a two-year teaching commitment for each year of the scholarship received, Earick said. In the spring, the program will offer a course on teaching environmental science.
“It is designed as an interdisciplinary course to draw a diverse group of potential teachers,” he said.
The course will be offered through the Biology Department and will incorporate working with children in informal and formal classroom experiences for the students enrolled.
Marshall said that she got on board because she recognized a need for science faculty to be involved if the program is to be successful.
“This is truly an altruistic gesture on the part of the PIs and the university. As PIs, we don’t get a summer salary for our work on the grant and the university isn’t getting any overhead. Our benefit is indirect. It is to help students to become great teachers,” Marshall said.
For more information or to apply for the Robert Noyce Scholarship, contact Doug Earick, 266-2070; Diane Marshall, 277-1168; or Kathryn Watkins, 277-8186.
University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera has been named a 2004-05 governing board member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). HACU is the nation’s leading voice for the higher education needs of the country’s largest ethnic population.
UNM has a long history with HACU. Dr. Eliseo Torres, vice president of Student Affairs, was one of the originators who met in San Antonio, Texas, in 1986 to develop the concept and the name. Torres was then at Texas A & M, Kingsville. The only New Mexico representative at the time was Gilbert Sanchez from New Mexico Highlands University. Once Torres came to UNM, he was designated the UNM representative to HACU by then-UNM President Richard Peck.
UNM is represented on the Alliance for Minority Serving Institutions, a HACU initiative. Last year, Torres took part in a Kellogg Foundation sponsored program to train minorities to serve in leadership roles in minority-serving institutions. This year, UNM is represented by Dr. Jerónimo Domínguez, UNM vice provost, Extended University.
At the HACU 18th annual conference last month, Alexander Gonzalez, president of California State University, Sacramento, was unanimously elected chair of the HACU governing board, joined by a new roster of officers and three new board members.
“HACU is excited to welcome the expertise, visionary leadership and extraordinary credentials that every new officer and board member brings to an association that will surely benefit with record new reach and results in the critical year ahead,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores.
The following were elected to serve with Gonzalez as governing board officers for 2004-2005: Valencia Community College-Osceola Campus (Florida) Provost Silvia Zapico, vice chair and chair-elect; University of the Sacred Heart (Puerto Rico) President Jose Jaime Rivera, secretary; and University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo, treasurer. As past board chair, Northeastern Illinois University President Salme Harju Steinberg remains a member of the board’s executive committee.
In addition to Caldera, two other governing board members were unanimously elected during HACU’s 18th annual conference in Miami, Fla., in October. They are Pima County (Arizona) Community College District Chancellor Roy Flores and Florida International University President Modesto Maidique.
“We are so pleased that UNM President Louis Caldera is on the governing board. He will find out about HACU’s latest programs and collaborations with the federal government that will be of benefit to our students and faculty,” Torres said.
HACU will hold their biannual international conference in Santa Fe, N.M., May 22-24, 2005. The conference is expected to draw national and international participants from higher education, business, non-profit organizations, and the federal, state and local governments. In addition to President Caldera and Vice President Torres from UNM, Director of Special Programs Tim Gutierrez, is on the conference planning committee.
As HACU governing board chair, Gonzalez will guide the board of an association that represents more than 390 colleges and universities that collectively serve more than two-thirds of all U.S. Hispanic higher education students. HACU’s international membership includes leading universities located throughout Latin America and Spain.
“I am honored to assume this new role for a respected national association with an international reach,” said Gonzalez. “Our membership represents those colleges and universities at the forefront of every major effort to address the education needs of our country’s fastest-growing college-age population. As a nation, we must embrace every opportunity to support these institutions. They will educate the next generation of innovators and leaders.”
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
When Research Assistant Professor Barbara Cohen was selected to be a part of one of two teams to search for meteorites last summer in the Antarctica (winter in the United States), little did she know that the teams’ findings would be rare. The expedition 10 months ago was part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA.
One of the samples, MIL 03346, was a Martian meteorite, one of only 31 ever found and identified as coming from the Red Planet. Another rare finding was a lunar meteorite, LAP 03632, one of about 30 known meteorites from the Moon. Cohen’s team discovered the lunar rock, while a second team on the same expedition discovered the Martian meteorite.
“Any Martian meteorite found is significant because there are so few that have ever been found,” said Cohen. “For example, if you had only two dozen Earth rocks, how much would you know about the Earth?
“MIL 03346 was the first meteorite examined by the Johnson Space Center and Smithsonian Institute. Part of the side was broken and it exposed the inside, so the team knew it was something very unusual. It was most exciting thing we found.”
The nakhlite meteorite, a piece of a Martian lava flow, was found in the Miller Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. It was about eight centimeters and weighed .715 kilograms. It is the first Martian meteorite found by the ANSMET expeditions since 1994. Only seven nakhlite samples have been discovered.
Cohen’s team was at the La Paz Ice Field, about 200 km from the South Pole, when they found the lunar rock. Weighing 92 grams, it is made of basalt from a lava flow on the moon. It is paired with four other lunar meteorites found during the previous ANSMET season. Prior to that, the last lunar meteorite found by ANSMET was in 1994.
Note: Read the story of Barbara Cohen’s expedition to Antarctica at:
Cohen's Antarctic Expedition
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
More than 400 students are set to present research papers, posters and performances based on research they are conducting as part of the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium scheduled for Nov. 22, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Student Union Building.
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
Registration and Check-In
8 – 8:50 a.m.
Oral Presentations, Session I
9 – 11 a.m.
Poster Presentations, Session I
Ballroom
9 – 11 a.m.
Lunch and Administrators’ Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
11 – 11:50 p.m.
UNM Faculty Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
Noon – 12:50 p.m.
Student Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
1 – 1:50 p.m.
Poster Presentations, Session II
Ballroom
2 – 3:50 p.m.
Oral Presentations, Session II
2 – 5 p.m.
Performances
Throughout the day
Lunchtime Panel Discussions
Lunch and Administrators’ Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
11 – 11:50 a.m.
Please join President Caldera, Dean Cecchi, Provost Foster, Santa Fe Institute’s Ellen Goldberg, Sandia National Laboratories’ Pace VanDevender, Vice-Provost Yates, and Dean Peter White for a panel discussion on the role of universities and institutions in fostering undergraduate research. Free box lunches will be provided.
UNM Faculty Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
Noon – 12:50 p.m.
Please join UNM faculty members for a panel discussion about the joys and rewards of research, mentoring undergraduates, and the evolving definition of “research.” Panelists include: Robert Duncan, Stephanie Forrest, Miguel Gandert, Enrique Lamadrid, Bill Miller, Steve Preskill, Richard Santos, Virginia Scharff, and Mary Tsiongas.
Student Discussion Panel
Ballroom C
1 – 1:50 p.m.
Free pizza! Please attend this informal discussion panel by current and former UNM undergraduates. Individual students’ research experiences will be discussed, as will how a relationship with a faculty mentor affected the students’ career path and learning. Student panelists include: Kevin Stevenson, Kenneth M. Armijo, Mark Dyea, Isaac Cardona, Anthony Dimas, Jr., Rebekah A. Horsechief, Billy Jimenez, Raquel Redhouse, and Stephanie Tran.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Works created by University of New Mexico Art and Art History Department student printmakers will be showcased at the 10th Annual Print Sale Friday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10, from noon to 5 p.m. at the UNM Art Building, located NW of the UNM Center for the Arts, which houses Popejoy Hall.
The event is free and open to the public. Proceeds from print sales benefit student artists.
UNM’s printmaking faculty and facilities are among the finest in the country. “This is a great chance to buy prints from up and coming printmakers at sensational prices,” said Matthew Tuttle, student advisor, who has prints for sale.
Undergraduate, graduate and Tamarind Institute student printmakers will sell prints created fall semester at UNM.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents voted unanimously to name the new UNM Children's Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion in honor of Gov. and Mrs. Richardson during a Special Regents Meeting Nov. 16.
The Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion will house a maternity center, newborn intensive care unit, adult critical care units, emergency and trauma services, private patient rooms, and two dedicated floors for UNM Children's Hospital.
“In recognition of their extraordinary service to the people of New Mexico, the UNM Board of Regents is proud to dedicate this new facility to the Governor and First Lady,” said Board of Regents President Jamie Koch.
“The Regents policy for naming university facilities provides for university facilities to be named for individuals or entities whose accomplishments or generosity advance the academic mission of the university, further the capacity of UNM to meet its teaching and scholarly objectives and to serve its community, and to enhance the growth and reputation of UNM,” Koch said.
The Governor and Mrs. Richardson have been instrumental in improving access to quality health care for all New Mexicans. “Governor Richardson was key in securing the financial viability of the hospital expansion project by agreeing to increase the state's tobacco tax for the purpose of dedicating $40 million to this project,” said UNM President Louis Caldera.
The Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion will double the number of emergency room beds and will triple the ER's square footage. The existing maternity center, built in 1954, will be replaced by a new one which will house 54 patient rooms for labor and delivery, high risk ante-partum and post-partum, and six OB triage suites. The newborn nursery will hold 39 bassinets for UNM Hospital's youngest patients.
“First Lady Richardson has been a strong and dedicated advocate for children in our state,” said R. Philip Eaton, executive vice president for Health Sciences. “Her commitment is demonstrated by her leadership in establishing an unprecedented partnership with the UNM Health Sciences Center and the state of New Mexico to house and facilitate the work of the New Mexico Immunization Coalition.”
UNM Children's Hospital, which will be located on two dedicated floors of the new facility, will include a 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, a 34-bed pediatric acute unit, a 20-bed pediatric oncology unit, a 15-bed rehabilitation unit, four pediatric surgery suites and a child life center. An extensive neonatal unit, with 52 beds, will also be housed in UNM Children's Hospital.
In addition, adult patients will also benefit from improved facilities as a result of the expansion project. “The trauma ICU will increase from 17 beds to 24 beds; the neurosciences ICU will increase from 10 beds to 24 beds; and the medical/cardiac ICU will increase from 14 to 24 beds,” explained Steve McKernan, chief executive officer of UNM Hospitals. This will result in a total of 454 beds.
New Mexico's largest capital improvement project to date, the 476,555 square foot expansion will provide six new floors of clinical space. Construction on the $233.8 million project began on Oct. 13, 2004, with completion expected in fall 2007.
Contacts: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; Jennifer Riordan, (505) 272-0261
An exhibit celebrating the corridos of the border area is now open in the west wing of Zimmerman Library on the UNM main campus. Corridos are popular ballads that try to make sense of important people and events. The exhibit highlights the origins of the corridor, the stories, and the Narcocorrido that is popular today. The “Corrido of Gregorio Cortez” is a featured part of the exhibit which notes the many variations told of his chase and capture by Texas Rangers.
Corridos are often been composed during war time. The “Corrido de Bataan,” recalls the Bataan Death March in WWII. “The “Corrido de Daniel Fernandez” honors a Los Lunas soldier who sacrificed his life to save others in Vietnam. “America Bajo Ataque” remembers the tragedy of 9/11 and the “Corrido de una Mexicana in Irak” questions the reasons for the Iraq War.
Mexican prints about corridos made by José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) are a special part of the exhibit. Posada was a noted illustrator and commercial artist from Mexico City -- José Guadalupe Posada. The prints are part of the Center for Southwest Research archival collections.
Also included are recorded corridos and work by Enrique Lamadrid, director, Southwest Hispanic Studies, and Roberto Martinez, founder of the musical group, “Los Reyes de Alburquerque.” Both have contributed to the Robb Music Archive at the CSWR. Lamadrid also helped curate a corridos exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center -- Corridos Sin Frontera.
This exhibit was completed by Katherine McCully, a McNair Program’s Scholar in Southwest Ethnology and History. McCully is also a reference assistant in the CSWR. The exhibit will run through the end of the fall 2004 semester.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The University of New Mexico Development Office is sponsoring a grant writing workshop Jan. 24-28, 2005, at UNM’s Continuing Education Conference Center. The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. (TGCI), the world’s oldest and largest training organization for the nonprofit sector, will conduct the five-day workshop.
New grants make it possible for cash-strapped agencies to bring important services into the community and get innovative ideas off the ground. Yet applying for and receiving grants is a very competitive process.
“Designed for both novice and experienced grant seekers, the workshop will cover all aspects of searching for grants, writing grant proposals, strategies for securing government and foundation grants, corporate contributions and negotiating with funding sources,” said UNM Development’s Betsy Till, grants specialist.
Registration is limited to 30 participants. The program fee is $825 and includes workshop tuition and one year of TGCI membership benefits and services. Partial scholarships may be available for organizations with annual operating budgets under $300,000.
To register for the workshop, or to apply for a scholarship, contact The Grantsmanship Center at (800) 421-9512. For local information, call Betsy Till at the UNM Development Office at (505) 277-1589.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The 3rd Annual Public Service Career Showcase will be held Thursday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom.
Approximately 40 employers from federal, state, and municipal government agencies, as well as government contractors, will be present at the event. The event offers an excellent opportunity to get a head start on a job search prior to graduation or to attain information on possible internships. The event is open to all students.
For more information on the event, including a complete list of employers scheduled to attend, visit www.career.unm.edu/general/career-fairs.php.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
Patricia Smith from the Micmac Tribe and Jean Whitehorse from the Navajo Nation will discuss Native American storytelling at a brown bag luncheon at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the Hertzstein Reading Room of Zimmerman Library.
They will also present a panel discussion on Nov. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. Both events are part of the Indigenous National Library Program.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
John Ogren, Vincent Voris, Clinton Peebles and Aaron Posey, all residents of Santa Clara Hall are the winners of the UNM College Bowl tournament. The group came together because they all lived in the same dorm and all enjoy discovering new things and ideas. They say they are wired for knowledge.
None of the team members knew each other before they decided to get together as a group. Voris, the team captain, comes from Arkansas and knows about religion, psychology and biology. Peebles is from San Antonio, Texas and is good in history and geography. Posey, from New Mexico, knows literature and poetry, and Ogren, also from New Mexico, is the science specialist.
UNM hasn’t participated in the College Bowl since 1962, but this year the Student Activities Department decided to bring it back. The Santa Clara team beat nineteen other entries. Look for more news about this group in February, when the regional College Bowl is held on the UNM campus.
Contact Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
UNM employees have an opportunity to learn about earning a degree while working at the university. Staff as Students will provide information, Tuesday, Nov. 16, noon to 2 p.m., in Student Union Ball room B.
Representatives from various UNM schools and colleges will be present to answer questions.
Information about tuition remission and academic advisement will be available. Representatives will be on hand to assist with undergraduate and non-degree admission,
To learn more contact Helen Trujillo at 277-1780.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
Evening of dance includes six additional pieces by UNM faculty
A collection of seven dance works moves to center stage in Rodey Theatre Nov. 19-21 for four performances in a show called DDD (Dancers Dancing Dance). Included in the ensemble of works is a piece entitled “Pointe 2” by European choreographer Esther Balfe that she created in October and which will be produced here for only the second time ever.
Other pieces that comprise DDD are: “Love Songs“ a contemporary pointe ballet danced to the music of Brahms, choreographed by Judith Bennahum; an untitled flamenco piece choreographed by Marisol Encinias; “Sunny Side“ a modern dance created by Donna Jewell; “Moves,” a traditional ballet piece on pointe performed to the music of Tchaikovsky, choreographed by Suzanne Johnston; an untitled jazz piece choreographed by Lana Kroth; “Pulse,” with live dance and live video mixedd, choreographed by Jennifer Predock-Linnell.
Balfe comes to UNM in November to set the new work on university students. The piece involves both dancers and actors. Balfe will also teach Ballet, Modern, Improvisation and Choreography classes. Ballet, Modern, Improvisation and Choreography classes.
Balfe was born in England and studied dance and the theater arts at the Ballet Rambert in West London. She has appeared as both a guest and a contracted dancer with numerous theaters in Europe, including Liz King’s Heidelberger Theater, DV8 Theater under director Nigel Charnock, the State Theater of Saarbrucken, and the Vienna Civic Opera, where Esther danced the role of “Odette” in Liz King’s production of Swan Lake Remixed. After this success, she went on to co-choreograph Carravaggio produced by the Vienna Civic Opera.
Other engagements include a guest artist appearance in William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt, the position of choreographer’s dance captain and 2nd Assistant in the 2004 new production of Faust at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, England, and guest choreographer in the Salzburg Impuls Dance Festival and the Kosmos Theater in Vienna.
Balfe’s choreography often stretches into the theatrical realm, working actors and text into her dances. Esther created her new work in October 2004, produced by the TanzQuartier Theater in Vienna.
Performances of DDD are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 and 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the UNM Ticket Offices located at the UNM Bookstore, Central and Cornell, or the Arena (The Pit), University and Avenida Cesar Chavez.
The Bookstore Ticket Office Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Saturday 12 to 4 p.m. The Pit hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at UNM Tickets, at tickets.com outlets or by calling (505) 925-5858 or (800) 905-3315.
Contact: Terry S. Davis, (505) 277-9451
Students from the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning are working in classrooms around Albuquerque and Rio Rancho to bring design techniques to K-12 students.
“Children have the capacity to contribute to the design of their own learning environments,” said Anne Taylor, director of the Institute for Environmental Education, a center in the School of Architecture and Planning.
The institute, a leading developer and provider of an innovative and comprehensive model of education and related services, trains teachers in design education throughout Albuquerque and New Mexico as well as nationally and internationally. It also offers the opportunity for architecture students to participate in service-learning by teaching architecture and design to children in the public and private schools.
One project this semester is being headed by Matt Pacheco, an alumnus of the UNM program. Working with students from the Robert F. Kennedy charter school, Pacheco and his students cleaned up a building inhabited by pigeons.
“They washed the building inside and out and cleaned up the back parking lot. They designed the interior so that it could be used as a school,” Taylor said.
Pacheco ordered 5,000 adobes and the students built the walls for open classrooms, revitalized the fountain and generally improved the environment.
“A Department of Labor inspector was concerned about students building. He had to be convinced that this was a curriculum, not just a building project,” Taylor said. She said that the students were learning math, science and how to design a learning environment by laying adobes.
Currently three UNM architecture students are working with small groups of RFK students to develop a landscape design for the back parking lot.
Lowell Elementary School is the site of another project. Alfred Becente, a Navajo from Sanders, Ariz., who worked construction before deciding to become an architect, is teaching architecture and design to predominately Navajo students in Virginia Yazzie’s class. He is also translating architectural terms into Navajo.
“Learning to respect and appreciate other cultures is an important component of the program,” Taylor said.
“We want children involved with designing their own school environments and have them move into city planning. They have good, practical ideas for the future of the community. We’d like to see children designing the barren landscapes around city schools so the spaces become productive learning landscapes for eco-literacy and for environmental stewardship,” Taylor said.
Other sites involved in the program this year include Rio Rancho High School, Sunset Mesa, S.Y. Jackson, Monte Vista, Zuni, Hubert Humphrey, Bellehaven and Martin Luther King elementary schools and Martineztown Community Center.
For more information, contact Anne Taylor at 277-1199.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
A three-year, $880,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration will build the dental residency program at the UNM Health Sciences Center.
“This is extremely important to the health of New Mexicans because there is a strong correlation between oral health and overall health, “said Stephen Beetstra, DDS, chief and assistant professor for the UNM Division of Dental Services. “Although there is not a dental school in New Mexico, creation of the residency program is an avenue to bring recent graduates to our state,”
The grant will increase capacity for more patients to be seen at dental clinics located at UNM and throughout Albuquerque. The clinics care for underserved populations including those with developmental disabilities and people who are medically compromised.
Beetstra said the grant will also allow UNM to expand its dental residency to rural areas of the state, where the dentist shortage is most critical. The UNM dental clinic is located in Novitski Hall on North Campus.
Contact: Angela Heisel, (505) 272-3651
An original radio drama by UNM College of Education staff member, Susanna Gilbert, poet and playwright, will be aired on KUNM FM radio (89.9) on Nov. 14, 2004, 10:30-11:30 pm. Listeners are invited to tune in to "The List of Don Gregorio," a story of love interrupted by World War II and how people cope in a tiny New Mexico town.
Gilbert is an administrative assistant III in the College of Education. She is a native of Belen, N.M. where she attended high school. Gilbert earned her bachelors from the University of Albuquerque and her masters in secondary education from UNM. She has been a staff member at UNM for more than 25 years.
“The List of Don Gregorio” is her first play and will be broadcast on KUNM’s Albuquerque Radio Theater.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
El Centro de la Raza celebrates 35 years of service to the university community on Friday, Dec. 10, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Student Union ballrooms B and C.
“Awards, recognition, entertainment and refreshments will give people the chance to reflect on the center’s past, examine its present and plan for its future,” said Veronica Mendez-Cruz, director.
Student groups including fraternities, sororities and alumni are helping to organize the event, she said.
A slide presentation showcasing El Centro’s 35 years of history will be featured.
Meriah Heredia earned a bachelor’s in broadcast journalism with a minor in Chicano Studies from UNM in 2000. In May, she received her master’s in Community and Regional Planning from the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. As an eight-year member of El Centro’s community, she has established their alumni organization.
“We are reaching out to our graduates. We think that the highlight of the evening will be the chance for the former students to meet and network with current students,” Heredia said.
El Centro was established in the late 1960s as an outcropping of Chicano Studies. During that period students in Chicano Studies requested a place where they could further discuss political expression, activism and support.
The importance of creating community and developing a strong cultural support system to succeed beyond college was realized back then.
“Raza students and faculty would gather late into the evening, prepare food, bring families and discuss critical issues affecting the Raza population of the times,” said Mendez-Cruz.
“El Centro now meets the needs of the children of students who came through in the 1960s and beyond. El Centro has and will always be known for creating a home away from home,” she said.
“During this celebration, we will honor those who have given El Centro support through the years including legislators Kiki Saavedra, Ben Altamirano and Cynthia Nava. They have been some of our best supporters,” Mendez-Cruz said.
For more information, call El Centro de la Raza at 277-5020.
Contacts: Veronica Mendez-Cruz, (505) 277-5020; Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Faculty members can render technical assistance to small businesses
The Regional Development Corporation (RDC), a non-profit economic development organization, has announced that the University of New Mexico has agreed to become a SATOP Alliance Partner. The Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (“SATOP”) is sponsored by NASA and has the objective of encouraging organizations that have received NASA research funds in the past to become Alliance Partners for the purpose of economic development support to the small business community.
UNM is currently a recipient of NASA funds and thus qualifies for the program. The agreement permits UNM faculty members to render technical assistance to small businesses.
“We are pleased that UNM has become an Alliance Partner,” said DeAnza Valencia, director of SATOP at the RDC. “There are many talented faculty members at UNM who can help small businesses with technical problems that are inhibiting their revenue growth, especially in New Mexico. This program is designed to help create jobs and unleash the potential for business growth.”
SATOP operates in four states: Florida, Texas, New York and New Mexico.
Under the agreement signed by both the RDC and UNM, faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and Anderson Schools of Management can volunteer to assist small businesses in solving technical problems. UNM receives a stipend from SATOP for the assistance rendered by the faculty members.
In turn, UNM plans to allocate that stipend as professional development funds to those faculty members who have provided technical assistance through SATOP. Supervision of the SATOP program at UNM will be handled by the Center on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, directed by Professor and PNM Chair in Microsystems, Commercialization and Technology, Dr. Andres C. Salazar.
“This program has many positive features for UNM faculty,” said Dr. Joseph Cecchi, dean, School of Engineering. “It encourages faculty to assist small companies in solving real world problems in technology while giving them an experience that will be useful in developing research and classroom topics that reflect the innovative efforts of small companies.”
About UNM
UNM is the flagship university for the State of New Mexico with total enrollment exceeding 31,000 in 13 distinct colleges or schools. Its main campus is located in Albuquerque with branch campuses at Gallup, Taos, Los Alamos and Valencia County. It features New Mexico’s only School of Architecture and Community Planning, School of Law, School of Medicine and College of Pharmacy.
About RDC
The RDC was created in 1996 as the Los Alamos National Laboratories permanent Community Reuse Organization for the purpose of distributing the tri-county’s remaining Section 3161 funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 1993. Since 1998 the RDC has received $6.6 million in grants from the Department of Energy for distribution in economic development projects in the tri-county region encompassing Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties and the eight northern Indian Pueblos. In June 2001, the RDC became New Mexico headquarters for the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP).
Contacts: Andres C. Salazar, (505) 277-8883 or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is included in an academic alliance that will contract to manage the Idaho National Laboratory for 10 years for the U.S. Department of Energy.
“It’s a major accomplishment for our School of Engineering to be part of this consortium,” said UNM President Louis Caldera. "This contract is another sign of the growing national reputation of our programs - in this case, for our work in nuclear energy generation in space."
Idaho National Laboratory is being created by the U.S. Department of Energy by combining the research and development components of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory West.
Operation under the new name begins Feb. 1, 2005 when the Battelle Energy Alliance assumes management of the contract. Other Battelle Energy Alliance members include BWX Technologies, Inc., Washington Group International, and the Electric Power Research Institute.
“This recognizes our national leadership role in nuclear engineering and science education and helps make it possible for us to sustain and grow our programs in these areas in the future,” said UNM Vice President for Research and Economic Development Terry Yates. “As we work together to train our next generation of nuclear engineers and scientists, this will provide new opportunities for our faculty and students to form new research collaborations with the Idaho Lab and our other university collaborators”
Other universities involved in the consortium are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina State, Oregon State and three Idaho universities.
“The UNM School of Engineering is very pleased to be a part of the Battelle Energy Alliance team,” said Joseph L. Cecchi, professor and dean of the UNM School of Engineering. “We look forward to working with the other members of the team and Idaho National Laboratory to help address the nation's critical energy challenges.”
The Department of Energy says one of the laboratory’s first major tasks will be to lead an international research and development effort to create an advanced nuclear energy technology called the Next Generation Nuclear Plant.
The plant will be a fourth generation nuclear system that will produce both electric power and hydrogen to support the development of a clean and efficient hydrogen economy in the U.S. The laboratory will also lead the establishment of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies.
Contacts: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The Provost's Committee for Staff (PCS), in partnership with the Human Resources department, has created two new programs to assist staff as students. A new financial support scholarship designed to help support staff that utilize their tuition remission benefit and a textbook exchange program have been implemented with staff in mind.
UNM employees now have an opportunity to apply for a financial support scholarship to help cover the costs of academic books, course fee(s) and other related course supplies. This award will be given on a semester basis.
A fund is being setup through an account at the UNM Foundation. UNM employees interested in contributing to this fund will have the option to do so through payroll deductions. The purpose of the foundation account will be to help grow this fund and provide increased financial support to our staff.
The Provost’s Committee for Staff will have a table setup with additional information on this scholarship at the Staff as Students “one-stop shop” event to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 12 to 2 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom B. Scholarship applications for the Spring 2005 semester are due by Jan. 10, 2005. Additional details and application forms are also available at www.unm.edu/~pcs.
Textbook Exchange…
The Provost’s Committee for Staff has also designed a new textbook trade website to benefit staff at UNM in obtaining textbooks to pursue their educational goals. The idea behind the exchange is to allow staff participating to exchange or donate used textbooks to fellow staff members to lighten the financial burdens of attending college.
With increased staff member participation, there is a greater opportunity for students to obtain required textbooks. Once someone is finished with his/her textbooks, donating them on this site is a great opportunity to help colleagues achieve their educational goals and succeed in their future endeavors. The book exchanges will be arranged on an individual basis through the website. The website is not intended for the resale of used textbooks. People participating on this website are expected to donate their textbooks.
To post a textbook ad or for more information visit: Textbook Exchange
For more information on either program call 277-3112.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The LodeStar Astronomy Center has instituted a UNM discount for all of its programs, effective Nov. 15. UNM students, staff and faculty will receive a 25 percent discount for themselves and their guests by showing their Lobo Card when purchasing tickets.
The discount applies to planetarium shows, motion simulator shows, LodeStar lectures in the Voices in Science lecture series, special evening events and Starry Nights LodeStar's 'ultimate urban star party' on Saturday evenings November through February.
LodeStar is located in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History at 1801 Mountain Road N.W. in Old Town. Tickets may be purchased at the Museum's front admissions desk on the day of the event or at the LodeStar information desk on the evening
of the event.
The admissions desk is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The LodeStar desk opens at 6 p.m. for evening events. For information call 841-5955 or visit LodeStar Astronomy Center.
Contacts: Karen Keese, (505) 841-5972; Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
University Libraries will recognize internationally known artist and regent’s professor Patrick Nagatani on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. As part of the ceremony, Nagatani will discuss his recent work in a lecture titled “Chromatherapy Images.”
Nagatani is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History. He has received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Fine Arts and a regent’s professorship during his 19 years as a member of the UNM faculty.
He is a past recipient of two Visual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also received the Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship for Individual Photographer’s, the Kraszna-Krausz Award for his book “Nuclear Enchantment,” the Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Award and the California Distinguished Artist Award from the National Art Education Association. Last year, he received the “Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts” from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Nagatani received his M.F.A. degree from UCLA.
Nagatani’s lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the award presentation.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The Board of Regents for the University of New Mexico has announced performance goals for President Louis Caldera for the current fiscal year. President Caldera participated fully in the development of these goals with the regents in a series of meetings over the past several months.
Regents say they would like Caldera to finalize his management team and to create a high-performance managerial structure that delegates work efficiently. The performance of the team will be reviewed in judging Caldera’s effectiveness and performance.
A major goal for the University involves retention and graduation rates. The president’s formal goal is to retain 76 percent of the first-time freshmen that started at UNM in fall 2004. His goal is also to see that 46 percent of those first-time freshmen are graduating within six years. The goal takes into account the reality that most UNM students combine work and school. Caldera has also been requested to see that UNM enrolls an increasingly higher proportion of New Mexico’s top 10 percent of high school graduates.
The regents set a formal goal for Caldera to continue to improve salaries for faculty, including medical faculty, with incentives for improved personnel performances, although regents did not attach specific numbers. They also asked that he develop external relations with the legislature, with local constituents, the media and community service organizations.
Another area in which the regents set goals for Caldera concerns economic development. He has been asked to finalize the Mesa del Sol transactions, to work with the Science and Technology Corporation to create a more effective technology transfer office and to work with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories to develop partnerships for joint research programs.
Caldera is asked to assure the success of the newly formed audit committee and incorporate fiscal reporting to reflect the budget status on a quarterly basis. He is also asked to improve fiscal controls to assure the regents of stricter accountability. He is asked to consult with the president of the board and possibly the entire board when a proposed action is of such consequence that it could affect the fiscal condition of the university, its academic mission or is of great public importance.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989
Gamma ray astrophysicist Dr. Gus Sinnis of Los Alamos National Laboratories will present a lecture entitled "Astronomy at a Trillion Volts" on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in the LodeStar Astronomy Center planetarium theater.
Sinnis will focus on the work of the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory at LANL, where scientists, using a large pool of water as a telescope, observe the universe at energies one trillion times that of visible light. Some of the phenomena studied at these extreme energies are supermassive
black holes ejecting particle beams at nearly the speed of light, dense neutron stars, and possibly the most energetic phenomena in the universe--gamma ray bursts.
Sinnis is co-spokesman for the Milagro Collaboration at LANL. He is also a member of the High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment, which studies ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
Admission is $6 adults, $5 seniors (age 60+), $3 children (ages 3 to 12). The talk is part of the "Voices in Science" lecture series co-presented by LodeStar and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. LodeStar is located in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History at 1801 Mountain Road N.W.
For information visit LodeStar Astronomy Center.
Contact: Karen Keese, (505) 841-5972
UNM Professor of Anthropology Lawrence Straus will appear on the TV science program NOVA on KNME-TV, Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Straus and UNM graduate student David Kilby discuss new archaeology findings in an episode titled “America's Stone Age Explorers.”
Ever since ancient and deadly spear points were found near Clovis, N.M., in the 1930s, many archaeologists have believed these weapons to originate with the first settlers of the New World. NOVA reports on a new version of an old hypothesis that disputes the generally held view that humans migrated to the Americas from Asia at the end of the Ice Age.
Clovis points have been found at archeological sites throughout the continent. For decades, the artifacts represented the oldest know evidence of human presence in the New World. Many archaeologists have concluded that hunters equipped with Clovis weapons were the first settlers of the Americas, who probably arrived from Asia about 13,500 years ago.
But growing evidence suggests that humans populated the Americas before Clovis hunters arrived. Based on some similarities of Clovis points to the weapons of Solutreans, who lived in southern France and Northern Spain 20,000 years ago, researchers have suggested that the first Americans came from Europe, not Asia.
Straus has long opposed the idea that Clovis technology at 11,000 BC is "related" to Solutrean technology in Spain and France, from which it is separated by not only 5-6000 years, but also by 5000 km of the North Atlantic. Straus claims there is no evidence that Solutrean people had deep-sea navigation knowledge or equipment and that the superficial similarities in point shape are the result of technological convergence. In 2000, Straus wrote a detailed article for the American Antiquity journal debunking the theory of a Transatlantic Solutrean migration.
Straus has conducted archeological excavations in Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium annually since 1972. Beginning in 1996, Straus focused his research on El Mirón Cave in Cantabria, where hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been uncovered. He considers the project to be his most significant in 30 years of archeological research.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
The University of New Mexico's Kwanzaa Celebration, sponsored by African American Student Services, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Student Union Building.
Kwanzaa is an African American celebration of Afrocentric thoughts and ideals. UNM's event features a feast ceremony, which includes dinner, music, poetry and the full traditional candle lighting. Kwanzaa's seven principles support responsibility for self, family, community and the future of the culture and nation.
Tickets are available in advance. A limited number will be sold at the door. Cost is $20 general public, $15 for education faculty/staff statewide and $10 for students of all ages with student ID card or registration. Tables are available for $200 accommodating a maximum of 10.
For more information and tickets contact Jocelyn Gamble-Mims, (505) 277-5645.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
The University of New Mexico was recognized by Energy User News as Project of the Year for a series of campus-wide physical plant utility projects addressing the university’s need for significant repair, improvement and upgrade of its utility systems. EUN presented its 2004 Energy Efficient Building Awards in a special session held of the World Energy Engineering Congress recently. Overall, five awards were presented including Energy Manager of the Year and four for award-winning projects.
Photo: UNM's Larry Schuster (r.) accepts the Project of the year award on behalf of UNM.
UNM’s series of projects included chilled water system improvements, Ford Utilities Center renovation and a variety of energy conservation measures, which included chilled water system modifications, lighting upgrades, energy management and control systems.
“This comprehensive project to renew our aging, deteriorating, and inefficient utility infrastructure is unique in its technical components and funding strategy,” said Mary Vosevich, director, Physical Plant. “This has been an extraordinary project and is truly an example of campus constituencies coming together to achieve project success.
"We are currently enjoying state of the art utilities technology, reliability, and energy efficiencies not previously experienced by this campus. Completion of this project positions UNM to support its educational and research mission in the years ahead."
The Energy Efficient Building Awards recognize innovations in building management and energy efficiency, in either retrofits or new construction throughout North America, which provide unique building solutions and also achieve significant energy and cost savings. Projects are evaluated by a panel of judges on a variety of criteria including payback, annual dollar & energy savings, additional environmental benefits, integration of energy-efficient technologies or strategies and innovations in design, strategy or financing.
Energy User News is a monthly publication dedicated to helping owners, managers, and engineers, in the industrial, institutional, commercial and government markets, purchase energy and control energy costs, while maintaining power quality and reliability for their plants and facilities. EUN is published by BNP Media and has served the industry for over 30 years.
Contact Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
Arturo Madrid will speak on “Herejes: The Hispano Protestants and their Stories” in a lecture on Tuesday, November 9, at 4 p.m. in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library. Madrid is the Garrey Carruthers Distinguished Chair in Honors for the fall semester.
Madrid was the founding president of the Tomás Rivera Institute and was director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and Minority Institutions Sciences Improvement Program with the U.S. Department of Education. He teaches at Trinity University.
The “Open Doors Lecture Series” is a way for the University to open the rich resources of the Center for Southwest Research and University Libraries to students, faculty and visitors. The intent of the series is to invite stimulating speakers to encourage intellectual discussion and research and to broaden the use of the library.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
University of New Mexico Regent Sandra Begay Campbell will give a noontime keynote address during American Indian Student Day scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 9 at UNM’s Johnson Center, main campus.
The daylong program for junior and senior high school students begins with an information fair at 8 a.m. UNM President Louis Caldera welcomes students at 9 a.m. Workshops will be held from 9:40-11:30 a.m. A campus tour at 12:45 p.m. follows lunch.
UNM’s application fee will be waived for college-bound seniors who bring completed admission applications and official transcripts. Seniors will also receive comprehensive tribal and other financial aid information and learn about housing and campus life programs. Juniors receive help with college prep planning and learn about academic and support programs.
UNM’s Recruitment Services and American Indian Student Services sponsor the annual event, designed for Native American youth statewide.
“Hosting American Indian Student Day is an opportunity to emphasize the value of higher education for native students and tribal communities and to share information about the extraordinary academic options at UNM in the areas of education, engineering, business, health sciences, Native American studies, and more,” said Pamela Agoyo, American Indian Student Services director. “UNM has something to offer every native student aspiring to college.”
For more information, call 277-6343 or 1-800-225-5866 ext. 3
Contact: Laurie Mellas Ramirez, 277-5915
Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll, managing editor of the Washington Post, will present the keynote address at this year’s University of New Mexico International Symposium. Coll will present, “The Politics of Terrorism,” on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building Lobo Rooms A and B. UNM President Louis Caldera will introduce Coll. The talk will be followed by a public reception for Coll. The event is free and open to the public.
Coll has been a reporter, foreign correspondent and editor at the Washington Post since 1985. In 1990, Coll and David A. Vise won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism for a series of articles on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the 1990s, Coll covered South Asia and a number of other international regions including the Middle East. His dispatches won him the 1992 Livingston Award for outstanding international reporting on South Asia, and the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy International Print Award for reporting on the civil war in Sierra Leone.
He traveled from Kazakhstan to Panama to report and write for the Post on subjects such as nuclear proliferation, money laundering, terrorism, the international economy, political changes in the post-Cold War world, and news events from Asia, the Balkans, Northern Ireland and Africa.
In 1998, he was appointed managing editor of the newspaper.
Coll is the author of five books, his most recent, “Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001,” was published by Penguin Books in February.
The address is part of a weeklong UNM symposium, “Terror and Human Rights,” which was organized by the Office of International Programs and Studies.
“The program includes several panel discussions with faculty members, students and community representatives, as well as the annual UNM International Festival, which features food, crafts and entertainment presented by international students and student organizations,” said Ken Carpenter, associate director, Office of International Programs and Studies.
International Symposium Schedule
"Terror and Human Rights"
November 15-19, 2004
Monday, Nov. 15
Panel Discussion: UNM Students and Community Members Speak Out:
12 noon - 2 p.m.
SUB Acoma Room
Human Rights and Regional Challenges for the 21st Century
Moderator: Susi Knoblauch, UNM International Programs & Studies
Panelists:
Bettina Ide, Human Rights: Theory and History
Alfredo Schwarz , Terror of Poverty - Brazil
Bhavana Upadhaya, Violence without Bloodshed. Terror of Tradition - India
Vanessa Galinda-Sanchez, Terror towards Women in Ciudad Juarez, México
Tariq Khraishi & Miriam Adams, Arab-Jewish Peace Alliance Albuquerque –
Middle-East
Funme Abosede, A.F.R.I.K.A.
Panel Discussion on International Terror and Human Rights
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
SB Lobo B
Moderator: Carole Nagengast, Chair, UNM Anthropology Dept.
Panelists: Alok Bohara, UNM Economics Dept., The Insurgency in Nepal;
Melissa Bokovoy, UNM History Dept, Terror and Human Rights in the Balkans
Tuesday, Nov. 16
Panel Discussion: The Impact of the War on Terror on the Human Rights of Civilians and Non-Civilians - from Guantanamo Bay to Central Africa
12 noon - 2 p.m.
Law School Forum
Speakers: Jennifer Moore, UNM Law School, The Effects of the War on Terror on International Human Rights
Norman Bay, UNM Law School, The War on Terror from the Standpoint of International Humanitarian Law
Elizabeth Rapaport, UNM School of Law, The War on Terror, the Geneva Convention, and Human Rights for the Guantanamo Bay Detainees
Panel: The War on Terrorism and Human Rights in the U.S.
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
SUB Lobo B
Panelists: Ken Carpenter, UNM International Programs & Studies: Impacts of the War on Terroism on International Students and Scholars
Peter Simonson, Executive Director, NM ACLU: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism
Wednesday, Nov. 17
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Johnson Gym
Food, crafts and entertainment from many countries, provided by UNM international students and student organizations
Thursday, Nov. 18
12 noon to 2 p.m.
Health Sciences
Dr. Paul Roth, Dean of the UNM School of Medicine: Terror, Bio-Terrorism and Public Health
KEY NOTE ADDRESS
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
SUB Lobo A & B
Steve Coll, Managing Editor of the Washington Post
The Politics of Terrorism
elcome remarks and introduction by UNM President Louis Caldera.
Reception for Steve Coll
7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
SUB Lobo A & B
Friday, November 19
Neil Mitchell, UNM Professor and author of "Agents of Atrocity: Leaders, Followers, and the Violation of Human Rights in Civil Wars
12 noon - 2 p.m.
SUB Lobo B
Panelist: Ken Roberts, UNM Political Science Dept.
For more information on the symposium, contact Ken Carpenter, 277-4032 or carpenk@unm.edu.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, 277-5920
The University of New Mexico's Office of International Programs and Studies hosts its 5th Annual International Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the UNM Johnson Center's auxiliary gym.
“This year's event features live performances in music and dance from around the world, including Indian classical dance, as well as flamenco and African dance. The wide variety of performances is sure to make this year's festival memorable,” said Ken Carpenter, associate director, Office of International Programs and Studies.
Food from many cultures, prepared by UNM's international students, international organizations, and the local international community will tempt and tantalize.
“Last year was a great success with food from more than 20 countries. More than 1,500 students, faculty and community members participated and visited. This year looks to be just as promising. Food prices range from .50 cents to $4, making it easy to taste a variety of different foods,” Carpenter said.
The International Festival is sponsored by the Office of International Programs and Studies with support from campus departments and student organizations.
For more information, contact the Office of International Programs and Studies, 277-4032 or oips@unm.edu .
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Tony Hillerman, Rudolfo Anaya, Luci Tapahonso and John Nichols are all conducting readings followed by “Meet the Author” sessions hosted by the University of New Mexico College of Arts & Sciences. One author will be featured each Monday at 7 p.m. starting Nov. 8 in Student Union ballrooms A & B.
“Although these authors command five-figure lecture fees, they are reading here for free because UNM is important to them. They recognize UNM as a hub for literary activity across the Southwest. By donating their time and effort, they will be helping to build an endowment to inspire graduate students, faculty, alumni and visiting scholars,” said Sarah Azizi, coordinator and graduate student in the UNM Department of English.
A reception will immediately follow each presentation. “For $50 per person, donors will have the opportunity to meet with these renowned authors. All money raised will go toward the Southwest Semester Endowment Fund to ensure the program continues in the future,” said Debbie Dobson, development associate, UNM College of Arts & Sciences.
The fund will endow an annual graduate fellowship, awarded to the most talented student writing about the Southwest. Additionally, funds will allow a faculty member to visit an archive to research and write about Southwest Studies.
Nov. 8 – Tony Hillerman
Nov. 15 – Rudolfo Anaya
Nov. 22 – Luci Tapahonso
Nov. 29 – John Nichols
For more information, call Debbie Dobson at 277-3194 or Sarah Azizi at 277-7447.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
The Public Service Company of New Mexico recently awarded the University of New Mexico with a $32,000 grant to help fund a new program called the Freshman Introductory Studies Community Program. The FISC program supports students both academically and socially through the construction of new learning communities and the addition of more traditional supplemental instruction, tutoring and mentoring support.
“PNM is proud to support the Freshman Introductory Studies Program at UNM,” said Diane Ogawa, executive director, PNM Foundation. “We recognize the value of providing every opportunity to help students achieve the highest level in their education. This is a terrific initiative for individual students and for our community.”
The program, which recently got underway, offers an initial seven-credit block of courses to one cohort of 22 students. It expanded this fall to two sections with more than forty students enrolled. The credits included two three-credit hour courses including an IS Reading course, an Economics 105 (and this fall Sociology) core curriculum course and a one-credit seminar course taught by a graduate assistant. The IS reading instructor adapts the core syllabus to the developmental needs of the students so the core course serves as the basis for reading instruction. The graduate assistant provides supplemental instruction and will work with students to address their overall transition to university life. The IS instructor, faculty member and graduate assistant meet weekly with the program director to discuss student progress and offer suggestions for improvement of the IS course and weekly seminar.
“We are proud to have PNM as a partner in this important initiative,” said Peter White, dean, University College. “This grant enabled UNM to implement the FISC program this fall, which could not have happened without this support. PNM is the first corporate partnership in University College.
“The Freshman Academic Choices program has greatly improved outcomes for our students. Based on that success, we anticipate that providing improved academic and social support for our IS students will yield similar results,” he added.
Following the model of the very successful Freshman Learning Communities, the FISC program will eventually become sustainable through increases in student retention and state formula funding.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
More construction fences are up at UNM, but this time most of the work is underground. The start of Phase III of the Electrical Distribution System Upgrade Project at UNM, which will replace the older electrical system with a new and more reliable system for central campus, recently got underway. This phase of the Electrical System Upgrade (ESU) will occupy the area just east of Student Services through October and then continue through other areas of central Campus.
The ESU project began in 1999 to replace the existing 40-year old system. Now four years into the project, the ESU team is targeting central campus with plans to upgrade the current 4.16kV system to a 12.47kV system. ESU will replace the older electrical system with the best, most dependable system on the market today.
“It is a highly reliable electrical system that provides certain amenities not provided by the old system. It is the best electrical system out there,” said Associate Director for Construction and Engineering, Don Knox.
Although most of the work is done underground, large machinery and equipment will be used throughout the project. The new distribution system will connect the underground system with above ground transformers, which will ultimately affect the following facilities:
· Scholes Hall
· Bandelier Hall (East and West)
· Anthropology Annex
· EECE/Centennial Library and Engineering Computer Pod
· President's House
· Graduate School of Management/Parish Library
· Economics/Social Sciences/ASM
· College of Education Complex
· Zimmerman Library
· Mesa Vista Hall
· Student Health Center
· Johnson Center
· Fine Arts Center/Popejoy Hall
· Bookstore
Phase III of ESU will draw to a close at the end of June. UNM assigned U.S. Electrical Corporation as the project contractor. Project construction costs for ESU Phase III are approximately $1.9 million.
ESU is another example of UNM’s commitment to provide its faculty, staff and students with safe and reliable services. The new above ground transformers and pad-mount switches will make access to future projects easier and more efficient. Upon the ESU completion, UNM central campus will have the best electrical system available in the market.
For more information about ESU, current progression of the project and handicap access routes, please visit Way to Go.
Contact: Allie Thompson, (505) 277-7584
Eva Perón, revered former first lady of Argentina is the subject of the next lecture in the “Open Door: Regional and Scholarly Writers Series” series sponsored by UNM Libraries. On Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., UNM History Professor Linda Hall and Celia López-Chávez, associate professor in the University Honors Program, will give a talk, “Evita: Female Beauty and Political Resonance,” in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library.
Hall will talk about research from her recent book, “Mary, Mother and Warrior,” and will also focus on the life of Evita Perón, a former first lady in Argentina. Evita was married to Juan Perón, a strong populist leader who was president of Argentina from 1946-1955 and 1973-1974. Hall says she became interested in Perón because women in Latin America have rarely been active or visible in politics.
López-Chávez will speak about the life of Perón from a different perspective. López-Chávez will consider the political meaning and impact of Perón’s actions. By looking at both her life and death, López-Chávez believes that the political significance of the physical body of Perón can be seen.
The lecture series is hosted by the University Libraries’, Division of Iberian and Latin American Resources and Services, and the Center for Southwest Research. Refreshments will follow in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The SUB’s Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest last Friday, Oct. 29, included more than 30 participants in the Individual Category and more than 25 entries in the Department Category. The UNM Internal Medicine Department won first place, Student Activities Center picked up second prize and UNM Special Program’s took third.
Photo: First Place Department Category winners from the UNM Internal Medicine Department (l. to r.): Adrienne Pierce, Robert Nofchissey and Sara Arguello).
In the Individual Category, Melissa Bell took first place, Leonie Rael picked up second and Sophie Sorensen came in third. First place prizes for the Individual Category included 1 weekend night stay at the Marriott Pyramid North and a sweatshirt courtesy of Pepsi.
First place prizes for the Department Category included two gift baskets from the New Mexico Coffee Company, two cases of salsa from El Pinto Restaurant, two $10 gift certificates from the UNM Bookstore, eight High Grounds gift certificates from Aramark and three medium pizzas courtesy of Brickyard Pizza.
Bruce Perlman was appointed director of the School of Public Administration (SPA) at the University of New Mexico recently said Richard Holder, deputy provost, Academic Affairs. Perlman has been an associate professor in the SPA for 15 years. Holder also said the school has been reassigned to the Office of the Provost. It was previously under the guidance of the Anderson Schools of Management.
“I am honored to be named director of the School of Public Administration and hope that I can play a small part in supporting UNM’s excellent academic leadership,” Perlman said. “Through its Masters in Public Administration (MPA) program, the SPA has a nearly 40 year history of training New Mexico’s public sector leaders and numbers some of the state’s most respected and prominent government officials among its graduates. I hope to continue and strengthen this tradition as we near our 40th anniversary.”
Perlman, who specializes in several areas including public management, organizational behavior, and institutional reform, has several goals he’d like to achieve as director.
They include using innovative programs to enhance the SPA’s role in carrying out UNM’s strategic commitment of responsiveness to New Mexico’s public sector; identifying and collaborating with faculty and student resources throughout UNM to ensure that the SPA continues to be the university’s principal professional program for educating public managers; capitalizing on the SPA’s considerable existing strengths and recognition in international and development administration, human resources management, and public sector financial management; and boosting SPA efforts to support government policy implementation and evaluation in general and especially in those areas of public administration that are vital for the New Mexico public sector.
Those areas include economic development, science and technology policy management, and the administration of environment and natural resources programs.
The SPA provides graduate professional education for individuals preparing for, or engaged in, public service careers, in public agencies at various levels of government and in organizations that contract or substantially interact with public sector institutions.
Its mission is achieved through the integration of teaching, research, and service pursuant to the theoretical, methodological, substantive and practical preparation of public sector managers in the administrative sciences.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821