UNM’s Partnership for Public Service speaker series will feature Colonel John A. Hill, inspector general for the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Acoma Room of the Student Union Building.
Hill will talk about his experiences in the U.S. Air Force and the rewards of public service. He is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at North Dakota State University.
Hill is a master navigator with more than 3,900 hours in the C-130E/H and MC-130E/H. In 1983, he was a lead navigator during the Grenada rescue mission, Operation Urgent Fury.
His first staff tour was with Air Force Special Operations Company where he was a plans officer and later chief of the doctrine division. He has also served as chief of doctrine and on the commander-in-chief’s personal staff of the U.S. Special Operations Command. Hill is considered an authority on joint and Air Force doctrine and policy.
Hill entered the diplomatic arena as operations officer for the On-Site Inspection Agency-Europe, where he led arms control inspection and escort teams, and directed implementation of the U.S. - European arms control treaties. While he was serving as the air attaché to India, Hill played a major role in the revitalization of the Indo-U.S. relationship.
The Partnership for Public Service works to make the government an employer of choice for university graduates.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
“The American Campus Now” is the topic of the final installment in the spring John Gaw Meem Lecture Series sponsored by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning.
Urban designer Stefanos Polyzoides will deliver the lecture Friday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Northrop Hall room 122 on the UNM campus. His presentation will address how university campuses are changing under the influence of new urbanism and the smart growth movement.
Photo: Stefanos Polyzoides
“Campuses throughout the country face a broad series of architectural and planning dilemmas,” he said.
Among them are projects designed with little regard for chosen sites; ready acceptance of the effects of automobiles on public space; and continuing erosion of the historical assets, which often formed the foundation architecture of campuses, Polyzoides said.
“The best traditions of campus architecture and urbanism must be rediscovered as the prime source of generating architectural and campus forms if we are to fully realize our ideal vision of academic life,” he said.
Polyzoides earned a bachelor’s and master’s of arts in architecture and urban planning from Princeton University. A Los Angeles resident since 1973, Polyzoides was associate professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.
He and Liz Moule, partners in the award-winning firm Moule and Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists of Pasadena, Calif., are two of six co-founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism and are current members of its board of directors.
“As one of the founders of the new urbanism movement and a lead planner
for downtown Albuquerque revitalization, it will be very interesting to see what Polyzoides feels the major impacts of that movement will be on campus planning,” said Chris Wilson, J.B. Jackson Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies and director of the graduate certificate program in historic preservation and regionalism in the School of Architecture and Planning.
Polyzoides led the planning for the Alvarado Transportation District Revitalization, for the area around the Century 14 Theater, and for the EDO plan for the Huning Highlands area around the old Albuquerque High School.
He contributed “On Campus-Making in America,” a chapter in the 1997 Rockport Publishers book, “Campus & Community.”
The event is free and open to the public. For more information call 277-5885.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico's 2006 Calvin Horn Lecture features Lucy Lippard, who will present “Five Acres: Disputed Land and Disappearing Landscapes in the Galisteo Basin,” on Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Anthropology Building room 163 on the UNM campus.
Photo: Lucy Lippard
Lippard is a former art critic for “Art in America,” “The Village Voice” and “Z magazine,” as well as the author of 18 books on subjects ranging from Pop art to Native American art.
Her theorizing reaches into all realms of art, while her texts offer new ways to understand the social and political impulses that create art, and which art, in turn, creates.
As one of the earliest feminists, she brought the aesthetic, economic, material, and practical concerns of women artists into the art-historical dialogue.
Calvin Horn was a business and political leader of New Mexico who was involved in the oil and publishing industries, served ten years in the New Mexico Legislature and nine years on the UNM Board of Regents.
The lecture is sponsored by the University of New Mexico Press, the Center for the Southwest and the Department of History, and is endowed by Calvin Horn.
This event is free and open to the public
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The recipients of the 2005-06 International Excellence Awards, sponsored by the University of New Mexico Office of International Programs and Studies, will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, April 12, at 3 p.m. in Hodgin Hall.
Among those to be honored is a UNM medical professor who provides care to orphans in Russia, a community volunteer from South Africa, and a student organization promoting international opportunities for students.
The awards are given annually to members of the UNM community who make outstanding contributions to international education and increase awareness on campus and within the larger New Mexico community.
This year’s recipients are:
Casey Nairn-Mahan, a senior majoring in political science and Spanish, is a UNM Committee on Foreign Affairs and UNM World Affairs Delegation organizer.
Last year the World Affairs Delegation helped send a group of UNM students to the World Model United Nations in Edinburgh, Scotland. They are currently raising funds to attend the upcoming Model United Nations program in Beijing. Nairn-Mahan has also served as a volunteer ESL tutor for Catholic Charities and a member of the Teach for America Corps in New York City.
Quintin Ndibongo is a community volunteer and Albuquerque staff member for International Students, Inc.
Ndibongo, originally from South Africa and an MIT graduate who moved to New Mexico a few years ago, has worked to help international students feel at home in Albuquerque, picking them up at the airport on arrival, providing temporary housing and assistance with apartment hunting, helping find furniture and household supply donations, and arranging special social events during the school year.
Paul Nathanson, associate provost for international relations and retired director of the UNM School of Law’s Institute for Public Law, has worked at UNM since 1983.
For the past two years he has tirelessly promoted international education and research among UNM faculty members, departments, students, administrators and the larger community. Nathanson spent his junior year at the University of Zurich and also studied at the Goethe Institute in Germany. He never forgot the impact of those experiences on his education, and has worked to expand international opportunities for UNM students to study and work internationally. He has also promoted faculty research and service programs. He is currently on the board of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, and is involved in a public education program about HIV/AIDS in Nicaragua.
John Phillips, M.D., associate professor in the UNM School of Medicine, has been at the forefront in developing international partnerships between UNM and Russian organizations working with children with developmental disabilities, many of who are in orphanages.
Phillips has organized international conferences to bring attention to the problems, taken UNM medical staff and students to work directly with affected children and trained professional personnel in a number of Russian cities. As a result of his leadership, Russian children have received food, clothing, shelter, medical care and hope for the future. His work has also led to strong research and educational links between Russia and New Mexico.
Adriana Recalde-Aranda, public relations representative for the Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science, is the administrative mainstay of the Consortium, which links UNM to some of the best scientific institutions and talented scholars throughout the Americas.
A native of Paraguay and graduate of the University of Milan in Italy, she has used her skills to organize international conferences at UNM and in a number of other countries, and to arrange visits to UNM by dozens of scientists and policy makers from Latin America. The Consortium of the Americas is one of the premier international programs at UNM.
Dr. Michael Thomas, lecturer, University Honors Program, is a UNM and University of Washington graduate, well-known cultural anthropologist and writer, and one of the founders of the long-successful Conexiones Program, sponsored by Honors and the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
Thomas has taken hundreds of UNM students for summer study programs in Michoacan, Mexico, and Trujillo, Spain. He also developed a popular study tour to the Barranca del Cobre, Mexico’s Grand Canyon and homeland of the Tarahumara Indians in the state of Chihuahua. Thomas has made a life-long commitment to international education and to understanding and teaching others to understand the cultural, historical and linguistic borders between the United States and Mexico.
The UNM Study Abroad Association has earned a special International Excellence Award for working to promote international study opportunities for UNM students. Founded two years ago by a group of students fresh from study abroad programs in many different countries, the group has been very active in support of incoming and outgoing exchange students, and in recruiting for UNM study abroad programs.
Last year the student group worked with the UNM Housing Office to create the Global Learning Community, a residence hall area that paired international students with U.S. roommates and sponsored a number of international activities.
This year the SAA made two presentations to the UNM Board of Regents about their international experiences, and were instrumental in convincing the Regents to fund a new scholarship program for UNM students to study overseas.
For more information, contact Ken Carpenter, associate director, OIPS, telephone 277j-4032, email carpenk@unm.edu.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico main campus will host two workshops for Fulbright applicants in April, one for faculty and one for students. The faculty workshop is scheduled for Monday, April 17, from 4-6 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall room 123.
Carol Robles, senior program officer for the western hemisphere at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), will offer a workshop on the Fulbright Program for faculty and professionals who want to learn about lecturing and research opportunities in 150 countries or who want to explore how the campus can host visiting foreign Fulbright scholars.
The Fulbright workshop for students is set for Wednesday, April 26, from 4-6 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall room 126.
Ken Carpenter, UNM Fulbright advisor, will offer a workshop for graduate students and graduating seniors who want to learn about study and research opportunities in 150 countries that include teaching assistantships, intensive language training, and other program opportunities.
Both workshops are free and will provide advice on countries to apply to and making contacts abroad, as well as pointers on preparing the Fulbright application.
For more information, please contact Ken Carpenter, associate director, International Programs & Studies, 505-277-4032, email carpenk@unm.edu.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning and ARTS Lab present Julio Bermudez, a leader in the field of information design, who will present, “On Data Architecture: Opening New Horizons for Architectural Work,” at the ARTS Lab Garage on Monday, April 10, at 5:30 p.m, The Garage is located at 131 Pine NE; off Central, one block west of University.
A professor at the University of Utah, Bermudez notes that architects play a natural leadership role in interdisciplinary endeavors, including crossover work between computer science, engineering, medicine and architecture.
The importance of meaningful representation of ideas and information as an analytic and decision-making tool is increasingly recognized in business and other disciplines.
UNM's ARTS Lab has been working with the School of Architecture and Planning's Tim Castillo and others in the state's Media Industry community to promote work in this field. “Professor Bermudez's research involves taking medical data and creating ways to interface with it 3-dimensionally,” Castillo said.
In the medical field, not only is it critical to manage information, but just as essential is to quickly discriminate and interpret data. Data representation design is important as a way to help doctors and technicians make informed, rapid and correct diagnosis and decisions.
Bermudez's research creates a new representation model that will significantly improve the medical diagnosis of disease states or life threatening changes. Basic principles of 2D and 3D design – such as scale, shape, rhythm, balance, color and unity – are used to create a visual representation model to organize physiologic data.
The research focuses on data visualization design and uses technology as its instrument to deliver this goal.
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so registration is required. Visit http://artslab.unm.edu for more information about the event and to register.
For other information, please contact Eric Whitmore at whitmore@unm.edu or 277-2253.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
A former astronaut and a former university president will be the featured speakers at a kick off reception, Wednesday, April 5, for the UNM Centennial Engineering Center fundraising campaign.
The School of Engineering is hosting the event to gather community and business support for construction and equipment for the Centennial Engineering Center, as well as increased support for its students, faculty and programs.
The capital campaign kick off event will feature a talk by former Columbia Space Shuttle astronaut Sid Gutierrez, who is currently manager of the Physical Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories.
Also speaking will be Dr. Charles Jennett, former president of Texas A&M International University and a professor and chairman of civil engineering at Syracuse University.
The event will be held at the UNM Mechanical Engineering Building atrium on Redondo Drive. Light refreshments will be served at 4:30 p.m. and presentations begin at 5:15 p.m.
For more information call 277-5539.
Scheduled for construction this year, the Centennial Engineering Center will be the springboard for next-generation learning, increased research and economic growth.
Contact: Greg Johnston (505) 277-1816
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents and administration will discuss university finances with faculty, students and staff in a four-hour “Budget Summit” on Friday, March 31, 2006 in the Student Union Building Ballroom B from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The summit will begin with opening remarks from Acting President David W. Harris.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Reed Dasenbrock and Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, Paul Roth will deliver their assessments of the university mission and priorities, then Vice President for Human Resources Susan Carkeek and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Wynn Goering will outline the budget challenges for the coming year.
Associate Vice President for Budget, Planning and Analysis Curt Porter will outline the FY 2006 – 2007 proposed budget, then students, faculty, staff and alumni representatives will talk about their budget priorities. The public will also be allowed to speak at the summit.
Items on the table for discussion include a possible student tuition increase, and faculty and staff salary increases, along with retirement benefit set-asides, and special university needs such as more funding for libraries.
The Budget Summit will be broadcast over the web. The link can be found at http://www.unm.edu/president/webcast06.htm
Regents will not vote on the UNM budget during the summit. That will come on April 11, 2006 at their regular monthly meeting.
It's a chance for great conversation and an excellent meal. Mark your calendar to attend UNM Libraries’ Second Annual “Tables of Content”, a one-of-a-kind event that is already becoming a campus tradition.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, May 20, 2006 the evening will bring together notable artists, writers, scholars, and politicians from diverse fields to lead engaging discussions on their areas of expertise.
A gourmet meal will accompany the conversations in Zimmermann Library’s gorgeous, historic West Wing. Tickets are $125 per person and will benefit the Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections.
Twelve table hosts will are featured at this year’s event. Following cocktails in the Raul D. Dominguez Memorial Garden, the Library’s outdoor courtyard, guests will be escorted to Zimmerman’s west wing for a full-course gourmet meal, accompanied by conversation led by the table host of their choice.
The hosts for this dinner include
Ted Garcia
Ted Garcia is the General Manager & CEO of KNME TV 5/DT 35, a multi-award winning public television station serving northern and central New Mexico.
George Gumerman
George Gumerman, Senior Scholar at the School of American Research, has spent more than thirty years researching the archeology of the southwestern United States. He has authored or edited more than twenty books. His research interests include the evolving cultural complexity and past human adaptation to the southwest environment.
Fred Harris
Fred Harris is a former US Senator from Oklahoma (1963-1973), past chair of the National Democratic Party, and former presidential candidate in 1976 and current UNM faculty member in the Department of Political Science. He was elected chair of the NM Democratic Party in 1998 and is the author of 18 books, many of them on political subjects. He has also written a series of mystery stories set in depression-era Oklahoma.
Stan Hordes
Stan Hordes is an author, whose most recent book “To the end of the earth A history of the Crypto Jews in New Mexico has just been released. He is a former state of New Mexico historian, and a UNM Professor whose expertise includes the experience of Crypto-Jewish, genealogy, and southwest history.
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly is the Director of University of New Mexico Libraries’ Center for Southwest Research/Special Collections. As director he oversees collections of personal papers from New Mexico politicians, public figures and private collectors in a wide variety of fields.
Nelson Martinez
Nelson Martinez is a former reporter and news anchor with KOAT and KOB. He is also a well-known local mariachi singer.
Estévan Rael-Gálvez
Estévan Rael-Gálvez is the New Mexico state historian. His doctoral dissertation “Identifying Captivity and Identity: Narratives of American Indian Servitude” focused on the meanings of American Indians and their unique legacy and identity in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. He is currently working on a manuscript for this project.
Edward L. Romero
Edward L. Romero is the former ambassador to Spain and Andorra and one of the co-founders of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. He also founded Advanced Sciences Inc. an international environmental engineering and waste management corporation.
Betty Sabo
Betty Sabo is a renowned painter and sculptor, with bronze sculptures on permanent display at the Albuquerque Museum, Botanical Gardens, and University of New Mexico.
Alisa Valdes Rodriguéz
Alisa Valdes Rodriguéz is the author of “The Dirty Girls Social Club” and other award-winning novels. She was recently voted one of “Time Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Hispanics.”
Judith Van Gieson
Judith Van Gieson is an award-winning mystery writer. In one of her two mystery series, the protagonist Claire Reymier is a buyer of rare books for the University of New Mexico library.
Christopher Wilson
Christopher Wilson is an historian and the J.B. Jackson Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies. His specialty is southwest architecture and historic preservation. He is the author of “The Myth of Santa Fe: Creating a Modern Regional Tradition” and “Facing Southwest: The Life and Houses of John Gaw Meem.”
Attendees of last year’s Tables of Content banquet describe the evening as a “night to be remembered,” “just wonderful” and “the best fundraising event I have ever attended.” One guest marveled, “I joked with Mayor Chavez over wine, enjoyed unforgettable tales from Tom Chavez and got gardening tips from xeriscape guru, Judith Phillips during appetizers and hung on Rudy Anaya’s every word over dinner – if the University Libraries keeps this up – it will be the event everyone looks forward to all year.”
Sponsors for Tables of Content include RMCI, Inc., Belew’s Office Furniture and Supplies, and support from Albuquerque Printing Company, Aramark Dining Services, Dr. Richard G. Beidleman, Dr. Charles Cutter and Dr. Susan Curtis, French’s Mortuary, Daniel T. Kelly, Jr. Probus Security Guard Company, Inc. Nancy Meem Wirth, Xerox of New Mexico and Xerox Global Services.
To make a reservation, please visit the website at http://elibrary.unm.edu/development/TOC/ or call (505) 277-4241or e-mail admin@unm.edu
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
The UNM Student Union Building will be the site of the National Association of College and University Food Services Southern Regional Culinary Challenge Competition on April 4, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Six chefs will compete, and the first place winner of the regional event will represent the region at the NACUFS National Culinary Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada on July 26, 2006.
The competitors will be required to prepare four plates, three for the judges, and one for the media and guests from the conference. The competition is classified by American Culinary Federation rules as an approved competition in category K-1 (Poultry Whole Chicken) practical and contemporary hot-food cooking.
The judges will look for original reciples, proper utilization of ingredients, taste, texture, flavor, doneness and sauces. Contestants will also be judged on knife skill, organization, sanitation, timing, work flow, portion size, creativity and presentation.
The public is welcome to come watch the chefs work. An award ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m.
The Culinary Challenge is part of the NACUFS Southern Regional Conference, which is chaired by Tim Backes, General Manager of the New Mexico Student Union at UNM. The conference is sponsored by Unilever Food Services.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Sudoku puzzles and crime scene investigations will be featured this weekend on campus at the New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Inc. 18th annual statewide Jamboree competition on Saturday, April 1, 2006.
Opening ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m. in Johnson Center. Competitions will take place at various campus locations at 9:45 a.m.
Two thousand students from grades 6 to 12 will compete in the areas of science, math and engineering.
Science
School teams will compete in the areas of Junkyard Air Pollution Design, Water Pollution Solution and Crime Scene Investigation.
Math
Math competions include Sudoku and Logic Puzzles.
Engineering
Engineering teams will compete in the areas of Trebuchet, Newspaper Bridge and Mouse Trap Vehicle.
There will be a spirit design competition where students create a school banner to showcase their school and MESA spirit.
College recruiters and other groups will be on hand in the Student Union Building starting at 10:30 a.m. Participants include Exotics of the Rain Forest and the Albuquerque Bio Park/Bio Van.
There will also be Palm Pilot demonstrations by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Super Computing Challenge and a Laser Light Show by the UNM Chemical Engineering Program.
Now in its 25th year, NM MESA continues to target secondary students from underrepresented populations to prepare them for college majors and careers in mathematics, engineering and science.
New Mexico MESA provides academic enrighment to more than 4,800 students attending 100 schools in 31 school districts across the state.
Year round program activities include college and career counseling, tutoring, advanced studies, leadership development, field trips and summer enrichment opportunities.
For more information about the event, contact Lawrence Roybal 277-1804.
The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the New Mexico premier of the Tony Award®-winning, “Urinetown, the Musical.”
Don't let the title fool you; “Urinetown, the Musical” is not a show about toilet humor. It’s the hit musical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis that takes a somewhat unpleasant premise and turns it completely upside down, producing a wonderfully witty and entertaining evening of contemporary musical theatre.
Urinetown, the Musical” is set in the future where a twenty year drought has forced a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The privilege to pee is regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging for one of humanity’s most basic needs, and those caught breaking the law are carted off to the mysterious Urinetown, never to be seen or heard from again.
Amid the people, a hero arises to lead them to freedom. Along the way, this irreverent, laugh-out-loud musical pokes fun at every imaginable musical and theatrical convention with biting humor and catchy music you're sure to be humming long after the show is over.
A dynamic ensemble of UNM students, alumni and staff will be directed by Kathleen Clawson with musical direction by Barbara Murray and choreography by Wendy Leverenz Barker.
“Urinetown, the Musical” plays for ten performances only: April 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 29 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and April 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. in UNM’s Rodey Theatre, Center for the Arts. All tickets are $20 General, $15 Faculty/Seniors, $10 Staff/Students and are available through the UNM ticket office at 925-5858, 1-800-905-3315, or online at http://www.unmtickets.com.
For more information contact Kathleen Clawson at 277-9125 or kclawson@unm.edu.
Four graduate fellows funded by the Center for Regional Studies who have been working with collections at Center for Southwest Research will give talks on their projects on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library on UNM’s main campus.
The projects are with Dr. Richard Greenleaf’s personal papers, with documents from the Archivo General de la Nacion, with the Thomas Bell book collections, and with the Doris Duke American Indian Oral History collection.
“Intellectural Voyeurism: Knowing Dr. Richard Greenleaf and getting to know the method behind his brilliant badness through his archive” will be presented by Frank Alvarez.
Alicia Romero’s talk is titled, “Escándalos: France Scholes’ AGN Inquisition Documents.”
Aaron Blecha will present “The Myth and Mystery of Thomas S. Bell: Fact and fiction concerning Mr. Bell and the rare book collection.”
Ramona Caplan will discuss “The Power of Native American Oral Histories in the Doris Duke Collection.”
Each talk will last ten to fifteen minutes. The fellowships aid the Center for Southwest Research in improving and increasing access to the extensive archival and book collections that are available to researchers at the Center.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Linda Tuhiwai Smith will present “Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples” at the Viola Cordova Memorial Symposium on Wednesday, April 5, 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building Lobo Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.
Smith is a professor of education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her work in Indigenous education, development and research methodology has influenced the way scholars throughout the world conduct research in Indigenous communities.
The annual symposium was created in 2003 in honor of Viola Cordova, who died in 2002, for her contributions to the field of philosophy. When Cordova graduated from UNM in 1992, she was one of the first Native Americans to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy in the United States.
Cordova helped to found the first graduate program in Native American philosophies at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She was also founding co-editor and later editor of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on American Indians in Philosophy.
A book on Cordova’s collected works is being prepared by colleagues from UNM and the University of Oregon.
The event is co-sponsored by Native American Studies and the Native American Studies Indigenous Research Group. For more information, call 277-3917 or email nasinfo@unm.edu or nasirg@unm.edu.
More than 35 presentations by College of Education graduate students will be featured in the ninth annual colloquium on Tuesday, March 28, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Student Union Building. This event allows students to present to their peers and the education community their scholarship and professional practice. It is free and open to the public.
Topics presented range from “Under-representation of People of Color and Women in Higher Education” to “Mathematics Education in Two Borderland Communities” to “Home Literacy.” The colloquium is an opportunity for graduate students to present and receive feedback on dissertation ideas and preliminary research.
A keynote presentation, “Never Mix, Never Worry? Mixed Methodology Design in an Era of ‘Scientific Research in Education,'” will be given at 7:30 p.m. in SUB Ballroom A by Robert Donmoyer, Ph.D., professor of education at the University of San Diego.
The colloquium is sponsored by the College of Education and the Office of Graduate Studies. For more information or for a program, contact Betsy Noll, associate dean of the College of Education, at enoll@unm.edu.
The Latin American and Iberian Institute presents a spring colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Methods in Colonial Studies: Approaches to the study of texts, images, and space,” Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25 in the Ortega Hall Reading Room on the UNM campus. The event is free and open to the public.
The colloquium is the result of enthusiastic work by the interdisciplinary LAII Colonial Studies Working Group formed with faculty and graduate student participation from history, Spanish and Portuguese – language and literature – art history, archaeology, and anthropology.
“We decided to invite colleagues in our respective fields from other universities to participate in a colloquium of brief formal presentations and plenty of time for discussion about different methods of research and broad conceptual themes,” said Cynthia Radding, LAII director.
Three panels are featured: Texts and Visual Culture, Excluded Voices, and Landscapes and Constructed Space.
“With 20 participants from an array of universities in Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Colorado and from Mexico, we look forward to creative discussions that will help all of us advance in our research and open new interdisciplinary approaches to colonialism, understood here broadly as the experiences of colonized peoples in greater Ibero-America,” she said.
The colloquium is co-sponsored by LAII, the College of Arts and Sciences, the International Studies Institute, and the Office of the Deputy Provost.
For program details, visit: Colonial Studies Colloquium
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The Comadre A Comadre Project at UNM will present “How Cancer Affects You and Your Loved Ones” on Saturday, March 25. The two-hour panel discussion will focus on drawing the strengths of cancer patient families together for loving support. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon at the Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd. NE, Albuquerque.
UNM presentors are Dr. Estella Martinez, associate professor, Individual, Family and Community Education; Patricia Telles, team leader, Children’s Psychiatric Hospital and Irene Monje, case worker, Programs for Children. The Comadre A Comadre Project is a UNM College of Education health education initiative.
English and Spanish translation will be provided. There is no cost and a light snack will be provided. Childcare is available upon request. To register call 242-1222.
The Comadre A Comadre Support Group and St. Joseph Community Health are sponsors of the event.
Prominent women scientists and engineers discuss opportunities and challenges
The University of New Mexico’s Feminist Research Institute and the Office for Policy, Security and Technology are co-sponsoring a “Forum on Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Science and Engineering” on Wednesday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Acoma Room at the UNM Student Union Building. The event is free and open to the public.
“We are very excited to be able to bring together prominent women scientists and engineers from institutions such as UNM, New Mexico Tech, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Eclipse Aviation and Intel,” said program organizers, Anita Obermeier and Andrew Ross.
Jane Zimmer-Daniels, director of the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in the Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering at the Henry Luce Foundation, will be the featured keynote speaker.
Other speakers include UNM’s Julia Fulghum, Lisa Kuuttila, Mary F. Lipscomb and Sally Seidel; UNM Regent and Sandia National Lab employee Sandra Begay-Campbell and fellow lab employee Nancy Jackson; Major General Annette L. Sobel, USAF; Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Susan Seestrom; Intel’s Selene Dominguez, Karen McCoy and Cathy Newman; and Women in Academia: Patricia Henning , associate professor of Physics and Astronomy, director, Institute for Astrophysics; and UNM Women in National Security: Yolanda Jones King, Chief, Space Sensing Technology, Air Force Research Laboratory
The guest speakers will discuss their experiences in science and engineering in a set of three panels focused on women in academia, national security and private industry.
"Diversity in engineering, particularly gender diversity, is vital to achieving the best technological solutions that truly improve people's lives,” said Joe Cecchi, dean, UNM School of Engineering. “This forum will provide an important opportunity to explore ways to progress on this critical front."
For additional information, please contact Professor Anita Obermeier, director, Feminist Research Institute, (505) 277-1198 or via e-mail, AObermeier@unm.edu; and Professor Andrew L. Ross, director, Office for Policy, Security and Technology, (505) 277-7391 or via e-mail, aross@unm.edu.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The Biology Department will celebrate the scientific achievements of its students at the 15th annual research day, Friday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Undergraduate and graduate students will display their original research through oral and poster presentations in a celebration of discovery and education in the biological sciences.
Photo: Students line Castetter Hall looking at poster presentations during the Biology Department's popular Research Day.
“Research Day provides an excellent opportunity for students to present their original research in a non-threatening, collegial environment, better preparing them for presentations at regional and national science meetings,” said Lee Couch, event co-chair. “It’s also a wonderful way for everyone to see how productive and excited they are regarding their research.”
Student poster presentations will be on display in the first and second floor hallways of Castetter Hall from noon on Thursday, April 6 (for judge preview) through Friday, April 7. Poster judging will take place on Friday in two sessions from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., while oral presentations will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue after lunch at 1:30 p.m. in Castetter Hall, rm. 100.
The event will also feature a keynote lecture given by University of Washington Genome Sciences Professor Deborah Nickerson. Nickerson’s expertise is in Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), which are common genetic sequence variations in the human genome. Since the human genome has been sequenced the identification and examination of SNPs, with the goal of understanding genetic variation relating to numerous topics including drug addiction and disease, has become extremely important.
The lecture, titled “SNPing in the Human Genome: New Insights into Biology and Medicine,” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in Regener Hall, rm. 103. It will be followed by an awards ceremony from 5 to 5:30 p.m.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
University Libraries and the Indigenous Nations Library Program presents its March brown bag discussion titled “Indian Education Across the Chalkboard.” It will focus on the importance of a solid, all encompassing Indian education from early childhood to higher education.
The event will be held Tuesday, March 28 at Zimmerman Library with the lecture scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in rm. 102, and the panel discussion from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room.
Invited speakers include Mary Jiron Belgarde, an associate professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies in UNM's College of Education. Belgarde is well-versed in building charter schools for American Indian students.
Also joining the panel is Rosemary Blanchard, the dean of instruction at Crownpoint Institute of Technology in Crownpoint, N.M., located on the Navajo reservation. Natalie Martinez, a teacher at Independence High School in Rio Rancho, N.M., represents Indian education in public schools and urban settings. Mateo Sanchez, director of the San Felipe Pueblo Department of Education, will provide education strategies at the pueblo.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact April Hale at (505) 277-7433.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Society for Composers' Inc. Region VII Conference features concerts, lectures, seminars
The University of New Mexico Department of Music presents the 35th annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium, Sunday, April 2, through Wednesday, April 5. This year's symposium is presented in conjunction with the Society for Composers' Inc. Region VII Conference.
An annual assembly of nationally and internationally renowned composers, the UNM Composers' Symposium features three days of composition seminars, lectures and evening and daytime concerts. Featured composers were selected from over 200 applicants worldwide who submitted pieces for the symposium.
The 2006 event will feature the music of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Roger Reynolds whose music will be performed by this year's Artists-in-Residence, percussion virtuoso Steven Schick and his highly acclaimed red fish blue fish ensemble.
Schick will present the lecture, “The Percussionists Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams,” on Wednesday, April 5. Other lectures include “The Music of Roger Reynolds,” presented by Michael Boyd, a doctoral candidate at University of Maryland College Park, on Monday, April 3, at 9 a.m. and “Zappa Speaks Again…” on Tuesday, April 4, 5:30 p.m. at the University Art Museum, presented by composer-theorist, Michael Edgerton from Berlin, Germany.
Also featured this year is the Arizona State Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), directed by composer Glenn Hackbarth, in a free concert at the Outpost Performance Space, Tuesday, April 4, 11 a.m. Other performers include faculty from the UNM Music Department, David Schepps, Carmelo de los Santos, Kim Fredenberg, Kieth Lemmons, among others; James Bratcher, the UNM Saxophone Quartet, Richard Power, Tatiana Vetrinskaya, guitarist, Stefan Östersjö and many others.
All events are free and open to the public and all concerts take place in Keller Hall at the Center for Arts, unless otherwise noted.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
On the occasion of former Gov. Bruce King's 82nd birthday, Thursday, April 6, the University of New Mexico will formally dedicate a room at the School of Law in his honor. The celebration will be held in the forum from 4-6 p.m. Speakers include Gov. Bill Richardson and UNM alumnus Gary King. Tours of the room will be ongoing. Refreshments, including birthday cake, will be served.
Photo: Former Governor Bruce King
The UNM Board of Regents recently voted to designate a 1,000 sq. ft. space in the law library the “Governor Bruce King Archives and Reading Room.” New Mexico legislators appropriated $274,000 in 2005 for construction and archival work. Another $40,000 in private donations was raised.
The room honors King's ranching roots and includes hand carved furniture and rare memorabilia from his political career. Personal papers and artifacts donated to UNM by the three-term New Mexico governor will be made available to researchers to keep King's contributions active.
The governor's collection of some 900,000 items, including 2,000 photographs, are being processed by UNM Political Archives. Once indexed, they will be accessible to the public by appointment. The collection will be securely stored in an environmentally controlled space, separate from the King room, which is to be used for memorabilia display, special lectures and meetings.
“The Kings have been very active in the development of the space. It is an honor to have Gov. King's collection and to be able to make it available to researchers,” said Carol Parker, UNM law library director.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Center for Regional Studies Fellows present work on UNM Libraries Collections
Four 2005-2006 graduate fellows, working on Center for Regional Studies manuscript/archival collections, will give short presentations about their projects on April 4 at 10 a.m. in the Willard Reading Room at Zimmerman Library. Funded by the Center for Southwest Research, the efforts of these fellows will result in online guides that will help researchers easily find information in the collections. The guides should be available by the end of the spring semester.
Antonia Roybal
Roybal's talk will be “New Mexico Tribes & Fair Market Value: Was the 5th Amendment followed when tribes sold their rights to land and water in New Mexico?” Her presentation is based on material from the Richard Hanna collection. Hanna is a former New Mexico Supreme Court justice and practicing attorney in the area of Native American land, water and mineral rights.
Lavinia Nicolae
Nicolae has been working with the records of the New Mexico Green Party. The title of her talk is “The Green Party: The move toward a three party system in New Mexico and U.S. Politics.”
Jason Strykowski
Strykowski's talk is “William A. Keleher: Maker and Marker of History.” His work has been processing William A. Keleher's papers. Keleher, an author of several books on history of the southwest and a practicing attorney left an extensive collection of history and territorial publications along with his correspondence and research materials for his books.
Meghan Bayer
Bayer's talk is titled “Archives of the University Architect: Development and Construction of UNM's Historic Landscapes and Buildings.” Her work has been with the records of the University Architect and UNM's Facility Planning Department.
The Center for Regional Studies provides fellowships for graduate students to work on projects to make research collections at the Center for Southwest Research more accessible to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
UNM will host a job fair Thursday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New Mexico Veteran's Memorial, 1100 Louisiana Blvd. NE, near the Gibson gate at Kirtland Air Force Base. An intellectually stimulating work environment and one of the best benefit packages in the state labor market are among job perks offered by the University of New Mexico.
Job recruiters and department representatives from the main campus, Health Sciences Center and UNM Hospitals will share information about employment opportunities and guide attendees through the application process.
The free event is sponsored by UNM's Navigating Employment Opportunities Network (NEON). Call 277-MyHR (6947) or visit the UNM Human Resources Service Center at 1700 Lomas NE, Suite 1400 (corner of Lomas & University).
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
On April 1, the University of New Mexico College of Education will honor six women who have made a profound impact on students, schools and communities. Distinguished alumni awards will be presented during “The Stars Among Us Gala” fundraising dinner.
In addition, the event will include a benefit auction for the Jane Blumenfeld Endowment in Special Education. Also being presented is the Chester C. Travelstead Faculty Fellowship in Education.
Distinguished alumni awards will be presented to:
• Kathy Lou Jones, retired from Albuquerque Public Schools, currently enrichment education coordinator for the National Atomic Museum.
• Dora Ortiz, Dolores Gonzalez Elementary, Albuquerque Public Schools.
• Dr. Diane (Rivera) Bryant, University of Texas, Austin.
• Barbara Vigil-Lowder, superintendent, Bernalillo Public Schools.
• Fannye Irving-Gibbs; Board of Historical Research Patrons.
• Dr. Karen Abraham, director, Alumni Relations, University of New Mexico.
The event begins at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 1 at the UNM Student Union Ballroom. The UNM Jazz Band and Los Cantantes, a nationally recognized UNM choral ensemble, will perform.
To purchase tickets or for more information call 277-0835 or e-mail mfduran@unm.edu.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
KNME Science Café will present an expert on robotics, Mars rovers and moon robotics as its topic on Friday, March 24, when KNME TV Channel 5 invites those 18 and older to experience “Adult Night” at Explora Science Center. The event will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
KNME Science Café is about sitting back with a drink or snack to watch part of an episode of NOVA scienceNOW and then ask questions of a specialist in the field. Friday’s scienceNOW segment features James McLurkin of MIT, one of the world’s leading designers of robot “swarms” — groups of robots that work together for a greater purpose.
A discussion will follow about these futuristic marvels and how they are being used practically – in current science projects - with University of New Mexico research assistant professor Barbara Cohen, who works with the Mars Exploration Rovers and robotic lunar projects.
The KNME Science Café takes place every other month, at various museums, presenting a variety of topics, attended by engaging experts in that field. Future KNME Science Café topics include: New Mexico Tyrannosaurs: T. Rex and his cousins on Saturday, May 13 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, as well as Science Cafés featuring volcanoes and astronomy.
Adult Night at Explora is an opportunity to be a kid again, enjoy math explorations and puzzle over Kakuro and Sudoku; plan, design and create robots; explore all 250 interactive exhibits; as well as joining the fun at KNME-TV’s Science Café.
Approximately 70 people participated in the first, very successful KNME Science Café earlier this year.
Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, or free with Explora membership. Coffee and refreshments for the KNME Science Café will be provided by Whole Foods Market
For more information call 277-1218 or 224-8323.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning presents the first George Pearl Fellow Lecture on Friday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m., in Northrop Hall, Room 122 on the main campus.
The featured speaker is Chester Liebs, UNM adjunct professor in preservation and regionalism, whose lecture, “Learning from the Cultural Landscape: Lessons From Japan,” focuses on lessons to be learned from Japan's everyday places for use in planning more sustainable American communities.
“Liebs did more than anyone else to help us appreciate our everyday landscape with his classic book, ‘Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture,'” said Chris Wilson, director of UNM's preservation and regionalism program. “It will be enlightening to see how he reads the Japanese landscape for lesson of sustainability.”
Liebs founded, and for more than 20 years directed, the nationally-renowned preservation program at the University of Vermont. He spent five years as a Fulbright Fellow, then professor, helping to develop heritage conservation programs at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Liebs said, “When I returned to the U.S. in 2003, I had a dose of reverse culture shock. I saw the movie ‘Lost in Translation,' about Americans adrift in Japan, but it had an opposite effect on me. It made me homesick for Tokyo.”
The America to which Liebs returned had been “supersized.” “It took me more hours and gasoline here to do the simplest tasks. By contrast, in my neighborhood in Japan, I was able to get almost everything I needed by bicycle with exercise as the only by-product.”
Liebs describes Japan 's sustainable infrastructure – parking lots where a hundred “shopping bicycles” fit into the space of a few SUVs – and space age, high-speed trains. He notes that Japanese cultural patterns and traditions have created one of the world's most advanced civil societies. Japan, Liebs argues, can offer insights for New Mexicans engaged in Albuquerque 's downtown redensification and the development of a commuter rail system “with the same futuristic fervor being lavished on New Mexico 's proposed spaceport.”
A recent recipient of the James Marston Fitch Preservation-Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Preservation Education, Liebs has also been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach at Tokyo University during the 2006-07 academic year, while writing a book on lessons from Japan's ordinary landscape.
This event is free and open to the public. This will be the first of two Pearl Fellow lectures this spring honoring long-time Albuquerque architect and preservationist, George Clayton Pearl, who died in August 2003.
The University of New Mexico's Institute for Medieval Studies hosts “Medieval Innovations: How the Middle Ages Changed Western Culture,” a series of six lectures and a concert, Monday, April 3 through Thursday, April 6 in Room 101 of Woodward Hall on the university's main campus. The event, supported by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council, is free and open to the public.
Photo: 'The Construction of the Tower of Babel,' from a Picture Bible made ca. 1250 for King Louis IX of France.
The series begins with a keynote lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 3 and continues with 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. lectures on the following three days. The lecturers include distinguished, award-winning experts from the United States and the United Kingdom. Several major cultural developments to be discussed in the presentations have special resonance with New Mexico 's own rich traditions, themselves rooted in the medieval past.
A concert of medieval music, scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, will be performed by UNM's Early Music Ensemble under the direction of Colleen Sheinberg, founder member and co-director of Música Antigua de Albuquerque.
Modern perspectives on the Middle Ages often see the period between 500 and 1500 A.D. as a time of stagnation and backwardness. “Medieval Innovations: How the Middle Ages Changed Western Culture” sets out to demonstrate that these centuries saw fundamental developments in Western culture that represent brilliant achievements in their own right—achievements which in many cases have remained influential down to the present.
The bound book, for example, began to replace the roll or scroll only toward the end of Antiquity. It evolved during the Middle Ages into the major means for the transmission of knowledge that remained until the advent of the Internet Age; medieval scribes and artists exercised remarkable inventiveness to turn the illuminated manuscript into an object of the most exquisite beauty.
Again, the technical innovations in construction that made possible the soaring arches and vaults of the great Gothic cathedrals of the 12th through 15th centuries produced an architectural form that has never ceased to evoke feelings of awe in all who enter these magnificent buildings; while their stained glass windows, the product of an entirely new technique discovered in the 11th century, have similarly fired the imagination of those who behold their richly resonant colors and imagery.
The university, which both revolutionized and codified Western education, is another medieval “invention,” springing out of the world of 12th-century schools. In religious and spiritual life too, the Middle Ages witnessed striking diversity and inventiveness as new movements emerged, among them the Devotio Moderna or “Modern Devotion,” which in the late 14th century offered lay men and women a new means to develop and interpret their spiritual experience.
The lectures offer a multi-disciplinary perspective with broad appeal. For more information on “Medieval Innovations” or on other events offered by the Institute for Medieval Studies, call (505) 277-2252 or visit the Institute's website at The lectures offer a multi-disciplinary perspective with broad appeal. For more information on “Medieval Innovations” or on other events offered by the Institute for Medieval Studies, call (505) 277-2252 or visit the Institute's Web site at Medieval Institute.
A complete lecture schedule can be found at: 2006 Spring Lecture Series
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Response to new grant initiative positive
The Office for Policy, Security and Technology, a collaborative venture by the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), has selected four groups for $5,000 grant awards to support the development of new interdisciplinary undergraduate and or graduate courses that highlight the relationship between public policy and science and technology (S&T).
"I am extremely pleased with the response to OPST's new curriculum development grant program,” said Andrew Ross, OPST director and professor of Political Science. “We're seeing faculty work together across traditional disciplinary boundaries to develop innovative courses at the nexus of S&T and public policy.”
The curriculum development grants have been awarded to the following groups:
Amir H. Mohagheghi, program manager, Middle East Regional Security Program, Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC), Sandia National Laboratories; Faraj Ghanbary, program /project manager, CMC, SNL; and Mozafar Banihashemi, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Sociology, for ‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Science and Policy.’ This proposal was a collaborative effort of the UNM Department of Sociology, the UNM Religious Studies Program and its Southwest Institute on Religion and Civil Society and the Cooperative Monitoring Center at Sandia National Laboratories.
Christopher K. Butler, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, and Mohamed S. El-Genk, Regents’ Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Director, Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies, School of Engineering, for ‘The Human Settlement of Space: Practical and Political Pitfalls and Possibilities.’
Dante Di Gregorio, assistant professor, International Management, Anderson Schools of Management; Suleiman “Sul” K. Kassicieh, ASM Endowed Chair in Economic Development and director, Center for Support of Economic Development, Anderson Schools of Management; and Steven T. Walsh, associate professor, Department of Finance, and the Albert Franklin Black Professor of Entrepreneurship, Anderson Schools of Management, for ‘Technology Transfer, Commercialization and Economic Development.’
Diana Northup, visiting associate professor, Department of Biology, and Professor Emerita, Centennial Science and Engineering Library, and Janet Yagoda Shagam, instructor, Professional Writing Program, UNM, for ‘Communicating Science.’
These courses will be offered at UNM during either the 2006-07 or the following academic year. Proposals for OPST’s new curriculum development grant program were reviewed by a multidisciplinary faculty committee consisting of Gregory Gleason (Political Science), Timothy Moy (History) and Kirsten Mills (School of Engineering).
For additional information contact Andrew L. Ross, OPST director and Political Science professor at (505) 277-7391 or via e-mail: aross@unm.edu and or Stephanie Grant, OPST group administrator at (505) 277-1397 or via e-mail: slgrant@unm.edu.
Water-sharing agreement offers lesson in cultural consensus
World Water Day will be marked at the University of New Mexico with a free film and follow-up discussion about how people from different cultures work together to share a water resource. The program, co-sponsored by the Utton Transboundary Resources Center and Environmental Law Student Association, is Wednesday, March 22, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the UNM School of Law, rm. 2405.
"Voices of the Jemez River,” a short video, tells the story of a water-sharing agreement reached between water rights owners in the Rio Jemez Valley, which includes Pueblo Indians and non-Indian acequia farmers.
Tribal Administrator Peter Pino, who served as governor of the Pueblo of Zia at the time of the agreement, will discuss his role and share how the community arrived at a consensus. Pino earned his MBA at UNM.
For more information, call the UNM Utton Center, 277-5655.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Eight UNM students will be honored in April for winning the 2006 Clauve Outstanding Senior Award. Dean of Students G. Randy Boeglin said the selection is based on academic achievement and significant contributions to the campus community.
Chelsea E. Armstrong
Armstrong is majoring in secondary education with an emphasis in language arts. During her time at UNM she has served as the ASUNM community experience director, working on fundraising for UNM Hurricane Katrina transfer students, developing volunteer programs with Ronald McDonald House and Joy Junction, and bringing a Breast Cancer Awareness Day to UNM.
She has also been a resident advisor, a new student orientation leader, a member of the Student Abroad Association and has worked as a reporter/photographer for the Daily Lobo. She spent a semester on international exchange at the University of Hull in England. Armstrong is a student teacher at Jefferson Middle School, an after-school homework club tutor and a part-time percussion player in a hip/hop jazz band.
Marcus A. Bellamy
Bellamy is a mechanical engineering major and an active member of the Hispanic Engineering Student Organization and the National Society of Black Engineers where he is serving as the region six finance chair. He has also served as the recruiting services chair for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and as corresponding secretary of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.
Bellamy is a member of the UNM Trailblazers and worked as a volunteer regional science fair judge in the junior engineering category. He is a student senator in the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico and is a math/science tutor for students 6-17 in the Pre-College Initiative.
Jessica Castro
Castro is a psychology/Spanish major. She has served as president of the Hispanic Honor Society, vice-president and chair of community service projects for the society and secretary of the Honors Student Advisory Council. Castro is a member of the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, the Golden Key International Honor Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Psi Chi National Honor Society in psychology, the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
She has worked as an undergraduate teaching assistant for introductory psychology, and has received the Jenny Marie Ames Memorial Scholarship, and the Harrison Schmitt Scholarship. Castro has also participated in a variety of charitable activities including weekly tutoring for 3 and 4-year-olds at the Martineztown House of Neighborly Service Day Care and After School Programs.
Dahlia Dorman
Dorman is a political science/Spanish major. She has been a senator for ASUNM, serving on the finance committee, and is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority where she has held several positions, and has participated in the Emerging Leaders Program. She has also served as a Rho Gamma for the Panhellenic Council. She is a member of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society and the Black Student Union.
On campus she has worked as a student volunteer for Fall Frenzy, the Class Crawl and Spring Storm. Her research on violence against women was award with a Symposium Prize at the 2005 UNM Research and Creativity Symposium. She is a competitive figure skater and interned on the Richard Romero 2004 congressional campaign. She has also served as a volunteer tutor for learning disabled students and has plans to attend the UNM School of Law in fall 2006.
Jesse Edward French
French is an economics and political science major, and recipient of the prestigious Truman Scholarship, the UNM Presidential Scholarship and the Mercer Scholarship, given to UNM’s most promising communicator. He has been a National Student Exchange student, spending a year at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has co-authored a parliamentary debate reference book and helped revitalize the UNM Debate Team, which created the UNM Howl, the state’s largest high school debate tournament.
French is a member of the College Democrats, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the National Forensic League and has judged and coached high school debate students. He has worked as a volunteer for the USDA National Resources Conservation Service and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty.
Allison Hudson
Hudson is a Spanish major with a political science minor. She founded the UNM chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, serving as its first president, and is currently president of the National Leadership Council of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She also created the implemented the Chapter Scholarships Program now in use by dozens of NSCS chapters throughout the nation.
Hudson is a member of the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, the Honors Student Advisory Council, the Golden Key International Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. She interned in the Office of the President, served as chair of education and awareness for the UNM chapter of Habitat for Humanity and is a team leader for Spring Storm.
Hudson also created and co-taught a class for the University Honors Program Senior Teaching Experience, “Cry for Me Argentina.” Hudson is a mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico and the secretary of the Homeowner’s Association at The Lofts at Albuquerque High.
Maya L. Oliver
Oliver is a journalism and mass communications (Public Relations) and Spanish major. She is the director of A+ Public Relations, a UNM student-run public relations firm. As director she rebuilt an organization that now works with Ronald McDonald House Charities, United Blood Services and Habitat for Humanity into a firm of more than 40 members.
Oliver is also assistant editor of Promotions, a monthly newsletter for the Public Relations Student Society of America, the public relations chair of the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, public relations officer of the Golden Key International Honor Society, a former president of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She works part time at University Communication and Marketing writing press releases and contributing to the print version of UNM Today and assisting visitors to the campus.
David Steele
Steele is an Electrical Engineering major who also works half-time at Sandia National Laboratories as a student intern in the areas of circuit design, bread-boarding, soldering, testing and LabVIEW programming. He is President of the Student Union Building Board, and has served as vice president of finance for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and scholarship chairman and vice president for the Interfraternity Council.
In addition, he is a member of the UNM Trailblazers, of the UNM Student Fee Review Board, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. He has served as a student senator on the Senate Finance Committee and Outreach and Appointments Committee, as a member of the ASUNM Lobby Committee. Steele has received the UNM Presidential Scholarship, the Lena Clauve Outstanding Senior Scholarship and the MOAA Scholarship and Grant.
The Clauve winners will be formally honored at the UNM Recognition Reception, an annual event recognizing outstanding UNM students, on April 20.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
A Town Hall Meeting…Your Voices, Our Youth: Underage Drinking in Bernalillo County
The University of New Mexico’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP), along with Bernalillo County prevention organizations, Educational Enterprises, Inc. and The Cornstalk Institute, will convene a town hall meeting on Tuesday, March 28, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Loma Linda Community Center located at 1700 Yale, S.E.
The town hall is part of a comprehensive plan to reduce underage alcohol use and risky drinking by youths and young adults and is also part of a national effort to increase awareness of youthful drinking and its consequences, and to encourage individuals, families and communities to address the problem.
It will provide an opportunity for community members to learn more about the scope of the local problem, discuss effective strategies for reducing alcohol abuse, interact with and pose questions to a panel of prevention experts and identify how concerned individuals can become involved in the solution.
New Research
According to new research, more is known now than ever before about the risks associated with underage drinking. Alcohol use among children and adolescents starts early and increases rapidly with age. A higher percentage of youth aged 12 to 20 use alcohol (29 percent) than tobacco (24 percent) or illicit drugs (14 percent), making underage drinking a leading public health problem in the United States.
Research also indicates that the earlier young people initiate drinking, the more likely they are to develop alcohol abuse disorders as adults. In Bernalillo County alone, 33 percent of its youth take their first drink at age 12 or younger.
For more information on the town hall contact John Steiner at (505) 277-2795 or e-mail, jstein@unm.edu.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Landmark Supreme Court decision to be discussed at UNM
Attorney and author Mark Curriden will present a free talk, “Contempt of Court: A Lesson from Legal History,” Thursday, March 30, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. at UNM School of Law.
In his book “Contempt of Court: A Turn-of-the Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism,” Curriden details an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed how justice is carried out in the United States. He chronicles the story of a man falsely accused and sentenced to death and the lawyers who successfully freed him. Farar Straus & Giroux published this award-wining book in 2000.
Curriden is senior communications counsel for Vinson & Elkins, a large national law firm. He received his J.D. from Woodrow Wilson Law School in Atlanta and began his career in 1988 as a legal journalist for the Atlanta Constitution covering the Georgia Supreme Court and 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was wrote for the Dallas Morning News. Curriden has authored two articles that proved instrumental in freeing wrongly convicted death row inmates.
Continuing legal education credit is available for $40. Visit the UNM School of Law Web site to register, School of Law.
The talk is sponsored by the law school, UNM African American Studies and New Mexico Black Lawyers Association.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Annual event honors outstanding business school alumni
The Anderson Schools of Management at the University of New Mexico will honor seven outstanding Anderson alumni and one outstanding Anderson faculty member at the 17th Annual Hall of Fame dinner on May 4. Selected for their professional success, contribution to the community, and ongoing commitment to education, Hall of Fame, Young Alumni and Anderson faculty honorees join a distinguished roster of leaders in New Mexico and around the country.
Victor Chavez, manager, Office of Advocacy and Small Business Development, Sandia National Laboratories; James Ellis, senior executive director of Global Initiatives, University of Southern California; Donald Power, president and CEO, Jaynes Corporation General Contractors; and Ron Rivera, managing principal of REDW - The Rogoff Firm, have been selected as this year’s inductees into the schools’ Hall of Fame.
Chad Cooper, financial planner, Prudential Financial; Jason Deshayes, tax senior, Pulakos & Alongi, Ltd.; and Alice Hopkins-Loy, founder and executive Director, Social Venture Partners New Mexico, will be recognized as recipients of the third annual Young Alumni Awards. Jackie Hood, chair, Department of Organizational Studies, has been named recipient of the Faculty Community Leadership Award.
“I am overwhelmed by the accomplishments of this year’s group of nominees,” says Danny Sachs, President and General Manager of Team Specialty Products and Chairperson for this year’s event. “This year’s selection process was especially challenging given the high quality of our nominees’ business contributions and their commitment to giving back to the community through high-impact volunteer activities. I am happy for everyone nominated and especially proud of those selected.”
Hall of Fame Honorees
Victor Chavez
At Sandia National Laboratories’ Office of Advocacy and Small Business Development, Victor Chavez serves as manager of the Small Business Initiative, New Ventures, Entrepreneurial, Regional Economic Development and Small Business Advocacy programs.
He founded the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, which has helped over 800 businesses throughout the state, and ids responsible for the development and implementation of the Native American Initiative, which brings together the Navajo Nation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Sandia National Laboratories.
Chavez is a three-time graduate of the University of New Mexico, and received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Anderson Schools in 1999.
James Ellis
James Ellis is the Senior Executive Director of Global Initiatives at the University of Southern California (USC) and is the former Vice Dean of USC’s Marshall School of Business.
Outside of academia, Ellis has served as CEO or president of three companies, the Chairman of the Board for three others, and a member of the board of directors for nine organizations, ranging in size from $5 million to $200 million in sales volume.
Ellis received his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the Anderson Schools in 1968.
Donald Power
Donald Power was named President and CEO of Jaynes Corporation in 2003 after 37 years with the company, starting when he was an undergraduate in college working as a formsetter and laborer.
Over the years, he has seen the company grow into a nationally recognized general contractor. Power is Chairman-elect of Albuquerque Economic Development and a board member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
He received his MBA from the Anderson Schools in 2003.
Ron Rivera
Ron Rivera is the current Managing Principal of REDW – The Rogoff Firm and has been a member of the public accounting profession for 22 years. An active member of the New Mexico business community, Rivera has been honored as the Small Business Association Accounting Advocate of the Year and has been active with the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce as Chairman of the Board and Committee Chair for the Small Business and Scholarship Committees.
Rivera received his BBA from the Anderson Schools in 1983.
Young Alumni Honoress
Chad Cooper
Chad Cooper has been with Prudential Financial since 2003 and currently manages his own practice as a financial planner with the company. A New Orleans’ native, Cooper presents free seminars entitled “A Wealth Building Education for African Americans” as a response to the impact that Hurricane Katrina had on so many in his home town.
Cooper received his MBA from the Anderson Schools in 2001.
Jason Deschayes
Jason Deshayes, CPA, a tax senior with Pulakos & Alongi, Ltd., is the director of the New Mexico Society of Certified Public Accountants and the former alumni liaison for the UNM chapter of Beta Alpha Psi. In 2004, he was awarded the Outstanding New Member of the New Mexico Society of CPAs.
Deshays received both his BBA (2003) and his Master of Accounting (2004) from the Anderson Schools.
Alice Hopkins-Loy
Alice Hopkins-Loy is the founder and Executive Director of Social Venture Partners of New Mexico, a partnership of 25 civic and business leaders that has contributed over $150,000 to non-profit organizations working to end generational poverty. Hopkins-Loy currently teaches Social Entrepreneurship at the Anderson Schools, and in 2001 founded the UNM chapter of Women Excelling in Business.
Hopkins-Loy received her MBA from the Anderson Schools in 2002.
Faculty Community Leadership Award Honoree
Jackie Hood
Jackie Hood serves as Chair of the Department of Organizational Studies at the Anderson Schools of Management. For the past 18 years, Hood has provided outstanding service and leadership at the Anderson Schools and is known to businesses around the state for her work in organizational design and development.
The Hall of Fame honorees and Young Alumni Award winners will be recognized at the Hall of Fame dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Albuquerque on Thursday, May 4. The evening begins with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
Corporate table sponsorships are available at $700 for a table of 10. The cost for individual tickets is $75. To make reservations or to inquire about table sponsorships, call the Anderson Schools Development Office at (505) 277-6314 or e-mail: grainger@mgt.unm.edu by Friday, April 28.
The sponsors for this year’s event are: Citadel Broadcasting Company, Jaynes Corporation, PNM, Wells Fargo Bank, Grant Thornton, Sandia Investment Group, Wachovia Securities, Intel Corporation, Atkinson & Co., Bank of the West and Pulte Homes.
Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico will host the 2nd Annual Peace and Justice Fair featuring more than 50 exhibits and several panel discussions and performances Wednesday, March 29, from noon to 10 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballrooms.
Students Organizing Action for Peace (S.O.A.P.) and the UNM Peace Studies Program sponsor the free event. Nearly a dozen on and off-campus groups are co-sponsors, including UNM International Programs and the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice.
“We've had a nice show of support and solidarity from the community,” said Peace Studies Director Jenny Moore, UNM professor of law and associate dean.
This year's theme is "Question Violence: Wage Peace.” A 1 p.m. panel discussion will focus on students integrating a commitment to social justice with life in the classroom. At 3 p.m., panelists Martin Brennan, UNM ambassador-in-residence, Matthew Henderson, ACORN New Mexico organizer and William Kyser of the Albuquerque Living Wage Campaign, and others, will discuss careers in peacemaking.
At 6 p.m., veterans from the Iraq war and service men and women yet to be called to active duty will speak.
Veterans for Peace will have an installation near the duck pond. Evening entertainment includes performances by local folk/pop band Buddha Betties and the Side Street Strut Swing Sextet.
For more information contact Desi Brown at: desib@unm.edu.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor John W. Geissman was one of 45 new Fellows elected recently to the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Fellows of AGU are members who have attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and space sciences. Geissman, along with the other elected Fellows, will be recognized in Baltimore, Md. in May as part of the 2006 Joint Assembly.
Photo: John Geissman was elected Fellow recently to the American Geophysical Union.
“I certainly was elated to hear the news, but the real honor is being so fortunate to work with so many excellent and energetic students and other colleagues,” said Geissman. “I just hope that experience continues.”
An international scientific society with more than 41,000 members, AGU advances the understanding of Earth, atmospheric, oceanic, hydrologic, space and planetary sciences. AGU is dedicated to fostering high-quality scientific research, disseminating the results of that research, enhancing educational opportunities in science, and encouraging international cooperation in geophysics.
Geissman, who earned his Ph.D. at Michigan in 1980, lists his research interests in applications of paleomagnetism to geologic problems, including organic belts; geomagnetic field behavior; and relations between rock magnetic properties and igneous and sedimentary processes; as well as the great conflict between reason and ignorance, as demonstrated by seemingly incessant efforts to undermine science education in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
University of New Mexico School of Law students outperformed 29 moot court teams from across the United States to earn the 2006 Hispanic National Bar Association’s Moot Court Competition, the first UNM team to win this national title.
The championship prize included $4,000 in scholarship funding, which will be divided among UNM team members Denise Chanez, Elaine Lujan and Damian Lara. They represented UNM at the competition held this past week in Seattle, Washington.
Supreme Court justices from the state of Washington and judges from the Colorado Court of Appeals, Oregon Court of Appeals and Texas Court of Appeals presided over the final round between UNM and the University of Wisconsin.
Judge Joseph Alarid of the New Mexico Court of Appeals coached the UNM team. Several local judges, attorneys, and professors also volunteered time to judge practice rounds.
UNM defeated George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, in preliminary rounds. UNM later defeated DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, and Catholic University, Washington, D.C., before advancing to beat the University of Wisconsin.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The first-ever Student Water Symposium at the University of New Mexico will be held Friday, March 24. The symposium will bring together invited guests and participants from UNM and other universities at a showcase of current student work on Southwest water topics. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lobo rooms A & B in the Student Union Building.
Richard Kreiner of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will give the opening talk on the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program. The concluding speaker is Professor Michael Campana, director of the UNM Water Resources Program.
The symposium will include 16 talks and 10 posters on issues like remote sensing, water quality, watershed management, economics of water use, conservation, reservoir management, fire effects on watersheds and hydraulic modeling.
The symposium is organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development in cooperation with the UNM Water Resources Program, the student Association of Water Professionals, and WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development.
There is no registration fee, but all attendees are encouraged to register in advance. Registration will allow the attendee to access a copy of the program and attend the oral and poster presentations, as well as morning and afternoon refreshment breaks.
You can register at: http://research.unm.edu/news_events/register/. Look under Student Water Symposium. Advance registrations will be taken until 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, after which time one can register at the symposium.
Registration questions should be directed to Tim J. Ward, UNM assistant vice-president for research at: tjward@unm.edu or (505) 277-2328.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Continuing Education received a first place in the 2006 University Continuing Education Association publications awards. The Marketing Department at UNM Continuing Education took the gold medal in the category of "E-Communication." The award is given in recognition of outstanding creative marketing communications projects.
Recognized on the award are Sharon Steely for Web design, Kim Halpern for art direction and TrueFire’s MailDog for programming and database support. Award winners will be recognized and celebrated at the UCEA annual conference in San Diego in April.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
The Northwest New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair will be held Friday and Saturday, March 17-18 at the University of New Mexico and your help is needed. The fair is desperately in need of judges. Help is needed to judge environmental sciences, medicine/health, microbiology, chemistry and physics in the middle school division and microbiology, chemistry and botany in the high school division.
For additional information contact Karen M. Kinsman, Director/Sr. Program Manager, STEM Education Outreach Programs, (505) 277-4916 or kkinsman@unm.edu
Links for more information are:
Judge Information form (fill out and submit online) and
Judging schedule.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Two local charities, the American Cancer Society and Casa Esperanza, got money and direct help from University of New Mexico students this spring. More than 400 students from the 14 sororities and fraternities on campus joined together for a series of activities during “Greek Week” to raise money for the charities.
The Greeks did painting and yard work at Casa Esperanza, a non-profit home that houses families of cancer patients who must stay in Albuquerque while their family member is being treated. They also conducted a toy drive that raised $1,500 worth of toys for children who stay at the house.
Andree Johnson, chair of the Greek Week activities said, “We do this for two reasons. One is to benefit the charities involved, but we also want to unite the Greek community to do community service.”
The Greek community also raised $10,000 for the American Cancer Society’s Camp Enchantment. Kappa Kappa Gamma was particularly active, raising $7,000 of the total amount.
Matt Henderson, committee chairman for Greek sing, said, “It’s a chance to have the Greeks come together to have fun and to give back to the community in a good way.”
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has re-elected Santa Fe businessman Jamie Koch as President. This will be Koch’s third one-year term. Farmington attorney Jack Fortner has been re-elected as vice president and Sandra Begay-Campbell was re-elected as secretary. She is a civil engineer with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.
Acting University of New Mexico President David W. Harris today recommended approval of the UNM Board of Regents for his appointment of Dr. Reed Way Dasenbrock as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Dasenbrock has been interim UNM provost for the past year, and prior to that served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since coming to UNM in 2001.
Photo: Dr. Reed Dasenbrock
“We were fortunate to have three well qualified candidates to consider for this position. Reed distinguished himself in the process with his understanding of and passion for UNM and New Mexico,” said Harris. “The search committee noted his excellent leadership skills; an inclusive, open and collaborative style; and a “no nonsense” decisiveness. I wholeheartedly concur with that evaluation.”
Harris said the 16-member committee praised Dasenbrock's demonstrated ability as dean of Arts and Sciences to increase funding and eliminate long-standing debt, and also noted that with his understanding of the issues facing UNM, he could step into the position of provost with no learning curve.
The provost and executive vice president for academic affairs serves as the university's chief academic officer, providing administrative leadership to all operating units in academic affairs, student affairs and research.
Dasenbrock has been in New Mexico for 25 years. From 1981 until coming to UNM, he served on the faculty and in various administrative positions at New Mexico State University, including associate dean of Arts and Sciences, director of the Arts and Sciences Research Center and head of the English department. He has a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University; a B.Phil from Oxford University; and a B.A. from McGill University.
Marla Wood has joined the University of New Mexico College of Education as the major gifts development officer. Her duties include building support for the college from alumni, donors and community members.
Wood earned a B.A. in Theatre from Rhodes College. She started her development career working with Albuquerque 's Keshet Dance Company, where she garnered the Peter F. Drucker Award for Non Profit Innovation.
Photo: Marla Wood
Most recently, she worked with United Way of Central New Mexico's Alexis de Tocqueville Society, a membership of individuals giving more than $4 million in its most recent annual campaign. Wood has worked with several non-profits in the social services arena and was a licensed treatment foster parent.
Wood is a graduate of the 2005 Leadership Albuquerque class as honored by the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, and sits on the board of the Albuquerque Civic Trust.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
The UNM Board of Regents, during their regular meeting on Monday, approved of Acting President David Harris' recommendation of Paul Krebs as UNM's 12th director of athletics. Afterward, Harris announced the appointment of Krebs, currently the athletics director at Bowling Green State University, at press conference held at the Student Union Building. Krebs will succeed Rudy Davalos who has been UNM's athletics director for the past 13 years.
Photo: Paul Krebs is expected to become UNM's 12th director of athletics.
A news conference is also scheduled tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., in Ballroom C of the UNM Student Union Building when the candidate will be introduced.
Krebs would replace Rudy Davalos, who announced his retirement last October after more than 13 years at the University.
Krebs, 49, has 25 years of athletics administration experience, including the past seven years as director of athletics at Bowling Green. He has also held the title of Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at BGSU since 2003.
"In an exceptional field of applicants, Paul was the strongest candidate," said Harris. "We were especially impressed with the emphasis he places on academic performance and the overall integration of the student-athlete into campus life.”
Harris acknowledged the 21-member search committee, headed by Regents' President Jamie Koch, for their time, diligence and evaluation.
"It was a long and comprehensive process and they handled it expeditiously." said Harris.
Krebs began his professional career in collegiate athletics as the Assistant Ticket Director at the University of Oklahoma in 1981. He was promoted to Ticket Director in 1983.
Krebs began a 14-year tenure at The Ohio State University in 1985, serving as the Ticket Director. He was named Assistant Athletics Director in 1987, Assistant Athletics Director of Administration in 1991 and Senior Associate Athletics Director in 1993.
Krebs' wife, Marjori, is an instructor in the Bowling Green College of Education and Human Development. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Leadership Studies at BGSU. They have two children, a daughter, Taylor, 16, and a son, Jacob, 12. The Canfield, Ohio, native earned a bachelor's degree in Business from BGSU in 1978 and a master's degree in Athletic Administration from Ohio State in 1981.
Contact: Greg Remington, (505) 925-5525; e-mail: gregrem@unm.edu
Award winning New Mexico filmmakers, including UNM physician Ben Daitz, have produced a documentary film for New Mexico public television titled “What Does Normal Mean?” The film about children with disabilities will air on KENW-TV, Portales and KRWG-TV, Las Cruces March 20 at 9 p.m., and on KNME-TV March 24 at 7 p.m.
“What Does Normal Mean?” is a visually and emotionally compelling documentary film about children with disabilities in New Mexico’s public schools at a time when the state is struggling to meet federal standards, which call for full academic inclusion of children with disabilities.
The filmmakers followed seven children in their classrooms and communities over an academic year. Featured are children and their families from all over the state --elementary to high-schoolers -- with a broad range of disabilities. The struggles and triumphs these children and their families go through every day reveal why inclusion has taken so long to become reality.
KNME-TV’s “In Focus” will preview the documentary on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. and present a panel discussion including several people featured in the film. In Focus will repeat Sunday, March 19 at 6:30 a.m.
“What Does Normal Mean?” was produced by Daitz, Dale Sonnenberg and Matt Sneddon, distinguished New Mexico documentary filmmakers who have won numerous awards for their work, including multiple Emmys. Daitz is a professor emeritus in the Family and Community Medicine Program at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He also wrote original music for the show.
Sneddon’s most recent documentary, featured in multiple film festivals, is “The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe,” about the acclaimed New Mexico artist.
Daitz and Sonnenberg recently collaborated on “Whose Home On The Range?” an award-winning documentary about the environmental resource struggles in Catron County, New Mexico, the so-called “toughest county in the west.”
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Book signing scheduled with authors Lisa Lenard-Cook, Lucy Moore and Pamela Christie
The UNM Bookstore will hold an author reading featuring Lisa Lenard-Cook, Lucy Moore and Pamela Christie on Friday March 24, from 12 to 1 p.m. The authors will discuss their books in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event is free and open to the public.
Lisa Lenard-Cook is the author of Dissonance. Dissonance tells the story of Anna Kramer, a piano teacher in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who inherits the journals and scores of composer Hana Weissova. She is mystified by this bequest from a woman she does not know. As Kramer begins to play Weissova's music, however, some of her forgotten emotions resurface. Upon reading the dead woman's journals, which begin in 1945 after Weissova is released from a concentration camp, decades-old secrets that Kramer and her family have kept buried are uncovered.
Lucy Moore is the author of Into the Canyon. Moore's recollection of time spent in Navajo County is a beautiful and spirited tribute to Chinle culture. Moreover, the reader is given a glimpse into what it means to be affected by a place, time, and people.
Pamela Christie is the author of The King's Lizard. Her story is set in Santa Fe, 1782. The colony of New Mexico teeters on the brink of extinction. Unknown enemies sabotage the desperately needed peace between the Spanish and Comanches. To whom can Governor Anza turn? Unexpectedly, aid comes from the least likely of his subjects, one as invisible as a lizard on a wall. Nando Aguilar, the half-breed son of a Spanish don and a Ute slave, finds himself recruited to be the eyes and ears for Anza's government. Caught between warring cultures, Nando soon becomes deeply embroiled in murder and intrigue.
Everyone is invited to attend this book signing at the UNM Bookstore in celebration of Women’s History Month. The UNM Bookstore will also validate parking for the event.
For more information about this event contact Anicia Esposito at (505) 277-9752 or email at: aespo@unm.edu.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Best and brightest young scientists to gather in Albuquerque
On March 17 – 18, close to 800 middle and high school students will exhibit their science fair projects at the University of New Mexico and compete for nearly $50,000 in prizes and scholarships. The 47th Annual Northwest New Mexico Regional Science & Engineering Fair will be on display at Johnson Center and the Student Union Building. A Grand Awards Ceremony will be at Popejoy Hall, Saturday, March 18, 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
“This event provides UNM a great opportunity to showcase the university, recruit from a pool of excellent future student candidates, and promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in New Mexico,” said Karen Kinsman, director of the NWNM Regional Science & Engineering Fair, one of the outreach programs managed under the STEM Education Outreach Programs office at UNM.
A public open house will be Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Johnson Center south gym. It provides an opportunity to encourage younger children to participate in science, math, engineering and technology education, and it will celebrate the participant