The University of New Mexico’s Information Technology group met recently to devise a comprehensive strategic plan to help improve customer service, campus infrastructure and policies and procedures. As a result, Bill Adkins, UNM’s Chief Information Officer, announced today a six-point strategic plan designed to enhance the core missions of UNM.
The strategies include: create a network of learning and support centers; collaborate with the UNM research community to provide robust and reliable IT infrastructures; develop campus-wide IT security policies, procedures and practices; position UNM’s IT to acquire the funding necessary to grow and sustain those IT services; grow the IT capacity, services and partnerships; and develop a collaborative UNM IT governance structure that enables IT decision-making and facilitates communication.
“We envision a future in which UNM’s dynamic learning communities have limitless access to individualized information, unfettered by technology and distance,” said Adkins. “We want to provide an integrated information technology environment that advances the core missions of the University including education, research and public service.”
From these strategies, implementation plans including activities, measures of success, major milestones and specific deliverables will be developed further. Each strategy involves a team-concept approach with an owner directing the group on a particular strategy as well as a variety of participants from across campus.
A number of internal and external tools have also been put in place to communicate to the campus. Internally, they include bi-weekly strategy leaders’ roundtables and quarterly meetings of strategy teams to showcase progress. Externally, they include bi-weekly meetings with Acting President David Harris and quarterly reports to UNM leaders and stakeholders.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Two interdisciplinary summer field schools, “Imagining New Mexico Across Cultures,” offered during the first summer session, June 5 – July 1, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; and “Inter-Cultural Legacies of New Mexico,” which is offered during the second summer session, July 3-29 also from 9 to -11:30 a.m. Both are Monday through Friday.
Communication and Journalism Professor Miguel Gandert teaches the first field school. He said, “New Mexico is a crossroads where culture, place and identity are continually being revisioned and negotiated in the imaginary spaces of film and literature. This festival seminar features a variety of guest writers, filmmakers and thinkers who have all helped put New Mexico on the map.”
Work by directors D.W. Griffith, Moctezuma Esparza, Robert Redford and Danny Lyon will be shown. Featured writers include Governor Miguel Antonio Otero, Rudolfo Anaya, Tony Hillerman, Edward Abbey, John Nichols and Pat Mora. Featured scholars include Gabriel Meléndez, Susan Dever, Enrique Lamadrid and Jack Loeffler.
This first school is cross-listed in American Studies, Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies and Communication and Journalism.
The second field school is cross-listed in Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies, Native American Studies and Communication and Journalism. “The field school on intercultural legacies focuses specifically on culture bearers, mediators and brokers,” said Enrique Lamadrid, director, Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies.
The field-based seminar is a hands-on introduction to ethnographic and biographical documentation in multiple digital formats. It also includes training in photography, video, audio recording and editing. Other experiences include exploring interview techniques, field notes, archiving, analysis and the ethics of cultural representation.
A survey of cultural history and landscape will provide the context within which exceptional individuals have distinguished themselves in folk and popular creative traditions. Students will present research in a multi-media seminar.
For more information, call Enrique Lamdrid, 269-5569.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
24th Annual Bank of America / Larry Ahrens Golf Tournament Tees Off June 16
The 24th annual Bank of America/Larry Ahrens Golf Tournament, benefiting the University of New Mexico Presidential Scholarship Program, will tee off Friday, June 16, 2006, at the University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course. The tournament features a pair of shotgun starts beginning at 7:45 a.m. and also 1 p.m.
“I can’t think of another scholarship program that benefits students, the University of New Mexico and the state,” said Larry Ahrens, tournament chair. “The Presidential Scholarship Program does all three.”
Over the past 23 years, the tournament has raised more than $970,000 and currently provides 50 Presidential Scholarships each year. The tournament is annually the single, biggest one-day fundraiser at UNM.
Since its inception, the PSP has offered tuition-free education to more than 2,450 scholars, made possible by nearly $9 million in gifts from donors.
The tournament format consists of a 4-person Red-White-Blue scramble, limited to one “A” player (handicap of nine or less), and a combined handicap of each team of at least 43. Interested participants may form their own team, play as an individual or pair and be assigned to a team.
Team prizes will be awarded for first through fourth place teams, a.m. and p.m. flights, and first through third place prizes for women’s teams. There will also be a number of skill and random drawing prizes. The per player entry fee of $125 includes green fees, cart, range balls, drinks, snacks, breakfast, lunch and a post-tournament awards dinner.
A number of sponsorship opportunities are also available at various levels including: prize or product sponsorships; Hole Sponsor ($300); Birdie Level sponsor ($1,250); Eagle Level sponsor ($2,250); and Leaderboard Level sponsor ($3,750).
For more information on sponsorships and benefits or to register, call (505) 277-5688. Interested participants may also register online at www.pspgolf.org.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Students tailor campaign to reach women in winning entry
A team of MBA students from the Anderson School of Management at UNM has won the 2006 national Cadillac Case Study Competition, held each year in Detroit, MI. This is the second year in a row that a UNM team has won the competition, and the first time in the history of the contest that a school has won two years in a row. The competition finals were held on May 25 and were judged by a panel of Cadillac executives and members of Cadillac’s marketing firm, Leo Burnett.
The Anderson School MBA team includes students Pedro Bonano, Logan Hall, Denisse Olivas, Melissa Valles, Patricia Plichta, and Joseph Weiss, and is mentored by Anderson Lecturer John Benavidez and Assistant Professor Catherine Roster. The project was conducted as part of Benavidez’s Marketing Communications Management class.
In 2005, the Anderson School MBA team won the competition with their plan to market Cadillacs to two distinct segments of baby boomers, beating out teams from Cal State Los Angeles, UCLA, Loyola University, Tulane University, University of Mississippi, University of Iowa, Clemson University, and others.
This year, UNM’s task was to research women aged 35 and older to better understand their beliefs and attitudes about Cadillac and Escalade. The UNM team conducted a national online research study. Using this research, the students then developed a marketing communications plan to engage their target audience using communication tools above and beyond traditional advertising.
“Women make up the majority of car buyers, even though most car companies don’t seem to target the female market. Our secondary research told us that women research and buy automobiles despite the traditional marketing, not because of it,” says team member Logan Hall.
“The team’s survey work told them that women respond better to campaigns that help them to develop relationships with brands through personal experiences. Also, women prefer messages that are relevant to their own lives. The UNM campaign focused on three specific life cycle stages: the single professional woman, the married woman, and the empty nest woman,” says Benavidez.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Ted A. Garcia, general manager and chief executive officer of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5, has been elected to the University Licensee Association executive board. Each of the 11 ULA board members serves a two-year term. The University Licensee Association includes public broadcasting stations licensed to colleges and universities. It is one of several “affinity groups” within public TV that are consulted by national organizations making policy decisions.
Photo: Ted A. Garcia, general manager / chief executive officer, KNME
The ULA assists public broadcasting stations licensed to colleges and universities with their efforts to fulfill individual missions and goals through the sharing of ideas. ULA also speaks for the special needs and interests of the licensees during times of national planning and decision-making.
“I am honored to have been selected by my peers to serve on the executive board,” Garcia said. “The ULA serves as the voice of university licensees within the PBS system.
"Part of the ULA’s work is to ensure that the missions of universities and colleges -- including research, public service and instruction -- are represented in the visions of our national organizations, and that our stations’ special financial and administrative circumstances, as units of larger educational institutions, are understood and addressed in concert with those national organizations.”
Garcia also serves on the national PBS board of directors and on the board of directors of National Datacasting, Inc., a PBS subsidiary. He is chair of the executive council of the Pacific Mountain Network, whose council members are elected for three-year terms by its 33 member public television stations. Garcia is also chair emeritus of the National Educational Telecommunications Association board of directors.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Catherine M. (Kate) O’Neill has been named as the new interim executive director of the UNM-Taos Branch. O’Neill has been with UNM-Taos and Extended University at the University of New Mexico since 1995. She is currently a full-time assistant professor of psychology and Academy Head for Professions and Liberal Arts at UNM-Taos.
Photo: Catherine M. O'Neill, interim executive director, UNM-Taos
“My top priorities will be to keep the branch on track in terms of course offerings and programs, and to assist in getting the new buildings and other key projects such as the child care center successfully underway and functioning smoothly," said O'Neill.
O’Neill earned her Doctor of Education in human development and psychology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1997. She has experience in teaching and research, clinical consultation and counseling, and is involved in various community activities.
O’Neill helped to found the Taos branch chapter of the American Association of University Professors for which she serves as an officer. In 2005, she won the UNM-Taos student award for “Faculty Member I learned the most from.” O’Neill has served as a board officer, trainer and consultant for non-profit organizations in the Taos area including the Community Against Violence and Holy Cross Hospital.
“We have an excellent senior management team, including academy heads and lead staff, and we will count on each and every one of them to move UNM-Taos forward in the coming year,” says O’Neill. “Our success will benefit from positive input from the community as a whole.”
In addition to her doctorate, O’Neill also holds a Master of Education in Counseling from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Tufts University.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Volunteers are needed for the 6th Muthu Barry Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp, sponsored by the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation, June 5-9 at Valley High School. Campers are instructed in archery, tennis, track and field, basketball, swimming, soccer and other sports. The camp serves 8-18 year-old children who have diagnoses such as Spina Bifida or Cerebral Palsy or are amputees.
Nurses, therapists, teens and college students provide the needed support for the camp. Nurses assist campers with self-care needs as well as to provide first aid. Volunteers and instructors provide hands-on instruction and support in all activities. Volunteers need to be at least 14 and can help for part of a day, a whole day or the whole week.
Both volunteers and campers can link to the Web site for more information at www.aablprograms.com, or e-mail at mbschu@unm.edu or call 238-2247.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Receptions are scheduled this Friday evening for new exhibitions opening at the UNM Art Museum, which opens with "Painting – Alive and Well! Eight Master Artists." The Masley Art Gallery will feature "Pushing Paper," while the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology presents "Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan."
Agnes Martin, Untitled, 1980.
“Painting – Alive and Well! Eight Master Artists” is an exhibit guest-curated by Dr. Jonathan Abrams, a professor of cardiology at the UNM School of Medicine and a long time art collector. The exhibition focuses primarily on recent work by Richard Hogan, Agnes Martin, Forrest Moses, Eugene Newmann, Zachariah Rieke, Susan Rothenberg, Sam Scott, and Jim Waid.
A reception with live music and refreshments will be held Friday evening, June 2, 2006, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the museum.
“Pushing Paper” opens at the Masley Art Gallery at the College of Education with a reception scheduled from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Helen Cozza, an MFA student in studio arts, curated the show. It features artwork by eight artists who explore themes with paper. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., through June 29.
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology presents the third installment of a photo essay in four parts - Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan. Compelling photography by Lucian Niemeyer illustrates the atrocities present in regions of Africa. Part three is titled Sudan Oil Field Genocide and will be on display through August 5. A reception is scheduled from 6 – 8 p.m. on Friday. Part four – Nuba Mountains -- opens in August. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
At the end of 2004, 4,550 persons had been reported with HIV or AIDS in New Mexico. While this figure places New Mexico among the low incidence states, there is still an alarmingly high prevalence of related high-risk behavior, particularly the sharing of syringe needles for intravenous drug use.
This is reflected in New Mexico’s 32,000+ cases of Hepatitis C. The intravenous drug users who contribute to our state’s raging Hepatitis C epidemic are an ongoing concern for New Mexico’s HIV/AIDS prevention workers, for where one goes, the other often follows.
Hepatitis C and HIV individually are largely treatable with modern medications, but together they are lethal. Nationally, and in New Mexico, the number one cause of death of HIV+ patients is no longer the virus itself, but Hepatitis C- related complications.
In anticipation of the two-part “Frontline” special, “The Age of AIDS,” KNME will broadcast an “In Focus” special “The Risk Remains: HIV in New Mexico,” a
30-minute, live program on Friday May 26, at 7:30 p.m. and repeating Sunday, May 28 at 6:30 a.m.
Frontline’s “The Age of AIDS” airs: Tuesday, May 30 and Wednesday, May 31, at 9 p.m. For additional information, please visit www.knmetv.org and click on the Red Ribbon, or go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids“In Focus” special “The Risk Remains: HIV in New Mexico” features host Kate Nelson who will moderate a roundtable discussion of medical experts and outreach workers on the link between HIV/AIDS trends, Hepatitis C infections, and intravenous drug use in New Mexico.
The expert panel will also answer viewer phone calls and explain the community action needed to prevent New Mexico’s numerous Hepatitis C cases from becoming HIV cases.
KNME’s partner, New Mexico AIDS Services, will also be in-studio staffing a toll-free confidential hotline directing callers to local community HIV and Hepatitis C resources and information.
KNME received a $7,500 mini-grant from WGBH (PBS Boston) to assist in creating this special New Mexico program. A goal of offering this week of special programming is to raise awareness of the high risk behaviors that still make HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C a threat to New Mexico’s communities.
To that end, KNME has partnered with New Mexico AIDS Services for the 10th annual National HIV Testing Day, June 27. Sites across New Mexico will offer free HIV testing and counseling to the public. For a list of participating sites in your area, please visit the KNME website.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Associate Dean of University Libraries Fran Wilkinson has been appointed interim dean of University Libraries. She will replace University Libraries Dean Camila Alire, who announced her retirement in April, on July 1, 2006.
Alire says “It has been a pleasure to work at UNM and the University Libraries but I am looking forward to being able to spend more time with family.”
Alire intends to complete her term as president of the Association of College and Research Libraries and will remain professionally active with library organizations.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Washington D.C. experience helps students prepare for roles in global energy market
Executives from Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company recently awarded a $5,000 grant in support of the Washington Campus program at the UNM’s Anderson Schools of Management (ASM). Since its founding in 1978, 17 U.S. business schools have joined The Washington Campus consortium. As a member of the Washington Campus, UNM MBA students are offered a unique opportunity to study the intersection of business and the American public policy process.
MidContinent SB Land Managers Orval Baldwin and Charles Frisbie said Chevron’s support for the Washington Campus program helps them to encourage New Mexico business students to look outside of the state for career opportunities.
According to Frisbie, Chevron’s employees often work with state and federal regulators and government agencies, and the exposure to the federal government provided by the Washington Campus program helps Anderson students to work in that world
“Chevron has recruited from the Anderson for a number of years, said Ted Bouras, Anderson Career Services director. “Their executives tell us that our students have a great work ethic, and New Mexico is a natural recruiting ground for them as they look to expand their workforce.”
“Direct support of Anderson programs strengthens the educational experience for many students at once and allows the corporate donor to match their mission with our mission,” added Tori Hobbs, chief development officer for ASM.
The program provides UNM students an excellent opportunity to network and build a strong foundation for the future.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Acting President David Harris has announced the appointment of Mary Kenney as interim associate vice president for Facilities Management. Kenney has been the associate director of Facility Planning for the UNM Health Sciences Center and was recently appointed director of Planning and Programming for the university. She will start her new position immediately.
Photo: Mary Kenney, interim associate vice president, Facilities Management
Kenney replaces Steve Beffort who was recently appointed to the new position of Associate Vice President for Business Development and Auxiliary Services. Beffort will continue to oversee UNM’s involvement in the Mesa del Sol project in addition to taking responsibility for UNM’s auxiliary services like parking and the bookstore.
In her new position of interim associate vice president for facilities management, Kenney will be responsible for integrating all facilities-related functions across the university so that facilities meet the needs of a growing university.
“The recent bond issue provides the university with the resources to significantly improve its capital assets. The major construction projects underway will be a considerable undertaking and will engage the entire university community,” said Harris. “Mary brings a strong planning background and outstanding management skills. I am pleased we found an internal candidate with such wonderful qualifications.”
Kenney will serve as the senior administrator responsible for providing strategic leadership, coordination and integration of all facilities-related functions across the university, including main campus, the Health Sciences Center and the branches. She will oversee the operations of the Physical Plant Department, Facility Planning and real estate.
Kenney has held positions of director of facility management, director of HSC clinical facilities planning, project manager and assistant hospital planner. She graduated with distinction with a master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning and a master's in Public Administration, both from UNM. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Michigan State University.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Hybrids. Animals such as wholphins, ligers and tigons are hybrids as are varieties of tomatoes, melons and bell peppers. A new hybrid has emerged at UNM that is being explored by those in biology, English, Religious Studies and other College of Arts and Sciences departments: the hybrid class. “Hybrid” is the name for courses that combine face-to-face classroom instruction with computer-based learning.
Photo: A hybrid liger.
An example would be a class that currently has 250 students where half attend the class one day per week while the other half attends online. The second scheduled meeting the groups switch.
“Using online electronic instruction we’re using technology to engage collaboration between students, professors and material,” said Scott Sanders, professor, Department of English. Interim Dean Vera Norwood named Sanders the point person in her initiative to assess the use of online technology to address enrollment pressures.
A Pew Grant study showed that hybrid courses maximize classroom space, decrease the number of students shut out of needed courses, improve retention and success and reduce costs, Sanders said.
“Online technology is being used to transform pedagogy,” Sanders said. Fears about the impersonal nature of online courses reducing engagement with students are unwarranted, he said, adding that the time online engages students with one another and the material.
“Through Web CT we can create online student groups. In a class of 100, the professor can create 10 groups of 10 students. Each group can be responsible to prepare and present material to the rest of the class. The students interact with each other electronically, which seldom occurs in large lectures,” he said.
Courses considered for “hybridization” this fall are biology courses 237 and 238, in anatomy and physiology. Jim Swan, biology lecturer II, has been teaching the courses for 10 years at UNM and for an additional 15 years in Florida.
“I anticipate it will be helpful in reducing the tedium as we review anatomy part by part. They will be able to read more on their own and create charts and graphs,” Swan said. He also said he is looking into creating online groups by area of interest since the course is required by all pre med, nursing and med tech majors.
Swan also said he is considering using a classroom response system to quiz students. “I will be able to assess who knows the material and who doesn’t,” he said.
With 250 students currently enrolled in these courses and only half physically attending each class, enrollment can be boosted by 50.
“By increasing the enrollment to 300, we increase by 25 percent the number of students who can take the class,” Sanders said.
Sanders said that technology used in psychology, anthropology and elsewhere in the arts and sciences is effective in student retention and success.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Looking for a spot where your children can spend a fun summer exploring the arts? UNM offers four programs designed to stimulate creative potential in youth.
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s summer camp invites children ages 8-12 to discover the past, explore the present and create the future. Two weeklong day camps will be offered, June 12-16 and July 10-14, with daily themes including “Music From Around the World,” “Skulls & Skills,” “Making a Living the Ancient Way,” “Spanish Colonial Life and Arts” and “Archaeology.” Early registration prices are $30 day or $125 week before May 12, and thereafter $35 day or $150 week. Call 277-2924 for more information.
The Department of Theatre and Dance offers the Summer Theatre Academy, two two-week intensive training sessions in the performing arts led by experienced UNM faculty and professional artists. Students explore acting, musical theater, playwriting, voice and movement, directing, auditioning, stage combat and elements of design and technical theater.
The Middle School Theatre Academy for grades 6-8 will be held June 19-30. The High School Theatre Academy for grades 9-12 will be held July 10-21. Each costs $300. Call 277-6162 or email angelgrl@unm.edu for more information.
The UNM Music Prep School is for children from birth through grade 6 taught by experienced music educators from the community. The summer session, June 3 - July 29, offers general music classes as well as piano, guitar, Suzuki violin and viola, drumming and percussion and Spanish music. Call 277-8816 or email musprep@unm.edu for more information.
Continuing Education offers a low-cost opportunity for children and youth ages 4-17 to try new experiences. Classes include drawing and painting, sewing, pottery, music, acting, film, crafts and more. Dates and prices vary. Call 277-0077 or email registration@dce.unm.edu for more information.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico is looking for graduate students interested in fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year. The fellowships all involve projects conducted at the Center for Southwest Research in Zimmerman Library and involve specific areas. They are funded by the Center for Regional Studies.
Each of the fellowships is for $15,000 and requires 20 hours of work a week during the fall and spring semesters. The application deadline is June 2, 2006. For applications or more information please contact Donald Burge at (505) 277-4781 or dburge@unm.edu. For more detailed information about the fellowships, go to http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship
The Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM in a discipline related to the history and culture of the Southwest. The student will assist with reference and public service activities in the Anderson Reading room.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Juan & Virginia Chacón Fellowship
The Juan & Virginia Chacón Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM for work in the Center for Southwest Research.
The fellow will process the John Ussery Papers, which contain published and unpublished materials relating to renewable energy technology from 1970 through the 1990’s.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Beatrice Chauvenet Fellowship
The Beatrice Chauvenet Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM studying architecture, archives, historic preservation, public history, museum studies, fine arts or another related discipline.
The fellow will be responsible for processing the collection of Louis G. Hesseldon, a mid-twentieth century Albuquerque architect responsible for designing a number of high-profile local buildings including the Bernalillo Hall of Justice, the Albuquerque Country Club and the original Albuquerque High School.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Fray Angelico Chavez Fellowship
The Fray Angelico Chavez Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM for work in the Center for Southwest Research.
The fellow will write descriptions of documents in the Archivo General de la Nacion collections pertaining to the Spanish colonial history of New Mexico, Mexico and the Yucatan for digital presentation.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
John Gaw Meem Fellowship
The John Gaw Meem Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM studying architecture, historic preservation, public history, museum studies, fine arts, or another related discipline.
The John Gaw Meem fellow will process the architectural collections, both drawings and records of Frank M. Standhart, and write collection notes to be included in the On Line Archive of New Mexico.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
George I. Sanchez Fellowship
The George I. Sanchez Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM for work on digital projects in the manuscripts unit of the Center for Southwest Research.
The fellow will work on digital projects in the manuscripts unit of the Center for Southwest Research, and will enhance manuscript collection finding aids in the Online Archive of New Mexico.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Preservation Fellowship
The Preservation Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at UNM who will be trained in preservation and conservation techniques by the Conservation Specialist.
The fellow will work with the Curator of Manuscripts and the CSWR Associate Director to develop a systematic approach to control what materials are being preserved and which await preservation.
Details about the selection criteria may be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/fellowships2006.php
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Regents’ Professor Bruce M. Thomson was appointed recently to a four-year term as director of the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico announced Peter L. White, dean, University College. Thomson replaces Michael E. Campana, who resigned to accept a similar position at Oregon State University.
“Under Professor Michael Campana, the Water Resources program has grown into a mature and attractive interdisciplinary graduate program,” said White. “The selection of Professor Bruce Thomson as the next director assures the university of the continuation and further development of Water Resources.
Thomson, a faculty-member in the Department of Civil Engineering at UNM, is familiar with the Water Resources Program having been involved since its inception. He has worked on research and education projects with Campana in the U.S., Honduras and Kazakhstan.
“I am very grateful for the opportunity to work more closely with the students, faculty and staff in the Water Resources program,” said Thomson. “It is a great program that has flourished under the leadership of Dr. Michael Campana. Because of the enthusiasm and dedication of all of the participants, I am confident that it will continue to grow and will continue to produce outstanding young water resource professionals who will help address the challenges of water management in the arid environments of New Mexico and the western U.S.”
Thomson’s teaching and research focus on the transport and treatment of inorganic contaminants in water. He has received research support to work on projects involving a variety of metals including arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, molybdenum, nitrate and selenium.
His research has been supported by several federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and a variety of foundation, state, and local agencies.
Thomson is the chair of the City of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Groundwater Protection Advisory Board and has served as a consultant on water and wastewater treatment problems and remediation of contamination from mining and milling wastes to radioactive waste disposal.
Thomson earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Science and Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico has named Belen High School's Candace Lea Sapier the 2005-06 Outstanding High School Teacher of the Year. The honor carries a $1,000 stipend.
Sapier will be honored at UNM's University Honors' Program convocation Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. at the UNM Continuing Education complex.
“The Continuing Success Committee in University College established the award this spring to recognize a New Mexico teacher who plays a significant role in the success of a UNM student,” said University College Dean Peter White. “We want to support and honor role models such as Candace Sapier who reach beyond their schools to help students succeed in higher education.”
A member of the Penobscot Indian Tribe of Maine, Sapier has been a teacher in New Mexico for 26 years. For the past 16 years she has taught art at Belen High School. Sapier earned a master's in art education from UNM in 1984.
UNM student Lauren Lopez, who graduates Saturday, May 13, with a bachelor's in criminology and with university honors, nominated Sapier for the award.
Lopez wrote: "Ms. Sapier was my art teacher at Belen High School and has been a mentor to me while I have been an undergraduate at UNM. During my freshman year at UNM, Ms. Sapier inducted me as an honorary member of the National Honor Society for Belen High School. This set the stage for my success at UNM, because she recognized my potential for leadership and gave me the confidence to apply for other honor societies on campus. As a first generation college student, Ms. Sapier was such an asset to me ... I could turn to her for advice and support when I had no one else to turn to.”
The Continuing Success Committee is a group of UNM faculty, public school teachers and administrators working to improve college preparedness in high schools.
Think big - REALLY BIG! Take a fantastic voyage to the world of dinosaurs at KNME’s third “Science Café,” on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. Featured six times a year at various locations, Science Café is a new and exciting place to learn about science. The concept is to show clips from an episode of NOVA scienceNOW, with an expert on that topic on hand to answer questions, and have an open discussion with the audience in a cafe style atmosphere.
Take part - or listen to the discussion swirling around you. It’s fun, it’s casual and it’s laid back.
This month, enjoy coffee and refreshments, and watch part of an episode of NOVA scienceNOW discussing Tyrannosaurus Rex - and how an astonishing adolescent growth spurt accounts for his enormous size.
Then, join in a discussion about dinosaurs - in New Mexico - including T. Rex and dinosaurs you may not know were in his family, with Dr. Thomas Williamson, Curator of Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
Admission for the event is free, but seats are limited to the first 80 people. To RSVP call, (505) 841-2872.
In its May 8 issue, Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education presents its annual lists of top 100 colleges for Hispanics. The University of New Mexico features prominently across degrees and disciplines. Statistics were derived from the 2005 National Center for Education Statistics.
UNM ranks 9 for awarding doctoral degrees to Hispanics. UNM conferred 205 PhD’s with 25 going to Hispanics. Of those, 9 were male, 16 female. The Hispanic recipients represented 12 percent of the total.
UNM is ranked 19 for institutions conferring master’s degrees to Hispanics. Of the 1,197 master’s earned, 240 went to Hispanics. Of those, 72 were male, 168 female and they represented 20 percent of all master’s earned.
UNM is ranked 13 of the top 100 for awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics. UNM awarded 2,818 degrees, 933 to Hispanics. Of those, 356 were male, 577 female with 33 percent of graduates Hispanic.
UNM is ranked 10 among Very High Research Universities. With a total student body of 26,242 on main campus, 7,837 were Hispanic. Of those 3,140 were male, 4,697 female and together they represented 30 percent of the student population.
Changes in the Carnegie rankings result in the old Research-Intensive being split into Very High Research Universities and High Research Universities, according to UNM Provost Reed Dasenbrock.
“We are the only Very High Research University in the state and we are also the only one with a minority enrollment of over 30 percent. We have the highest Hispanic and the highest Native American enrollment of any institution thus designated,” Dasenbrock said.
“This is further evidence that we are the leading research university in the country for minority students, specifically for Hispanic students, and we are making progress on our plans to be the leading university in the country for Hispanic issues and students,” he said.
In the categories for first professional degrees, the UNM School of Medicine ranked 10. UNM’s health sciences program ranked 5 for conferring bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics.
UNM also placed in the top 10 in biological and biomedical sciences, 6; education, 4; and engineering, 10.
A two-day workshop for public officials interested in economic development in New Mexico towns and cities, “Town Center revitalization in New Mexico: Creating Place,” is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, May 17-18, at the MCM Eleganté Hotel in Albuquerque.
Sponsored by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning, New Mexico MainStreet and other New Mexico agencies and governments, the workshop will help public officials and administrators develop tools to attract community economic development financing.
Mark Childs directs both the Design Planning Assistance Center and the graduate certificate program in town design in the School of Architecture and Planning.
Childs and DPAC students have worked to improve parts of many New Mexico communities including Artesia, Laguna, Socorro, Doña Ana, Aztec and Clovis.
“Of all states, New Mexico has nearly the highest percentage of its population in small towns,” Childs said.
Childs said the study of town design provides the foundation to think critically about approaches to designing emerging districts, towns and cities.
“Even a small downtown represents a tremendous investment of natural resources, money, social capital and people’s lives. We need to find ways to help these towns thrive,” he said.
Issues include what it takes to create a great town, what aspects of physical design support creating vital public spaces and the importance of public art.
Other points of concern include a town’s infrastructure, streets, platting patterns, building types and utility structures and how they influence architecture and the character of place.
Childs said, “As fuel prices rise even smalls towns will struggle to serve areas of sprawl. We aim to have communities think again in terms of public works rather than infrastructure. Infrastructure tends to focus narrowly on a single goal such as getting the most cars down the road. The traditional public works approach balances multiple factors to build great towns so that we design shady boulevards that provide for drivers, pedestrians, adjacent shop owners, farmers’ markets and parades.
Thinking is terms of public works, we may revitalize courthouse squares – such as those in Portales or Santa Rosa, or plazas such a Dona Aña’s or Monticello’s – because they provide for the life of the town.”
Experts in the field of community-based economic development, including Roger Schluntz, dean, UNM School of Architecture and Planning; Robert Apodaca, New Mexico capital outlay manager; and Rhonda Faught, New Mexico secretary of transportation.
For more information or to register, call New Mexico MainStreet at 505-827-0363.
Saying they want to lighten the financial burden on students, UNM regents revisited their decision of last month and set the 2006-2007 tuition/fee increase at 5.5%, down from 6.11%. The tuition portion of the increase, minus student fees, works out to 3.37%, which is the lowest of any four-year higher education institution in the state.
Following an internal budget re-examination, regents decided that reserve funds will be used to scale back the increase originally set in April.
Regents noted that a major part of this year's tuition increase was mandated by the 3% tuition credit approved by the legislature. The fee increase for students had been approved last year as part of a bonding package that is allowing the university to build new classroom and laboratory space. Student fees also pay for services like the student health center.
Regents also note that students who take advantage of the 15% summer tuition discount in addition to taking classes in the fall and spring will actually lower their overall tuition increase even further.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Regents to consider resolution adoption during May meetings
The University of New Mexico filed an application with the State of New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) in mid-January requesting approval of a new labor relations resolution for the University. The new resolution represents a complete overhaul of the Board's long-standing policy regarding labor relations at the university.
The UNM Board of Regents and the PELRB will consider adoption of the new labor relations resolution at their May meetings.
"This will be an historic change to our policy," said Susan Carkeek, vice president, UNM Human Resources. "It further advances the long history of positive labor relations this university has enjoyed with its unions."
The new policy follows the regulatory standards set by New Mexico labor law while safeguarding the constitutional and statutory power of the UNM Board of Regents. Its major change is the creation of a three-member UNM-specific labor relations board with one member representing management and one labor, joined by a neutral third member chosen by the management and labor representatives. This three-member board would have oversight over both main campus and UNM Hospital labor issues.
Carkeek says UNM's unions have been kept apprised of the proposed changes and their response has been largely positive.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
NBC’s popular program “The Biggest Loser” spawned weight loss clubs, Web sites and copycat competitions worldwide. UNM will capitalize on the fervor to help employees improve health through diet, exercise and lifestyle. UNM’s Employee Health Promotion Program launches an eight-week weight-loss program mid-June. Registration is limited to 175 individuals and begins Wednesday, May 10. The cost to employees is $25. Participants are encouraged to form teams for additional support.
EHPP expert staff will track individual pre- and post-program body measurements and weight. Nutrition and fitness education will also be provided. EHPP’s Web site will feature program updates and health tips.
Participants will learn how to make healthier food choices, maximize physical activity, change habits and adopt coping skills.
“Among the benefits of taking part in a weight loss program is the support one garners for losing weight and getting healthy,” said EHPP Manager Nicholas Spezza. “We will teach employees fun, interactive ways to achieve their goals and prizes will be given to the biggest losers.”
Another EHPP initiative is to identify “Wellness Champions” across campus prior to the start of Biggest Loser.
“We hope to distribute wellness programming to a wider audience and increase awareness and fellowship around all UNM wellness-based initiatives,” Spezza said. “Wellness Champions would also have the opportunity to provide leadership and input based on the needs of their networks and departments. The vision is to identify a champion in each department.”
Biggest Loser pre-testing and orientation begins the week of June 12. The program kicks off during UNM Staff Appreciation week, June 19-23. Various Biggest Loser challenges will be held during the course of the program. Post testing will be held the week of Aug. 14. A closing celebration is scheduled for Aug. 30.
For information visit, http://ehpp.unm.edu/ or call 272-3710 or 272-3989.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Foundation elected six new members and re-elected five members to its Board of Directors recently. New members include: Carl Alongi, Laura Heuter Bass, John Córdova, James Ellis, Sonnet McKinnon and Robert Murphy. Re-elected members include: Dr. George Omer, 3rd term; Dorothy Rainosek, 3rd term; Michael Emerson, 2nd term; Lou Weller, 2nd term; and Anne Yegge, 2nd term. All board terms are through June 30, 2009.
Board Emeriti include: Ed Lewis, Robert Matteucci, Leonard Napolitano, Mary Poole, Jack Rust, Dr. Albert Simms, Robert Stamm and Robert Wertheim.
Board officers include: Robert Bovinette, chair; Thelma Domenici, vice chair; and Dorothy Rainosek, secretary. They join Michael Carroll, president of the UNM Foundation and vice president of Institutional Advancement, and David Harris, treasurer and acting UNM president, as officers on the Board of Directors.
Carl Alongi
Alongi is a co-founder and shareholder of the Albuquerque-based accounting firm Pulakos & Alongi, Ltd. Established in 1968, Pulakos & Alongi is one of the top accounting firms in New Mexico. In 2001, Alongi stepped down as managing shareholder of the firm to become a financial advisor for CPA Wealth Advisors, a Limited Liability Corporation affiliated with Pulakos & Alongi and continues as director of the firm’s Management Consulting Services Division.
Alongi, who received his BBA from the Anderson Schools in 1965 and is a member of the Schools' Hall of Fame (1995), currently serves on several boards of directors including the TVI Foundation, the Albuquerque Academy Foundation and CPA Mutual Insurance Company to name a few.
Laura Heuter Bass
Bass was the executive director executive of the Albuquerque Community Foundation for more than 14 years. Under her leadership, the foundation's permanent assets grew from $5 million to $40 million, with $14 million in grant awards distributed during that period. Bass has formed seven successful giving programs during her tenure, including the ‘Future Fund’ and ‘The Corporate Partners in Philanthropy’ annual campaign.
Bass received her bachelor’s degree from University College in 1973 and her masters in Public Administration in 1980, both from UNM.
John Córdova
Córdova is owner and president of Hirst Córdova Public Relations, a company he worked for as a senior counselor prior to purchasing it in 1997. Córdova has an extensive background in public affairs, issues management and community relations, and has worked in both, the public and private sectors.
A UNM alum, Córdova earned a bachelor of sciences degree graduating in 1961. He currently serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University Libraries and is past chairman of the board of trustees of University of New Mexico Hospital and is a member of the UNM Alumni Letterman's Association.
James Ellis
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. He has been named Professor of the Year by many organizations during his time on the USC campus. In 2002-03, he was awarded the ‘Golden Apple’ award by student vote and the ‘Teaching Has No Boundaries’ award by a panel of his colleagues.
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. Ellis received his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the Anderson Schools in 1968.
Sonnet McKinnon
McKinnon went into business with her father manufacturing microbrewery systems after graduating from UNM’s Anderson Schools of Management with a BBA in 1993.
She currently mentors scholarship recipients in connection with Reach for Prep, a non-profit organization that helps Black and Latino students from lower income families attain a quality independent school education. The organization provides rigorous academic preparation to support student’s application to competitive independent schools. REACH Prep has served families in Connecticut and New York for 10 years.
Robert Murphy
Murphy is a real estate developer/broker and president of Sandia Properties Ltd. He is director and former president of Sandia Peak Ski/Tram Companies. In 1996, he launched Ventana Ranch, the first master-planned residential community on Albuquerque’s Westside. He was also the original developer for Albuquerque’s Sandia Heights.
A member of the UNM President’s Club, Murphy received the Anderson Schools Hall of Fame Award in 1997. He earned his BBA in Accounting from ASM in 1972 and served on the Anderson Schools of Management Foundation Board from 1999-2001.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Students entering grades 7 and 8 in the 2006-2007 academic year have an opportunity to explore the world of law at the University of New Mexico's Summer Law Camp.
The camp is free, including classes, room and board, activities and transportation. Two one-week sessions will be held June 5-9 and June 12-16. Applications are due by May 20.
During a five day residence on the UNM campus, youth will get a taste of college life and develop complex skills in research, conducting a trial, critical thinking, team-building, leadership and techniques of persuasion and debate. At the end of the camp, participants will put their new skills into action with a mock trial. Students will also witness New Mexico's legal system in action by meeting with judges and practicing attorneys and visiting the District Court.
For more information and an application, call the College Prep Program office at 277-0401 or visit Special Programs, Summer Law Camp.
The Summer Law Camp is funded through the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship with the support of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association and UNM.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Linda M. Hutchins gave unselfishly of her time for 17 years as a nutritionist for the Student Health Center and in the Athletics Department until her accidental death in July 2005. Hutchins committed her life’s work to the mission of the University of New Mexico. A memorial dedication ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 15, at 12 p.m, between the Johnson Center and the Student Health Center.
Photo: Linda M. Hutchins
A portrait bronze plaque will be placed on a boulder that will read:
Today, As You Read This Inscription, Linda Is Remembered.
She Had A Passion To Inspire Every Student With The
Knowledge That Nutrition And Fitness Solutions Complement College Success.
The Linda Hutchins Memorial Fund is established through the UNM Foundation to provide scholarships for UNM nutrition and fitness students. Individuals interested in donating may call the UNM Foundation office for more information, (505) 277-9600.
Call Shirlee James-Johnson at 277-7947 if you have questions regarding the memorial dedication.
If you had to pull 15 percent less from your pocket to take a class this summer, would you be interested? UNM Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Wynn Goering is looking to draw more students into the classroom during summer term, and he thinks a price break (based on fall 2006 tuition), is a great way to do it.
“We have extensive survey data that shows students are especially sensitive to tuition costs in the summer,” Goering said, noting that little scholarship aid is available then. “Students told us pretty clearly that even a modest price break would make a difference.”
Course availability is another key factor, so the university increased operational support for summer classes by nine percent.
“We’re doing everything we can to help students make progress during the summer term,” Goering said.
Summer enrollment has become increasingly important for a number of reasons, according to Goering. From the university’s standpoint, it’s a cost-effective way to make use of laboratories, classrooms and other facilities that otherwise go unused. Earning a few credits over the summer can save students money by quickening their route to graduation.
“The more college costs rise, the more critical it is that students finish their studies in a timely fashion,” he said.
This is an experiment for the university, which will have to attract more summer students to make the discount worthwhile. But Goering believes it’s a chance worth taking.
“We like to say we’re committed to student success. Making summer more affordable is a good way to prove we mean what we say.”
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Marketing research key to success of team
A team of MBA students from the Anderson Schools' of Management (ASM) has advanced to the final round in the 2006 Cadillac Case Study Competition. The team is one of two finalists who will present their case studies to a panel of Cadillac executives on May 25 in the annual competition held each year in Detroit, Mich.
The ASM includes students Pedro Bonano, Logan Hall, Denisse Olivas, Melissa Valles, Patricia Plichta, and Joseph Weiss. The team is mentored by lecturer John Benavidez and Assistant Professor Catherine Roster. The project was conducted as part of Benavidez’ marketing communications management class.
It’s the second year in a row a UNM team has advanced to the finals. Last year, an ASM team won the competition with their plan to market Cadillacs to two distinct segments of baby boomers beating out teams from UCLA, Tulane University, University of Mississippi, University of Iowa and others.
This year the task was to research women aged 35+ to better understand their beliefs and attitudes about Cadillac and Escalade. The UNM team conducted a national online research study. Using this research, the students developed a marketing communications plan to engage their target audience using communication tools above and beyond the traditional advertising.
“Only half of the MBA programs in the United States offer a concentration course in marketing research,” said Foster. “As one of those schools, Anderson is a leader in preparing students to be informed users of marketing research in their careers. The Cadillac competition gave our students the unique opportunity to conduct, analyze and interpret this research to solve a real-world marketing challenge.”
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
More programs at the UNM School of Engineering are ranked nationally than ever before. Five UNM engineering programs are listed in recent annual rankings. U.S. News & World Report's 2007 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" ranks the University of New Mexico computer engineering program #54 and its electrical engineering program #61 among all universities ranked.
The computer engineering program jumped eight places over its previous ranking in 2005 and the electrical engineering program rose by three places.
Rankings published in April also showed UNM’s computer science at #67, civil engineering at #74 and mechanical engineering at #85.
“Our department has consistently focused on excellence in research and education and our latest rankings reflect such a focus,” said Chaouki Abdallah, professor and chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Our recent rise reflects the fact that our reputation, which is the basis of these rankings, is catching up with the considerable achievements of our faculty and students.”
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Updated - 5/11/06
University administrators are planning to reopen Zimmerman Library to the public sometime in June. The ground floor, second and third levels will all be opened while cleaning and repair of the basement level is underway.
Photo: Cleanup work is underway at Zimmerman Library where a fire broke out in the basement Sunday, April 30.
Students attending summer school should have some access to Zimmerman for most of the term if everything goes as planned. The summer school term begins on June 5th.
Physical Plant administrators say a 7500-square foot area of the upper basement level on the eastern side of the building was completely destroyed.
During the next few weeks the damaged area will be cleared, the books removed and sent to Texas for cleaning, and the furniture removed and stored.
Reconstruction will begin as quickly as possible and administrators hope to reopen the basement periodical section to the public sometime this fall. Administrators believe insurance will cover the remodeling of the basement and rebuilding the periodical collections that were destroyed in the fire.
Tables of Content
University Libraries Tables of Content Event scheduled for May 20th has been cancelled. Zimmerman Library, where the event is held, will be closed until further notice. University Libraries hopes to re-schedule the event for early fall.
Book Returns
Students who need to return books may take them to Centennial and Parish Libraries. If students need books or reserve materials that were on reserve at Zimmerman Library, they should check elibros online to see whether the materials have been relocated to Centennial Library. Extended hours for other campus libraries are available at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in Zimmerman? How much damage is there? What started the fire? Why are the windows broken? When can we get into Zimmerman?
There was a fire in Zimmerman's periodical area on Basement Level 1 on Sunday night, April 30. At this time the incident is still under investigation and the extent of the damage is being assessed. Because there is an ongoing investigationand for safety reasons, only limited access by some of the library staff is expected for several weeks.
Clean-up of Zimmerman's first, second and third floors has begun and is expected to continue through mid to late June. Each book and shelf must be dry wiped. All ceiling tiles are being replaced and all the walls cleaned. Materials from Zimmerman's second and third floors are available for paging and other Zimmerman services have been relocated to the other library branches until Zimmerman reopens. Zimmerman Reference has a table in the north end of the SUB.
Zimmerman's Basement Level 1 sustained severe damage in some areas. All the materials in the east end will be evaluated and removed for cleaning in Texas. Carpeting, shelving and furniture will be removed and cleaned or replaced. The area will be closed until the rennovation is completed sometime in the fall.
What about the Center for Southwest Research?
The CSWR collections were not damaged by the Zimmerman fire but are currently unavailable. These collections are not eligible to be paged at this time.
When can I get into my carrel?
Students and faculty who have personal effects in Zimmerman Library should contact Campus Police at 277-1919 or stop by Campus Police Office in Hokona Hall. They will be asked to provide an ID and description of their belongings.
When and where can we check out Zimmerman books?
We have implemented a book retrieval (paging) system for materials on the Zimmerman’s second and third floor. Materials in the other parts of the library will not be available for several weeks. This service is available only to UNM faculty, students and staff.
To use the paging system:
Do a search in LIBROS to find the materials you want. Check the STATUS (to the right of the call number) to see if the material is available to be paged. Those with “May be Paged” or “In Transit” requested using the linked form in the LOCATION area (to the left of the call number). Material that shows a “DUE” date in the status field will be recalled as usual. Material that is not available will have “Unavailable” as a status.
Click on the “Zimmerman – Click to Page” link under LOCATION (to the left of the call number) which will launch a new window with the paging form in it. Follow the directions on the form and send it off to us.
Forms that are received by 9am each morning will be filled by that afternoon if the material is found to be available. You will be notified by email as soon as the material is ready to be picked up at Parish Library. If we are unable to find the material , you will be able to request the title through Interlibrary Loan.
When and where can we get to Zimmerman microfilm?
The microfilm and microfiche are part of the collection that will not be available for a while. Please ask at one of the reference desks (CSEL, FAL, Parish or Zimmerman Reference in the SUB) to find out about possible alternatives.
I need manuscript material from the Center. How do I get it?
Materials from the CSWR are unavailable at this time. As more information is available it will be posted on the University Libraries website.
Where are the employees who work in Zimmerman?
At the beginning of the week most of the employees were on administrative leave while the initial assessment of the situation was made. As the week has progressed, employees have been called in to cover a reference desk at the SUB, staff information desks outside Zimmerman, or establish new work areas in the other three branches of the University Libraries to make sure services are disrupted as little as possible. Employees who have computers at home and whose job duties will allow that flexibility are working from home.
Information about where individuals employees are located will be available at the reference desks at the open branches - CSEL, Fine Arts and Parish.
Zimmerman services that are moved to other service points include:
Interlibray Loan (ILL) - at CSEL. Materials will be picked up at the CSEL Circulation Desk.
Requests are still made through the ILL webpage off the University Libraries website.
Zimmerman Reserves - at CSEL
Zimmerman materials paged – will be picked up at Parish.
Where is CAPS?
CAPS closed for the semester at 2:00pm on Friday, 5/5.
Caps is being relocated outside the library. Details will be posted on their website as they become available.
What is the phone number for CAPS? Reference? Circulation?
All Zimmerman Reference calls are being forwarded to the Reference Desk at CSEL – 277-4412. CSWR Reference - 277-6451.
Zimmerman Circulation calls are being forwarded to Circulation at Parish – 277-5912.
No phone number for CAPS at this time.
What number can I call to renew my books?
Books can be renewed online from the main LIBROS page using the link for ‘Renew your materials,” or you can call the branch circulation desks - Fine Arts:277-2357; CSEL: 277-4858; Parish: 277-5912.
Where can I read the Albuquerque Tribune or the other daily newspapers?
The Albuquerque Journal and the Wall Street Journal are available at Parish. The Albuquerque Journal is also available at the Fine Arts Library. The Albuquerque Tribune and the New York Times should be available at Parish soon. Links to electronic copies of these titles and many others are available to UNM NetID holders through Journal One Search.
Where do I return books?
Books may be returned at any of the open branches CSEL, FAL, or Parish.
What do I do if my book is recalled?
Return the book to any of the open branches – CSEL, FAL, or Parish.
Where do I pick up the Zimmerman books I've asked to be recalled?
You'll be notified when they are available for pickup at Parish.
Where do I return ILL books? Will my ILL orders be filled? Where do I pick them up?
Books may be returned at any of the open branches – CSEL, FAL, or Parish. ILL has moved to CSEL and has begun to process requests again from the ILL webpage. Materials that have been received are at the CSEL Circulation desk for pick up. You’ll be notified when new requests have been received and are ready to be picked up at the CSEL Circulation desk.
Can I check out Zimmerman reserves?
Zimmerman reserve books have been relocated to CSEL. Only a few of the paper document files were moved. This move is for hard-copy materials. Check LIBROS for availability. E-reserves continue to be accessible in the usual way.
Can we put books on reserve at any of the other libraries? How about e-reserve materials?
Yes, books may be put on reserve at any of the branches. E-reserve materials may also be turned in at any branch for processing. There may be delays associated with the closure of ZIMM and instructors should be encouraged to contact the reserve desks at the branches to determine wait times and availability of materials.
Where are there computers and printers available?
In addition to the computers and printers available in the open library branches (Fine Arts, CSEL, and Parish), CIRT is extending hours at LoboLab, Dane Smith Hall Pod and ESC Pod from May 3 to May 12 to help meet computing demands due to the closure of Zimmerman Library.
LoboLab will be open until Midnight, through Friday, May 12.
Dane Smith Hall Pod will be open until Midnight, May 8 through Friday, May 12.
ESC Pod will be open until Midnight, through Friday, May 12
CIRT Support Center 505.277.4848
Media Contacts: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu or Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Breda Bova, professor and senior advisor to the president of the University of New Mexico, will receive the Spirit of Achievement Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center on May 8. The award is presented to individuals who have built a legacy of contributing their time, talents and resources in all areas of life.
Photo: Professor Breda Bova
Bova is on faculty in the UNM College of Education Department of Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning. She has conducted research on generations in the workplace and on mentoring.
She is active in many community organizations and is currently on the boards of High Tech High and the Samaritan Counseling Center. Bova served as chair of the board of directors of the United Way of Central New Mexico and was president of the Junior League of New Mexico.
For more than 20 years, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, located in Denver, has bestowed the Spirit of Achievement Award upon accomplished New Mexicans. During the last three years, it provided more than $111,000 in charity and subsidized services to 410 residents of New Mexico.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Travel the state and take a look deep into New Mexico’s volcanic history on KNME TV’s Colores! ‘Sleeping Monsters, Sacred Fires: Volcanoes of New Mexico.’ See craters, cinder cones, lava flows, rare maar volcanoes and mountains that have blown their tops to reveal stories of our cataclysmic beginning. The show airs Saturday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 7 at 1 p.m.; Wednesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 at 9:30 p.m.
This episode of Colores! was produced in collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
In this Colores!, see and learn about breathtaking examples of volcanism that spans the state. But volcanoes have created more than stunning terrain. Over time, they planted the seeds of civilization and shaped the identity of New Mexico and its people.
Meet Native Americans who share their views of New Mexico’s volcanoes, as well as the experts who help us better understand these geological marvels. Experts also consider the big question -- when will these sleeping monsters come to life again? Welcome to the volcano state.
The Colores! series is produced on-location throughout central and northern New Mexico, and has presented a rich blend of New Mexican artists, performers, authors, and historians. Colores! has aired on PBS stations nationwide. Colores! has won 13 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Silver award, and many others. Colores! has also received a National Emmy Award nomination for Community Service.
This program is made possible with major funding from: The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management; and a Challenge Cost Share Grant from the National Park Service through the Petroglyph National Monument, with additional funding from The Santa Fe Garden Club, a member of the Garden Clubs of America and The New Mexico Geological Society Foundation.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1812; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
In order to provide more timely service and to conserve resources, UNM Parking and Transportation Services will close the South, Zia and I parking lots in addition to the South Shuttle Route from May 15 through August 14. These areas are historically underutilized during the summer months, which often lead to longer waits for shuttles and wasted fuel driving empty buses.
· South and Zia Parking – Students with South and Zia Permits may use the Q Parking Lot on University Blvd. just south of Indian School Rd. and across the street from KASA Fox Channel 2.
· SP1 Parking – Faculty and Staff with SP1 Permits may use the E Parking Lot, which is on the northwest corner of Girard Blvd. and Central Ave.
· I Parking – I Permits will be honored in the G Parking Lot located on Tucker Rd just east of University Blvd. I Permit holders may also use the M Observatory Parking Lot between Yale Blvd., Camino de Salud, and Tucker Rd. I Permits will not be valid in any M location other than the Observatory Parking Lot.
For questions or concerns contact Stacy Nagyvary or visit: Parking and Transportation Services.
Media Contact: Stacy Nagyvary, (505) 277-5692; e-mail: snagyvary@parking.unm.edu
Luján, Perovich and Phone to receive honorary degrees
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will deliver the keynote address at the University of New Mexico 's spring commencement Saturday, May 13, at 9 a.m. in the University Arena, “the Pit.”
Former member of Congress Manuel Luján, Jr., former UNM President John Perovich and foremost Jicarilla language linguist Wilhelmina Phone will receive honorary degrees at the ceremony.
UNM Acting President David Harris will confer a projected total of 3,059 degrees upon main campus graduates – 1,969 bachelor's degrees, 685 master's degrees, five post-master's degrees, 151 doctorates, 108 juris doctorates, 63 medical doctorates, 63 pharmacy doctorates, six graduate certificates and nine education specialists.
UNM Board of Regents President James Koch, fellow regents, administrators, deans, faculty and staff are among the platform group. Richard W. Holder, deputy provost, is master of ceremonies, and Vivian Valencia, University Secretary, chief marshal.
Dahlia Dorman, earning a degree in political science with departmental and university honors, will give the undergraduate address. Dorman has been active on campus participating in the student senate, Emerging Leaders program and Black Student Union. She took part in numerous community service projects and has been accepted to the UNM School of Law.
The University Band, conducted by Eric Rombach-Kendall will play a selection of music for the ceremony's prelude and processional. Michael Holderer, who is graduating with a master's in music, will sing the national anthem and alma mater.
Provost Reed Dasenbrock will recognize honors graduates and award the Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize to Bradley Ratliff.
Following the ceremony, President Harris and the UNM Alumni Association invite graduates, their family and friends to a reception under the big tent at the Pit. The association will also hold an open house for graduating seniors Monday – Friday, May 8-12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hodgin Hall.
Individual convocation ceremonies are scheduled at various departments and colleges May 12-13.
Honorary Degree Recipients
Manuel Luján, Jr.
First elected in 1968, Manuel Luján, Jr., represented the State of New Mexico and Republican Party for 10 distinguished terms in the United States Congress. In 1989, President George Bush appointed him U.S. Secretary of the Interior for a four-year term.
Currently, he serves as a lobbyist in Washington , D.C. , through his company Manual Luján Associates, promoting primarily Native American and healthcare interests.
John Perovich
UNM graduate John Perovich (BABA '48, MBA '50) was named UNM's 12th president in 1982. Perovich also served as assistant comptroller and vice president of business and finance. He helped found the UNM Foundation in 1980 and served two terms on its board. Perovich was instrumental in the establishment of the Sandia Foundation and is credited with the remarkable financial support Sandia provides UNM, which totals nearly $31 million in trust.
Wilhelmina Phone
Documenting and preserving the intricacies of her language became a life's passion for Wilhelmina Phone, language activist and retired teacher for the Jicarilla Apache Nation in Dulce, N.M.
Phone has been involved in the ongoing collection, performance and translation of Jicarilla stories and songs. She collaborated with a team of linguists, including UNM Prof. Melissa Axelrod, to create the first large-scale dictionary of any Eastern Apachean language. Nominators noted, “The Abáachi Mizaa Iikee' Siijai: Dictionary of Jicarilla Language is a major contribution to comparative work in the Athabaskan language family.”
Alternative Arrangements for Students
(Updated 5/3/2006) 4 p.m.
Zimmerman Library will be closed to the general public as well as to students, faculty and all but authorized staff for the foreseeable future. The university’s first priority is to make sure that the building is safe before it can be open for general use.
However, knowing that students will be anxious with approaching finals, a number of steps have been taken to minimize this temporary loss of library access.
Library Materials
Updated 5/3/06 - 10 a.m.
University Libraries are providing reference services from the SUB (upper level, north end) 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Centennial Engineering Library Hours
Wednesday through Friday, May 3-5 - 8 a.m. - midnight
Saturday, May 6 - 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 - 12 noon - 12 midnight
Monday, May 8 - 8 a.m. - midnight
Tuesday, May 9 - 8 a.m. - midnight
Wednesday, May 10 - 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Thursday, May 11 - 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday, May 12 - 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 13 - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 14 - CLOSED
Parish Memorial Library Hours
Wednesday through Thursday, May 3-4 - 8 a.m. - midnight
Friday, May 5 - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 - 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 - 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, May 8 - 11 - 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday, May 12 - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 13 - 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 14 - CLOSED
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
is extending hours for students on the North Campus. The new hours are:
Thursday, May 4 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Friday, May 5 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 noon to 1 a.m.
Monday, May 8 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Tuesday May 9 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Wednesday, May 10 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Thursday, May 11 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Regular hours will resum Friday, May 12
Book Retrieval
It is expected that by Thursday, a document delivery system will be in place for requests at another library for a book and library staff will go into the stacks and retrieve the book and get it to you at Centennial, Fine Arts or Parish. This will be available only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The libraries are still working on how the system will work, so check the web site for additional information. This will only cover books in the general stacks since the periodicals and all other materials stored in the basement will be unreachable for the time being.
Study Areas
Updated 5/3/06 10:30 a.m.
Student Union Building
Beginning Wednesday, May 3 through Friday, May 6
Building hours are 7:30 a.m. to midnight
Lobo Lair hours are 8 a.m. to midnight
Saturday, May 6
Building hours are 8 a.m. to midnight
Lobo Lair same hours
Sunday, May 7
Building hours are 10 a.m. to midnight
Lobo Lair same hours
May 8 through May 12
Building hours are 7:30 a.m. to midnight
Lobo Lair hours are 8 a.m. to midnight
May 13 on, to be determined.
Reference Librarian Hours at the Student Union Building
Wednesday - Thursday, May 3-4 - 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, May 5 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, May 6-7 - 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Multiple study areas will be available throughout the Student Union.
Higher Grounds will stay open until 10 p.m. through May 12
Mercado will stay open until 11:30 p.m. through May 12.
For students needing a place to study there are two areas available in the residence halls:
Student Residence Center Commons, Room 205 -- open 24/7
The Cellar in Hokona Hall -- open 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. on weekdays & 7 p.m. until midnight on weekends; both have wireless connectivity
Computer Pods
The computer pods at Dane Smith Hall and the Engineering and Science Center will have extended hours for the next two weeks.
On Monday through Friday the computer pod at Dane Smith Hall will be open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight. On Saturday it will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The computer pod in the Engineering and Science Center will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to midnight. On Saturday and Sunday they will be open from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Parking
Roma Ave., east of the Duck Pond, and Zimmerman Library parking lot will be inaccessible at least until Friday, May 5. Affected parking customers may use the following temporary locations:
• Handicapped – Those who normally park in handicapped spaces at Zimmerman may park at the Cornell Parking Structure.
• Metered Parking – Meter parking customers may use the Cornell Parking Structure.
• Reserved Parking – Parking customers with reserved spaces at Zimmerman may park at Air Force ROTC.
• Zone C and J Spaces at ROTC – C and J permit holders who normally park at Air Force ROTC will be directed to the Business Link parking lot, just north of Air Force ROTC.
• Motorcycle Parking – Additional motorcycle parking will be available at Air Force ROTC, 1717 Roma (the old HR location), and at the Bandelier parking lot, which is located off Redondo West between Las Lomas and Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Media Contacts: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu or Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
UNM one of 11 sites nationwide to participate in study
The medication naltrexone and up to 20 sessions of alcohol counseling by a behavioral specialist are equally effective treatments for alcohol dependence when delivered with structured medical management, according to results from "Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions for Alcoholism" (The COMBINE Study).
Results from the National Institutes of Health-supported study show that patients who received naltrexone, specialized alcohol counseling, or both demonstrated the best drinking outcomes after 16 weeks of outpatient treatment. All patients also received Medical Management (MM), an intervention consisting of nine brief, structured outpatient sessions provided by a health care professional.
Contrary to expectations, the researchers found no effect on drinking of the medication acamprosate and no additive benefit from adding acamprosate to naltrexone. Effect of Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 295, Number 17, pages 2003-2017.
“The most important message is that alcoholism can be effectively treated in primary care settings, where people are seen over time," said Dr. Bill Miller, principal investigator and one of 19 co-authors on the study. “Alcoholism is the only chronic illness for which there has been little or no ongoing primary care, just acute specialist treatment. Now, patients can talk to their doctor and be treated in the context of normal office visits. Doctors can offer their patients with alcohol dependence a choice: to prescribe naltrexone and follow them through office visits, or to refer them for specialist counseling. Both produced very good outcomes in this trial."
UNM's Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA) was one of 11 U.S. sites participating in the COMBINE study.
NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) launched COMBINE in 2001 to identify the most effective current treatments and treatment combinations for alcohol dependence. The largest clinical trial ever conducted of pharmacologic and behavioral treatments for alcohol dependence, COMBINE was carried out at 11 academic sites that recruited and randomly assigned 1383 recently abstinent, alcohol-dependent patients to one of nine treatment groups.
Eight treatment groups received MM; four of these received naltrexone (100 milligrams a day), acamprosate (three grams a day), both naltrexone and acamprosate, or placebo pills. The other four groups received in addition received specialized alcohol counseling. Termed Combined Behavioral Intervention (CBI), the counseling integrated cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement, and techniques to enhance mutual help group participation--all treatments shown in earlier studies to be beneficial.
Patients assigned to the specialized alcohol counseling could receive up to twenty 50-minute sessions in addition to medical management; the median number received was 10 sessions. To test for any effects of pill taking (placebo), the researchers assigned some patients to a ninth group that received specialized alcohol counseling, but no pills, and no more than four visits with a health professional for general medical advice.
During the 16 weeks of treatment and one year after the treatment, the researchers assessed the patients for the percentage of days abstinent from alcohol and time to the first heavy drinking day, defined as four or more drinks per day for women and five or more drinks per day for men. They also assessed the odds of good clinical outcome, defined as abstinence or moderate drinking without alcohol-related problems.
As in other large clinical trials, the researchers found that most patients showed substantial improvement during treatment and that both the overall level of improvement and the differences between treatment groups diminished during the follow-up period. In the COMBINE study, however, naltrexone continued to show a small advantage for preventing relapse at one year after the end of active treatment.
"These results demonstrate that either naltrexone or specialized alcohol counseling--with structured medical management--is an effective option for treating alcohol dependence," said Mark L. Willenbring, M.D., director, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, NIAAA. "Although MM is somewhat more intensive than the alcohol dependence interventions offered in most of today's health care settings, it is not unlike other patient care models such as initiating insulin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus.
"MM's application in primary care and general mental health care settings would expand access to effective treatment dramatically, while offering patients greater choice."
To expand its application, NIAAA will develop an abbreviated version of MM to be available in early summer. Print copies of the treatment manuals used in COMBINE are available by order from http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/EducationTrainingMaterials.
The COMBINE results provide guidance for applying today's treatment tools. NIAAA continues to explore new treatment tools in more than 50 current medication trials, in studies to better understand the mechanisms of action in behavioral treatments, and in our search for new molecular targets and novel compounds for clinical testing," according to Raye Z. Litten, Ph.D., COMBINE's government director and co-leader of NIAAA medications development team.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Astronomers at the University of New Mexico and other researchers using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope have found the closest pair of supermassive black holes ever discovered in the Universe -- a duo of monsters that together are more than 150 million times more massive than the Sun and closer together than the Earth and the bright star Vega.
Image: Super massive black hole
"These two giant black holes are only about 24 light-years apart, and that's more than 100 times closer than any pair found before," said Cristina Rodriguez, professor, UNM and Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela.
Black holes are concentrations of mass with gravity so strong that not even light can escape them. The black hole pair is in the center of a galaxy called 0402+379, some 750 million light-years from Earth. Astronomers presume that each of the supermassive black holes was once at the core of a separate galaxy, then the two galaxies collided, leaving the black holes orbiting each other. The black holes orbit each other about once every 150,000 years, the scientists say.
"If two black holes like these were to collide, that event would create the type of strong gravitational waves that physicists hope to detect with instruments now under construction," said Gregory Taylor, professor, Physics and Astronomy, UNM.
The physicists will need to wait, though: the astronomers calculate that the black holes in 0402+379 won't collide for about a billion billion years.
"There are some things that might speed that up a little bit," Taylor remarked.
An earlier VLBA study of 0402+379, an elliptical galaxy, showed the pair of radio-wave-emitting objects near its core. Further studies using the VLBA and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas, revealed that the pair of objects is indeed a pair of supermassive black holes.
"We needed the ultra-sharp radio 'vision' of the VLBA, particularly at the high radio frequencies of 22 and 43 GigaHertz, to get the detail needed to show that those objects are a pair of black holes," Taylor said. The VLBA is a continent-wide system of 10 radio-telescope antennas. It provides the greatest ability to see fine detail, called resolving power, of any telescope in astronomy.
"Astronomers have thought for a long time that close pairs of black holes should result from galaxy collisions," Rodriguez said.
Still, finding them has proven difficult. Until now, the closest confirmed pairs of supermassive black holes were at least 4,500 light-years apart. Pairs of smaller black holes, each only a few times the mass of the Sun, have been found in our own Milky Way Galaxy, but 0402+379 harbors the pair of supermassive black holes that are the closest to each other yet found.
Galactic collisions are common throughout the Universe, and astronomers think that the binary pairs of supermassive black holes that result can have important effects on the subsequent evolution of the galaxies. In a number of predicted scenarios, such giant pairs of black holes will themselves collide, sending gravitational waves out through the Universe. Such gravitational waves could be detected with a proposed joint space mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.
"Such black-hole collisions undoubtedly are important processes, and we need to understand them. Finding ever-closer pairs of supermassive black holes is the first step in that process. Even finding one such system has dramatically changed our expectations, and informed us about what to look for," Taylor said. Taylor and his collaborators are currently using the VLBA to carry out the largest survey of compact radio-emitting objects ever undertaken, in the hope of finding more such pairs.
Rodriguez and Taylor worked with Robert Zavala of the U.S. Naval Observatory, Allison Peck of the SubMillimeter Array of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Lindsey Pollack of the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Roger Romani of Stanford University. Their results have been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
Media Contacts: Dave Finley, Public Information Officer, NRAO, (505) 835-7302; e-mail: dfinley@nrao.edu or UNM, Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Faculty in the College of Fine Arts will present a colloquium to highlight their research and creative activity Friday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.in the SUB Lobo Rooms A & B.
Short research presentations will be delivered throughout the day highlighting critical, historical and creative investigation. Creative presentations will include a look at publications, exhibition and performance.
Interested faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The division of Student Affairs at the University of New Mexico recently announced its student service awards for the 2005-2006 year. Awards are made to UNM people who have made extraordinary contributions over the course of the year toward serving students.
Staff members are Ken Carpenter, associate director, Office of International Programs and Studies, and Mary DeWitt, academic advisor in the Physics and Astronomy. The faculty member receiving an award is Enrique LaMadrid, associate professor of Spanish and director of Chicano/Hispano/Mexicano Studies.
Carpenter was singled out in one of his nominations for his “legendary” dedication to students who are contemplating international studies, and also for his zeal in helping student solve problems they encounter while traveling abroad – everything from health care issues and culture shock to curricular issues.
Several physics department nominators praised DeWitt for her care and devotion to her student advisees, and also for the contributions she makes to the smooth operation of the department. Both students and faculty members in the physics department nominated DeWitt.
LaMadrid was praised for his commitment to students “both on and off-campus,” according to one nominator. His work with students as a mentor and as a folklore teacher conveying the diverse cultures of the American Southwest was singled out as exemplary.
In presenting the awards to the three winners, Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs, praised the recipients for “delivering dedicated service to our students here at UNM.” He said the winners exemplified “all the finest qualities that we prize in student affairs as we strive to deliver the best service possible to our students, to help retain them, care for them and graduate them.”
Awardees were honored at the April 28 reception. Each received an engraved silver plaque recognizing the awardee’s accomplishment.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
When it opened in 1980, the UNM Mechanical Engineering Building was topped off with an impressive rooftop array of gleaming solar collector panels. The four-story building on the southwest corner of campus was designed to be a showcase for energy conservation and renewable energy. But as energy costs inched down toward the end of the decade, the thermal solar system was abandoned and left to deteriorate.
Photo: Andrea Mammoli, associate professor, stands among deteriorated solar energy collectors soon to be replaced.
Now, as energy costs are soaring, two faculty members see a golden opportunity to once again explore the potential of solar power. Andrea Mammoli and Peter Vorobieff, associate professors of Mechanical Engineering, have received a nearly $200,000 grant from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to breathe new life into the 25 year old solar system.
“I want this to save energy, but I also want this to be an educational facility,” Mammoli said. “And I think the best people to make this work are engineering students.” The current project will restore and enhance the existing infrastructure, allowing about $600,000 of abandoned equipment to be reactivated within the first year of operation.
The new system will include various solar collectors, large heat storage tanks, heat exchangers, a cooling tower, electric chillers and a water-powered absorption chiller.
In one year, Mammoli is predicting the cost of heating and cooling of the ME building will be reduced by 20 percent or more. He also believes the system will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 100 tons a year.
Mammoli has taught at UNM since 1998. On a recent sabbatical in Italy, he studied and researched modeling and monitoring of solar building concepts, including ventilated Trombe walls for passive cooling and heating. A result was he became focused on establishing a solar energy program at the UNM School of Engineering.
Funding will allow brand new panels, and some which were stored in the basement for years, to replace the broken equipment. New to the system will be an absorption chiller, which will help reduce cooling costs by operating during the summer peak cooling times of day. Existing heat storage tanks will be also repaired and upgraded.
Collaborators on the clean energy grant include Mechanical Engineering faculty Maurice Wildin and Arsalan Razani, and David Menicucci, a research engineer and manager of the Energy Surety Program at Sandia National Labs.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu