Aric Grauke, an undergraduate student in the School of Architecture and Planning, received an international award in the annual Form Z Joint Study Awards, an international design competition.
Grauke's project, "Love Letter," received an honorable mention in the visualization and illustration category. Grauke was a student in Rana Abu-Dayyeh and Tim Castillo's Introduction to Digital Design class in the fall 2005.
"This is quite an honor because Form Z receives submissions from 250 schools internationally every year," Castillo said.
Form Z, a product of the company auto·des·sys, is a 3D modeling program with manipulating and sculpting capabilities. It is a design tool for architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, animators and illustrators, industrial and interior designers, and all design fields that deal with the articulation of 3D spDavid Brookshire and forms. form·Z is a good tool both for experienced designers and novices.
The selection of the awards was made by five jurors outside auto·des·sys, all experts or theorists of computer-aided design.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Robert Rosen will present, “Franklin Roosevelt and the Holocaust,” on Monday, Nov. 6 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Woodward Hall room 147 on the University of New Mexico campus. This event is free and open to the public. Rosen will talk about his book, “Saving the Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust.”
Rosen disputes the conclusions of a number of scholars who argue that Roosevelt abandoned the Jews of Europe and that America failed to act in response to the Holocaust. Rosen recently delivered a talk aired on CSPAN that was sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute and Roosevelt Library and Museum
From 1976 to 1985, Rosen served as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Charleston, S.C. He was general counsel for the Charleston County School District from 1982 to 2003 and the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston from 1984 to 2003.
Rosen has lectured and written extensively for legal education programs, magazines, and “South Carolina Jurisprudence.” He is also certified as an arbitrator in family law cases by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Rosen has authored three other books: “A Short History of Charleston,” Lexikos, 1982; “Confederate Charleston,” University of South Carolina Press, 1994; and “The Jewish Confederates,” University of South Carolina Press, 2000. Rosen serves on the Board of Trustees of the Historic Charleston Foundation and is chairman of the Arts and History Commission of the City of Charleston.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Science/Math building fuels collaboration
UNM has an $18.5 million stake in the 2006 Bond B for Education, which voters have the opportunity to approve on the Nov. 7 ballot. Existing biology and chemistry labs at UNM are more than 30 years old and seriously outdated. Bond B would provide an additional $7 million to make a Science and Math Center a reality.
Besides biology and chemistry, mathematics, natural science and earth and planetary sciences will benefit.
“These represent areas with the highest enrollment,” said Vera Norwood, interim dean, College of Arts and Sciences. “Students taking pre-med, biology, chemistry and math will all be using this building. We could have upwards of 700 students in the building at any given point in time,” Norwood said.
The facility is slated to include:
• Biology, chemistry and earth and planetary science labs and classrooms
• Three computer classrooms
• Visualization lab for math
• Auditorium to seat 200
• Math faculty offices. Bond B will allocate nearly $118 million for higher education capital improvements.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey (505) 277-1889; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Provost sets six major goals
Provost Reed Dasenbrock has set six major goals for the current academic year. Dasenbrock says other steps will likely emerge as the university gets a firm grip on enrollment trends and how the state will fund higher education in the future. Dasenbrock's outline for academic development is highlighted below.
Photo: Provost Reed Dasenbrock
Develop Short and Long-term Strategies for Smart Enrollment Growth
The instructional budget of the university depends almost completely on enrollment, both from the funding formula and from tuition revenue. UNM has experienced and gotten used to increasing enrollments that have generated additional formula and tuition revenue. Enrollment trends now seem to be flattening out or perhaps even declining. It will be important to get a better sense of just what is happening and why, but the university also needs to work on specific initiatives which should lead to targeted enrollment growth.
** Develop a dual enrollment agreement, including funding mechanisms, with APS.
** Consider an increased focus on out-of-state recruiting of freshmen, currently less than 10 percent, especially from California; need to work on inconsistencies in out-of-state competitive scholarships.
** Work on increasing the number of transfer students from branches, Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) and other two-year schools through improved articulation, advising and financial aid.
** Work on developing summer school, intersession, second eight-week semester and other less traditional curricular shapes.
** Improve efficiency of student services which impact enrollment (Financial Aid, Bursar’s Office) and develop a more student-friendly and functional disenrollment policy.
** Continue to improve retention and graduation rate. A task force report on Improving the Graduation Rate is due in December.
** Continue to build enrollments in Rio Rancho and move towards establishing a campus there.
** Continue to develop and implement new degree programs to fit new needs: B.A./M.D., Film and Digital Media, Nanoscience and Microsystems, M.A. in Native American Studies and others. This includes working with the New Mexico Higher Education Department on the degree approval process.
** Focus on increasing graduate enrollments through an analysis of current programs and set targets for program size, utilize new recruiting funds allocated to departments, increase recruitment efforts aimed at UNM graduating students, and step up international efforts, especially in Latin America, India and China.
Continue to Implement Agenda for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
** Consider requiring all freshmen to participate in the Freshman Academic Choices.
** Continue to implement new undergraduate programs such as B.A./M.D. and educational opportunities such as the Congressional Internship Program.
** Strengthen pre-professional programs such as pre-law and pre-health
** Expand and restructure undergraduate research offerings.
** Use Regents Endowment allocation to expand and increase awareness of study abroad opportunities.
** Consider recommendations of the task force report on the Honors Program due by the end of this year.
Make Visible Progress on the Agenda for the Emerging Majority
** Continue to make progress on eliminating gaps in retention and graduation rates. This is the focus of the proposed Special Emphasis for Accreditation.
** Implement recommendations from Hispanic and Native American Issues Task Forces.
** Consider recommendations from the Task Force on African-American Issues report that is due by the end of 2006.
** Pursue an aggressive resource acquisition strategy for minority-related programs (U.S. Education Dept. Title V, state and federal legislative requests).
** Continue to strengthen relations to Diné College and other tribal colleges in the state.
** With University Communication and Marketing (UCAM), Office of Governmental Affairs and others, pursue national visibility strategy on these issues, including an expanded role in Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
Continue to Implement Areas of Marked Opportunity and Public Engagement
** Formalize the administrative structure and coordination mechanisms for existing Areas of Marked Opportunity.
** Start UNM-wide discussions on areas of public engagement.
** Aggressively pursue funding from the state of New Mexico for ArtsLab and Biomedical Engineering and federal appropriations for Radio Astronomy, ArtsLab, Biomedical Engineering as well as other sources, including competitive federal grants, foundations and private support.
Strengthen Relations with National Labs
** Realize the opportunities created by the new Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) contract by creating new administrative structures in the state and at UNM through the Institute for Advanced Studies (internal faculty and administrative structures); growing educational programs at lab through UNM-Los Alamos and Extended University; and growing collaborative research with the lab.
** Support creation of a Department of Energy Discovery Science and Engineering Institute at Sandia National Laboratories.
** Strengthen relationship with Center for Integrated Nano Technology (CINT) at SNL and LANL, especially through new M.S./Ph.D. in Nanoscience & Microsystems (NsMs).
** Strengthen relationship with the Air Force Research Lab.
Continue to Improve Community Connections
** Continue to make UNM economic development friendly by establishing an economic development office on campus in the Office of the Vice President of Research and Economic Development; provide enhanced Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) support; continue to integrate STC with UNM.
** Continue and institutionalize the work of the Provost’s Committee on Civic Engagement.
** Through Areas of Public Engagement, Research Learning Program and other initiatives, strengthen ties to community in city and state.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The Words Afire Festival features never seen before, world premiere plays including: full-length, one-act, and 10-minute plays, all written by MFA and undergraduate writers in the Robert Hartung Dramatic Writing Program at the University of New Mexico. The Festival has produced five plays in the past five years that have won national playwriting awards from the Kennedy Center's American College Theater Festival.
The mission of the festival is to introduce and promote the voices of emerging writers to local and national theatre communities. Plays are world premiere productions written, directed, acted and designed by emerging student artists. On average more than 100 students participate in the festival each year.
This November, Words Afire Festival presents works including five world premieres of full-length plays by MFA students, an evening of eight short plays, two one-acts, three staged readings and a special event in Rodey Theater - a staged reading of a new radio play by our featured guest artist, Elana Greenfield. In addition to the 21 new plays, the festival features a kickoff party in Rodey Theater and an evening of staged readings of new, short screenplays.
Audience members who attend these world premiere productions have the opportunity to experience some of the hottest new plays and emerging writing talent in the country.
The opening night kickoff party takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Rodey Theatre in the UNM Center for the Arts. The event is free and features MFA writers previewing short excerpts from their plays. Enter into the world of new plays to the enticing vibes of one of the coolest bands in Albuquerque - Le Chat Lunatik. Greet, meet and have good eats on stage with all the writers and Visiting Playwright Elana Greenfield. Get the glow and throw fuel on the Festival fire.
Another free event, features Elana Greenfield, established playwright and Whiting award winner, on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in UNM’s Rodey Theatre. Greenfield is a guest artist with the Dramatic Writing Program at UNM this fall. She will speak after a staged reading of her new play “How They Made the Movie/transiberiada.” The reading features members of the Tricklock Company.
Ms. Greenfield, formerly director of artistic programs at New Dramatists in New York, is currently the acting director of the Arts in Context Program at the New School’s Eugene Lang College. She also teaches at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Program. Her book, “At the Damascus Gate: Short Hallucinations,” was recently published by Green Integer Press.
For reservations contact venue box offices: Theatre X: 925-5858; tickets.com outlets or online unmtickets.com; National Hispanic Cultural Center: 724-4771 or Ticket Master 883-7800; Sol Arts: 244-0049; VSA North Fourth Art Center: 345-2872, ext. 18; UNM Arts Garage: free; Blue Dragon Coffee House: free.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico is well-represented in the New Mexico Business Weekly’s 2007 issue of ’40 Under 40.’ Eleven individuals with connections to UNM, either as faculty, staff, students or alumni, were named to the popular special supplement.
Faculty members recognized include: Shelly Arthur; John Benavidez; Dante DiGregorio; Doug Thomas; Harry Van Buren; and Craig White, all from the ASM; staff members Carlos Rey Romero and Marla Wood; and doctoral student Alice Hopkins-Loy and law student DeAnza Valencia.
Additionally, former wrestler and letterman Scott Affentranger made the list. Currently an Ed.D candidate at UNM, Affentranger earned a bachelor's of arts in 1991 and a master's of science in 1995.
To be considered for the recognition, the NMBW solicits nominations for individuals who stand out in their fields, and who are also engaged in their communities trying to make New Mexico a better place to live.
A committee of ‘40 Under 40’ alumni then reviews and judges nominees on professional accomplishments, leadership and community activities. Three committee members reviewed each nominee. This year 178 nominations were submitted.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity has donated $750 to the UNM Children’s Hospital after raising money through an event called a “cow drop” held in October. The creative and humorous fundraiser involved a cow, a field in Belen, and supporters who purchased $5 raffle tickets.
Photo: (l. to r.): Billy Newton, treasurer; Hazel Tull-Leach, executive director, Development; Greg Bennett, president; Albert Gallegos, scribe.
Each person with a raffle ticket was assigned a square on the field and would win a prize if the cow “dropped” in their square.
Kappa Sigma president Greg Bennett said the event was not only a fun and successful way of raising money, but also a great opportunity for the fraternity to reach out to the UNM Children’s Hospital.
“This year we wanted to keep some of our donations on campus and help out UNM,” said Bennett. “We would love to start building a relationship with the UNM Children’s Hospital. We have 51 members in our chapter and that’s a lot of manpower to come donate time, whether it be visiting with the kids or donating money. We can help in a lot of ways.”
Hazel Tull-Leach, executive director for the UNM Children’s Hospital development office, saw the fraternity’s donation as a great first step toward future collaborations.
“We appreciate Kappa Sigma’s support of the UNM Children’s Hospital and are looking forward to seeing more support in the future,” said Tull-Leach. “It’s wonderful to see UNM students offering this kind of help.”
Media Contact: Lauren Cruse, (505) 272-3690; e-mail: lcruse@salud.unm.edu
Volume 12 of Red Mesa Review, UNM-Gallup’s literary magazine, has won the Small College Award in the Southwestern Region of the Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine Competition. The college previously won an award in the same competition in 1999. RMR is published annually and contains the original artwork and literary compositions of students, faculty and staff.
The editorial board included Arts and Letters faculty Gloria Dyc, Fran Pawlowski, Jeff Beekman, Bill Kaul, Jennifer Boots-Marshall, Norman Smith, Mike Volz and Robert Hoffman, and Transitional Studies faculty Jim Sayers. Design/Layout Editor was Arts and Letters faculty Carolyn Milligan and Student Design/Layout Editors were Dillon Day and Jason Pawela.
To order a copy or subscribe, call the UNM-Gallup Department of Arts and Letters at (505) 863-7535 or e-mail byazzie@gallup.unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Former U.S. negotiator for the Darfur Agreement to speak
The University of New Mexico International Studies Institute, Peace Studies and Office for Policy, Security and Technology present “The Politics of Making Peace: A Practitioner's Account,” a lecture by Charles Snyder, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 12:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall rm. 101. Snyder is the former acting assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and U.S. negotiator for the Darfur Agreement.
Over the past three decades Snyder has labored in front of the cameras and behind the scenes to find solutions to seemingly intractable conflicts. He has served as a U.S. military attaché, the CIA National Intelligence Officer for Africa and, more recently, as acting assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He brings to his topic unique experiences with the executive branch of the U.S. government, Congress, the United Nations and an array of African and European leaders.
Snyder played a pivotal role in the international campaign that brought peace to southern Sudan and played an equally important role in efforts to end the conflict in Darfur. Drawing on a wealth of personal experiences, he will provide an insider's view of what really happens in a peace process.
For more information contact UNM International Studies at 277-3833; via e-mail at isi@unm.edu; or on the Web at www.unm.edu/~isi.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Daniel Arreola, geography and Latin American Studies professor at Arizona State University, presents an illustrated lecture, “The Picture Postcard Mexican Housescape: Visual Culture and Domestic Identity,” Friday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 – 6 p.m. in Northrop Hall room 122 on the University of New Mexico main campus. His illustrated lecture is an interpretation of Mexican housescapes—a house and its immediate landscape— as they are illustrated in popular historic postcards.
Photo: Professor Daniel Arreola
In the early 20th century, postcards presented a stereotyped view of Mexican Americans residing in primitive dwellings and typically in rural habitats. The stereotype contributed to a common primitive image of people of Mexican heritage in the United States. The representation became a factor in American society's view of Mexican American people, place and domesticity.
Arreola will describe how picture postcards captured this traditional landscape visually according to types of dwellings and by regional identity. He will compare the visual image of the Mexican housescape presented in postcards to the ethnic literature about Mexican domestic environments to corroborate that a particular image was constructed about the group in the 20th century.
“The postcard image of the Mexican housescape reinforced the view of Mexicans as primitive and rural, although most Mexicans in America during the period in which the postcards were current resided in central cities and on the margins of urban plDavid Brookshire rather than in rural districts. We see how an ethnic group has been both socially marginalized and spatially disenfranchised according to perceived landscape association,” Arreola said.
Arreola earned a doctorate in cultural geography from the University of California at Los Angeles, and he has lived and taught in three of the four American states that line the U.S.-Mexican border. He has published extensively in scholarly journals and in book chapters on topic relating to the cultural geography of the Mexican-American borderlands.
Arreola's presentation is the final lecture in the UNM School of Architecture and Planning's fall John Gaw Meem Lecture Series and is designated the J. B. Jackson Memorial Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Former UNM tennis player, coach, now senior associate AD
Tim Cass is a former Lobo tennis standout from 1982-86, named All-American in doubles in 1986. He also coached at UNM from 1988-96, during which his team was WAC champions five years in a row, from 1991-95. He then coached 10 seasons at Texas A & M. Now off the court and in the front office, he is UNM’s new senior associate athletics director, taking the position Aug. 1, following the retirement of Conrad Colbert.
Photo: Tim Cass, senior associate athletics director
Cass actively pursued the position when it came open. In part, he said, because he "felt indebted" to the institution that gave him a head coaching job when he was just 23. He also saw good leadership in Paul Krebs, UNM’s recently hired athletic director.
“Paul is a terrific leader, he has great vision and is a good communicator. I am excited to work along side him,” Cass said.
Cass has been charged to oversee football, men’s basketball, as well as men’s and women’s tennis and soccer. He has also been asked to take on facilities.
“We are looking at all aspects of facilities. Coaches are better with good players – players are key. Recruiting is essential and quality facilities are huge in recruitment. If we sell ‘em and tell ‘em we’re the best in the Mountain West, we’ve got to live up to it,” he said.
Cass said that beautification includes landscaping around facilities as well as painting, carpeting and furniture within them. He said he is developing a facilities master plan that includes an indoor practice facility for football, a Pit renovation and expansion of soccer facilities, among other changes.
“Even small scale things are important – like resurfacing parking lots and the fencing around them,” he said. “We will create a road map to accomplish what we need to do, on the field, in academics and within facilities.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
It’s not every day the publisher of a top-10 magazine comes to UNM to speak. It’s a special treat when that individual is a UNM alumnus. Ed Lewis, the chair and founder of Essence Magazine and driving force behind Essence Communications, Inc., graduated from UNM with bachelor’s and master’s in political science and international relations, 1963 and 1965, respectively.
Photo: Ed Lewis, Essence Magazine founder
Lewis returned to his alma mater recently as the featured guest speaker at a UNM President’s Club Celestial Celebration held at UNM’s Lodestar Astronomy Center.
The President’s Club is a group of influential community leaders who provide unrestricted gifts to the President’s Fund for Academic Excellence. The fund currently supports UNM’s Research Learning Service Program, UNM Study Abroad and the Washington D.C. Congressional Internship Program.
A strong advocate for civil rights and community involvement, Lewis spoke about his time at UNM during the civil rights era, the success of Essence Magazine and the importance of giving back to the community.
“Community service and volunteerism is at the heart of who I am,” Lewis said. Quoting Shirley Chisolm, Lewis continued, “Community service is the rent we pay for living on this earth. It’s empowering and noble. When you give to an organization like the University of New Mexico, it ensures the highest quality of life and improving the community. Education is everyone’s job.”
Membership in the President’s Club requires a minimum annual gift of $5,000 to the UNM Foundation, of which $2,500 is designated for the President’s Fund for Academic Excellence.
For more information on the UNM President’s Club visit: or contact Alexanna Padilla Johnson at 277-9077 or via e-mail, apjohn@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
“American Indian Senior Day” will draw high school seniors from across the state to the University of New Mexico on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Along with providing information on higher education through interactive workshops, staff will also supply students with financial aid and scholarship information, on-site admissions and a campus tour.
Deputy Secretary of the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Teresa C. Gomez is featured as the keynote speaker in the Student Union ballroom at 11 a.m.
“This event provides visiting students exposure to the wealth of academic options at UNM and an opportunity to interact directly with UNM's native community,” said Tammy James-Pino, planning committee co-chair.
For more information call (505) 277-6343 or (800) CALL UNM, ext. 3.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico 's Center for the Southwest presents “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” in its Southwestern Film Series on Monday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Building theatre. The film is free and open to the public.
Throughout the fall and spring of 2006-07 the Center for the Southwest in the Department of History will showcase films produced in the United States Southwest. The movies provide both public and university audiences with a greater awareness of the historical, cross-cultural and social values found within the region's rich film production and dynamic past.
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” directed by Sergio Leone, 1966, is a sprawling Western epic that follows the adventures of three gunfighters looking for hidden treasure and wealth in the 1860s New Mexico Territory. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, they search for a fortune in buried gold. Not knowing the location, each gunman knows only a portion of the gold's whereabouts, so for a moment, they are dependent on each other. Known as a “masterpiece” in Western film genre, it plays upon questions of morality, weighing the consequences of good and evil. It stars Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef.
The film will begin with a short introduction by Samuel Truett, associate professor of history at UNM. Truett explores the history of U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, environmental history, New Mexico history and transnational history. One of his essays was recently awarded the “Bolton-Kinnaird Award” for the best essay published on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands region, awarded in 2006 by the Western History Association. This award followed the recent publication of Truett's book Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands (Yale U. Press).
For more information, contact Please call Elaine Nelson at 277-7688 or e-mail the Center for the Southwest at e-mail: cntrsw@unm.edu
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920 e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The annual University of New Mexico Water Forum will be held Tuesday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lobo A&B of the Student Union Building. This event will provide an opportunity to connect members of the UNM community with others involved in water-related research and creative activities. Topics include the 2006 monsoon, the Middle Rio Grande urban flood demonstration program, community acequias, water leasing markets, and potable reuse of municipal wastewater.
The UNM Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the UNM Water Resources Program are sponsoring the forum.
Bill Hume, Director of Policy and Issues, Office of Governor Bill Richardson, will speak on the Year of Water. Erik Webb, Sandia National Laboratories and detailed to the staff of Senator Pete Domenici, will talk about the Water/Energy Nexus. A special feature of this year's Forum is the Rio Grande Seminar lecture by Aril Sanders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who will speak on the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program.
Tim J. Ward, UNM assistant vice president for research and professor of Civil Engineering, is the event organizer. “This forum is an indication of how important the university community views water issues and how it is working to solve real problems," said Ward.
“In the past year we have seen conditions ranging from drought to floods. It is essential for the water-related community at UNM and throughout New Mexico and the region to gain a better understanding of water issues and view them in a multidisciplinary framework.”
Note to news media: The UNM Water Forum agenda is available at http://research.unm.edu/
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
The 16th Navajo Studies Conference will begin with a sunrise ceremony at 6 a.m. east of the Student Union Building on the UNM main campus on Nov. 1. Registration opens at 9 a.m. in the SUB. Presentations begin at 1 p.m.
UNM and the Indigenous Nations Library Program are hosting the conference. It is held annually throughout the Southwest to promote Navajo studies and includes all aspects of Navajo life from language to culture to history. The conference is open to all interested parties, and people interested in attending only one day of conference activities can register by the day. Registration can be done online at http://elibrary.unm.edu/inlp/navajo_studies-conf.php
Wednesday, November 1
9:00 a.m. Registration opens in foyer outside SUB Ballroom B
1:00 p.m. Opening of Conference, SUB Ballroom C
Mary Alice Tsosie, Conference Coordinator
Presentation of the flags: UNM Air Force ROTC
National Anthem: Mrs. Thomas H. Begay
1:15 p.m. Welcoming Addresses
NM Governor Bill Richardson
Navajo Nation VP Frank Dayish
UNM Acting President David Harris
UNM Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell
Acting Dean of University Libraries Frances C. Wilkinson
President, Navajo Studies Conference Inc. Dr. Lloyd Lee
2:00 p.m. To’Haajiilee Chapter President Mr. Leon Secatero
Alamo Chapter President Mr. Buddy Mexicano
2:30 p.m. Keynote Addresses
Lucy Tapahonso – Diné poet, writer and professor of English and
American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She is
the author of five books of poetry and three children’s books.
Rex Lee Jim – Diné poet, writer, playwright, member of the Navajo
Nation Council.
3:30 p.m. Dinetah Dance Group, Shawn Price, Director
4:30 p.m. Reception sponsored by University Libraries, West Wing of Zimmerman
Library
Poetry Readings, “Perpetuating Navajo II”
Vanaya J. Yazzie, Huerfano, NM
Esther Belen, Durango, CO
Tina Deschene, Farmington, NM
Valencia Tsosie, Santa Fe, NM
Whisper Carpenter Kish, UNM Graduate Student
Entertainment, Exhibit Tables
7:00 p.m. Navajo Culture and Talent Night, SUB Ballroom C
Whisper Carpenter Kish, Intertribal Vocalist
Andrew Thomas, Dine Flute Player
Blackhorse Mitchell, Blues Artist
Kansas Begaya, Native Recording Artist
Herman Cody, Traditional Singer
Don Barboan, Guitarist
Dine Ji Culture, Harmonized Songs
Thursday, November 2
6:00 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony – east of SUB
John Perry, Jr., Hataalii, Crownpoint, NM
7:00 a.m. Healing Generations, “Breath Power & Healing Pilates”
South Gym, UNM Johnson Center
Reginald Mitchell from Gallup, NM is a self defense specialist,
consultant, motivational speaker and is founder and owner of Fierce
Protection Systems.
Heidi Mitchell from Gallup, NM is a Pilates instructor, personal trainer,
prevention specialist and co-owner of Fierce Protection Systems
Participants will experience an exercise program that coordinates mind,
body, and spirit to support each other on the path to overall fitness.
Participants should bring a large towel, water and wear comfortable
clothing.
9:00 a.m. Plenary session, SUB Ballroom C
Dr. Anita B. Pfeiffer will speak on “Diné Teacher Education. She is a
Professor emeritus of Language, Literacy and Socioculture from the
UNM College of Education.
10:00 a.m. Break, SUB Ballroom A
10:00 a.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, SUB Ballroom B
Anne Calhoun and other teachers: American Indian Children’s Books,
critique and video including exhibit of children’s books.
10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Chester Brown, “Supporting Students with Native American
Philosophy”
B. Dr. Tiffany S. Lee – Wicazo Sa Review “If they want Navajo to be
learned, then they should require it in all schools: Navajo teenagers
experiences and choices with Navajo Language.”
Dr. Lauro Tohe “Hweeldi Beehaniih: Remembering the Long Walk.”
Dr. Timothy Begaye “Native Teacher Understanding of Culture as a
Concept for Curricular Inclusion.”
C. Bonnie Duran, Kevin Foley, Sherrick Roadhorse, Melvin Harrison
The Four Corners American Indian Circle of Services Collaborative,
“Integrating HIV, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services at the
Navajo Nation”
D. Carlton G. Ami, “The Diné Philosophy of Learning, an Asset in Physics
Education.”
E. Al Henderson, Bertha Aguirre, Anson J. Arviso & Elroy Drake, “Panel
Discussion: New Directions in Financing Navajo Economic Development”
10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Afton Sells and Dr. Miranda Jensen Haskie, “Expressions in Navajo
Culture. A course taught in the Navajo language integrated with
Navajo culture topics and the successful combination.”
D. Carline Murphy “Cultural Infusion: Navajo Moccasin Game.”
11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Jean Martinez-Welles, “Changing Woman and Yeshe Tsogyel: A
Comparison of Women’s Roles in Dine and Tantra Buddist Traditions”
B. Ester Belin, “ Navajo Offering to Life”
Dr. Lloyd Lee, “The Future of Navajo Nationalism”
11:45 a.m. Brown Bag Lunch with Navajo Writers, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Dr. Laura Tohe, Dr. Irvin Morris and Esther Belin
1:00 p.m. Plenary Session, SUB Ballroom C
Tom Arviso, CEO and Publisher, The Navajo Times “Native
Journalism and Tribal Politics”
2:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Jennifer Denetdale, “Securing the Navajo National Boundaries: War,
Patriotism, Family Values and the Diné Marriage Act”
B. Kathy M’Closkey “Past Policies/Present Predicaments: Articulating
Differences in Federal Strategies in Marketing Indigenous Arts and
Crafts in Canada and the United States”
C. Beverly R. Singer, associate professor of Anthropology and Native
American Studies, Gregory Cajete, chair of Native American Studies at UNM, “Season of Transformation: Decolonized Education at the
University of New Mexico.”
D. Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie and Melody Parsons, “A Look at
Indian-U.S. Treaties”
E. Leola Tsinnajinnie, UNM Doctorial student and Florian Johnson, UNM
graduate student Presentation on Institute for American Indian Education’s efforts on recruitment, professional development, test taking workshops and training opportunities.
3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, Ballroom B
Book signing and presentation by Navajo author Blackhorse Mitchell.
He will also be showing his film on Navajo pottery.
3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Richard Wiebe, “The Anthropological Construction of Navajo Space: An Assessment, Contribution and Conversation”
B. Nonabah Sam, “Survival: One Child’s Journey, Through the Eyes of
her Grandmother”
C. Hoskie Benally, Tina Descheenie, Michael Thompson, Larry Everson,
“Taking Back our Learning: Diné Community Views on Diné Education”
D. Robert Yazzie, director; Maroni Benally, policy analyst; Wilson Aronith
Jr., research; Harry Walters; Ferlin Clark, President of Diné
College, “Diné Policy Institute”
E. Milton Chee, Mitch Uriba, Warlance John, John Chee, Bernados Diaz,
“Cultural Diffusion of the Thunder/Lightning, Bear, Jaguar, Snake and the Farmers, Gatherers, Hunters, Trappers People.”
4:00 p.m. B. Mildred Walters, “Integrating Western and Traditional Ways of
Learning and its Impact on my Life”
4:30 p.m. A. David M. Mark, “Navajo Terms for Landforms: A Progress Report”
C. Jean Whitehorse, “In the Sacred Manner We Walk as Diné, ” life
experiences through relocations
5:00 p.m. KIVA Club, Navajo Taco Sale, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
6:00 p.m. Faculty and Student Forum, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Jennifer Denetdale, PhD; Freda Garnanez, EdD.; Eulynda Toledo-
Benally, PhD; Larry Emerson, PhD, “Nurturing Future Dine Scholars: A
Roundtable Conversation Regarding Diné Scholar Needs and Aspirations”
This roundtable conversation will engage several critical questions
regarding the future of Diné scholarship.
Lani Tsinnajinnie, UNM; Leona Morgan, UNM; Patrick Willink, UNM;
Arlyn John, UNM & Run to the Sun; Vincent Werito, UNM; Lloyd L. Lee,
PhD, “Navajo Student Perspectives on the Future of Navajo Studies”
This panel consists of Navajo college students who will discuss what
topics or areas of interest they see are pertinent to their families, the
people and to their own scholarship.
8:00 p.m. Storytelling Session, SUB Ballroom C
Sunny Dooley, “Diné Blessingway Stories”
These origins stories present the worldview of the Diné people and
their relationships with their surroundings. They are the social versions of
the sacred chants. They are told only from October through about early
March (first thunder). Dooley tells Blessingway stories with the blessing of
her family, clans, and elders.
Ernest Harry Begay, “Diné Blessingway Stories, Part II”
Begay is from Rock Point, Arizona, and is a Navajo philosopher,
renowned storyteller and cultural educator. He will tell Navajo stories of
origin and moral teaching.
Friday, November 3
6:00 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony – east of SUB
John Perry, Jr. Hataalii, Crownpoint, NM
7:00 a.m. Healing Generations “Breath Power & Healing Pilates”
Reginald Mitchell
Heide Mitchell
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session, SUB Ballroom C
Dr. Gayle Diné Chacon, UNM Family and Community Medicine
10:15 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Focus on Books, Exhibit Area, Ballroom B
Book signing and presentation: Roberta John is the published
Navajo author of two children’s books that are written in Navajo and
in English. The books are “Red is Beautiful” and “Proud to be a Black
Sheep.”
10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Sterling Fluharty, “Radicalizing the Reservation: Navajos and Activism,
1968-1974”
B. Martha Johnson, Navajo Languages instructor at Diné College;
Wilson Aronith Jr., author and instructor at Diné College; Avery Denny,
Medicine Man and instructor at Diné College; Robert Yazzie, former
chief justice of the Navajo Nation; Anthony Lee, president of Medicine
Man Association; T. Mae Bekis, medicine woman, “Gender,
Leadership and Traditions” Navajo Spoken Only Session, Panel
Discussion
C. Carlton G. Ami, “Learning Style Preferences of Diné Students” This
session will focus on the need to establish a link between the learning
style preferences of Native American students and the teaching style of their teacher.
D. “Study on the Long Walk”
Harry Myers, “Intro & What is a national historic trail”
Ed Lee Natay, “The study process and how NPS works with the
tribes”
Judy Martin, “The Navajo Nation and the Long Walk Study”
Robert Begay, “The interviews with the Navajo people concerning
The Long Walk”
11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Doug Brugge, “Protecting the Navajo people through tribal regulation
of Research”
12:00 p.m. Navajo Fashion Show, SUB Ballroom C (bring your own lunch)
Virginia Yazzie-Ballenger, Designer/Owner
Navajo Spirit Southwestern Wear, Gallup NM
1:00 p.m. Exhibits Close
1:00 p.m. Plenary Session, SUB Lobo Rooms A & B
Anthony Lee, president Diné Hataalii Association, chair, Center for Diné
Studies, Diné College
2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Focus on Books, Willard Room, Zimmerman Library
Book Party: “The Navajo People and Uranium Mining”
Presenters: Douglas Brugge, Timothy Benally, Esther Yazzie-Lewis.
2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Venaya J. Yazzie, “A Journey into Navajo Jewelry Adornment”
B. Melcatha Chee, “Acquisition of Navajo Verbs”
C. Dr. Lloyd Lee, Dr. Tiffany Lee, Dr. Timothy Begay, Esther Belin,
“Navajo Identity” Panel Discussion
D. Dr. Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez, “Colonial and Postcolonial Ethnography in Navajo Country: Navajo Resistance & the Disentangling of the Languages of Empire and Inigeneity”
E. Sen. Leonard Tsosie, Harold Skow, Todd Romero, Norbert Nex, Kee Long, “Internet to the Hogans. Overview of Internet to Hogans project, facilitation for a panel of technology experts”
3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Matthew Kirk Tafoya, “19th Century Navajo Male Material Culture” This
presentation will show the old and new way of Navajo male attire and
the influences through history.
B. Anthony Webster, “Code-Switching in Navajo Poetry”
D. Diana Beck, “Policy as Lived Experience: A multigenerational study of
two Navajo families’ educational experiences”
3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, “Self-imposed shift away from the Navajo
language by Navajo-speaking Christian parents”
4:00 p.m. NSCI Board and Membership Meeting, Lobo Rooms A & B
6:00 p.m. Closing Banquet/Silent Auction/Dance, SUB Grand Ballroom
7:00 p.m. Mistress of Ceremonies: Miss Jacelyn Billy, Miss Navajo
Invocation: John Perry, Jr.
Introduction of Honored Guests, Navajo Code Talkers
Dinetah Dance Group
Banquet Speakers
Dr. Lula Stago, president and CEO of Sunrise Mountain Medical, Inc.
“Survival Need of Diné as an Indian Individual”
Robert Yazzie, former chief justice of Navajo Nation, director of Diné
Policy Institute, Diné College
Awards: Navajo Making a Difference Award
Navajo Innovation Award
NSCI Board Awards
9:00 p.m. Dance
The Original Fenders, Country Western Band, SUB Grand Ballroom
Saturday, November 4
Rug Auction
9 a.m. Set-up for Navajo Rug Auction, by Burnham Trading Post,
SUB Ballroom B & C
11:00 a.m. Preview, including presentation on Buying a Navajo Rug
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Rug Auction, Auctioneer: Bruce Burnham
Tour of Santa Fe
8:00 a.m. Departure, Dane Smith Circle
Allen Houser, Inc.
Museum of American Indian Arts & Laboratory of Anthropology
Lunch, Museum Hill
Institute of American Indian Art
Shopping and Sightseeing on Santa Fe Plaza
4:30 p.m. Departure from Santa Fe
6:00 p.m. Arrive in Albuquerque
Film Festival
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hanáál’na’alkid Film Festival
SUB Ballroom A
Navajo and Pueblo Relations Presentation and Tour
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
12th St. Albuquerque
10:00 a.m. Panel Presentation
Dr. Jennifer Denetdale, historian, UNM professor
Joe Sando, Jemez historian, author
David Brugge, anthropologist, author
Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Hopi, director
12:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Museum and Gallery tour
2:00 p.m. Dance Performance
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
'Pirates' is the theme for the annual Children's Book Fair hosted by the UNM Bookstore on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The bookstore is located at Cornell and Central NE and the event is free and open to the public. Fun activities for children include live animals, author readings, face painting and pictures with Jack Sparrow.
Exotics of the Rainforest, an informative visual presentation featuring live parrots, reptiles, snakes and amphibians from the tropical rainforests and deserts of the world, will be featured.
Also included is Emmett “Shkeme” Garcia, author of “The Little Cow in Valle Grande,” and illustrator Mary Sundstrom, “Coyote and the Sky.” Both will entertain children with readings from their books.
The UNM Bookstore will also host a Children’s Book Fair sale. Selected children’s books and clothing will be 25 percent off.
For more information, contact Anicia Esposito, marketing manager, UNM Bookstore, 277-9752 or email aespo@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico invites African American high school juniors and seniors to campus to learn more about higher education during “African American Student Day” on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Celebrating the theme “The Power of ‘We': Igniting the Fire,” students will be provided with financial aid and scholarship information, on-site admissions and a campus tour. Free food and live entertainment is also on the venue.
For more information, call African American Student Services at 277-5645 or (800) CALL UNM, ext. 3.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Faculty and staff will have an opportunity to discuss ways to take control of their scholarly work in the 5th Annual Symposium on Scholarly Communication set for Nov. 9 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom A.
The keynote speaker will be Jean-Claude Guédon, Ph.D., a professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Montreal. He will talk on “Researchers and the Public Good: Why Mandating Open Access is Both Important and Fair.”
Guédon is the founder of “SurfDavid Brookshire”, the first Canadian electronic scholarly journal, in 1991. He has written a number of papers on the theoretical and practical issues regarding electronic publishing. He has also been actively engaged in scholarly communications projects including serving on the steering committees of the Canadian National Site Licensing Project and the Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
Joining Guédon on the program are Erinn Aspinall, MSI, Philip Kroth, MD,MS and Holly Phillips, MLIS,MS from the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center. Their discussion is titled “The NIH Public Access Policy: UNM author Participation and Attitudes.”
Christine Zuni Cruz, JD a professor at the UNM School of Law will speak on “Putting Theory into Practice: Experience as Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access Publication Tribal Law Journal.”
Registration is free and can be done online at
http://hsc.unm.edu/library/sc/symposium5.shtml
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Running Club, International Law Students Association and Peace Studies sponsor “Run for Darfur ” at the Duke City Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 22, beginning at 7 a.m. at Third Street and Tijeras. Thirty-five UNM School of Law students and faculty will participate in seven relay teams wearing “Run for Darfur” T-shirts, to be sold to raise funds for the Genocide Intervention Network's peacekeeping work in displaced persons camps in Darfur.
In the past two years, students in UNM's Peace Studies program have participated in an informal “Run for Darfur ” during the marathon. This year, law student Kristopher Houghton, a professionally trained marathon runner, is spearheading efforts to raise awareness and contribute to humanitarian assistance and peacemaking efforts in the Sudan.
In addition to increasing participation in the “Run for Darfur,” student organizing efforts have raised approximately $600 so far.
The Genocide Intervention Network was founded in 2004 to build an educated political constituency and raise funds for peacekeeping efforts in Darfur.
For more information or to make a contribution, contact Kristopher Houghton at
houghtkr@law.unm.edu
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Peter Di Sabatino, AIA, presents, “CAIN_CORBS_KABOBS: Trajectories and Digressions in Architecture and Design,” an illustrated lecture, on Friday, Oct. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Northrop Hall rm. 122 on the University of New Mexico campus. The lecture is the third installment in the fall John Gaw Meem Lecture Series presented by the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Di Sabatino currently consults, teaches and practices in design and education. His presentation will expose important influences, design principles and processes that have helped form theoretical and built projects, and educational initiatives and practices.
Drawing from a diverse body of work in teaching and practicing architecture and design for more than 20 years, Peter Di Sabatino will explore the weave of multidisciplinary practice and transdisciplinary education with design, integration, innovation and a humanistic entrepreneurial spirit at the core.
After establishing principles, foundations and trajectories with earlier work and teachings, additional attention will be paid to some recent projects while directing design at WET Design and from selected studios at Art Center College of Design.
Prior to Art Center, Di Sabatino was professor of architecture and founding director of Woodbury University’s Community Design and Urban Research Center in Hollywood. Di Sabatino is a licensed architect who has practiced in a variety of firms, including partnership at Di Sabatino / Lem Architects. He received his master’s of architecture from Washington University in Saint Louis, Mo.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Many services will be unavailable
Information Technology Services will perform a necessary, scheduled storage hardware upgrade Sunday, Oct. 22. The outage requires bringing down a variety of ITS services and applications from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
General ITS services that will be unavailable include UNM e-mail, LoboWeb, MyUNM, FastInfo, Internet Native Banner, Demographic Self Service, Ejobs/Ehire, Vista, Vislab, Peregrine, and the UNM and any other Web sites hosted at ITS.
Banner services affected by this outage include all Banner databases and applications (both production and non-production), Hyperion, ODS, LoboMart, LoboPhone, Banner Authorization Request (BAR), and Workflow.
“The infrastructure that supports these services and applications must be upgraded simultaneously and cannot be done separately,” said Bill Adkins, chief information officer. “While there is no ‘good’ time to bring down major systems, the storage upgrade is critical, and ITS apologizes for the inconvenience.”
Services available during the upgrade period will be the UNM network, Internet access, IDMS, Domain Name Servers (DNS) and DHCP.
For more information visit: http://hdesk.unm.edu/whiteboard/computing/page/computing.php.
To receive advance notifications of network and system outages and upgrades via e-mail, subscribe to sysinfo-l at list.unm.edu.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Federal, state and local officials need to do a better job of abiding by the parental involvement sections of the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a report issued by Appleseed of New Mexico. Appleseed of New Mexico was one of six states working in collaboration with the national Appleseed network on a grant from the Kellogg foundation.
Appleseed of New Mexico, in partnership with the University of New Mexico Institute of Public Law, the Center for Family and Community Partnerships at the College of Education, and the ENLACE program, contributed to the study by convening and leading focus groups of parents and community members in three public school districts.
Results in New Mexico were generally consistent with the conclusions of the national report, which concluded:
Too many parents fail to receive clear and timely information about their children and their schools.
Poverty, limited English proficiency, and varying cultural expectations are among the biggest barriers to parental involvement.
Poor communication with parents hinders their ability to exercise NCLB's choice and supplemental education services options.
Creative, multi-faceted communication and engagement strategies can promote better parental involvement in schools.
Parental involvement is not uniformly valued by school leaders as a key accountability strategy.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, schools must notify parents about the test results of individual students and the schools that they attend. In addition, the law obligates local school systems to adopt parent involvement policies and to actively enlist the help of parents when constructing school-wide improvement plans.
Parents from all of the New Mexico focus groups reported hearing something about NCLB and were generally aware that some consequences were attached to schools that failed to attain adequate yearly progress benchmarks (although such understanding was not always expressed in precisely those words). While some parents were aware of the availability of tutoring services, few, if any, understood the range of – or the right to – supplemental educational services available.
New Mexico research was limited to schools located within three school districts in the southeast, central and northwest areas of the state. The complete New Mexico study is available on the Web at www.AppleseedNM.com.
The Appleseed national study may be accessed at http://www.effusiondesign.com/nclbweb.pdf .
For more information, call Appleseed of New Mexico, 505-277-1772.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
UNM Architect Roger Lujan, AIA, recently received the Maureen Walter Alumni of the Year award by the School of Architecture and Planning Alumni Chapter. Lujan earned his architecture degree from UNM in 1969 and has served as university architect since 1989.
Photo: University Architect Roger Lujan
“The University of New Mexico has been an integral part of my career and life since I first caddied on the golf course. I mowed lawns for UNM faculty, attended school here and interned in Van Dorn Hooker's office when he was university architect,” Lujan said.
He also noted that the university was a client of his when he was in private practice.
Lujan received the award in recognition of his contributions to the community and the profession.
Among the university projects that define Lujan's career are Dane Smith Hall and George Pearl Hall, the latter currently under construction. George Pearl Hall will house the School of Architecture and Planning and the Fine Arts and Design Library. His first project at UNM was restoration of University House.
Lujan is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Albuquerque Chapter; the New Mexico Society of Architects; the New Mexico State Board of Examiners for Architects; Joint Practice Committee of State Professional Licensing Boards; the Association of University Architects; Society of College and University Planners and the New Mexico Health Systems Agency Advisory Board.
This is only the second year the award has been presented. It is named for Maureen Walter, one of the four founders of the school's alumni chapter who received her master's degree in architecture from UNM in 1992. Walters died in May 2005.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
School of Architecture and Planning Associate Professor Stephen Dent will give a talk and receive a Faculty Acknowledgement Award from University Libraries on Oct. 31, at 3 p.m. in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library. His talk, “One Architect's Odyssey,” is about the interconnections of the various strands of a long career in teaching and architectural and planning practice.
He will discuss his early influences and interests and how they re-emerged over time and gave continuity to an underlying career theme of environmentally responsive design.
Dent has been teaching energy conservation and sustainable design for more than 25 years. He teaches graduate design studios, Design & Technology and Environmental Controls I and Lighting. In addition he has written extensively on the subject and has presented his architectural work at national and international conferences. At UNM, he is the graduate advisor for the two-year graduate program.
Dent is also a partner in Dent & Nordhaus, Architects AIA, a small firm that specializes in energy efficient designs for residential and commercial projects. In addition, he has extensive professional experience in urban design and planning with Moshe Safdie & Associates, a Montreal, Canada based firm, O’Malley and Associates, a Baltimore, Maryland based firm and the Los Angeles, California City Planning Department.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The Medicine Wheel Lecture Series will feature a brown bag lunch and panel discussion on environmental responsibility on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Zimmerman Library. The brown bag lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m. and the panel discussion will begin at 3 p.m. in the Willard Room in the west wing of the library.
Panelists include Patrick Willink, a UNM graduate student who will discuss uranium mining on the Navajo reservation; Ramona Montoya, the environmental planner for Isleta Pueblo; and Cassandra Bloedel, a supervisor for civil and administrative enforcement of the Navajo Waste Act.
The panelists will discuss both the technical and cultural aspects of environmental waste problems. The program is sponsored by the Indigenous Nations Library Program at University Libraries.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico-Gallup will dedicate its newly renovated and expanded north campus facility on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Two large classroom/labs were added, and the foyer was enlarged, doubling the program space in the building.
The facility houses the college’s Adult Basic Education program, and plans are to expand education programs there, said Christine Gleason, director of ABE.
The building is located at 425 N. 7th St.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Awards to be presented at banquet tomorrow
De Colores, Inc., hosts the 14th Annual Hispanic Culture Festival banquet, Saturday, Oct. 14 from 6-9 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union Building ballroom. A dance will follow from 9 p.m. to midnight. “Unsung Heroes,” the theme of this year’s celebration, will be awarded to individuals in lifetime leadership, grassroots, government, education, humanitarian, student recognition and a posthumous award.
Lifetime Leadership Award
Manuel T. Pacheco, Ph. D., president emeritus, University of Missouri System, will receive the lifetime leadership award from De Colores, Inc., at Former New Mexico Governor Toney Anaya was the nominator.
Pacheco will be honored for his commitment to education and to serving people, as evidenced by recently accepting the appointment of interim president of his alma mater, New Mexico Highlands University, while the Board of Regents undertake a search for a permanent President.
Pacheco has never forgotten his roots in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado nor has he forgotten the contribution that Highlands made in helping prepare him for his extraordinary future. After his many major accomplishments, Pacheco returned in 2004 to help the Highlands Board of Regents write a strategic plan for the university with a mission of making NMHU the foremost Hispanic Serving Institution in the country.
Pacheco was born May 30, 1941, in Rocky Ford, Colorado. The oldest of 12 children, he was raised on a farm in northern New Mexico. His parents valued education and ensured that he and his siblings received the best education possible. His mother returned to earn a degree after making sure her children had theirs.
Pacheco holds a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico Highlands University, attended the Universite de Montpellier in France as a Fulbright graduate fellow, and holds a doctorate from Ohio State University.
Prior to his retirement in 2003, Pacheco was president of the four-campus University of Missouri System.
Education Award
Mary J. Lovato was born and raised in Gila, NM. She attended Cliff High School and Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM. There she met and married Delfin Lovato and moved to Northern New Mexico in 1966. She put her educational goals on hold while raising a family.
In 1981, with urging and support from her family, she went back to college to accomplish a lifelong dream of becoming a teacher. In 1983 she graduated cum laude from the College of Santa Fe and started her teaching career. She has been teaching for 25 years, the last 24 teaching fourth grade at San Juan Elementary with the Espanola School District. In 1991 she was selected to participate in the Summer Institute on Children’s Literature in Spanish in Madrid, Spain, sponsored by the New Mexico State Department of Education.
At San Juan Elementary, she coordinated the school’s annual Spelling Bee in both English and Spanish. She also coordinates the school’s fourth grade dance group with the National Dance Institute of New Mexico.
“I have always felt that to be a really good teacher, you must genuinely love children. Your heart will guide you through the rest, it’s that simple,” Lovato said.
Humanitarian Award
Elba Saavedra, Ph.D., is director of the Comadre a Comadre Project, a community-based project committed to empowering Latinas by providing resources and support about breast health and breast cancer. She is co-founder of Caminando Juntos, a cancer support group for Hispanic cancer survivors and their loved ones. Saavedra received the 2006 Governor’s Award to Outstanding New Mexico Women and was inducted into the New Mexico Commission’s Hall of Fame of Outstanding Women. She also serves on the Governor’s Women’s Health Council.
Arts Award
Working Classroom, a non-profit organization with a diverse community of student and professional actors, artists and writers, provides developmental opportunities for historically overlooked communities.
Government Award
Jerry Romero was born and raised in Chimayo, NM. He earned an associate’s degree in electrical engineering and is employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Chemistry-Physical Chemistry and Science Division. He has been involved in Habitat for Humanity Espanola Valley and Los Alamos, Chimayo Boys and Girls Club, Chimayo Teen program, crime prevention, Big Brothers Big Sisters and others. He is a single parent to two sons, both of whom are studying at UNM.
Grassroots Award
Genevieve Jaramillo-Padilla has a bachelor’s degree in family studies and master’s in education, both from UNM. Formerly a teacher at CNM, she is now lead organizer for Albuquerque Interfaith, an Industrial Areas Foundation program. She has been dedicating her time to organize community members in Albuquerque’s Westside and South Valley around issues affecting those communities.
College Student Awards
Vanessa Garcia, a UNM senior majoring in marketing management, is a founding sister of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc, and currently serves as president. She is a member of the Hispanic Business Student Association and plans to pursue an MBA after graduation.
Sebastian Iriart is working toward a bachelor’s in political science at UNM. He is a KUNM volunteer at Raices Colectivas, Sin Fronteras Movie Night and the Progressive Action Coalition.
Eric Garcia is a UNM senior who uses his cartoon work to get people talking about political issues. He illustrates his views in what he terms, “comic-book baroque.”
High School Student Award
Gabriel Santistevan is a Rio Grande High School sophomore in Albuquerque. He is ranked 31 out of 518 students and has maintained a 3.96 GPA. Following high school, he plans to attend UNM to earn a degree in pharmacy.
Posthumous Award
Beverly Gene (Waddell) Garcia, (Sept. 24, 1923 - July 5, 2005), was born in the midst of a cyclone in Erick, Okla., and stirred up dust all her 82 years. Her father gave her middle name the masculine spelling “Gene,” so her initials would match his. They ended up being a lot a like.
Beverly grew up in Sayre, Okla., moving to Placerville, Calif., when she was a young teen. She never got past the 10th grade. Beverly and her parents worked in cafes and restaurants from San Clemente to Lake Tahoe. She eventually went to Western Union School in San Francisco, learning to be a teletype operator, which served her well for years. With three kids in tow, she followed her Texas-native husband to Ft. Worth in 1958 and landed a job with the Federal Aviation Agency. The job lasted – the marriage didn’t. She got divorced in 1964 – a single, working mom with four of her five children still under her roof. But it was through her job at the FAA that she met the love of her life, Mike Garcia. When Mike got transferred to Albuquerque with the FAA in August of 1970, they thought it would only be for a year or so. Albuquerque was home for good- North Valley a particularly welcoming enclave for a Mexican and a ‘huera.’
Beverly became a passionate North Valley devotee; a founding member of the Mid-North Valley Neighborhood Association, the President of the La Luz Elementary School PTA, and in later years, highly active in the Village of Los Ranchos. Initially a passionate opponent of the Montano Bridge, her political realism, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” prevailed and she became an ardent advocate for the bridge, with the one caveat, that the “new” bridge remain one lane, each way. She wagged her finger at City Hall until the day she died for expanding the lanes, even invoking the ire of her Westside kids. Agreeing to disagree with Mayor Martin Chavez on the Montano Bridge, she retained her seat on the Mayor’s Advisory Board for the Office of Senior Affairs.
Beverly was a lifelong, devoted, and active Democrat. She was a steadfast supporter of organized labor, a member of the hotel and restaurant worker’s union at an early age in California. She remained active in Democratic Party politics all of her life, up until a few days before her stroke in April. She was a voice for improved public education, funding for the arts, universal health care, fair wages and equal rights.
In addition to political pursuits, she had a life ling affinity for literature, language, cooking and art. She sewed, quilted, studied and recited poetry, painted, gardened, cooked, canned and baked. She could not, however, make a decent piecrust. She spoke fluent Spanish, thanks to Mike Garcia, night classes at the public library and many trips to Mexico.
She enjoyed years of camaraderie with De Colores and the Hispanic Culture Festival and helped the program grow year after year. She was flattered to be included in the organizing and securing of artwork for the festival each year – running down artists and hauling artwork all over town.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Vice President for Research and Economic Development Terry Yates has been named to the Board of Life Sciences for the National Academies of Sciences. The Board of Life Sciences serves as a focal point for a wide range of technical and policy topics in the area of life sciences, including bioterrorism, genomics, biodiversity conservation and key topics in basic biomedical research, such as stem cells.
Photo: Vice President for Research and Economic Development Terry Yates. Credit: Matt Suhre
The board also organizes and oversees studies that provide advice to government and the scientific community on the biological sciences and their impact on society. Another board activity is the oversight of important studies on the improvement of biology education, particularly at the undergraduate level. Yates was installed as a new member of the board on October 3, 2006 and his term runs through June 2009.
Yates oversees academic research activities for UNM, as well as conducting his own research into the ecology and evolution of pathogens and their hosts, and the subsequent impact on human health.
Yates' most current research involves looking at Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome using satellite imagery and field tests of deer mice to predict future risk to humans. This is a collaboration with researchers from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Indian Health Service, the Valles Caldera National Preserve and UNM.
Yates holds joint appointments as a professor in the Biology and Pathology Departments at UNM. He is chair-elect of the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, an organization that includes chief research administrators in universities throughout the U.S. He is also President of the Natural Science Collections Alliance in Washington, D.C. and Curator of Genomic Resources at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at UNM.
Media Contacts: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Event Features Keynote Speaker Governor Bill Richardson
The 2006 New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association Awards Banquet will present awards to two University of New Mexico professors and a UNM alumnus on Oct. 27 at the Hilton Albuquerque, 1901 University Blvd. NE.
Following a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., dinner and award presentations will be held from 7-9 p.m., featuring a keynote address by Gov. Bill Richardson.
The Attorney of the Year Award will be presented to UNM School of Law alumnus Benedicto Naranjo. The Liberty and Justice Award will be presented to UNM School of Law professor emeriti Frederick Hart and Robert Desiderio.
Benedicto Naranjo graduated from the UNM School of Law in 1977. He has practiced law for more than 30 years. After retiring from private practice, he became a public servant and activist. He is an assistant district attorney in 13th Judicial District. Naranjo works toward eradicating Methamphetamine production and use in Valencia County . He also works with school Boy Scout chapters and other bipartisan public service activities to educate families and children.
During his 37 years on the UNM law faculty, Frederick Hart worked to increase enrollment of Native American and women law students and to improve the student-faculty ratio. He served two terms as dean in addition to contributing expertise in contracts and commercial law. Hart has been active in the Law School Admission Council for more than 30 years and served on the Law School Accreditation Committee of the Section on Legal Education of the American Bar Association , among other national committees.
Robert Desiderio joined the UNM law faculty in 1967, contributing expertise in tax law. While serving two terms as dean, he led a massive fund-raising effort to build the $10 million Frederick M. Hart Addition, increased the number of faculty and established a successful annual fund-raising program. He has served as UNM's acting vice president for academic affairs and as faculty representative to the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the former Western Athletic Conference. He co-chairs the New Mexico Public School Capital Outlay Task Force and is the only academic member of the Exempt Organization Advisory Council of the Internal Revenue Service in Dallas .
The New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association was incorporated more than twenty years ago to promote the education and development of Hispanic legal professionals in the State of New Mexico , to develop and promote full participation of Hispanics within the legal profession and to grow the talent pool of highly qualified people interested in state and federal leadership positions.
Ticket prices for the banquet are $55/member, $75/nonmember and $750/table. For tickets and information, call (505) 797-6077.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico 's annual Hispano Student Day is Thursday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Johnson Center. The day's theme "¡Atrévete: Haz Tu Futuro!," is designed to motivate and encourage students to take a risk and be active in creating their own futures. Some 800 high school juniors and seniors will take part in campus tours, interactive workshops and a celebration of Hispano culture.
Sponsored by El Centro de la Raza and Admission and Recruitment Services, the event promotes higher education and affords students the opportunity to learn about student life, services, and opportunities that await them at UNM.
Juniors will learn how to prepare for college and learn valuable tools they can use during their senior year. Seniors who bring a completed admission application and official transcript can take advantage of onsite admissions (application fee waived). Counselors will also participate a workshop featuring information about UNM and the changing demographics of New Mexico .
Registration begins at 8 a.m. and a welcome by UNM students is set for 9 a.m. Workshops are from 9:30 to 11 a.m. followed by student panels. A Mariachi pep rally and lunch will be held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. featuring UNM's Mariachi Lobo, cheerleaders and athletes.
The Hispano Student Day 2006 Committee, made up of multiple campus departments, organizes the event. "The day is full of useful information, engaging activities and tons of lobo spirit,” said committee member Meriah Heredia Griego.
For more information, contact Rosa I. Cervantes, (505) 277-5020, or Corine Gonzales, (505) 277-2260.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Buy now and save; tickets good for all events
Recreational Services has acquired a limited number of admission tickets for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The tickets, which are good for any remaining day of the 2006 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta at the Balloon Fiesta Park, are on sale at Recreational Services for $5. Additionally, Recreational Services has reserved a bus to take interested individuals to the Balloon Glow Getaway Adventure on Saturday, Oct. 14.
The bus will depart at 4:30 p.m. from UNM. For $14, which includes round-trip transportation and admission to the park, individuals can attend the fiesta worry-free from traffic congestion and long lines at the park gate. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited.
Come by Recreational Services at rm. 1102 at Johnson Center or for more information call 277-0178 to reserve your spot on the bus. Recreational Services will be open for fall break Thursday and Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and also Saturday and Sunday – 12 to 4:45 p.m.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Sabine Ulibarrí Spanish as a Heritage Language Program of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese hosts “The Politics of Language, the Invisible Majority of the Southwest,” a cross-disciplinary symposium, Oct. 19-21 in UNM Student Union Building. The keynote presentations are free and open to the public, however attendees are requested to stop at registration in the Luminaria Room and fill out a registration form, regardless of who they are and what session they plan to attend.
The cost of the conference is $75 for professors and professionals, $35 for teachers, $15 for community members and free for students and New Mexico teachers.
Keynote speakers include linguist Otto Santa Ana, University of California Los Angeles, who will present “English and the Discourse of Fear, America and a Discourse of Challenge” on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 11:20 a.m. in SUB Lobo rooms A&B.
New Mexican author Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Oregon State University, presents “Nuestra Herencia, Nuestro Tesoro: Salvaging the Cultural Self Through Heritage Language Programs,” on Friday, Oct. 20 in SUB Ballroom A.
In addition to these speakers, academic presentations, panel discussions and workshops on teaching heritage language, the effects of language denial and repression, and the history of the pedagogy of heritage languages will take place during the three-day conference. Faculty, students, teachers and community members are welcome to attend.
For further information, visit Heritage Language Conference or call 277-4310.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
KNME-TV and Wendy’s joined together to encourage children to read in the “Reading Makes a Difference Challenge!” Students at Albuquerque Title I elementary schools were encouraged to read as many pages as possible for 30 days, beginning April 1, to help donate books to the UNM Pediatric Oncology Department.
On Friday, Oct. 13, Dave Fike of Wendy’s will present a copy of the book “The Jester Lost His Jingle,” to the UNM Pediatric Oncology Department. The remaining books will be delivered to the hospital the following week.
Each child receiving treatment at UNM, will receive a copy of the book. There are approximately 300 children in the state of New Mexico currently undergoing treatment at the UNM Pediatric Oncology Department.
Wendy’s sponsored the “Reading Makes a Difference Challenge,” in conjunction with KNME-TV and the national summer airing of the PBS mini-series, “A Lion in the House,” which focused on pediatric cancer patients.
As part of the “Reading Makes a Difference Challenge,” KNME and Wendy’s created literacy tips to help parents find practical ways to encourage their children to read. These tips can be seen on KNME-TV.
The top readers from each grade at the participating schools received a pendant, bookmark, and set of “Clifford the Big Red Dog” books. To each school library, Wendy’s also donated a set of Clifford books, a copy of the book “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle,” by David Saltzman, and a Jester doll. All participating children received a certificate of achievement.
A total of 1,800 students, within the following schools, participated in the “Reading Makes a Difference Challenge:”
McCollum Elementary - 447 students
Principal: Ms. Letha Oman,
Librarian: Ms. Susie Fresquez
Eugene Field Elementary - 406 students
Principal: James Lujan
Eubank Elementary - 437 students
Principal: Karen Butchart
Hawthorne Elementary- 520 students
Principal: Debbie Montoya
Wendy’s will continue the “Reading Makes a Difference Challenge” in Title I schools this upcoming school year, and hopes to include more schools. The goal is to encourage children in Title I schools to read and to get active in making a difference in their community.
For more information about the program, please contact Evy Todd at (505) 277-1218 or via e-mail, etodd@knme.org.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Carolyn Thompson named interim
Susan Carkeek, who has headed UNM’s human resources department for the past 10 years, has been named the chief human resources officer at the University of Virginia. She will begin her new duties on Nov. 1.
Acting UNM President David Harris commended Carkeek for her years of service. “Susan has made a wonderful contribution to this university and has been instrumental in solidifying UNM’s employee relations.”
Harris has appointed Carolyn Thompson as interim vice president for human resources. In addition to a strong background in human resource management, Thompson has extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, process improvement and re-engineering.
Harris noted that for the past year Thompson has been leading the administrative consolidation initiatives across the university and also provided planning and facilitation services for the UNM Health Summit held last year.
“From these experiences, Carolyn has gained a broad knowledge of UNM issues and opportunities,” said Harris. “Her enlightened approach to change management is in sync with this administration’s goals.”
Thompson has a master's in education and a bachelor of arts in education, both from Towson University in Maryland.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico is hosting the 16th Annual Navajo Studies Conference at the Student Union Building on Nov. 1 – 4. The conference, sponsored by UNM Libraries and the Indigenous Nations Library Program, is open to anyone with an interest in learning more about the Navajo language, culture or history.
Highlights of the conference will include keynote addresses by Lucy Tapahonso, a professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she teaches poetry, writing and American Indian literature; and Rex Lee Jim, an education specialist at Diné College who is also an instructor in educational philosophy, and a writer and poet.
This year's conference will feature a variety of scholarly presentations on Navajo linguistics, history, research protocols and poetry. One paper will explore the way the Navajo philosophy of learning is particularly suited to the teaching of physics.
In addition to the formal presentations, there will be Sunrise Ceremonies on each day of the conference, rezrobics in Johnson Center for participants, an evening storytelling session, a dance featuring The Fenders playing Navajo oldies, a film festival and a rug auction on Saturday.
Interested parties can register for the entire conference or for one-day attendance at dineconf@unm.edu. For more information or specific questions about conference activities, call Conference Organizer Mary Alice Tsosie at 505-277-8922.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
It is something of a pumpkin pageant. Jack-o’-lanterns assemble each year at the University of New Mexico Student Union Building to strut their stuff. This year’s Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, hosted by the SUB, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 31. Pumpkins are free and can be picked up in the SUB Atrium starting at 10:30 a.m. The carved pumpkins must be returned to the SUB Atrium for judging by 1 p.m.
The contest is open to individual students, departments and student organizations.
Selected UNM students and administrators will serve as judges for the event. Judging will begin at 1:30 p.m. and prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. Participants are encouraged, but are not required to be present to win. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded. Pumpkins will be judged on creativity, originality and effort.
In past years, more than 50 pumpkins have been carved and entered to the enjoyment of students and faculty.
Please call for more information 277-2818.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Political Scientist Lonna Atkeson is a featured guest on KNME-TV 5’s “The Line,” on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. and repeating on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 a.m. The other guest is blogger Mario Burgos, Blogger, www.marioburgos.com. The three topics of this week’s show are Campaign Coffers: Who’s got what?, Getting Out the Vote and Myspace – Getting Too Old, Too Fast?
Public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5 continues its series featuring outspoken media voices in the state on “The Line.” Lively, stimulating and unpredictable, “The Line” is a diverse take the news. “The Line” strives to bring intelligent, witty, freewheeling and civilized discourse to a New Mexico discussion, in an age of combative cable news coverage.
To keep the conversation fresh, commentators are joined by a new guest to explore the national and New Mexico issues making headlines.
Regular Commentators
• Host - Gene Grant, Albuquerque Tribune
• Margaret Montoya, UNM Law School
• Whitney Cheshire, Political Consultant, Blogger:
www.wednesdaymorningqb.com –
The Producer of “The Line” is Kevin McDonald. Closed captioning is made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Kiesling to talk about U.S. diplomacy
Brady Kiesling, a 20-year U.S. Foreign Service officer, presents, “U.S. Diplomacy for a Crowded Planet,” Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall 101 on the University of New Mexico campus. Kiesling served in Israel , Morocco, Armenia, Washington and Greece. In February 2003, Kiesling publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq.
Kiesling's book, “Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower,” is inspired by his conviction that the problems facing Americans—including terrorism and nuclear nonproliferation—cannot be solved by military means.
Kiesling's witty, passionate dissection of American diplomacy and foreign policy is indispensable for anyone concerned about America 's changing role in the world.
The lecture is sponsored by the UNM International Studies Institute and the Department of Political Science. For more information contact International Studies, isi@unm.edu, 277-3833 or visit the Web at International Studies.
The International Studies Institute (ISI) is an umbrella organization for the three area studies undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico -- European Studies, Asian Studies (including the Middle East), and Russian Studies. The goal of the Institute is to pursue more broad-based initiatives which involve all three subgroups such as coordinating lecture series, outreach to secondary schools, and the writing of larger grants for international or interdisciplinary study, research, and outreach programs.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Members of the University of New Mexico Board of Regents and acting UNM President David Harris will host State Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons for a signing ceremony that will formalize the Rio Rancho land exchange. The signing ceremony will take place on Monday, Oct. 16, at 1:30 p.m. in Ballroom C of the UNM Student Union Building.
Under terms of the land exchange, UNM will receive 216 acres of property next to the future Rio Rancho City Centre for a full service campus. Commissioner Lyons is expected to detail plans for the parcels of land coming to the State Land Office under terms of the land exchange agreement.
Harris will report on negotiations currently underway to map out the academic offerings that will be available at the future Rio Rancho campus. He chairs a nine-person working group, with representatives from the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University and Central New Mexico Community College, that is focusing on extensive curriculum planning as well as land use.
Harris envisions that this working group will develop a template for future collaborations among institutions and says New Mexico Secretary of Higher Education Beverlee McClure has been invited to play a major role in the planning.
Harris will also report on plans for a master planning charrette for the Rio Rancho property.
The Provost Committee for Staff (PCS) announced the recipients for the Fall 2006 Provost’s Scholarship awards at a reception recently. Crystal Pino, Elsie Baldwin and Brenda Yazzie, were each awarded a scholarship designed to support UNM employees by defraying costs of academic books, course fees and supplies.
Crystal Pino
Working full time for the UNM Physical Plant as an administrative assistant, Crystal Pino is also full time student. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and plans to remain here after graduation and teach for the Albuquerque Public Schools. As a single mother, Pino has remained focused on her goal, maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.7. She was born and raised in Albuquerque.
Elsie Baldwin
Elsie Baldwin is enrolled in classes at UNM’s Gallup Branch and is pursuing an associate’s in Applied Science degree in entrepreneurism, hospitality and tourism due to her interest in tribal gaming. She is active in numerous committees such as Staff Council, Professional Cultural and Development committee and Facilities Committee. Baldwin works full time as an administrative assistant in the Public Relations office. She is a graduate of UNM’s Management Academy.
“The scholarship has helped mainly with course supplies and transportation costs,” said Baldwin, who commutes an hour each way from her home in Wide Ruins, Az. “It
Brenda Yazzie
Brenda Yazzie is currently working towards obtaining a Bachelor of University Studies with a focus on Native American psychological studies at UNM’s Gallup Branch. She plans on becoming an alcohol and substance counselor working with the Native American population. Yazzie, a full time employee, works in Arts and Letters Department as an administrative assistant and works part time as a DWI counselor. She is a mother of five and grandmother of three.
“I work full-time but the scholarship helps me to pay off balance of my tuition and also for books, and I still support my family including five children and three grandchildren,” said Yazzie.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Monica Cyrino, associate professor of classics in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the UNM College of Arts and Sciences, will be featured Thursday, Oct. 12 on the History Channel program, “Where Did it Begin?” airing at 6 and 10 p.m. MDT. The History Channel is located on channel 46 on cable.
Photo: Associate Professor Monica Cyrino
Cyrino, who is also a UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow, was filmed in the Los Angeles Colisseum, “a bad spelling of the real Roman Colosseum,” she said. She discussed how ancient sporting events were much like modern football games. “I talked about the crowds, the food, the fans, the athletes and more,” she said.
This episode of “Where Did It Begin?” is titled, “Ancient Rome: The Modern Stadium.” For more information, visit The History Channel at: History Channel.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The 2006 Navajo Nation Presidential Forum will be held at the University of New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 16 and Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Presidential candidate Lynda Lovejoy will speak on Monday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building Lobo Theatre. President Joe Shirley will speak Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom C.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information call the Native American Studies department at (505) 277-3917.
The forum is sponsored by the UNM Native American Studies department, UNM KIVA Club, UNM Regents office, National Indian Youth Council and Albuquerque Dine Voters Project.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1583; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Morning program to feature Native American business leaders; information for prospective graduate and undergraduate business students
Native Americans considering either an undergraduate or graduate degree in business are invited to the Anderson School of Management’s first Native American Business Student Day, featuring speakers from the Native American business community. The event will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, beginning at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast. At 9:30 a.m. a panel of native business leaders, at 11:15 a.m. an information fair will be held. The event will be held in the Acoma rooms A & B in the Student Union Building.
WHERE: University of New Mexico Student Union Building, Acoma Rooms A&B
The Anderson School offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of subjects, including accounting, finance, marketing, international business, management information systems, and human resources/organizational development.
Native American Business Student Day is co-sponsored by the Anderson Center for Indigenous Economic Development and Entrepreneurship and the American Indian Business Association.
Guest speakers include:
* Marvis Aragon, Jr., CEO, Acoma Business Enterprises
* Gina Euell, Owner/President, Exhibit Solutions
* Calvin Tafoya, CEO, Santa Clara Development Corporation
* Dennis Heflick, Director of Native American Marketing, Flintco
Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, or to RSVP, e-mail, francis@unm.edu or call (505) 277-8889.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu>/a> or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Richard Chapman, director of the Office of Contract Archeology, a program within the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum, will present “Otero Mesa: An Illustrated Tour of the Otero Triangle” on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Anthropology Lecture Hall rm. 163.
This installment of the Maxwell Museum Southwest Lecture Series focuses on the results of preliminary research into the 12,000-year span of human interaction with the varied Otero Mesa environment.
The New Mexico region commonly known as “Otero Mesa,” is a 1,600 square mile triangle of landscape located at the Texas-New Mexico border in southern Otero County, NM. Landholders include the NM State Land Office, Bureau of Land Management and private ownership. BLM-administered lands have recently been proposed for oil and gas exploration by the federal government. In response to concerns about the effects this development might have on this sparsely populated and isolated part of the Chihuahua desert, a number of studies of vegetation, wildlife, water and soils have been launched to assess possible impacts.
The Office of Contract Archeology was awarded a contract by the New Mexico State Land Office to conduct a preliminary assessment of the knowledge about prehistoric and historic cultural resources in the region. Chapman will discuss the assessment results.
Chapman has worked in archaeology in New Mexico since 1964. He received his master's and Ph.D. in anthropology from UNM. In addition to directing UNM's Office of Contract Archaeology, which is a cultural resources management program established in 1973, Chapman is a part-time associate professor of anthropology at UNM. He has a longstanding interest in the prehistory of New Mexico and the greater Southwest, and through his career has been ‘dig bum', field supervisor, project director and principal investigator for numerous survey and excavation projects throughout New Mexico and adjacent states. This was, however, his first fieldwork in the Otero Mesa region.
For more information, contact Mary Beth Hermans at 277-5963, e-mail to mhermans@unm.edu or visit www.unm.edu/~maxwell.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Gov. Richardson offers accolades
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico was recently notified that it has been reaccredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Museums must apply for AAM reaccredidation every 10 years. The AAM Accreditation Commission report stated that the Maxwell Museum “has a strong staff, collections, research, exhibits and new collaborative initiatives.”
Recognizing that the Maxwell “is clearly meeting its mission as defined – all its programs and activities are in concert with these stated goals,” the AAM honored the museum with its third accreditation. Maxwell has been AAM-accredited since 1973.
Gov. Bill Richardson congratulated Interim Director Bruce Huckell, “You and your staff have much to be proud of. Your recent accomplishment plDavid Brookshire you in an elite group of your peers who have also achieved this high distinction. On behalf of the State of New Mexico , I congratulate you for once again meeting the necessary requirements to achieve this important benchmark.”
The Maxwell Museum was founded in 1932 as the Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico, becoming the first public museum in Albuquerque. In 1972 it was renamed the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in honor of philanthropists Dorothy and Gilbert Maxwell, whose donation made possible a major expansion of the museum that same year.
In 1973 the Maxwell Museum was awarded its first accreditation from the American Association of Museums and was reaccredited in 1985 and in 1997. With its associated research institutes — the Office of Contract Archaeology, the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies and the Maxwell Center for Anthropological Research — the museum represents a comprehensive center for cultural studies and public education.
AAM promotes excellence within the museum community. Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards and volunteers across the country to better serve the public.
For more information, contact Mary Beth Hermans at 277-1400 or via e-mail at: mhermans@unm.edu or visit the Maxwell on the Web at: Maxwell Museum.
The "Invention to Venture" workshop hits UNM on Oct. 21. The workshop runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UNM Student Union Building. UNM students Ryan Smith and Scott Lovald who will be among the presenters. Smith and Lovald were winners of UNM’s first campus-wide business plan competition last spring with their Satryne Biotechnologies. Now as they seek further funding, they’re sharing their plan and lessons learned with other young entrepreneurs.
It’s all part of the second annual event, presented by High Desert Venture Camp, the city of Albuquerque, UNM and many other groups as a way to give students and other interested in starting technology business the skills and connections necessary to make those start-ups work. Modeled on the successful nationwide series of Invention to Venture workshops by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Invention to Venture has been tailored to meet the unique opportunities and challenges of New Mexico.
A new feature this year is the afternoon business plan panel. Satyrne Biotechnologies will present their plan to a group of potential investors. Attendees will see not only what goes into a winning presentation, but also learn first hand how venture capital fund representatives think. Also on hand will be Anderson Schools’ Associate Dean for Economic Development, Sul Kassicieh, who heads up the competition to provide information on how others can participate -- and win.
Another new feature is the resources fair that concludes the event, with representatives from a wide range of organizations that want to encourage entrepreneurship and economic development. "The support this year from the city, UNM, and other organizations has been tremendous," says lead organizer, Peter Rachor of STC@UNM. "Everyone wants to help these young entrepreneurs succeed -- and this is a good place to start."
Advent Solar CEO Rusty Schmit is the keynote speaker for this year's "Invention to Venture" event, the second annual series of intensive workshops focused on technology and entrepreneurship.
“Rusty’s story with Advent Solar is perfect for this event,” says Professor Andy Salazar of UNM’s School of Engineering and Anderson Schools, one of the event organizers. “From commercialization of technology from the labs to work with UNM and the city and securing solid funding, Rusty Schmit has really made the system work. There’s no better example for entrepreneurs in New Mexico.”
Two of the other organizers, Luciano Oveido and Eric Whitmore, were inspired by Schmit’s talk when they attended Professor Salazar’s class. “ He’s a key reason I wanted to help make this happen,” says Oviedo, who now works with Intel.
Other prominent speakers at this year’s event include Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish and Fred Mondragon, the City of Albuquerque’s Director of Economic Development.
Modeled on the successful nationwide series of Invention to Venture workshops by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Invention to Venture has been tailored to meet the unique opportunities and challenges of New Mexico. Workshop topics include: validating ideas, marketing and legal considerations, and finding money and other resources.
Details for attendees:
Date: Saturday, October 21
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: University of New Mexico SUB Ballroom
Cost: $10 Students and Teachers; $25 Business Community
Online information & registration: http://www.invention2venture.org/events/UNM/index.html. Or contact: Peter Rachor via e-mail, prachor@unm.edu or (505) 272-7900.
For more information about HDVC visit: http://www.highdesertventurecamp.com.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Honorees include first Native American graduate
The UNM School of Law Alumni Association will present the 13th Annual Distinguished Achievement Awards Dinner Friday, Oct. 20, in the Student Union Building ballroom. A beer and wine reception at 6 p.m. will be followed by dinner and award presentations at 7 p.m.
The 2006 honorees are John Echohawk, Pat Bryan III, Arthur Beach and Toby Grossman (posthumously).
Echohawk became the first Native American graduate of the School of Law in 1970. He is considered one of the country's foremost litigators in tribal sovereignty and safeguarding natural resources and ancestral burial sites. A member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, he helped found the Native American Rights Fund in 1970 to provide legal assistance to Indian tribes and has served as executive director since 1977.
Bryan graduated from the School of Law in 1974. In 1975, he became Albuquerque's city attorney and the youngest to serve in this role for a population greater than 250,000. After eight years, he returned to private practice, specializing in civil rights, personal injury and government-related issues. He regularly devotes time to improving his community through open space preservation and downtown revitalization.
Beach graduated from the School of Law in 1970. He has served on the School of Law Alumni Association 's board of directors since 1990. Since joining Keleher & McLeod in 1974, he has been a defense litigator in cases involving automobile accidents, workers' compensation claims and products liability.
Grossman joined the School of Law 's American Indian Law Center in 1971 to write a tribal children's code. The result was a model that tribes continue to rely on today. She continued to work at the center, leading efforts to develop tribal codes for child welfare, adoption and prevention of elder abuse, until her death from a fast-moving cancer in 2004. She also assisted several tribes in negotiating tribal-state agreements on the Indian Child Welfare Act and trained social workers and judges on child welfare law.
Reservations for the awards dinner must be received by Oct. 13. Ticket prices range from $75 per person to $1,000 per table of ten, and are partially tax deductible. Free parking will be available in Lot A. All proceeds benefit the UNM School of Law Alumni Association. For tickets and information, contact Carmen Rawls at 277-8184 or rawls@law.unm.edu.
Sponsors include the UNM School of Law and Keleher & McLeod PA.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Cynthia Radding, director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute and History professor, will discuss the research process required for her new book in a lecture titled, “Landscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories of the Spanish Imperial Borderlands.” The lecture, part of the Open Doors Lecture Series, is scheduled for Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library on the UNM main campus.
Radding says research for her book required developing techniques to do the comparisons necessary for discussing two very geographically and culturally different colonies on the frontiers of the Spanish empire - the Sonora region of northwestern Mexico and the Chiquitos region of eastern Bolivia's lowlands - from the late colonial period through the middle of the nineteenth century. Her research led her to discover contrasting historical processes and landscapes.
She will discuss how she approached this complex research, her initial questions, and her conclusions for “bringing geography back in” without submerging culture. She says her study is especially relevant to New Mexicans, because it may challenge them to think of New Mexico communities in comparison with the histories of Hispanic and indigenous communities of the same era in South America.
Radding describes her book, which is published by Duke University Press, as a look at the many fDavid Brookshire of Spanish imperialism and the landscapes that colonial societies created.
The lecture is free and open to the public. The Open Doors Lecture Series is sponsored by University Libraries' Division of Iberian and Latin American Resources and Services (DILARES).
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Book investigates death of activist Anna Mae Aquash
Steve Hendricks, investigative reporter and author, will give a talk “The FBI versus American Indians” at the University of New Mexico 's Native American Studies department, Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m., Mesa Vista Hall, 3rd floor.
Hendricks is author of “The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country (Avalon, 2006),” detailing events surrounding the 1976 death of Anna Mae Aqaush, an American Indian activist found frozen in the Badlands of South Dakota.
First-time author Steve Hendricks sued the FBI over the course of several years in his effort to secure copies of thousands of unseen documents about events surrounding Aquash's death. He won a grant for his extensive interviewing and research from the prestigious Fund for Investigative Journalism.
According to the book's publishing company, Avalon Publishing Group, “Hendricks' book opens a tunnel into the dark side of the FBI and exposes a secret war against American Indians.”
Hendricks, who was educated at Yale, spent four years researching “The Unquiet Grave” while living in Montana.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Program receives $1.9 million
UNM's College Assistance Migrant Program, or CAMP, has been funded by the Department of Education's Office of Migrant Education for an additional five years. CAMP is an arm of the College Enrichment and Outreach Programs in the Division of Students Affairs. CAMP will receive $1,892,859 over a five-year funding cycle, which began Oct. 1.
The program recruits first generation and/or low income incoming freshmen with an agricultural background (the student or student's parents have worked in a seasonal or migrant occupation in the past two years). Students are awarded scholarships up to $1,500 per semester during their first two semesters and receive textbooks required for classes.
Students also participate in workshops designed to help develop skills to succeed in the university environment. Each student is provided with a personal tutor and CAMP advisor. In order to stay connected to their social and academic support system, students also take part in social and cultural activities organized for CAMP participants.
Associate Vice President for College Enrichment and Outreach Programs Tim Gutierrez oversees the CAMP program, which is under the direction of a program specialist within Gutierrez's area.
“It is admirable that the UNM CAMP program has been re-funded to the tune of almost $1.9 million to serve the migrant student population of our state,” said Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs. “These students are mostly from the agricultural regions in the southern part of New Mexico, and those who have become part of CAMP have proven to be hardworking and dedicated students in carrying out and completing their academic training.”
For more information, contact Ivan Olay, senior student program advisor, (505) 277-3020.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Anyone interested in learning about and buying Navajo rugs is welcome at the Navajo Rug Auction on Nov. 4, at the Student Union Building on the UNM main campus. More than 250 rugs will be available for preview from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ballrooms B and C.
As part of the preview, R.B. “Bruce” Burnham will offer a short talk at 11 a.m. and at noon about how to evaluate and buy Navajo rugs. He will also be available to answer questions prior to the auction. The R. B. Burnham Trading Company is organizing and conducting the auction and Bruce Burnham will act as auctioneer.
Burnham, the owner of R.B. Burnham & Company Trading Post in Sanders, Ariz. is a fourth-generation Indian trader. His expertise in buying, selling and evaluating Navajo rugs has earned him the respect of area collectors and peers nationwide.
The auction is expected to run from 1 to 5 p.m. It is one of the final events of the 16th Navajo Studies conference. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit the Navajo Studies Conference Inc.
This is the third time UNM has hosted the conference. The purpose of the conference is to promote Navajo Studies of language, culture, history and all aspects of Navajo life. This year's theme is Diné daniidíigo hózhóogo nideikai, “In the sacred manner we walk as Diné.” Anyone who is interested in attending can register online at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/inlp/navajo_studies-conf.php.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Avanca Medical Devices, a company founded by UNM physician Dr. Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr. in 2004, has been acquired by Global Medical Solutions, Ltd, which bought 51 per cent of the company. Avanca Medical Devices develops technologies for small medical devices, the most prominent being the Reciprocating Procedure Device, a syringe that can be operated with one hand.
STC.UNM, a wholly owned corporation estabished to commercialize technology at the university, assisted Avanca with patent protection and also general incubation support.
Sibbitt developed the device to solve a problem he saw in his practice as a rheumatologist and internist at UNM’s Health Sciences Center. He says, “The problem with a traditional syringe is that it requires two hands to operate. What makes the RPD unique is the ability to conduct procedures with a single hand. It is also comfortable to the user, allows stable control because of less needle movement, and is 50 percent less painful to the patient.”
Avanca will be a separate entity within GMS, and Sibbitt will remain with the company as chief scientific officer and secretary. Sibbitt says, “I have been very pleased with the process and feel that GMS has a vested interest in the company and is not just a hired gun.”
Jay Simon, the current chief operating officer of GMS will become president and chief operating officer of Avanca. Simon is a nuclear pharmacist who has served on the International Advisory Committee and the President’s Advisory Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. He also holds a B.S. degree in Nuclear Pharmacy from UNM. The company will continue to be based in Albuquerque.
For more information on Avanca Medication Devices visit: Avanca Medical
For more information on Global Medical Solutions see: Global Medical Solutions. For more information about this UNM start-up see: STC.UNM.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
UNM’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) recently was awarded $10,850,186 by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will help to advance UNM’s Integrative Program in Central Nervous System Pathophysiology Research.
Currently, Yoshio Okada, M.D., Ph.D., Director of UNM Biomedical Research and Integrative Neuroimaging (BRaIN) Center, and his team of COBRE investigators are studying the molecular mechanisms of brain injury – from a traumatic event to stroke, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s Disease.
“The COBRE Grant is a big boon for UNM and our program,” says Jim Liu, Ph.D., professor of medicinal chemistry and toxicology for UNM Health Sciences Center’s College of Pharmacy, and associate director for the COBRE Grant. “It helps to cultivate UNM researchers in several disciplines across campus, adds to our technological infrastructure and more firmly establishes our expertise and programs in neurosciences. We have numerous collaborators from the Health Sciences Center, as well as UNM departments of chemistry, biology and psychology – just to name a few.”
UNM is one of 11 centers nationally that received a combined $117.3 million in NIH awards to support multidisciplinary centers, each concentrating on one general area of research, that strengthen institutional biomedical research capability and enhance research infrastructure.
The COBREs are a component of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program, designed to improve the competitiveness of investigators in states that historically have not received significant levels of competitive NIH research funding.
“The COBRE Grant enables us to train junior investigators in research, provide them an opportunity create meaningful research and data and work with experts in a world-class facility with cutting-edge instrumentation – all to become nationally competitive,” Liu adds.
For more information on the COBRE Grant or UNM’s Neurosciences Programs, call 272-3679.
Media Contact: Luke Frank, (505) 272-3679; e-mail: lfrank@salud.unm.edu
UNM and UNM Hospital shuttle services are combining resources to ensure that all Rail Runner commuter train passengers wanting a ride from the Alvarado station to UNM get one – free of charge. The courtesy shuttle service was initially offered on a trial basis to UNMH only. Because of increased demand, the decision was made to expand the pilot program to main campus.
UNM Parking and Transportation has added main campus shuttle service to the corner of Yale and Las Lomas (near the Duck Pond), connecting with the downtown Rail Runner Alvarado Station. Hospital shuttle service will continued to be offered as well.
Commuters also have the option of taking the Rapid Ride bus on Central Avenue for which a fare is required. The Rapid Ride stops at the Frontier Restaurant.
Shuttle departure times may not be exact because drivers wait for passengers to leave the Rail Runner and walk to the shuttle before leaving the station. Scheduled departure times for the shuttles are as follows:
Main Campus shuttle
Alvarado Station to Las Lomas/Yale
6:30 a.m.
7:40 a.m.
Las Lomas/Yale to Alvarado Station
3:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
UNM Hospital shuttle
Alvarado Station to UNM Hospital
6:30 a.m.
7:35 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
UNM Hospital to Alvarado Station
3:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
The Western Association of Pre-Law Advisors and University of New Mexico Political Science Department will host the 5th annual New Mexico Law Day on Monday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Building, ballrooms A&B.
The UNM School of Law will host a special session on admissions at 1 p.m. in the political science department, rm. 2069.
In addition to UNM, representatives from some 50 law schools will share information about the legal profession, legal education and the job market for law graduates.
“Law schools from all regions of the U.S. will be here to talk with students and Albuquerque-area residents. Attendees can ask questions about admissions, the law school process, financial aid, jobs, salaries and more,” said Ellen Grigsby, a UNM political science lecturer who organizes the annual event.
The event is part of a weeklong series of Law Days at universities throughout the Western states and is funded by the Western Association of Pre-Law Advisors.
For more information contact Ellen Grigsby at, 277-5233 or via e-mail, egrigsby@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Western History Association lauds work on Spanish borderlands history
Samuel Truett, assistant professor of history, is the winner of the Western History Association’s 2006 Bolton-Kinnaird Award for best article on Spanish borderlands history. His article, “Epics of a Greater America: Herbert Eugene Bolton’s Quest for a Transnational American History” is a chapter in the University of New Mexico Press book, “Interpreting Spanish Colonialism,” by Christopher Schmit-Nowara and John Nieto-Phillips.
Truett will be honored in St. Louis, Mo. on Friday, Oct. 13 at the annual banquet during the Western History Association conference.
Truett has taught at UNM since 1998. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has been a Fulbright Lecturer in Finland and a Mellon Research Fellow at the Huntington Library. He is the author of “Fugitive Landscapes: The forgotten history of the U.S. – Mexico borderlands,” to be released mid-October by Yale University Press, and co-editor of “Continental Crossroads: Remapping U.S. – Mexico borderlands history,” published by Duke University Press.
More information about the book “Interpreting Spanish Colonialism” is available at UNM Press.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Angela V. John, honorary professor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, will give a talk about women’s suffrage on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 3:30 p.m. in the History department common room, Mesa Vista Hall, 1104.
The departments of History, English, Women's Studies, Feminist Research Institute and College of Arts and Sciences sponsor the presentation, titled, “Words in Deed: Henry W. Nevinson, Evelyn Sharp, and Women’s Suffrage in Britain.”
Known in his day as the “King of Correspondents,” Nevinson (1856-1941) was a campaigning British journalist who combined eyewitness reporting with advocacy for legal and social justice. As a war correspondent, he covered conflicts across the globe and championed the rights of victims and prisoners of war and colonialism. As a political reporter, he described and supported the campaign for women’s suffrage.
Nevinson was married at different times to two leading suffragists, Margaret Nevinson and Evelyn Sharp. This illustrated talk will focus on the roles of H.W. Nevinson and Sharp in the struggle for women’s rights.
John is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of War, Journalism, and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century: The Life and Times of Henry W. Nevinson (2006) and Coalmining Women (1984). She is a co-founder of the international journal, Gender and History.
For more information call the History department, 277-2451.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The UNM Alumni Association will honored six alumni with its Zia Award at the All-University Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Albuquerque Petroleum Club. The recipients included: Dick Knipfing, senior anchor, KRQE News 13; District Judge Jane Shuler Gray; Chief Judge Judith Nakamura of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court; Tommy Roberts, lawyer; Janice Lucero, owner and founder, SafetyNet Works, Inc.; Marty Wilson, acting president, Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico. Additionally, Jane Blumenfeld, special education consultant, will be honored with the Lobo Award.
The Zia Award is presented to UNM alumni living in New Mexico, who have distinguished themselves in one, or many, of the following areas: philanthropic endeavors, public office, service to the University, community and volunteer activities, business/professional fields, or who have made a contribution to education. The Lobo Award is presented to an UNM alumna showing outstanding personal service to the institution or for notable career achievements that reflect credit on the University.
Dick Knipfing
Beginning as a reporter-photographer at Channel 13 and then working with the two other major Albuquerque television stations, Knipfing’s broadcast career spans 43 years. His return to KRQE News 13 in 2000 as the senior anchor brings him full circle. Throughout his career he has served as a reporter, anchor and news director.
Amid his numerous awards for writing and reporting, Knipfing was inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle Society sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Knifing credits UNM with his outset into TV news. As an UNM student looking for a job he found a 3x5 note card in UNM’s placement bureau in 1963 which introduced him to broadcast journalism.
Jane Gray
An attorney for 29 years, Gray is currently district judge in the Fifth Judicial District. She is the first woman ever appointed to the position.
Not only noted for her experience in law, Gray is adept in the field of medicine having served as a critical care nurse at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Applying both skills she served as in-house legal counsel to a 300 employee insurance holding company and health maintenance organization. Until her appointment to the bench, Gray was Bar Commissioner for the Sixth Bar Commission District and is also a founding member of Board of Directors to the New Mexico Family Law Section.
Gray earned a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in nursing at UNM and a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law.
Judith K. Nakamura
Nakamura is nearing completion of her seventh year serving the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. Elected anew by colleagues in May 2005 to a three-year term as chief judge, Nakamura acts as the Court’s liaison to governing bodies and agencies of New Mexico, oversees policy planning and implementation, and appoints assorted committees. From the bench she presides over felony first appearance hearings and criminal misdemeanor cases, such as driving while under the influence and domestic violence.
Nakamura developed a traffic arraignment system credited with saving government approximately $1 million per year along by expanding domestic violence and DWI/Drug Court intervention programs. She recently won the National President’s Award for Judge of the Year, 2006 given by Mothers against Drunk Drivers.
Nakamura earned a Juris Doctorate from the UNM School of Law in 1989 and has since held numerous positions in the legal and political professions.
Tommy Roberts
Roberts has practiced law in Farmington since 1976. Concentrating his practice primarily to oil and gas law – Roberts is recognized as a board-certified specialist.
Roberts is extensively involved in business, professional, and civic activities at state and local levels serving on numerous boards, councils and committees. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at the Farmington Boys and Girls Club for 20 years and served a two-year term as the president. He actively participated in the formation of two non-profit foundations in Farmington – the Foundation for Educational Excellence and the Farmington Boys and Girls Club Foundation.
Roberts graduated from UNM in 1976 with a degree in business administration and a Juris Doctor degree.
Janice Lucero
As former middle school instructor and administrator of 15 years, Lucero has used her educational background for entrepreneurial pursuits. Founding her company, SafetyNet Works, Inc., she has worked with the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division to much avail.
In 1994 Lucero developed a statewide DWI awareness program, “None for the Road,” a class for new residents seeking a New Mexico driver’s license. A year later, she partnered with New Mexico Taxation and Revenue, and launched a pilot program that evolved into the current MVD Express. MVD Express has won the honor of Top 25 Woman Owned Business by New Mexico Woman Magazine for the last six years.
Lucero has also served as a board member of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program for seven years. She earned a master’s degree in special education and is currently working toward a degree as an Ed. Specialist in education administration.
Marty Wilson
Currently acting president on the board of directors for the Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico, Wilson has served New Mexico through education. After working as an accomplished middle school and high school teacher for 19 years, she became the coordinator of curriculum outreach for Albuquerque Public Schools.
Included on a long list of community involvement, Wilson has recently given time volunteering for activities for breast cancer and has served the YWCA and Komen Foundation for women who need assistance. She served on the executive committee and as president of UNM Alumni Association.
Wilson holds three degrees from UNM including: a bachelor’s in secondary education; a master’s in curriculum and instruction; and an Ed. Specialist in educational administration.
Jane Blumenfeld
Blumenfeld has served as a special education consultant since 1986, spending six of those years as an instructor at UNM’s Department of Special Education. She has served UNM through her service on the Dean’s Advancement Council for the College of Education for the past six years, and was on the Special Education Advisory Council. She received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education in 2005.
In 2003, Blumenfeld had a community service award named after her, ‘The Jane Blumenfeld Award,’ by the Southwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. It is awarded annually to an individual for community service to learning and disabled children and adults.
Blumenfeld, who holds a doctorate from UNM, has also served on many boards and committees, several of which are associated with special education in the State Department of Education.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Former UNM students who founded the University of New Mexico’s Chicano Studies Program will reflect on the struggle to create a voice for Chicano students at UNM in the 60s and 70s. The multimedia event will be held at the South Broadway Cultural Center on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 7-8:30 p.m. and it is free and open to the public.
The event includes a video show of photos and headlines from the era; showing of the epic movie “Yo Soy Joaquín;” displays of original artwork and posters; live music of protest songs from the Chicano civil rights struggle of the 60s and 70s; and short recollections of the struggle by former UNM Chicano students.
The program is sponsored by the City of Albuquerque’s Cultural Services Department Lo Maduro de la Cultura series; UNM’s Center for Regional Studies and the Center of Southwest Culture Inc.
UNM’s Chicano students created the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) to agitate for creation of the Chicano Studies Program. In addition, UMAS students helped UNM Physical Plant workers successfully unionize to overcome a century of discrimination; worked to support the grape boycott of the United Farm Workers Union; participated in anti-Vietnam rallies; created high education recruitment centers in barrios across Albuquerque; and were one of the few ethnic groups to participate in the first Earth Day in 1970.
For more information, please contact Arturo Sandoval or Chuy Martinez at 247-2729 or 768-3531.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Airs Fridays at 7 p.m. and repeats Sundays at 7 a.m.
Public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5 continues its series featuring some of the most outspoken media voices in the state on “The Line.” On Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m., Gabriel Nims, executive director of 1000 Friends of New Mexico and Sergia Pareja, UNM law professor, will be featured.
This week on “The Line,” panelists tackle the tough issues, starting with rumors of a plan to create a new North American Union, which would include the United States. Is it a good idea for our nation's identity and economy? And, are the rumors true? Plus, the group's take on the sex scandal in Washington, and how it will likely become a hot topic in the U.S. House race between Heather Wilson and Patricia Madrid. All this and more, this week on “The Line.”
“The Line” is a diverse take on the new, striving to provide intelligent, witty, free wheeling and civilized discourse to a New Mexico discussion, in an age of combative cable news coverage.
“The Line” airs Fridays at 7 p.m. and repeats Sundays at 7 a.m.
To keep the conversation fresh, the commentators are joined by a new guest to explore the national and New Mexico issues that are making headlines.
Guest Commentators:
-- October 6 --
· Gabriel Nims, Executive Director, 1000 Friends of New Mexico
· Sergia Pareja, UNM Law School Professor
Regular Commentators
· Host - Gene Grant, Albuquerque Tribune
· Mario Burgos, Blogger, Mario Burgos.com, www.marioburgos.com (substituting this week for Margaret Montoya, UNM Law School)
· Whitney Cheshire, Political Consultant, Blogger: www.wednesdaymorningqb.com –
Kevin McDonald produces “The Line,” with closed captioning made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The Writing Across Communities Alliance presents, “Writing Matters,” the theme of the 2006 “WAC” Week, Oct. 23-27.
“The aim of the WAC initiative is to promote ‘writing across the curriculum’ at UNM, to offer practical application of WAC to teachers in diverse disciplines, and to cultivate dialogue across the university about the literacy needs of UNM undergraduate students,” said Michelle Hall Kells, assistant professor, Department of English.
An overview of WAC 2005-2006 events, resources and outcomes is available at: WAC Week.
WAC Week events are open to faculty and students. The events are free and open to the public; refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, Oct. 24
SUB Ballroom C
9:30 – 11a.m.: Keynote panel with Jim Belshaw, Reed Dasenbrock, Karen Olson, Chuck Paine, Jane Selverstone, and Amy Wohlert
11 a.m. – noon: WAC in the Classroom & 2005 WOW! Results with Julie
Newmark: Find out more about WAC and how instructors can use it in the classroom as well as what our students are saying about writing practices.
SUB Fiesta Rooms A & B
1 – 2 p.m.: Minimal Marking: How to save time and increase effectiveness when marking/grading writing projects for your classes.
2 – 3 p.m.: Grammar Workshop with CAPS: For writers who want to brush up on grammar skills.
3 – 4:30 p.m.: How About Graduate School? Panel discussion hosted by PMGC: For anybody interested in applying to graduate school, this panel will answer questions to lead you on your way to success.
SUB Ballroom C
1 – 5 p.m.: WOW!, or Write on! Workshop, will take place for all students. The event includes roundtable discussions on writing, tutoring, information booths, etc.
Wednesday, Oct. 25
SUB Ballroom A
9:30 – 11 a.m.: Keynote address with Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres
11 a.m. – noon: Writing prompts and grading rubrics with Chuck Paine and Whitney Myers: A how-to workshop for instructors.
1 – 2 p.m.: WAC in the classroom & 2005 WOW! results: Find out more about WAC and how instructors can use it in the classroom as well as what students say about writing practices.
2 – 3 p.m.: Preparing to Write Long Research Papers: The WAC Alliance will lead a workshop for all students daunted by writing long research papers.
4 – 5 p.m.: What to do with Seminar Papers: Matt Hofer and UNM publications will run a workshop for students to prepare their papers for conferences or publication.
3 – 5 p.m.: Albuquerque Slam Poets performance and workshop: The award winning Slam Poetry Team will run a how-to workshop for aspiring slam poets of all ages.
SUB Ballroom A
1 – 5 p.m.: WOW!
“The goal of the WAC project is to help university faculty, graduate teaching instructors, administrators and staff understand the many contexts in which students need to read and write effectively, and to provide instruction to meet those needs,” Hall Kells said.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is organizing the Forum for Sustainable Energy for the Future, Friday Oct. 6, noon to 6 p.m., in the UNM Student Union Building. The event will bring together UNM faculty and experts from the national laboratories and private sector to speak about addressing the future demand for energy.
Scheduled presentations include:
· Melvin Christopher, vice president for Regulatory Policy, PNM
· Environmental Quality and Energy Security: A Global Vision for Nuclear Energy, Michael Cappiello, manager, Advanced Fuel Cycle Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory
· Powering the Hydrogen Economy: Fuel Cell Technology, a New Mexico Perspective
· Plamen Atanassov, assistant professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
· Wind: An Energy Solution for Now and the Future, José Zayas, manager, Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories
· A Solar View of Energy Sustainability, Chet Boortz, vice president of business development and James Gee, vice president and chief technology officer, Advent Solar
· Solar and More: Rediscovering the UNM Mechanical Engineering Building, Andrea Mammoli, associate professor, Mechanical Engineering
A reception will follow the presentations. Reservations are required for the lunch presentation. For information contact Susan Georgia at 277-0664 or sgeorgia@unm.edu.
The event is held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the School of Engineering.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Opening reception on Friday, Oct. 13
An opening reception for Eric J. García's honors thesis art show, “Chicano Propaganda,” will be held on Friday, Oct. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sommers Gallery at the University of New Mexico. The exhibit will run from Oct. 8 –21; gallery hours are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. García's exhibit presents his personal perspectives of his art, exhibit paintings and drawings completed over the past two years.
García is known for his edge political cartoons featured in the “Daily Lobo.” The exhibition will present more political punches in a new series of cartoons and poster art. García illustrates his political, historical and cultural views of Chicanos in a style he dubs “comic book baroque.” As a satirist, he mocks nations and fellow Chicanos to create a dialog about relevant contemporary issues. From small ink drawings to grand scale paintings, the show will amuse some, perhaps offend others, but will doubtlessly elicit a reaction.
A native of Albuquerque 's South Valley, García is majoring in Fine Art with a minor in Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico. For two years he has created poltical cartoons and graphics for which he received the New Mexico Associated Press' “Best Illustrator for a College Newspaper” award in 2005.
García's work has been exhibited widely and was recently featured in two solo shows at UNM's Chicano Studies Department and El Centro de la Raza. He has helped create six murals in Albuquerque, has been featured in the “Albuquerque Tribune,” the new arts magazine “Local IQ,” and his work was recently accepted into the permanent collection a the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
Sommers Gallery is located on the UNM campus, Art/Art History Dept. rm. 202.
For more information, contact García at 203-7831 or lobos007@hotmail.com. Visit him on the Web at: southvalleyart.com.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Top Prize of $25,000 Will Be Awarded to Winning Team in March
Acting President David Harris and ASM Dean Chuck Crespy announced the second annual University-wide technology business plan competition, with a top prize of $25,000, at a special kick-off for students recently. Student teams from across the campus will compete in a business plan contest that will end with high-stakes presentations in front of real venture capital pros.
Last year’s competition featured plans from 17 teams from a broad range of majors, including fine arts, chemistry, law, business, computer science, and economics. The first place winners, Ryan Smith and Scott Lovald of Satyrne Biotechnologies, are in the process of executing on their winning plan, with significant help from the business community garnered at the April 2006 competition event.
The competition is sponsored by the ASM, and professors from the schools work with business leaders to provide a series of seminars to help students prepare their entries.
According to Sul Kassicieh, Anderson’s associate dean for Economic Development and Research, the sessions will include, “Company structure, tax issues, market research, financial planning, venture capital, and more. We provide a high level of support for the teams in the competition, including one-on-one mentoring, and expect great things from UNM students.”
Full-time UNM students from any discipline are invited to enter the competition, and while the focus is on technology, according to Crespy, the judges will take a broad view of the term.
“A team comprised of music majors and computer science majors and business majors might come up with something unexpected that doesn’t necessarily fit the standard definition of ‘technology,’ said Crespy. "We hope to see plans that surprise us, and that could potentially lead to the next business phenomenon.”
Corporate sponsors for the competition include American Property Management Corp., Technology Ventures Corporation/Lockheed Martin, vSpring Capital, Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, Grant Thornton LLC, the New Mexico Venture Capital Association, and Wasatch Venture Fund.
Complete rules for the competition are available online at the Anderson Schools’ Web site at: Technology Business Plan rules. The deadline to submit a binding intention to present is Nov. 15, 2006, while business plan entries are due March 22, 2007.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
ASM heads west with Professional MBA;
Intel Corporation Hosts Inaugural Class
The inaugural class for a west side UNM ASM graduate program is underway with 38 students enrolled in the first-ever professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program. The PMBA program closely mirrors Anderson’s popular executive MBA program.
“The Anderson Schools saw the need for significant business education on the west side of Albuquerque several years ago when we noticed that increasing numbers of our MBA students were commuting across the river to earn their degrees,” said Anderson Schools Dean Charles Crespy.
Intel Strategic Analyst for Fab/Sort Manufacturing, Lawrence J. Alei, who serves on the Anderson Schools’ Foundation Board, said, “Investing in the community is an Intel tradition, and UNM’s Anderson School is an excellent educational institution. Hosting the professional MBA is another way of putting our corporate values into practice, and we are proud to help make UNM’s expansion to Sandoval County possible by hosting the first class of this first west side MBA.”
The PMBA is held two evenings per week for 28 months, with students studying in a cohort. Like the highly successful Anderson EMBA, the PMBA is expected to attract professionals seeking to advance their existing careers. There are differences between the two degree programs, however.
Anderson Associate Dean Kate Livingston has managed the EMBA program since 1991 and directs the PMBA.
The classes, hosted by Intel Corporation on its Rio Rancho campus, include 13 students from Intel (35 percent). The class also boasts high minority participation, with 59 percent of the students belonging to an ethnic minority. Forty-six percent of the students are women, which is also high for executive MBA programs. The average age of the 2006-08 class is 30, compared to the EMBA’s 37.
“With the professional MBA, we have opened up our program to younger managers, who may only have one year under their belts, but who are on the fast track to greater responsibility within their companies,” said Livingston. “But more seasoned managers also find the PMBA attractive because of the location and the evening schedule.”
The companies represented in the PMBA program include Intel, Honeywell, Workforce Logic (Google, Inc.), Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Johnson and Johnson), Youth Development Inc., Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Science Applications International Corporation, City of Albuquerque, Rick Johnson and Company, Inc., Bohannan Huston, Inc., Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), and the New Mexico Department of Health.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu>/a> or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Anderson School of Management Dean Charles Crespy has appointed Laurie Schatzberg as the school’s senior associate dean. “Dr. Schaztberg brings a set of skills to the position that I know will serve the school well," said Crespy in announcing the appointment.
“I am so pleased that the faculty and Dean have chosen me for this role at this important time in Anderson’s history. I look forward to learning quickly and working with all of our stakeholders – faculty, students, alumni, and business leaders – to advance Anderson in the time ahead,” said Schatzberg.
Some of Schatzberg's more recent accomplishments and affiliations include: being named assistant academic vice president for Management Information Systems (MIS), 2003-2006. During that time, she also served as the faculty representative to UNM's Project LINK where she represented faculty and academic interests, maintained regular communications with faculty governance organizations, deans, directors, and other key academic groups on all of UNM's campuses and extended university sites.
Schatzberg was also vice president of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGMIS. SIGMIS is the ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) on MIS.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu>/a> or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
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Kelly to return in Nov. to lead design workshop for UNM West campus in Rio Rancho
Brian Kelly, AIA, director of the architecture program at the University of Maryland, will present an illustrated lecture on campus planning and design this Friday, Oct. 6, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Northrop Hall, rm. 122, on the UNM campus.
Photo: Brian Kelly
The lecture is part of the John Gaw Meem lecture series presented by the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. This event is free and open to the public.
Titled “Design of the American Campus: Paradigms and Regional Adaptation,” Kelly’s presentation includes an overview of university campus design traditions as well as new planning directions. As a faculty member at Arizona State University in 1987, Kelly was co-designer for the concept plan for the acclaimed ASU West campus in Phoenix. He has since collaborated on the design of campus plans at a number of major universities throughout the United States, including the University of Virginia, University of Georgia, Emory University, University of Chicago, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Maryland and Notre Dame.
Presently a consultant to Ayers Saint Gross, an internationally respected campus planning and architecture firm in Baltimore, Kelly’s previous experience includes practice with Skidmore Owings and Merrill in Chicago and Peterson-Littenberg in New York.
Kelly will return to Albuquerque Nov. 12-15 to lead a design workshop, or “charrette,” to explore strategies and develop initial design concepts for the new UNM West campus soon to be constructed in Rio Rancho. The charrette will include the participation of other distinguished design professionals from across the country as well as UNM planning, architecture and landscape architecture faculty. In advocating the means to create sustainable environment, Kelly maintains a deep interest in the relationship between the built and natural characteristics of campuses, as well as the land and regions where they are situated.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
In the spring, novelist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez will join the faculty in the University of New Mexico Department of English as a part-time instructor in fiction, teaching Eng. 521, the graduate-level prose fiction workshop in the master’s in fine arts program.
Photo: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Valdes-Rodriguez is the author of “The Dirty Girls Social Club,” a New York Times bestseller published by St. Martins in 2001 and widely credited with starting a trend in popular fiction known as “chica-lit.” She is the founder of the Chica Lit Club Fiesta, an annual literary conference currently moving its base from Miami to Albuquerque. Valdes-Rodriguez’s other books include “Playing with Boys,” “Make Him Look Good,” and a new teen novel titled “Haters.”
A native of Albuquerque, Valdes-Rodriguez is the daughter of long-time UNM Sociology Professor Nelson Valdes. She earned a bachelor’s from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and continues to play jazz saxophone. After earning a master’s in journalism from Columbia University, she was hired as a feature writer for the Boston Globe at the age of 24, winning awards and garnering a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Five years later, she joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times.
Her fiction has given Valdes-Rodriguez a considerable public profile. Entertainment Weekly named her a breakout literary star. Latina magazine named her a Woman of the Year. Hispanic Business magazine has twice named her among the 100 most influential Hispanics in the nation. Very recently, Time magazine named her one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, alongside Bill Richardson, Jennifer Lopez and others.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The Human Resources Department is sponsoring the 2nd annual Disability Awareness Expo Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in SUB ballrooms A&B.
Students, staff, faculty and parents are invited to meet with disability-related groups, associations and agencies to obtain information about services and programs. Participants will include Adelante, Goodwill, Community Options, Camp Rising Sun, Lupus Foundation, Easter Seal, UNM Accessibility Services, UNM Mental Health, Commission for the Blind, Commission for the Deaf, veteran’s groups, and more.
KKOB radio manager Art Shreiber will give an address titled “Breaking the Barriers” at noon in SUB ballroom A. Shreiber is active in the disability community and was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson to the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. During his more than sixty years in broadcasting, he has traveled with John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Johnson and the Beatles.
“We had a great response from the campus community last year and look forward to this year’s event,” said organizer Mimi Swanson, Human Resources.
For further information please contact Mimi Swanson at 277-1781 or mswanson@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The UNM Board of Regents has approved an interdisciplinary graduate degree program in Nanoscience and Microsystems. More than 60 faculty members in various departments will be involved in the teaching and research aspects of the program.
The degree program is a cooperative effort between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and involves faculty from both areas of the university.
Nanoscience includes the traditional disciplines of solid-state physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering. Microsystems Technology is based on nanostructured materials, which has as its foundation in the design and creation of miniature systems such as sensors and actuators. It includes the full range of inorganic, organic and biological nanoscience materials.
These will be the first master’s and doctoral programs in nanoscience or nanomaterials in the southwestern United States. Degree program organizers believe the new degree will enhance relations between the national laboratories in New Mexico and the university.
Associate Chairperson of the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department Abhaya Datye says, “Many of the courses are already being offered. This just pulls them together into a package that makes it more accessible to the students.” He says there will be some new courses added.
Datye says students who are interested in pursuing these degrees can already take courses in the general area. Those courses are offered in a number of different departments spread across the university. More information will soon be available on an NSMS web site. For now, students can learn about fellowships offered in conjunction with the NSMS at http://www.chtm.unm.edu/igert/.
Before the degree becomes a part of the formal curriculum it must be approved at all state levels as mandated by the New Mexico Higher Education Department. For more information about the program, please contact Abhaya Datye at (505) 277-0477 or datye@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
El Centro de la Raza, the University of New Mexico 's Hispanic/Latina/o student service center, has initiated a service learning internship program, announced program organizers Veronica Mendez-Cruz, El Centro 's director, and Meriah Heredia Griego, senior student advisor.
This fall, the program accepted 15 undergraduate and three graduate students after a rigorous screening process.
Students took part in a weeklong training session. “We took them out of their comfort zones a little, to get them to open up and act as fully participating human beings,” Mendez-Cruz said.
Program advisors work with students to create goals in four areas: academic, personal, professional, and social. Each student in turn becomes an intern/mentor to assist five to eight others, mainly freshmen, though some are transfer and probationary students.
Interns have majors that range across all fields of study, Mendez-Cruz said, noting that the kind of service learning that interns take part in is often related to social justice issues in education.
Interns work with various community partners such as the Office of Community Learning and Public Service, Communities United for a Stronger America and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, said Heredia Griego. The students will also be asked to help in the planning and implementation of three cultural events each semester and lend support to UNM's Hispano Student Day Oct. 26, Dia de los Muertos Nov. 1-2, and Raza Graduation, May 5, 2007.
El Centro will track the entire student cohort from their start in the program – beginning as early as sophomore year – through completion of graduate degrees.
El Centro Student Programs Specialists Rosa Cervantes and Andrew Gonzalez will assist with the new program.
For more information, call El Centro de la Raza, 277-5182.
Media Contacts: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu>/a>
The University of New Mexico will celebrate its 81st annual homecoming, Oct. 2-7, with a catchy Oz-like theme, “UNM: there’s no place like home.” Homecoming week will feature more than 50 separate events all leading up to the big football game Saturday, Oct. 7, when UNM takes on Wyoming. The festivities begin Monday, Oct. 2 with a variety of student activities on tap. A complete list of events can be found at: Homecoming 2006.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, departments across campus will decorate lobbies and offices as part of the Campus Decorating Contest. Judging will be held from 11 to 2 p.m. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Current full-time UNM faculty and staff employees who are UNM alumni are invited to an appreciation lunch at the Student Union Ballroom beginning at noon. Additionally, students will be able to vote on the UNM Homecoming royalty in the Student Union Building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"The Lobo Howl," a longtime Homecoming tradition, along with other activities that are all a part of the Cherry/Silver Games competition, is set for Thursday, Oct. 5. Students strive for the coveted Cherry/Silver Cup in wacky games at the Duck Pond. The induction of the Class of 1956 into the Heritage Club will be the highlight of the Heritage Club dinner at the Albuquerque Petroleum Club at 6:30 p.m. The event honors those alumni who graduated from UNM 50 or more years ago.
On Friday, Oct. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., Alumni reunions from many colleges and programs will take place all across campus. Also, from 8 to 11 p.m., ‘A Night in Emerald City’ will be held in the SUB Ballroom, which will be transformed into the Land of Oz. Alumni are invited to join UNM students for an evening of music and dancing and to meet the 2006 Homecoming Court.
Events for Saturday, Oct. 7 include the All-University Breakfast, Alumni Lettermen's Tailgate Party, the Southwest Fiesta (tailgate party) at the northeast end of University Stadium, which starts at 3:30 p.m., and the 13th annual Alumni Association Silent Auction. The week culminates with the game between Wyoming and New Mexico at University Stadium. Game time is 6 p.m.
Other homecoming highlights include affinity group reunions, lecture series, various student activities and more.
For a complete list of activities or for advanced tickets for the 81st Homecoming: “UNM: there’s no place like home,” call 277-5808 or visit: "UNM: there's no place like home".
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
What happens when the sciences and media arts come together? Find out Oct. 8
A gala event is planned for Sunday, Oct. 8, when the University of New Mexico hosts a grand opening and dedication for the Center for Environmental Research, Informatics and Art or CERIA building. The event, which will be held on the plaza west of the CERIA Building, begins at noon with refreshments. A building dedication and ribbon cutting, complete with dignitaries, begins at 1 p.m. Building tours, demonstrations and other events will follow from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Image: The old Bookstore has been transformed into the new CERIA or Center for Environmental Research, Informatics and Art building.
“The completion of the CERIA facility marks a milestone in the type of activities UNM is becoming internationally known for; large scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and education,” said Terry Yates, Vice President for Research and Economic Development. “To my knowledge, UNM is the only research university to combine disciplines from fine arts with those from the sciences linked with a common technology. The result promises to be transformational."
The CERIA building, formerly the old Bookstore, is essentially a new state-of-the-art facility housing a variety of programs indicative of its name. Departments and offices located in the building include: The Museum of Southwestern Biology; the UNM Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) office; the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) LTER Network Office; the Department of Media Arts; and the Art Technology Center/ARTS Lab.
The event is sponsored by each of the entities housed within the CERIA facility, as well as by the Biology Department, the colleges of Arts & Sciences and Fine Arts, and the VPR/ED office. For more information contact Cathy Osborn at (505) 277-1360 or via e-mail: cosborn@unm.edu.
Departments and Offices located in CERIA
Museum of Southwestern Biology
The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility, part of the Department of Biology, that houses collections of vertebrates, arthropods, plants and genomic materials from the American Southwest, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. The total collection amounts to nearly 4 million specimens and samples. The MSB consists of nine divisions, including the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Survey Collections and an inter-divisional program in biodiversity informatics (Natural Heritage New Mexico).
Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
The Sevilleta LTER Project is located about 80 kilometers south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in and around the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The refuge, which is managed by the US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and its surroundings are positioned at the intersection of several major biotic zones, and thus, provides excellent research opportunities. The overarching goal of our LTER Program is to understand how abiotic drivers and constraints affect dynamics and stability in arid land populations, communities and ecosystems.
LTER Network Office
With more than two dozen sites participating within the U.S., and a growing collaboration of more than 30 countries participating in the International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network, the NSF created the LTER Network Office in 1983 to support and coordinate network and site activities for the LTER.
Department of Media Arts
Located in the College of Fine Arts, the Department of Media Arts is dedicated to the study and practice of film and video as art. In the hope of understanding and enhancing the immense role of film and video in the modern world, the program offers the student a broad foundation in the purposes of art and culture.
Art Technology Center/ARTS Lab
The Arts Technology Center, within the College of Fine Arts, is dedicated to the support and advancement of experimental artistic research and production at UNM in the area of emerging technologies. Arts Technology Center (ATC) has been instrumental in the evolution of ARTS Lab, an innovative interdisciplinary center that forges dynamic relationships connecting Art, Science, Business and Technology.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu or Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu