From across the U.S. and Canada, 21 teams of youth ages 14-19 are converging on UNM’s Johnson Field to compete in the 2007 Indigenous Soccer Cup, held July 28-Aug. 4. The Indigenous Soccer Cup is an international seven-a-side soccer tournament with leadership, life skills and college prep components.
Photo: More than 20 teams are battling it out on Johnson Field for the 2007 Indigenous Soccer Cup.
UNM American Indian Student Services is providing college preparation sessions. The Lobo Men’s Soccer Team is conducting special soccer skills sessions for participants.
The 2007 Indigenous Soccer Cup is co-hosted by Southwest Youth Services, UNM American Indian Student Services and UNM Men’s Soccer Team. More information is available at: Indigenous Soccer Cup.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Timothy Moy, an associate professor of History at the University of New Mexico, drowned July 22 in an accident while trying to save his son in the surf at Kailua, Hawaii. Moy was attending a professional conference on the island of Oahu.
A memorial service for Associate Professor of History Timothy Moy will be held on Friday, Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. in Keller Hall in the Center for the Performing Arts.
“The University community is shocked and saddened by this news,” said UNM President David J. Schmidly. “Tim is remembered as a remarkable professor. Now we can also remember him for his selfless courage in saving his son.”
“On behalf of my fellow Regents, I want to send our condolences to Dr. Moy’s family and to his colleagues in the History Department,” said UNM Regents President Jamie Koch.
Moy had taught at UNM since 1993 and specialized in teaching the history of science and technology. He was a UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow, which is the highest teaching honor the University bestows. He also served as the graduate student coordinator for the History Department for five years.
“Professor Moy epitomized what we expect of faculty at UNM. Not only was he an outstanding teacher and student mentor, he was also an excellent scholar with broad interests,” said Vera Norwood, interim dean of Arts and Sciences. “He was a member of the Advanced Concepts Group at Sandia National Laboratories, whose focus is on emerging national security threats. He was also working with colleagues at UNM investigating public attitudes about evolution. As Dean, I always knew that we could call on him for committee work in our efforts to improve undergraduate education and enhance interdisciplinary opportunities in the College and across campus.”
“He was a wonderful warm person,” said Patricia Risso, Chair of the History Department. “He is irreplaceable.”
Moy is survived by his wife, Rebecca Ullrich, and 12-year old son Luke, who was pulled from the water by bystanders and is hospitalized in serious condition.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Alumni Lettermen’s Association will award 19 scholarships this fall to fifth-year student-athletes. The scholarships allow former student-athletes to complete their undergraduate education at UNM. The scholarship has been renamed the George Brooks Fifth Year Scholarship after former ski coach and Lobo lettermen George Brooks, who retired from UNM after 37 years of service.
The primary mission of the UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association is to provide scholarships to fifth-year student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility but need to complete their education.
The following will receive financial assistance to finish their degrees at UNM: Alanna Abeyta, women’s soccer; Charlie Beljan, men’s golf; Julie Briody, women’s basketball; Becky Dover, softball; Matt Foote, baseball; Kaela Kelly, women’s soccer; Lars Loseth, men’s skiing/men’s soccer; Alex Mach, men’s skiing; Nora Quintal, women’s tennis; Amy Ray, softball; Petter Roering, men’s skiing; Jay Russell, baseball; Bridgette Sanchez, women’s soccer; Jackie Smith, baseball; Kelly Soldow, swimming; Daniel Stovall, baseball; Kristine Sweat, women’s soccer; Jenna Syverson, swimming; and Jedd Young, men’s skiing.
“The UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association is proud to be in a position to offer awards annually,” said Rick Ronquillo, Chair of the Scholarship Committee. “Thanks to all of our dues paying members, we were able to award the most ever – 19. These scholarships give student-athletes a chance to finish their degrees. It is the number one mission of the Alumni Lettermen’s Association. We are proud of the accomplishments of the student-athletes here at UNM; they embody the ideal student-athlete.”
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Program part of a UNM, Fray Luca convenio
Students from the University of New Mexico and Fray Luca Paccioli University recently returned from a summer seminar where they studied transborder issues for journalists. Taught by Richard Schaefer, professor, Communication and Journalism, the students were in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico exploring immigration, with a goal to produce radio programs for KUNM.
Photo: UNM Journalism Professor Richard Schaefer, far right, visits Televisa, a Cuernavaca television studio, with Grupo Fronterizo, an integrated group of students from UNM and Fray Luca Paccioli University. The group researched various immigration topics and produced segments to run on KUNM.
“We think we know a lot about immigration by living relatively close to the border in Albuquerque, but there are issues about immigration that can only be explored by talking to rural and city-dwelling Mexicans as well as by listening to government officials, policy makers and media representatives who have been covering the issue,” Schaefer said.
The UNM students, and their professor, spent time almost daily in Spanish language classes and worked closely with their Fray Luca classmates and their professor, Arturo Lopez Dúran, on language or cultural understanding issues.
Among topics the students explored were economic issues, U.S. decision to build a wall on the border, immigrants who return to Mexico, the impact on the family and women´s issues.
“The family unit is a very important social construct in Mexico… The Mexican economic situation that drives people to cross the border is a cause of family disintegration in Mexico,” Omar Rodríguez, student, Fray Luca Paccioli, said.
The students learned about a town, Tilzapotla, populated almost exclusively by women and children because the men are in the U.S. The town, which sits in a mountain shadow where rock and minerals used to make concrete are mined, features modern buildings and a remodeled church. Funds for the facelift come from men in the U.S.
“Chicago actually has a colonia called ´Tilza´ because of the high number of men from the village. They get together on the fourth of July and have a celebration in honor of their home,” Rodríguez said.
The problems for the women left behind are not inconsequential. “HIV and AIDS are becoming major health crises in Mexico because uneducated men go to the U.S., have unprotected sex with prostitutes, contract sexually transmitted diseases and bring them home to their families,” Krystal Zaragoza, UNM student, said.
In addition to the media project, the students were also exposed to Mexican history, culture and society. Cultural excursions included visits to the pyramids at Teotihuacan, the ancient sites of Xochicalco and Tepotzlan as well as a great tourist stop in Taxco.
“The border is a political dividing line that should not be an excuse to close minds,” Lopez said.
This was the first year UNM students traveled to Cuernavaca as part of the convenio UNM and Fray Luca signed several years ago.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Long-time champion of business in New Mexico Bob Hoffman is being honored with the establishment of an endowment at the University of New Mexico Libraries. The Bob Hoffman Legacy Endowment will provide funds for the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections to collect, process and preserve papers and photographs that document the economic history of the state.
Hoffman has been called the “Dean” of New Mexico economic developers. He has worked in the field since 1950 when he moved to Alamogordo as an Armed Forces Radio broadcaster with a knack for building businesses. He became director of the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, going on to lead chambers in Portales, Roswell and Albuquerque.
In the late 1960’s when Roswell was rocked by the closure of Walker Air Force Base, Hoffman became a legend as he established the Roswell Industrial Development Corporation and convinced a fireworks company to locate at the old munitions dump. Then he persuaded Pan American Airlines to use the runways at the base to train pilots, and Boeing to test its fledgling 747 aircraft at the former base. He got other airlines to train pilots on the 747 at Roswell, and convinced Eastern New Mexico University to use the buildings on the base for a Roswell branch campus.
Hoffman served as New Mexico economic development secretary and tourism director under former governor Jack Campbell, recruiting dozens of companies to the state and raising thousands of dollars for economic development efforts. Hoffman started the Albuquerque Economic Development Forum, a group of more than 100 key business leaders, and has led it for the past 25 years.
Contact University Libraries Development Director Patricia Brkich to contribute to the endowment. She can be reached at (505) 277-1267 or (505) 991-4258. The papers held in the Bob Hoffman Legacy Endowment will be housed in the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections located in Zimmerman Library.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
UNM Police Chief Kathy Guimond recently announced the selection of Officer Daniel Gallegos and Dispatcher Charles Baca as the University of New Mexico Police Department’s Officer and Civilian Employees of the Year for 2006.
Guimond cited Gallegos’ leadership among his peers as selection of Officer of the Year. During 2006, Gallegos was proactive in identifying and addressing a number of issues on the University campus that impacted our community.
In one instance, Gallegos responded to a series of vending machine burglaries on campus and developed an action plan to identify potential locations for future incidents. He then worked with his supervisors to set up plain-clothes surveillance in these areas. As a direct result of his initiative, Gallegos and Sergeant Peter Rogahn observed a vending machine burglary in progress and were able to arrest two suspects in the act.
Later in the year, Gallegos worked with other officers on his shift to identify a subject who was suspected in several bicycle thefts on campus. Gallegos and Officer Deanne Rush reviewed old bicycle theft reports, set up surveillance in areas where the thefts were occurring and eventually identified a suspect in these cases.
Using this information, UNMPD officers were able to develop a plan to respond to future thefts, which might enable them to intercept the thief as he left campus. Officers eventually caught the suspect in April 2007 and campus bicycle theft rates were reduced by 95 percent. Gallegos’ dedication to proactive policing led to the apprehension of two suspects and shows how proactive policing can make an impact in our community.
Guimond pointed to Baca’s self-initiative during 2006 as the reason for his selection as the Civilian Employee of the Year. During 2006, Baca sought out opportunities to expand his knowledge and contributions to the department’s mission by looking to improve the efficiency of a number of important department functions. Baca expressed an interest in learning more about evidence and property controls in the department and sought out training in this area, which he could bring back to the department.
After receiving training, he assisted the department’s primary evidence technician in an audit of all of our property and evidence. As a result of this initiative, the rightful owners of several pieces of this property were located and their property was returned, and a more efficient process for tagging and tracking property was developed and implemented.
Baca then sought out other opportunities to contribute to the department and completed background investigation training and taught himself how to use records and computer searches to locate public records which has assisted detectives and officers in more quickly locating vital information needed for their investigations.
During 2006, Baca’s initiatives allowed the department to more efficiently perform its mission, especially in two critical areas of property management and investigations. His knowledge and skills in these areas is an asset to the department and the community.
Both Gallegos and Baca were recommended by their peers for the Officer and Civilian of the Year awards. Nominations were reviewed by the department’s Awards Committee, which includes officers, civilian employees, supervisors and previous award winners, and final recommendations are presented to the Chief of Police.
Guimond formally recognized Gallegos and Baca in front of their family and friends at the department’s annual awards ceremony held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge last Friday.
She noted, “Danny and Charles have each shown how that person can make a huge difference at UNM, and especially in the Police Department. I am happy to affirm the nominations of their peers and recognize the hard work each has shown during the year.”
The University of New Mexico Police Department serves the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque campus, and currently employs sworn police officers, a full security and support staff and operates the University’s 911 dispatch center. Additional information is available on the department’s Web site, UNM Police Department.
Media Contact: Lt. Patrick Davis, (505) 277-9507; e-mail: pdavis1@unm.edu
University of New Mexico-Gallup will be closed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13 for convocation.
All faculty and staff will be attending the convocation, so offices will be closed and no phones answered until after 1 p.m. Classes for the fall semester begin Monday, Aug. 20.
Textbooks will be provided to students by REEF
The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico is offering a special topics course in real estate in the fall 2007 semester. The course is the first of its kind at The Anderson School.
Textbooks for the course (MGMT 490D) will be provided by the New Mexico Real Estate Education Foundation (REEF), enabling students to utilize them at no cost. REEF has donated $30K to Anderson to teach courses in real estate. The inclusion of the real estate course at Anderson is in an effort to promote higher education in the field of real estate, an effort sponsored by REEF.
Four of the expected 15 students who successfully complete the requirements of the special topics real estate course will be offered internships at one of four renowned real estate companies in New Mexico, including CB Richard Ellis, Grubb & Ellis/NM, Maestas & Ward Commercial Real Estate and NAI the Vaughn Company.
John Lewinger, chairman of REEF, hopes that real estate companies in the state can hire New Mexicans for the available jobs instead of hiring out-of-state.
“The goal of providing these courses,” according to Lewinger, “is for UNM students to get jobs in the New Mexico real-estate industry.”
Media Contacts: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu or Erin Gardner, (505) 505-306-9575; e-mail: news@mgt.unm.edu
KNME's locally produced show "The Line" will feature Beverlee McClure, President & CEO of Association of Commerce & Industry and Jim Scarantino, a columnist for The Weekly Alibi discussing the CNN/Youtube debate. Did Bill Richardson Breakthrough Or Breakdown? Also, UNM & NMSU Pitch in to Help Pay Two of the Governor's Cabinet Members, and the action heating up inside City of Albuquerque leadership.
The program will also feature regular commentators, including host Gene Grant, a columnist for the Albuquerque Tribune, Margaret Montoya from the UNM Law School and Whitney Cheshire a local political consultant and bllogger: www.wednesdaymorningqb.com
Lively, stimulating, and always unpredictable The Line is a diverse take on the news you need to know. It strives to bring intelligent, witty, free-wheeling and civilized discourse to a New Mexico discussion, in this age of combative cable news coverage.
The Producer of THE LINE is Kevin McDonald. Closed Captioning of The Line has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
UNM Vice President of Research and Economic Development Terry Yates has been awarded honorary membership in the American Society of Mammalogists. This is the highest honor the professional society can bestow on its members. Only 84 awards have been given since the society was formed in 1912.
UNM President David J. Schmidly headed Yates’ thesis committee when he got his masters from Texas A&M. “Terry likes calling himself a rat trapper,” said Schmidly. “But his work with mice and their link to the Hantavirus is research that has helped transform the world.”
The Horn Professor of Biological Sciences and the Museum at Texas Tech University Robert J. Baker says, “Terry’s record includes over 100 excellent scientific publications, which in sum have had a tremendous impact on our perspective of the relationship of weather to risk of human diseases such as Hantavirus. His work is often credited with giving birth to the new multidisciplinary field of ecological epidemiology.” Baker is also past president of the society.
Yates was given the award as the result of his extensive field research and publications, his technical breakthroughs in his specialty, and his dedicated administrative work, both at the University of New Mexico and for the society.
His work has been recognized by the National Science Foundation as one of the 50 most significant discoveries with societal benefit that has resulted from their funding of science research in the U.S.
Yates current work is in the field of Hantavirus research, where he and his research group are producing ground-breaking work into the complex connections between weather, growth in deer mice populations and human disease. The group was able to predict the areas of increased danger for human infection from Hantavirus in the summer of 2006 in time to warn public health authorities so they could increase preventative information to the local population.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The area of Redondo Drive in front of the UNM Bookstore will be closed to vehicular traffic from July 30-August 10 while the Facilities and Real Estate Management (FREM) Office of Capital Projects completes a raised pedestrian walkway, eliminating the curbs for pedestrians, people in wheelchairs and bicyclists crossing Redondo Drive.
The street will be closed from just west of the Cornell Parking Structure entrance to just east of the UNM Bookstore loading dock. The loading area at Popejoy Hall will be closed to through traffic while the delivery road to the Student Union Building will remain open.
The construction area will remain open to pedestrian traffic during the closure, which will include removing asphalt, placing reinforcement rods and curing the new concrete for the pedestrian pathway.
“Safety for pedestrians is of the utmost importance,” said Associate Vice-President for FREM Mary Kenney. “We hope the rest of the UNM community will understand why we have to close down this part of Redondo for a short period of time.”
UNM department vehicles that usually park in front of the bookstore can use the delivery entrance to Popejoy Hall during the construction upgrade. These upgrades have been designed to provide additional safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
Mayor Martin Chavez recently announced in a press conference at the University of New Mexico Center for Development and Disability (CDD) that the state’s first-ever Town Hall Meeting on Autism will take place on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Photo: Mayor Martin Chavez announced Monday, July 23 at the UNM Center for Development and Disability that there will be a Town Hall Meeting on Autism, Aug. 11.
The CDD has partnered with the Mayor’s office to schedule this event. Mayors from throughout New Mexico have been invited to attend the forum. In addition, the town hall will feature industry leaders, parents, as well as local, state and federal officials. The public is also invited to attend.
Onsite registration begins at 8 a.m. in the Lower West Garden Foyer. At 9 a.m. in the Cochiti/Taos Rooms, Mayor Chavez will welcome attendees. Dr. Arthur Kaufman, vice president of Community Health at the UNM Health Sciences Center, will follow him.
The first panel, “Autism in New Mexico: Awareness, Education, Research,” will feature a talk by Dr. Cate McClain, CDD director. To enable all New Mexican families living with autism, the CDD is working toward the goal of creating an “Autism Center of Excellence,” which is part of the focus of the second panel, titled “Need for UNM Autism Center.” The panel will feature a discussion by Kaufman and McClain, titled “Our Goals - Dreams: Expand UNM Site, Addressing Rural Concerns and Telehealth.”
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects more children than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. Every 20 minutes a child is diagnosed with autism according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Autism affects one in 150 children and is four times more prevalent in boys than girls.
For more information on the town hall, contact Maryellen Missik-Tow at the CDD, 272-6990.
Media Contact: Lauren Cruse, (505) 272-3690; e-mail: lcruse@salud.unm.edu
Gregory Arias, Justin Devore and Quinton Smith skipped summer vacation this year to be the first ever New Mexico high school students to take part in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease’s Step-Up Program, sanctioned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since June, the three New Mexico students have been working on research projects with mentors at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC).
Photo: Dr. Paul Roth, University of New Mexico Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, recently visited with Dr. Anne Simpson (left) from the UNM School of Medicine and the NIH Step-Up students to discuss their research at the Health Sciences Center.
The program is designed to provide short-term research education to high school and/or undergraduate students from racial and ethnic minority or disadvantaged backgrounds. The program exposes students to research in areas of diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, digestive, liver, urologic, kidney and hematologic diseases.
In August, the students will travel to the NIH headquarters located near Washington, D.C., for a national conference that will allow them to present their research among other program participants around the country.
All three agree that the Step-Up Program has been an excellent opportunity for them so early in their academic careers. Arias, who attends Sandia High School, and Devore, who attends Gallup High School, are both entering their senior years, while Smith, who graduated from La Cueva High School in May, is entering his first semester at UNM this fall.
Eligible participants for this program are high school students who have completed the tenth grade or undergraduate students who have completed at least one year at an accredited institution.
The research experience is provided nationally by experienced investigators in their laboratories for 10 to 12 consecutive weeks during the summer.
For more information on the Step-Up Program, go to http://www.nih.gov/.
Media Contact: Lauren Cruse, (505) 272-3690; e-mail: lcruse@salud.unm.edu
The Provost's Committee for Staff (PCS) is seeking scholarship applicants for its Staff Academic Support Scholarship for the Fall 2007 semester. The scholarship, in its third year, is designed to help support staff who utilize their tuition remission benefit. Through the Staff Academic Support Scholarship, UNM employees have the opportunity to apply for a financial support scholarship to help cover the costs of academic books, course fee(s) and other related course supplies.
Eligibility requirements include: course(s) must be used toward degree or certificate completion or professional development; passed UNM Employment Probationary Status; be at least a .50 FTE UNM employee; must have a “Meet expectations” or better on most recent Performance Review.
Complete application guidelines are available online at: Fall 2007 Scholarship Application Form. The deadline to submit a completed application is Friday, Aug. 3, 2007.
A fund to help support the scholarship has been established through an account at the UNM Foundation. UNM employees interested in contributing to this fund will have the option to do so through payroll deductions. The goal is to grow the fund and provide increased financial support to our staff.
The Provost's Committee for Staff, founded in 1989, is comprised of staff members in areas of the university that report to the Provost. This committee was created to assist the Provost in providing opportunities for staff development, recognition and service. This is the fifth semester the scholarship award has been in existence.
For more information contact Lina Sandve at, 277-1326 or via e-mail: lsandve@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The Fifth Annual Native American All-Stars Game will take place at Isotopes Park on Saturday, July 28, at 7 p.m. The game will feature select standout players from local pueblos against this year’s Navajo team. Established in 2003 by Mike Koldyke – the principal owner of the Albuquerque Isotopes – in an effort to support the educational endeavors of American Indian students, the Native American All-Stars Game will benefit a full-time graduate-assistantship in the Lobo Athletics Department.
Koldyke has committed the proceeds of the event for the next three years to the University of New Mexico for the sole purpose of developing a full-time graduate assistantship and a program designed to bring innovative services, support and educational opportunities to UNM’s American Indian college athletes. The program will be coordinated by the UNM American Indian Student Services and the Lobo Athletics Department.
“This a great opportunity for us to better serve our Native American student-athletes,” stated UNM’s Director of Athletics Paul Krebs. “It will also give us the tools necessary to better recruit Native American student-athletes to our campus and provide more diversity within our athletics department.”
Gates open at 6 p.m. with $6 general admission tickets and $15 club level tickets available. Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
• UNM American Indian Student Services • 1119 Mesa Vista Hall • (505) 277-6343
• Isleta Casino Box Office • (505) 244-8191
• Tickets will also be available on game day at the Isotopes Park Box Office beginning at 4:30 p.m.
For more information on this event, contact Pamela Agoyo - UNM’s Director of American Indian Student Services – at (505) 277-6343.
UNM to host feria de salud (health fair) Friday, July 27
A series of health fairs, or ferias de salud, will be held this week in conjunction with the popular two-week intensive course on curanderismo, or the art of Mexican folk healing, currently being held on UNM’s main campus. On Friday, July 27, from 11: 30 a.m. to 2 p.m., UNM will host a health fair located on the east side of the Student Union Building demonstrating healing techniques and offering healing techniques.
Overall, more than 30 curanderos will help teach the class from July 23-27, providing demonstrations of various healing techniques, which include a combination of massage, reflexology, iridology, and especially herbal and other natural remedies for common health complaints around the Albuquerque-area. Additional health fairs will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sponsored by the University of New Mexico Office of Student Affairs & Women’s Resource Center, Instituto de Desarrollo Humano hacia la Comunidad A.C., Cuernavaca, Morelos, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Ruppe’s Drug/Herb Store, Laguna Pueblo and La Plazita Institute, the popular class, now in its sixth year, generally attracts between 50-70 students from around the state, the country and even abroad.
For a complete list of locations and times for the Ferias de Salud, see schedule below:
Monday, July 23, 5 to 8 p.m.
La Plazita Institute
515 Isleta S.W. (just past where Isleta curves to the West)
Tuesday, July 24, 3 to 7 p.m.
Laguna Pueblo Tribal Building
I-40 West of Albuquerque – 40 miles. Exit 114 then take State Road #124 (1.2 miles).
Left on Rio San Jose Drive, Right on Capital Drive
Wednesday, July 25, 5 to 8 p.m.
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th S.W. (corner of 4th and Cesar Chavez)
Sponsored by Doña Maclovia Zamora & Ruppe’s Drug/Herb Store
Friday, July 27, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
University of New Mexico
Main Campus (east side of Student Union Bldg.)
These wonderful healers from Cuernavaca, Mexico and New Mexico will be demonstrating healing techniques and offering treatments. The healers have been working with traditional healing methods for several years. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of these unique treatments and to support the work of healing our communities.
Donations will be accepted and greatly appreciated and will benefit the visiting healers. For more information contact Sandrea Gonzales at 277-3716.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
In the third week of the cross-campus campaign to make UNM a cleaner and safer environment for everyone, members from the Physical Plant, Surplus Property Department, Housing, Safety and Risk Services, and the University Archivist will visit the following buildings on Friday, July 27:
Carlisle Gym – 301 Yale Blvd. NE
Bandelier Hall East and West Wings – 401 Terrace Street NE
Maxwell Museum and Anthropology Department – 500 University Blvd. NE
Clark Hall – 300 Terrace Street NE
Mitchell Hall – 401 Yale Blvd. NE
So far, the Great Campus Cleanup has produced grand results. The Physical Plant reported the following stats for the first week of the Great Campus Cleanup:
1,000 pounds of trash colleted
1,414 pounds shredded documents
1,040 pounds recycled paper
241 pounds appliances collected
379 pounds metal collected
“This is really good for the first day of the program,” said Mary Vosevich, Physical Plant Director.
If you have items that might be of interest to the University Archivist, please contact unmarchv@unm.edu or call 277-5707.
If you have further questions, contact the UNM Physical Plant Department at 277-2421.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Foundation is establishing the Arthur W. Dekker Memorial Lecture at the School of Architecture & Planning. The endowment is funded with a generous $40,000 gift from Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, New Mexico’s largest architecture firm, along with more than $5,000 in memorial gifts from friends, family and colleagues of the late Mr. Dekker.
Photo: Arthur W. Dekker
The Arthur W. Dekker Memorial Lecture, to be presented each year, will be open to the public. In honor of Dekker’s long career as an architectural engineer, the invited speaker will typically have expertise in either the design of places of worship or nationally recognized architectural work that embodies a structural emphasis.
“This endowed lecture, gifted by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini (D/P/S), is made to recognize and honor the legacy of Arthur W. Dekker. Art was one who appreciated the value and grace of building and structure melded seamlessly together to provide a beautiful setting for those who even today use the churches and other buildings he designed. He was also someone who took the time to explain and teach young people who came into the profession so recognizing him in this manner simply made sense,” said Steve Perich and Bill Sabatini, senior principals and partners of Art’s oldest son, Dale Dekker at D/P/S.
Prof. Roger Schluntz, dean of the UNM School of Architecture & Planning, added, “We are very grateful that Art’s successor firm, his family, and friends wanted to honor his work and his memory in this splendid fashion. The endowment will allow us to bring nationally recognized leaders in the design field to the UNM campus to lecture and work with the students and faculty, thus enhancing our important mission.”
The professional degree programs in Architecture, Community & Regional Planning, and Landscape Architecture are offered in New Mexico only at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning.
For additional information contact Jan Bandrofchak, (505) 277-6442.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
UNM faculty and staff season tickets to Lobo Football are now on sale for 50 percent off for half-time employees or above. Season tickets include all six home football games at University Stadium this fall. The home-opener is set for Saturday, Sept. 8 against in-state rival New Mexico State.
The Lobos will also host Sacramento State, defending Mountain West Conference champion BYU, Air Force, Colorado State and UNLV.
Faculty and Staff adult tickets are only $36 and family plans, which include two adult tickets and two youth tickets, are only $90.
Lobo Football returns 20 starters, 43 letterwinners and 32 student-athletes from the state of New Mexico in 2007.
Be part of the excitement of Lobo Football. For more information call 925-LOBO.
Higher education staff and policy makers will meet Monday, July 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Central New Mexico Community College’s Workforce Training Center to discuss using federal and state work-study funds to boost civic engagement and community service among New Mexico college students.
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Education, Lieutenant Governor’s Office, New Mexico Children’s Cabinet and the New Mexico Commission on Community Volunteerism, along with the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College, will host this historic meeting. In 2006, the commission released the New Mexico Blueprint for Civic Engagement. The report outlined recommendations for strategic use of community service, including the application of work-study funds.
One local planner for the event, Michael Morris, chair of UNM’s university-wide Committee for Public Service and Community Engagement, said, “No single source of federal monies is as important to college and university students as federal work study funds. Few realize the law mandates a portion of these monies be allocated by every university and college toward community service and civic engagement.
Lt. Governor Denish and other state leaders have been pressing for more of these monies to go towards long-term community service. This day we will learn about national exemplary projects, best practices, and how to insure that service and work study are better connected to our communities and their needs.”
The Corporation for National and Community Service will provide one of the country’s leading experts to present at the meeting. Guest Speaker Robert Davidson of the U.S. Department of Education will discuss the “Benefits and Impact of Community Service Work-Study for Students, Universities and Communities.”
Davidson leads a new Federal Work-Study Community Service Outreach Partnership and managed the first year of the federal Honor Roll for programs achieving best practice in community service. He also helped develop “America Reads” along with policy incentives for expansion of federal work-study community service. For nearly fifteen years, he directed the Department of Education’s Higher Education Budget oversight unit.
Other presenters include Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, UNM President David Schmidly and CNM President Katharine Winograd.
The University of New Mexico’s Maxwell Museum of Anthropology will host “Bellydancing and the Sacred Feminine,” a performance by Albuquerque-based belly dance performer and instructor Leyla Najma, at the Hibben Center, next to the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, on Saturday, July 21, from 1-3:30 p.m.
This performance, a combination of Egyptian and Middle Eastern belly dance elements, is “a celebration of the feminine image that has intrigued the imaginations of men and women since (belly dancing) was first performed,” according to Artisans of the World. Najma will be accompanied by the live music of Sadaqah.
Beth Beaver of Albuquerque's Sadaqah, will delight her audience with songs of the near and Middle East. Ms. Beaver will share her knowledge of the music, explaining which pieces are considered classical and folk songs and what makes them different.
The performance is part of Artisans of the World, a monthly lecture and demonstration series sponsored by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. This series, which is partially sponsored by the City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, pairs traditional artists demonstrations with a cultural lecture.
Admission to this event is free.
Who: Albuquerque-based belly dancer Leyla Najma
What: UNM and Artisans of the World present “Bellydancing and the Sacred Feminine” featuring Leyla Najma.
When: Saturday, July 21, 1-3:30 p.m.
Where: Hibben Center, next to Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
UNM Law School professors Gloria Valencia-Weber and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez are in London, England presenting at the Once Upon a Legal Time: Developing the Skills of Storytelling in Law Conference, July 18-20.
This conference, sponsored by the City Law School of City University, London and the Legal Writing Institute, will discuss the role of narrative communication in legal practice and legal education. Topics discussed will range from telling stories of children in child welfare systems to the importance storytelling can have in legal reasoning.
Professor Valencia-Weber and Professor Sedillo Lopez will be giving a presentation entitled Immigration Stories in the U.S. and Mexico: The Rhetoric and the Realities. The presentation will describe some of the immigration stories that circulate in the media and throughout the public on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Among the stories shared with the audience will be the story of Pablo Lewis of the Tohono O’odham tribe, whose land crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. Lewis, a former U.S. marine who served in World War II, cannot prove his U.S. citizenship because he was born on Tohona O’odham land in Mexico.
“We are excited about the opportunity to present our most recent research on immigration and transnational communities at this conference,” Professor Sedillo Lopez said. “We recently compiled stories from both sides of the United States-Mexico border to examine what kinds of stories are being shared with immigrants.”
The stories of immigration to the United States vary greatly. Some of them appeal to a sense of adventure and daring inherent in crossing into the U.S., others tell the stories of wildly successful immigrants to justify the risks taken and some stories warn about the danger of crossing the border.
Professor Sedillo Lopez and Professor Valencia-Weber credit their work with the Guanajuato Summer Law Institute and the American Indian Law Center for providing them with the opportunity to compile the information that made the presentation possible.
“If I hadn’t been in Guanajuato over the last several years, I would not have seen and heard some of the stories that are integral for a presentation like this. The trick is to find the truth behind and underneath the stories,” Professor Sedillo Lopez said.
Show airs Friday, July 20 at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday, July 22 at 6:30 a.m.
KNME, Channel 5 continues its smart, provocative series, featuring some of the most outspoken media voices in the state on – The Line. Lively, stimulating, and always unpredictable The Line is a diverse take on the news you need to know. Guests this week include Phillip Bustos, Central New Mexico Community College, vice president for Student Affairs and Jim Scarantino, columnist, The Weekly Alibi. The Line airs Fridays at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday at 6:30 a.m.
Bustos and Scarantino join regular commentators including host Gene Grant, Albuquerque Tribune; Margaret Montoya, UNM Law School; and Whitney Cheshire, political consultant, blogger at: Wednesday Morning QB.
This week's topics include:
1. Two New Mexico school districts are considering the idea of drug
testing athletes and students involved in extracurricular activities. But,
is it a good idea? And, how would the testing work?
2. Undocumented immigrants in Colorado are headed to UNM this fall. And,
they'll pay next to nothing for tuition. The panelists hash out how it can happen and whether state officials should put a stop to it.
On the Clock - the panelists will debate:
. Graduation rates
. Suspicious phone calls
. The Railrunner's first birthday
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
Show airs Friday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Sunday, July 22 at 7 a.m. on Channel 5
Everyone is going "green", including many of New Mexico's schools. This week on In Focuse, a closer look at what teachers, administrators and school districts are doing to conserve energy. Plus, should global warming be required learning for students? This fall UNM will unveil a new minor program in Sustainability Studies. UNM Professor Bruce Milne will discuss the new program. Titled, "Going ‘Green’ & New Mexico's Schools," In Focus airs Friday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Sunday, July 22 at 7 a.m. on KNME Channel 5.
Guests include: Mary Jo Daniels, New Mexico Department of Education, Math & Science Bureau; Karn Gustafson, teacher, Volcano Vista High School; Ron Rioux, Albuquerque Public Schools, Energy Conservation Program Director; and Bruce Milne, Biology Department, University of New Mexico
In Focus is an in-depth, television news magazine focusing on the events, topics, and issues which shape peoples lives in the Southwest, covering issues that New Mexicans want to know more about, and is a fusion of KNME's award-winning journalistic, documentary and cultural local-production. The Producer of In Focus is Kevin McDonald. The Host, journalist Kate Nelson, is the Managing Editor of the Albuquerque Tribune.
Support for the 39-week season of In Focus has been provided by McCune Charitable Foundation. Closed Captioning of In Focus has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
Efforts Spearheaded by Anderson School of Management
Led by the Anderson School of Management, the University of New Mexico has been named as one of 12 new institutions designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The efforts for designation, five academic years beginning in 2007, were spearheaded by ASM Professors Alessandro Seazzu, Stephen Burd, Christopher Conway and retired professor William Bullers.
Presentations were made recently to the new and re-designated Centers during the annual conference of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education held at Boston University, Boston Mass. The designations and re-designations for 2007 result in a total of 86 Centers across 34 states and the District of Columbia.
The CAEIAE program is designed and intended to reduce vulnerabilities in the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education in information assurance and producing a growing number of professionals with information assurance expertise in various disciplines.
“We’ve spent an extensive amount of time getting the coursework certified and gaining designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education,” said Seazzu. “The process was similar to applying for grants. It’s not an easy process. Much of it was thoroughly reviewing their information and criteria and digesting it. You have to meet the minimum level in each category of the criteria.”
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence Program, which was formed in April 2004 in response to Priority III of the President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace of 2003, directs the Federal Government to foster training and education programs to support the Nation’s cybersecurity needs, and to increase the efficiency of existing Federal cybersecurity programs.
UNM was a unique selection with a crossover between the technology and management. There are only three business schools in the nation involved with this program.
As a CAEIAE, UNM students can apply for scholarships and grants through the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program and the Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service Program.
Additionally, universities designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education are eligible to apply for scholarships and grants through both the Federal and Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Programs.
“In theory, this designation gives us the opportunity to build a national program with the right resources,” said Seazzu. “There are plenty of opportunities to become unique in what we do. One of the interesting parts of the process was to establish partnerships in the state. We partnered with New Mexico Highlands to get a good influx of students from around the state.”
Some of the goals of the program include supporting the development of Information Assurance/InfoSec leaders through a balance of teaching, scholarship and partnerships with government, public and private entities; promote IA/InfoSec awareness in the regional K-12 educational community through outreach activities; support scholarships and capacity-building grant applications at UNM; to develop and deliver IA curriculum for UNM and partner minority-serving educational institutions; and to enhance the transfer of IA knowledge and practice in academic environments through pedagogical research.
For more information about the CAEIAE program at UNM visit: CAEIAE program or the MBA program with a concentration in Information Assurance visit: Information Assurance MBA.
Media Contacts: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu or Erin Gardner, (505) 505-306-9575; e-mail: news@mgt.unm.edu
The Greg Johnston Summer Concerts continue this Friday, July 20 with the ultimate variety band, Marty and Triple Shot featuring Geneva. Sponsored by the Staff Council Work Life Committee and Advancement, the Greg Johnston Summer Concerts begin at noon and are held near the Modern Art Sculpture located just southeast of the Student Union Building (SUB). The concerts, which are free and open to all, offer the perfect venue to get out of the office. Bring your brown bag lunch and enjoy the sounds in a relaxed atmosphere.
Photo: Marty and Triple Shot, the ultimate variety band
Additionally, a drawing for a grab bag of goodies will be awarded to one lucky winner during the show. The drawing will be held at 12:30 p.m. You must be present to win.
The band includes Marty Zamora, lead guitar and lead vocals; Geneva Esquibel, lead vocals, Larry Morris, drums / percussion / vocals; and Tony Lopez, bass / vocals. Marty and Triple Shot recorded a CD called Marty & Triple Shot in 2003 that produced the hit single, “La Calandria.” Zamora, who attended UNM as a music major. He was named All Around Guitar Player of The Year for 2005 by The New Mexico Musicians Fund, and was presented with the First Annual Lifetime Achievement Award by the same organization.
Sponsored Marty and Triple Shot featuring Geneva is the second of three summertime lunch concerts sponsored. The third and final concert of the summer will feature Jasper on Aug. 17.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Partners include NMPED Rural Education Bureau, Adams State College & The New Mexico Division of Higher Education
Public television station KNME recently received a $40,000 PBS TeacherLine Local Innovation Funds grant for its TeacherLine Rural Initiative. The goal of the grant is to alert rural teachers to the benefits of TeacherLine and to enroll 100 rural school teachers. The final goal is to have these teachers commit to completing their master’s degrees through Adams State College.
TeacherLine is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. TeacherLine's online courses use the latest internet technology, including streaming video and online discussion boards, to provide teachers with research-based training in the areas of math, science, language arts and technology integration.
Rural schoolteachers, defined as those who teach in school districts with less than 600 students enrolled in grades K-12, are the targets of this Innovation Fund Grant. Many of these teachers do not have easy access to state colleges or universities. As such, New Mexico’s three-tiered licensure system can be perceived as a hardship or even worse, a disincentive for developing a teaching career in rural communities.
Rural schools make-up 12 percent of all students enrolled in public schools in New Mexico. KNME will identify the teachers that will benefit most from the TeacherLine service and conduct 20, site-based workshops promoting and demonstrating the TeacherLine service directly to these teachers.
KNME will be working with three partners on this project.
* KNME will be collaborating with the NMPED Rural Education Bureau – Dr. Jim Holloway and his staff – who will help identify the rural schools that will be the target of this project.
* Adams State College – Provides graduate credit for the national courses provided via TeacherLine.
* The New Mexico Division of Higher Education – Provides advocacy for the KNME TeacherLine Rural Initiative and support of NMPED Rural Education Bureau collaborative efforts.
KNME TeacherLine is a joint collaboration between KNME-TV, the University of New Mexico, the Northern New Mexico Network, Bernalillo Public Schools and PBS TeacherLine. It is endorsed by the New Mexico State Department of Education. Graduate credit is being offered by the University of New Mexico and Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
Following on the success of the Great Campus Cleanup launch last week, staff members from the Physical Plant, Surplus Property Department, Housing, Safety and Risk Services, and the University Archivist will visit the following buildings on Friday, July 20:
· Economics – 1915 Roma Avenue NE
· Hokona Hall – 2500 Campus Blvd. NE
· Center for Technology in Education -
· Education Administration – 2000C Las Lomas Road NE
· Education Building Classrooms – 2000E Las Lomas Road NE
· Kiva Lecture Hall
· Anderson School of Management
· Social Sciences Classrooms and Offices
· GSM/Parish Library – 1920 Las Lomas Road NE
Representatives of these departments will pick up items that have been marked for removal and then decide if they need to be disposed of, recycled, kept as extra furniture or even archived. If you have items that might be of interest to the University Archivist, please contact unmarchv@unm.edu or call 277-5707.
If you have further questions, please contact the UNM Physical Plant Department at 277-2421.
The 13th volume of UNM-Gallup's literary magazine Red Mesa Review has been published. RMR is published annually and contains the original artwork and literary compositions of students, faculty and staff.
The editorial board was composed this past year of Arts and Letters faculty Gloria Dyc, Fran Pawlowski, Norman Smith, Mike Volz and Robert Hoffman; Transitional Studies faculty Jim Sayers; and Public Affairs staff Linda Thornton. Design/Layout Editor was Arts and Letters faculty Carolyn Milligan and Student Design/Layout Editor was Dillon Day.
The Review is available from Fran Pawlowski in the Arts and Letters Office. For more information call 863-7753.
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Viola Florez has appointed Rita Martinez-Purson as interim vice president for institutional diversity. Martinez-Purson is currently dean of Continuing Education. As interim vice president for institutional diversity, Martinez-Purson will help to create a new office at UNM charged with providing strategic leadership in initiatives related to increasing and maintaining diversity within the University system and community.
“We’ve been working hard to assemble a leadership team that can manage every aspect of academic affairs,” said Florez. “I’m very pleased that an individual of this caliber is willing to step into this critical role.” She added that a national search will take place this fall.
Martinez-Purson brings to this position more than 22 years of senior administrative leadership, including positions as interim president of Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), human resources group leader at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and dean of continuing education and workforce development at both SFCC and UNM.
As dean of continuing education at UNM for the past 4 years, she has managed 46 staff employees and more than 400 instructors while managing an annual budget of $8 million.
Martinez-Purson has also been very active in diversity activities both on-campus as well as through statewide initiatives like the Diversity Leadership Council. She holds an Ed.D. in Education Administration and Leadership as well as a M.A. in Public Administration from UNM. She also held a year-long advanced leadership institute fellowship for minority-serving Institutions from 2005-06.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Viola Florez has announced Terry Babbitt will be the interim vice president for enrollment management at the University of New Mexico. As interim vice president for enrollment management, Babbitt will lead a division that combines the present offices of admissions and recruitment, scholarship, financial aid, and the registrar.
Photo: Terry Babbitt
“We’ve been working hard to assemble a leadership team that can manage every aspect of academic affairs,” said Florez. “I’m very pleased that an individual of this caliber is willing to step into this critical role.” A national search for this position will take place this fall.
He brings more than 15 years of experience in enrollment management at the University of Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico to his new role, including his current service as associate vice president for enrollment management.
During his tenure at UNM, the university has significantly increased its market share of New Mexico high school graduates and nearly doubled the size of its freshman classes. Babbitt holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of New Mexico.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico in Taos presents a lecture on Richard Diebenkorn by Helen Park Bigelow, daughter of artist David Park, on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. Diebenkorn is one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century, widely known for his abstract expressionist paintings.
The museum also offers free guided tours of “Diebenkorn in New Mexico: 1950-1952” – an exhibit of works Diebenkorn produced while a graduate student at UNM – every Wednesday and the first Sunday of each month at 1 p.m. The exhibit will be shown through Sept. 9.
Before Diebenkorn moved to Albuquerque in 1950, he studied painting at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, now the San Francisco Art Institute, where David Park was on of his instructors.
“After the Diebenkorns returned to the Bay Area from New Mexico, they and my parents became best friends,” Bigelow said. “I was married and living nearby, and it was during those years, the fifties, that my three children were born. I was in and out of my parent’s house, where I saw Dick and Phyllis often, and got to know them and love them and also got to know and love Dick’s works.”
“Through my father, Dick and the third player in that important friendship, the painter Elmer Bischof, those years gave us what became known as Bay Figurative Painting, and the emergence into national recognition of David, Dick and Elmer. As I observed the three young painters – Dick and Elmer in their thirties and David in his forties – their passion for work left deep impressions. For my Harwood talk I will share stories and insights from those years, with a focus on the friendship, competition and recognition the three painters shared,” she said.
Bigelow was a studio potter for many years and currently lives in Hawaii, where she is completing a memoir about her father David Park.
The lecture is free to Harwood members and UNM students, faculty and staff, or $8 for nonmembers. For more information call (505) 758-9826, ext. 105 or visit http://www.harwoodmuseum.org.
For a related story visit: Taos Harwood Exhibits ‘Diebenkorn in New Mexico’
Media Contact: Lucy Perera-Adams, (505) 758-9826, ext. 105; e-mail: lperera@aol.com
Hey, Harry Potter Fans! Too sleepy to stay up late for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? The UNM Bookstore invites everyone to attend their Harry Potter Release Party on Saturday, July 21 at 10 a.m. in the UNM Bookstore General Book Department. Refreshments along with fun and games for everyone will be a featured as part of the event.
Additionally, those who purchase the new book, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' will receive 30 percent off the purchase of the book during the event. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's magical Harry Potter series. The book will be released at midnight on July 21, 2007.
The University of New Mexico Parking and Transportation Services recently announced 2007-2008 permit rates that will incorporate a price increase for services.
“No one wants to see parking prices rise,” said Parking and Transportation Services Director Clovis Acosta. “I understand the concerns of members of the UNM community. This increase is necessary to keep up with the rising price of fuel, as well as purchasing other materials to maintain our parking lots and provide the shuttle bus service to campus.”
The rate increases for the 2007-2008 school year are as follows:
Rate Changes
Meters (2006-07 rate - 2007-08 rate)
$1.35/hour to $1.60/hour
Cornell Structure
$1.35/hour to $1.60/hour
South, G, and Q Lots
$99/year to $112/year ($1.08/month increase)
T Lot
$147/year to $166 year ($1.58/month increase)
Surface Lots
$294/year to $331/year ($3.08/month increase)
(These lots are located on the core campus (A, B, C, etc.). The prices listed are for the median salary range. Other permit types and salary ranges have different increases. Please check the parking Web site at UNM Parking Permit Rates for more information.)
(The median pricing referenced is for the lots that most of UNM faculty and staff are using.)
But what does this price increase provide for the average UNM student, staff or faculty member?
The additional money raised from the permit increase will be used to replace some of the older buses currently used in shuttle runs around campus. These older buses are 13 or 14-years old and the cost to maintain these buses exceeds the salvage value. The buses replacing them have better fuel economy, which reduces the amount of fuel needed for shuttle runs between parking lots and main campus. The newer buses will also produce fewer greenhouse gases due to improved technology.
Parking and Transportation Services will add five more bus drivers to the staff. These drivers will help to ensure that all of the current shuttle routes are running at higher efficiency while not overburdening the existing transportation staff.
An additional portion of the money will go towards replacing outdated parking meter equipment with more efficient meters that will have fewer malfunctions. These meters have better tracking tools that provide the Parking and Transportation Services Department with information about usage and efficiency of the parking meters. The department will then use that information to better serve their customers at UNM.
“Some people may think we are raising prices for no reason,” Acosta continued. “But what they might not know is that UNM Parking and Transportation Services is a self sustaining department. We don’t receive any money from student fees or tuition. The money we receive from parking permits goes towards maintaining the parking lots and the bus fleet for the shuttle system.”
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
Lobos, Aggies Will Compete in 12 Sports for Annual Trophy
The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University announced today the formation of the Rio Grande Rivalry presented by Route 66 Casino. The Rio Grande Rivalry is not only for current student-athletes, but also to help build school spirit and pride in the alumni and fans that cheer for the Lobos or the Aggies.
The Rio Grande Rivalry begins in the 2007-08 academic year. UNM and NMSU are scheduled to conduct competitions in 12 sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football, men’s and women’s golf, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s track and field and women’s volleyball. Points will be awarded to the winner of each competition with a total of 25.5 points possible. The school with the most points will be the winner.
The first competition of 2007-08 is Sept. 4 when the women’s volleyball teams meet in Las Cruces. The 98th football game between the Lobos and Aggies is Sept. 8 in Albuquerque.
The winner of the Rio Grande Rivalry will receive a trophy that is currently being designed with input from both institutions. The traveling trophy will remain in possession of the winning school for one academic year.
A news conference will be held at the end of each season to present the trophy to the winning institution. The winner will also be officially recognized at the first home football or basketball game of the upcoming season.
An updated tally of who’s leading the competition will be available on each school’s website: golobos.com and nmstatesports.com.
“I have been part of big rivalries and there is nothing more exciting,” said University of New Mexico president David Schmidly. “The Bedlam Series between Oklahoma State and the University of Oklahoma is a great example, and there is no reason why New Mexico-New Mexico State can't be as big and exciting.”
The athletics rivalry between the Lobos and Aggies dates back more than 110 years. The first competition between the two institutions was a football game in Albuquerque on Jan. 1, 1894. That was 18 years before the territory of New Mexico was granted statehood in 1912. The first men’s basketball game was played Dec. 22, 1904, in Las Cruces.
“New Mexico-New Mexico State already is a great college rivalry,” said UNM director of athletics Paul Krebs. “This effort will bring added exposure to both universities and will be a great point of pride for alumni from both schools.”
Media Contact: Greg Remington, (505) 925-5525; e-mail: gregrem@unm.edu
As a reminder, the “Great Campus Cleanup!” starts Friday at 8 a.m. If your building is on the list, you can expect a visit from representatives of the Physical Plant, University Archivist, Surplus Property Department, Housing, and Safety and Risk Services.
· Naval Sciences Building – 720 Yale
· Aerospace Studies Building – 1901 Las Lomas
· Dispute Resolution – 1800 Las Lomas
· Arts of the Americas Institute and Arts Tech. Center – 1700 Las Lomas
· Real Estate – 1712 Las Lomas
· Psychology Clinic – 1716 Las Lomas
· Landscape Equipment Storage – 1713 Las Lomas
· Ron McNair Program – 1921 Las Lomas
· Upward Services – 1915 Las Lomas
· Johnson Gallery 1919 Las Lomas
· University Club – 1923 Las Lomas
· Latin American/Iberian Institute – 801 Yale
· BBER Data Bank – 1919 Las Lomas
· SW Hispanic Research Institute & Chicano Studies – 1829 Sigma Chi
· Jorrin Seminar Room – 1832 Mesa Vista
· Latin American Data Base & Latin American Outreach – 1832-1834 Mesa Vista
· Peace Corps – 1830 Mesa Vista
· SW Hispanic Institute Annex – 1832 Mesa Vista
· CARS – 1800 Mesa Vista
· Institute for Public Policy Offices – 1805 Sigma Chi
· HOPE House – 1816 Sigma Chi
· Dane Smith Hall classrooms
These representatives will pick up any surplus equipment, furniture or clutter in your building and determine if it needs to be recycled, thrown away, or stored.
If you have further questions, please contact the UNM Physical Plant Department at 277-2421.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Parking and Transportation Department wants to remind faculty and staff that if they purchased their permits through a payroll deduction it will automatically be renewed at the beginning of the month. Permits will be mailed to the home address on record with Human Resources.
If staff and faculty purchased their permits in one payment, their permits will expire on Aug. 20, 2007. Those people will need to purchase a new permit either at the Parking Department’s Web site: Parking and Transportation or at the Parking Department offices at Central and University NE.
If permits are not repurchased by Sept. 1, 2007, the Parking Department cannot guarantee that staff and faculty members’ permits will be renewed in their current permit zones.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
A jury awards $54 million to an Albuquerque family, after the death of a loved one in a New Mexico nursing home. What went wrong, and what are state leaders doing to try and keep our nursing home facilities safe. Plus, New Mexico's smoking ban is now a month old. How is the program working, and what will it's long-term impact be? Those topics will be the examined on the next edition of KNME’s In Focus. The show airs on Channel 5 Friday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Sunday, July 15 at 7 a.m.
Guests will include Al Park, State Representative, Nathan Bush, American Cancer Society of New Mexico, David Rodriguez, New Mexico Health Department, Sondra Everheart, New Mexico's Aging and Long-term Services Department, and Shannon Cupka, New Mexico's Aging and Long-term Services Department.
In Focus is an in-depth, television news magazine focusing on the events, topics, and issues which shape peoples lives in the Southwest, covering issues that New Mexicans want to know more about, and is a fusion of KNME's award-winning journalistic, documentary and cultural local-production. The Producer of In Focus is Kevin McDonald. The Host, journalist Kate Nelson, is the Managing Editor of the Albuquerque Tribune.
Support for the 39-week season of In Focus has been provided by McCune Charitable Foundation. Closed Captioning of In Focus has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico in Taos presents a reading by Poet-in-Residence Lavonne Adams on Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m. Adams’ reading will highlight the latest of her two New Mexico-based poetry collections.
Adams recently completed a full-length collection, “Through the Glorieta Pass,” about the women who traveled the Santa Fe Trail in the mid-1800s. This collection was named a finalist for both the Pearl Poetry Prize and the Anhinga Poetry Prize. While in Taos, she has focused on her current project – a poetry collection based on the life and artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Adams is the recipient of the Persephone Poetry Award for “Everyday Still Life” and the Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Chapbook Award for “In the Shadow of the Mountain.” Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in the Missouri Review, Connecticut Review, Briar Cliff Review, Southern Poetry Review, and others. She teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she coordinates the Bachelor of Fine Arts program.
This event is part of an ongoing series highlighting Harwood Museum artists-in-residence. The reading is free to Harwood Alliance members and UNM students, staff and faculty, or $8 for nonmembers. For more information call (505) 758-9826, ext. 105 or visit The Harwood Museum of Art.
Media Contact: Lucy Perera-Adams, (505) 758-9826, ext. 105; e-mail: lperera@aol.com
KNME, Channel 5 continues its smart, provocative series, featuring some of the most outspoken media voices in the state on – The Line. Guests this week include blogger Jon Knudsen (a.k.a. Johnny Mango) and Jim Scarantino, columnist for The Weekly Alibi. The show airs Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday, July 15 at 6:30 a.m.
Issues to be addressed include:
* Sen. Domenici Breaks With The White House Over Iraq
* APS Superintendent Beth Everitt Announces Her Resignation
* Madrid, N.M. Gets Fired Up About A Chile Festival
Lively, stimulating, and always unpredictable The Line brings guest commentators for a diverse take on the news you need to know.
Regular Commentators on The Line include:
* 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 of The Line is made possible from a gift by Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@unm.edu
If you’re a bicyclist, you’ll be glad to know that the University of New Mexico Parking and Transportation Services has been working hard to make sure you have your own spot on campus. Over the summer the department has been setting up bike lockers, which will provide bicyclists an enclosed area to safely store their bikes and equipment.
Parking and Transportation Services placed groups of the enclosed lockers at Oñate Hall, Johnson Pool, Ortega Hall and the UNM Hospital AAS center (near the eye clinic) in early June. Currently eight of the 20 lockers that have been placed are in use, and department representatives anticipate that the remaining lockers will be quickly reserved. The department has 20 more lockers that can be located throughout campus.
“We can place lockers throughout the campus, within some limitations,” said Parking and Transportation Services Director Clovis Acosta. “Our customers just need to contact us and let us know which part of campus they would prefer to have their locker. We will then do our best to find an appropriate location in that general area.”
The lockers are constructed of molded fiberglass and reinforced plastic to protect bike and biking equipment from the weather. Lockers are secured to each other in groups and those groups are bolted into the concrete to prevent theft. An eyebolt inside the locker is also drilled into the ground to ensure that the bicycle is secure while it is locked up.
Parking and Transportation Services received the lockers from the City of Albuquerque as part of a grant program designed to encourage bicycling as an alternative mode of transportation. Having secure and convenient bike parking is a crucial factor in encouraging and supporting bike commuting to campus, and the department moved quickly to take part in the grant program. The response from local UNM commuters has been positive and is slowly building as more lockers are reserved for the fall semester.
“Bicyclists are excited to have a secure locker to store their bike and biking gear and protect them from the weather,” said Parking and Transportation Program Planning Manager Cynthia Martin. “Bicycling is a great choice for some campus commuters and bike lockers are one way UNM can support and encourage more people to bike to campus.”
The lockers cost $16 per semester, which covers maintenance and administration fees. For more information about the program, contact Parking and Transportation Services at 277-0461.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu
UNM’s Graduate and Professional Student Research and Creative Expression Symposium “Excellence in Academics” will be held Saturday Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building.
Students will give oral, poster, artwork and other creative presentations incorporating themes such as dance, theatre, film and music. The symposium is open to all UNM students as well as the public with no registration fees.
The event provides a forum for all graduate and professional students to practice presenting to a general audience and to benefit from feedback.
UNM’s Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) appointed an ad-hoc committee, chaired by American Studies M.A. student Dana Herrera, to survey graduate students about the proposed symposium. Students supported the idea and GPSA voted in favor of the daylong event.
"This is not just an opportunity for graduate students to practice their presentations skills, but to showcase the diversity of outstanding research conducted at UNM," said Herrera. "We hope this symposium strengthens the graduate community and at the same time encourages undergraduates to pursue graduate study."
Graduate department representatives were asked to nominate students to present at the symposium and will be recognized at the event.
Student abstracts will be accepted until Friday, Aug. 31. Interested students can submit directly to committee chair at danadherrera@gmail.com. More information about the conference and submission guidelines can be found at: GPSA.
Public television station KNME will present internationally renowned violinist and conductor Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Partial proceeds from the concert will benefit KNME.
Photo: Andre Rieu, renowned violinist and conductor
Since releasing his debut album ‘Strauss & Co.’ in 1994, Rieu has released nearly 30 recordings that have dominated both the pop and classical charts. He has won World Music Award on two occasions in 1996 and 1998, and has sold gold and platinum recordings in an ever increasing number of countries including Austria, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, France, Spain and Canada.
Born into a musical family (his father was a conductor, his siblings are all professional musicians) in Maastricht, Holland, Rieu studied at the Maastrict Academy of Music from 1968 to 1973 and the Brussels Academy of Music, where he won the Premier Prix, from 1974 to 1977.
His first touring orchestra was the Maastricht Salon Orchestra, performed regularly in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and America from 1978-1998. Nine years into his stint (1978-89) with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra, Rieu formed the Johann Strauss Orchestra and set up his own production company.
For more information about the concert call (505) 277-2922 or visit: KNME TV.
The International Business Student Association (IBSA) at UNM's Anderson School of Management will host the first-ever International Symposium on Issues Affecting our World on Friday, July 27, at the UNM SUB in Ballroom B from 12 to 3 p.m. The theme of the symposium is "Uniting Cultures in Business." The featured keynote speaker is His Excellency James Kimonyo, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda.
Ambassador Kimonyo represents the hopes and aspirations of not only the Rwandan people but of the entire African nation for the creation of a better Africa in a better world. He will speak about the years of reconstruction, justice and reconciliation that have followed the Rwandan Genocide.
The purpose of the event is to create awareness of international issues. The symposium is open to the public and will include international guest speakers, entertainment, an informational expo and lunch.
The IBSA has worked toward preparing students to compete in a global market place through practical education outside the classroom to help understand the business and cultural practices of all societies. The event is a project organized by the IBSA and the beginning of a series of symposia bringing world leaders to the UNM community.
Tickets for the symposium are $20 at the door. Tables for informational booths are available to international, non-profit and student organizations. For reservations or further information, please contact Joan Sittingbull at: joansittingbull@msn.com or (505) 991-3491.
Media Contacts: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu or Erin Gardner, (505) 505-306-9575; e-mail: news@mgt.unm.edu
Do you look around your office and wonder, “where did all of these papers come from?” Do you have to navigate through a maze of boxes and old chairs to walk the few feet from your door to your desk? Are you tired of tearing your hair out trying to find that last stack of papers you need to sign before you go home at night?
Help has arrived.
This summer, the University of New Mexico is launching the “Great Campus Cleanup.” This program is designed to help faculty and staff get rid of excess paper, supplies and equipment, as well as extra or unwanted furniture in your office and department.
“This program is one way we can help ensure that UNM is always a clean and safe environment,” said UNM Physical Plant Director Mary Vosevich.
Beginning Friday, July 13, and continuing on Fridays thereafter, selected buildings across main campus will receive a visit by the Physical Plant, Surplus Property Department, Housing, Safety and Risk Services, and the University Archivist. They will pick up items that have been marked for removal and then decide if they need to be disposed of, recycled, kept as extra furniture or even stored as a piece with historic value to the university.
The end result of the “Great Campus Cleanup” includes more space in your office to move around after the clutter and extra chairs are removed. The added benefits to the university include cleaner buildings and extra equipment to be stored, should you or another staff member need it.
Plus if you have something in your office -- records, furniture or other items -- that might have some historic value, you should contact the University Archivist at unmarchv@unm.edu or by calling 277-5707. They can assist you with any questions you have about those important items.
The following buildings have been selected for cleanup on Friday, July 13:
· Naval Sciences Building – 720 Yale
· Aerospace Studies Building – 1901 Las Lomas
· Dispute Resolution – 1800 Las Lomas
· Arts of the Americas Institute and Arts Tech. Center – 1700 Las Lomas
· Real Estate – 1712 Las Lomas
· Psychology Clinic – 1716 Las Lomas
· Landscape Equipment Storage – 1713 Las Lomas
· Ron McNair Program – 1921 Las Lomas
· Upward Services – 1915 Las Lomas
· Johnson Gallery 1919 Las Lomas
· University Club – 1923 Las Lomas
· Latin American/Iberian Institute – 801 Yale
· BBER Data Bank – 1919 Las Lomas
· SW Hispanic Research Institute & Chicano Studies – 1829 Sigma Chi
· Jorrin Seminar Room – 1832 Mesa Vista
· Latin American Data Base & Latin American Outreach – 1832-1834 Mesa Vista
· Peace Corps – 1830 Mesa Vista
· SW Hispanic Institute Annex – 1832 Mesa Vista
· CARS – 1800 Mesa Vista
· Institute for Public Policy Offices – 1805 Sigma Chi
· HOPE House – 1816 Sigma Chi
· Dane Smith Hall classrooms
If you have further questions, please contact the UNM Physical Plant Department at 277-2421.
Astrophysicist Lee J. Rickard will direct the assembly and testing of the Long Wavelength Array for the University of New Mexico. Rickard is following up on work he did with the Remote Sensing Division of the Naval Research Laboratory at the Very Large Array near Socorro, N.M. in the early 1990’s.
Photo: Lee J. Rickard, director, Long Wavelength Array
At that time his research group was working to determine whether the “noise” in the ionosphere could be filtered out well enough to do productive research in the lower frequencies of the radio spectrum. Initial results showed it probably can and a new area of scientific research began.
The Long Wavelength Array is a radio telescope designed to allow researchers a way to detect radio waves in the radio frequency range of 10 – 80 MHz passing through the ionosphere. The ionosphere is a part of the atmosphere that begins about 25 miles above the earth and extends outward hundreds of miles. It contains charged particles that allow lower frequency radio waves to be transmitted great distances and has its own ‘weather’ that can disrupt communications and navigation systems.
The initial demonstration instrument, the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array, is already in place at the VLA in Socorro. It was funded by the Naval Research Laboratory and built by the Applied Research Laboratories of the University of Texas.
Rickard is now searching for sites in southwestern New Mexico for the next 16 instruments. Combined, they will act as a single receiver to give much greater focus and clarity to faint signals.
Opportunities for Students
As the LWA is designed and built, it will offer an unusual opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to become involved in constructing and operating a major astronomical instrument. Rickard says “the kind of electronics we put on the antennas and use for receivers are the sorts of things that students can put together in a laboratory. So what we are looking at is an opportunity to do radio astronomy in a way that students can get a lot more engagement with than they can with the other big facilities.”
At UNM that means working with one of the professors involved with the project. In the Physics and Astronomy Department Associate Professor, Greg Taylor, Professor Jack McIver, who is also Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Associate Professor Patricia Henning, Assistant Professor Ylva Pihlstrom and adjunct professors John Dickel and Helene Dickel are all working in some area of the project. Civil Engineering Professor Walter Gerstle is involved in engineering aspects, and electrical engineering Associate Research Professor Christopher Watts is working on ionospheric studies.
Genesis of an Idea
This project began as an idea in the astrophysics community more than 15 years ago when researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory decided to follow up work by University of Maryland professor Bill Erickson, whose Clark Lake telescope imaged low frequency waves in the radio spectrum. They put a test dipole on the VLA which showed them that a large part of the “noise” in the ionosphere could be filtered enough to warrant a closer look with better instrumentation.
Rickard and other researchers at the NRL proposed a major project through the decadal process at the National Academy of Sciences. That is essentially a strategic planning effort run by the National Research Council to decide what big areas of research warrant major spending by the U.S. Government. The idea was approved and the Long Wavelength Array was launched. That meant the research community backed the idea, and that several institutions were prepared to cooperate in the research.
Three major efforts are now underway to study the ionosphere worldwide. The effort in New Mexico is led by the Southwest Consortium, which includes the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin, the Naval Research Laboratory and Virginia Tech.
Project Timeline
Rickard is now searching for 16 sites in southwestern New Mexico he can use to construct the initial arrays of instruments. Each site will hold several hundred dipoles, which in concert will be used to better focus the available information. Site selection is ongoing, but he plans to have the first site online by the end of 2008 to complete Phase I of the project.
Phase II, expected to last through 2010 will bring another six or seven stations to completion. In Phase III and IV, the remaining stations will be completed and the entire initial project is expected to be running by 2014. But the partially built telescope should be able to do important scientific work even at the earliest construction phases.
If the information provided by the initial array is worthwhile, Rickard says the project may eventually expand to include 50 arrays.
Science Focus
The LWA will have several jobs. Perhaps most important is gaining an understanding of ionospheric ‘weather’ which can disrupt navigation systems like GPS, military communications systems and a variety of other commercial and defense systems.
Researchers will use it to search for the faint and distant traces from the beginning of the universe; to study the distribution of cosmic rays in the Milky Way Galaxy and to search for planets in other solar systems. The system is so flexible that it will allow them to search for transient objects such as gamma ray bursts and study the effects of solar and space weather on the earth.
More information about the LWA is available at Long Wavelength Array.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Conference slated for July 22 – Aug. 12 at Taos Ski Valley
The University of New Mexico’s International Studies Institute and College of Arts and Sciences will be conducting the International Literature Conference from July 22 to Aug. 12. The theme of the three-week conference, which will be held at the Taos Ski Valley, is “With a Transatlantic View: Transformation and Changes of Literary Text.”
The focus will be on poetry, theater-film, prose writing and scholarly viewpoints.
One of the biggest highlights will be the American Premiere of the restored first silent film on Mozart. The director of Mozart Year 2006 Vienna Austria, Peter Marboe, chose Guenter Krenn to present the film. It will be presented July 31 in the Ernest H. Blake Auditorium at 8:30 pm.
For attendance or overnight accommodations contact the Snakedance Condominiums (800.322.9815) and ask for the UNM Literature Conference.
For more information on the conference contact Charley Kalm, charleykalm@hotmail.com or Peter Pabisch, pabisch@unm.edu.
The sky is no longer the limit. DomeFest, the international festival for immersive digital dome (fulldome) films, returns July 20-23. Produced by the University of New Mexico ARTS Lab, DomeFest is the preeminent program for fulldome production and experimentation, a rapidly growing global medium in which UNM has been a leader since 2000.
The 2007 program incorporates major technological and artistic innovations, including several global and hemispheric premieres, on the 5,000 square-foot immersive digital dome screen at the LodeStar Astronomy Center, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
The festival centerpiece brings together the world’s best and most innovative fulldome productions in the juried show premiere and Domie Award presentation on Saturday, July 21. Every year DomeFest draws higher and higher quality work, said Ed Angel, ARTS Lab director and DomeFest juror.
Among the finalists are animated scenes from Gerald McDermott’s classic children’s book, “Arrow to Sun,” directed by ARTS Lab’s Hue Walker, a fractal animation by UNM alumnus Johnathan Wolfe, a 3-D animated journey into caves, timelapse photography based pieces, a sci-fi alien adventure scene, and several experimental art and visual music pieces.
The juried show is flanked by major new innovations, including a 3-D stereo demonstration show (the first full-scale demo in the western hemisphere) and the world premiere of an immersive art performance using interactive computer graphics. There will also be a series of talks, demos, screenings and discussions for fulldome creators.
DomeFest is made possible through the major support of presenting sponsors Sky-Skan, Inc. and Sony Corp., who together will bring $1.5 million in technology for the festival. Other sponsors include Infitec GmbH, Zeiss, Selier Instruments, Harmony Channel and the City of Albuquerque Film Office.
About 150 people from around the world will converge on New Mexico for the festival, according to DomeFest founder and executive producer David Beining. After the premieres here, the juried show will travel around the world. Past festivals have played around the U.S. as well as Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and elsewhere, Beining said.
For more information, visit: http://www.domefest.com. Register at: DomeFest Registration.
The UNM ARTS Lab (Art, Research, Technology & Science Laboratory) is an innovative interdisciplinary center for developing creative relationships connecting art, science, business and technology in New Mexico’s unique environment.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Harwood Museum of Art in Taos presents “Tracking the Ghosts and Other Residency Stories,” an unconventional lecture by artist-in-residence Shelley Horton-Trippe, on Thursday, July 12 at 7 p.m.
Photo: From “Brides Templar,” an installation in Edinburgh, Scotland by Shelley Horton-Trippe
The artist will talk about her residencies world-wide, share new videos of recent projects, and lead attendees on a tour of her site-specific installation. The program is free to Harwood Museum Alliance Members and the UNM community, or $8 for general admission. Horton-Trippe will also hold an open studio on Sunday, Aug. 5, 1-4 p.m.
Painter and multi-media artist Horton-Trippe graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1977 with a Master of Fine Arts in video and installation. The artist intended to study painting, however changed her focus after reading the banner which hung outside the university art building proclaiming: “Painting is Dead.” Despite being formally trained in video and studying in Paris with Man June Paik and later Gary Hill, Horton-Trippe has remained a painter, resulting in projects which embrace varied mediums and methods.
During a summer residency at the Harwood, Horton-Trippe is exploring place as a means for inspiration. A resident of Santa Fe, Horton-Trippe seeks to spend time away from her home base in artist residencies. “Every few years it is important to my creative process to travel to parts unknown and to capture the essence, the substance of the place. Taos is just that – inspiring, unique, with amazing light and exquisitely strong history,” she said.
In Taos, Horton-Trippe is finding influence by place – and not just place in the abstract, but the Harwood building, which she claims is inhabited by a full-time ghost whose presence becomes known in the evening hours, curtailing her studio work right after 9 p.m. and creating the smell of rabbit skin glue. Researching the Harwood building, Horton-Trippe believes this spirit is that of Smith Simpson, the original owner of the Ledoux Street complex who came to Taos with Kit Carson.
As with her past residencies, Horton-Trippe has allowed her new environment to reveal inspiration. In the case of the Harwood, the building itself is becoming part of the artwork in an installation Horton-Trippe is creating. “These installations are very site-specific and motivated by the ghost and by this history of the place,” she said.
For more information call (505) 758-9826 ext. 105 or visit Harwood Museum.
Media Contact: Lucy Perera-Adams, (505) 758-9826, ext. 105; e-mail: lperera@aol.com
U.S. Department of Education offers matching endowment
For 27 years, UNM-Los Alamos has helped educate the future leaders of Northern New Mexico. To further the campus’s goal of making college education available to every student regardless of income, a mantanza scholarship fundraiser will be held on Sunday, July 29, noon-4 p.m. at the Bernalillo Wine Festival Grounds.
The U.S. Department of Education has offered to provide UNM-Los Alamos with a $90,000 scholarship endowment if UNM-Los Alamos can match the contribution within five years.
The matanza, a traditional Mexican feast, will feature food, wine and entertainment. It will also celebrate the retirements of Carlos Ramirez, UNM-Los Alamos executive director, Debbie Valdez, UNM-Los Alamos campus resources director, Arsenio Cordova, UNM-Los Alamos faculty, and Susan Rinaldi, Bernalillo Elementary School teacher.
Tickets are $25 general, $15 students, or free for children under 12. For more information call (505) 771-4071 or (800) 894-5919, ext. 330.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
For Anselmo Torres-Arizmendi, it’s been a long journey from his first day at UNM in 1998 as a master’s degree student w