The UNM Anderson School of Management is hosting a golf tournament, 'Golf 4 Grads,' on Sunday, Oct. 26 at the UNM Championship Golf Course. The Sun Country Amateur Golf Association golf tournament is designed to support the Dwight Tweed Scholarship Fund. Participants can register online at the tournament web site, www.golf4grads.com or by telephone, (505) 803-7213.
Early-bird registration (Oct. 12) is $75. Regular rates apply after for $85. If any spots are still available, on-site registration will also be held for $100. Space is limited for the tournament.
The tournament format includes an 18-hole shotgun start with two-person teams in a red, white and blue scramble. Included as part of the registration fee are is a round of golf at the UNM Championship Golf Course, one golf cart per team, bucket of practice range balls and a sleeve of tournament balls.
Since its inception in 1984 by Mr. and Mrs. Max Webb, the Dwight Teed Scholarship Fund honor's the memory of Dwight Teed. Teed served as an original Sun Country Board of Director. The fund has been distributing needed funds to worthy recipients for more than 20 years.
Currently the Scholarship Fund allocates four $1,500 scholarships to students that achieved excellence in the classroom, present themselves as excellent citizens, have a connection with the game of golf, need financial assistance and are come highly recommended by credible sources. The fund is not dependant upon golfing ability, but rather an award of excellence encouraging the student to continue his or her involvement in school and golf.
One hundred percent of the proceeds go to benefit the scholarship and any donation made to this charity event is tax-deductible.
The University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute presents a conference, "Fostering a Mentoring Culture in the 21st Century,” on Wednesday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Oct. 24, beginning at 11 a.m. in the UNM Student Union Building. The conference focuses on bringing better practices and research to higher education, while presenting professional development opportunities to researchers and professionals involved in mentoring in higher education.
Photo: Nora Dominguez, director, Mentoring Institute
The aim of the conference will be to create a collaborative environment, said Nora Domínguez, director of the Mentoring Institute. “There are 136 mentoring programs at UNM. We provide a more collaborative environment where we can share experiences and practices,” she said.
W. Brad Johnson, associate professor of psychology at the United States Naval Academy, is the keynote speaker. He has written more than 80 articles and book chapters and authored nine books in the areas of ethical behavior, mentor relationships and counseling including: “Write to the Top: How to be a Prolific Academic,” “On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty” and “The Elements of Mentoring.”
Registration fees, which include three lunches, are set at $200 for faculty, staff and professionals and $150 for full-time college and graduate students. To register, visit http://mentor.unm.edu/conference.html. For a complete schedule of events visit http://mentor.unm.edu/general_agenda.html.
Story by Jazmen Bradford
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Jeffrey Piper, UNM Professor of Trumpet and International Trumpet Guild President, will present The International Trumpet Guild Honorary Award to The Louis Armstrong House and Archives in Corona, New York Thursday, Oct. 16, at 1 p.m. Founded in 1974, The International Trumpet Guild promotes communications among trumpet players around the world, and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching and literature associated with the trumpet.
Photo: Jeffrey Piper, professor of Music
ITG’s more than 6,000 members represent 64 countries and include professional and amateur performers, teachers, students, manufacturers, publishers, and others interested in belonging to an organization dedicated to the trumpet profession.
In the early to middle 1980s, the ITG adopted a policy of awarding an official “ITG Honorary Award.” The ITG Honorary Award is given to those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the art of trumpet playing. These contributions are through performance, teaching, publishing, research, and/or composition. The tradition has been to award persons only toward the end of their careers, rather than at the beginning or height of their careers. The ITG Honorary Award is not given every year in an effort to maintain the highest prestige of the award; the board of directors has been extremely selective regarding nominees and recipients.
Piper began a search for a recipient after learning of the existence of the award from past presidents Stephen Chenette and Stephen Jones. After three years of research and fact-finding, Piper found the Louis Armstrong House and Archives.
The first award recipients were Roger Voisin, Maurice Andre, and Louis Armstrong (later awards have included Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillispie, Clark Terry, Philip Smith, Mel Broiles, and Adolf Herseth). Then-President Stephen Jones was unable to find heirs or a suitable home for the award.
Students taking part in this year’s UNM Technology Business Plan Competition will learn more about constructing solid financial projections for high-technology startup firms than in previous years. This time around, at least one member from each team competing in the competition needs to attend three seminars presenting guidelines and helpful tips for business plan financials.
The first of three required seminars on Financial Projections for Startups will take place on Friday, Oct. 24 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in GSM 117 (Anderson Graduate School of Management Building). Lunch will be provided and participants are required to RSVP to bayley@mgt.unm.edu or 277-6172.
This seminar will also be offered on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, though attendance this month will allow teams additional time to integrate what they have learned into their financial statements. Team members are welcome to attend both sessions for extra support. Soundness of financial projections and reasoning will be a major judging criterion in the competition.
The other required sessions will be offered on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 (or Friday, Feb. 27, 2009) and Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 (or Friday, March 6, 2009).
The UNM Technology Business Plan Competition is designed to encourage UNM students from any UNM school or college to collaborate on teams that commercialize technology products developed at UNM, Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos National Lab, or elsewhere in the state.
These student-owned startup firms bring inventions from lab to market and boost economic development in New Mexico. Top prize for the competition is the $25,000 Michael Gallegos Prize for Entrepreneurship. TVC Lockheed Martin sponsors the $10,000 second place prize, and vSpring Capital offers the third place $5,000 prize.
In additional to prize money, competing teams are eligible for venture capital seed funding and will be given the opportunity to compete in other business plan competitions.
The University of New Mexico College of Nursing has selected Dr. Alyce Schultz to receive the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award. Schultz earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from UNM in 1980 and her master of science in nursing in 1983. In 1990, she completed her doctorate in nursing at Oregon Health & Science University.
Photo: Dr. Alyce Schultz
Schultz’s nursing career has focused on nursing research and evidence-based nursing practice. She began her career as a nurse researcher at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine and for 12 years, served as their director of the Center for Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes.
Schultz has recently retired as the associate director of the Center for Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice and clinical professor at Arizona State University. She has since formed her own consulting company for evidence-based practice and clinical research at the bedside, Alyce A. Schultz & Associates, LLC.
As a nationally recognized nurse researcher, Schultz has shared her knowledge with nursing students as a nurse mentor and educator. She has promoted evidence-based practice and has guided fellow clinicians to conduct research geared for daily practice.
The UNM CON is a fully accredited component of the UNM Health Sciences Center. With over 50 years of service, the UNM CON has been a vital resource to the state of New Mexico. The College offers a full range of superior programs in traditional areas while addressing the special needs of highly diverse populations with thoughtfully designed programs to make nursing education available to everyone in the state. For more information, visit http://hsc.unm.edu/consg/.
Town hall part of Albuquerque Spotlight by “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”
On Sunday, Oct. 12, KNME-TV will present a live Town Hall Meeting moderated by “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez at the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium. The event will be broadcast live on KUNM-FM, 89.9, and streamed live on KNME’s Web site at: New Mexico In Focus.
The topic of the Town Hall will be “What Role will New Mexico and the Media Play in the Upcoming Presidential Election?” The panelists for the event include:
• Lonna Atkeson - Political Science Professor, UNM
• Gabriel Sanchez - UNM Political Science Professor, Racial & Ethnic Politics
• Gene Grant - Co-Host of KNME’s “New Mexico in Focus” and Albuquerque Journal columnist
• Delbert E. Carrillo - Teacher, Valley High School
• Jeff Jones - Albuquerque Journal Political Reporter
• Joe Monahan - Blogger, joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com
• Steve Seth - Teacher, Highland High School
Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. and the event will be from 3-4 p.m. For more information, please call 277-2121.
This event is part of a focus on Albuquerque by “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” Thanks in part to the importance that New Mexico will play in the upcoming presidential election, Albuquerque, the state of New Mexico, and the University of New Mexico will be featured on the acclaimed PBS news show, “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” from Monday, Oct. 13 through Friday, Oct. 17 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Senior Correspondents Ray Suarez and Judy Woodruff will bring “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” to the KNME-TV studios during this week to examine New Mexico’s role in the election.
Albuquerque is only the second “Spotlight City” the NewsHour has chosen to cover during the 2008 election. The NewsHour will examine the crucial role Albuquerque and New Mexico will play in the 2008 presidential election, as well as profiling the contributions Albuquerque is making in business, science, healthcare, education, and the arts. Additional stories will cover the topics of economic disparity, voting machines, get out the vote efforts for Native Americans, New Mexico politics, and the economy.