Legislature moves two lottery bills
Two bills that could affect UNM’s lottery scholarship recipients are making headway in the state Legislature.
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Two bills that could affect UNM’s lottery scholarship recipients are making headway in the state Legislature.
If the capital outlay bill circulating the legislature is approved, UNM will receive $500,000 to complete design and planning of the Interdisciplinary Science Education Building that has been in the works for years.
UNM President Bob Frank delivered words of praise about the numerous financial donations and community partnerships between the University and Nusenda, the new name for the former New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union, at an unveiling of the new sign at its Lomas location across from campus on Tuesday.
UNM’s Young Americans for Freedom rallied on Thursday to celebrate the recent failure of state legislation that would limit citizens’ access to firearms.
Educators from across the state rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest legislative proposals dealing with third grade retention rates, changes to the teacher licensure process and the proposed right-to-work law.
Karen Foss, chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism, will be retiring in August after having held various positions at UNM since 1993.
Grant McGimpsey, one of four candidates up for the position of UNM vice president of research, talked at an open forum held in the SUB on Tuesday about the important role research plays at universities.
UNM students, faculty, staff and alumni boosted awareness of the University’s accomplishments and lobbied legislators on issues that affect higher education, at UNM Day at the capitol on Monday.
Most people who watched Schoolhouse Rock as kids understand the basic process by which a bill becomes state law: the bill passes through the House of Representatives and the Senate committees, is voted on, and is then approved by the governor. UNM’s Office of Government Relations, however, is involved with the more nuanced process that comes beforehand to familiarize legislators with issues important to the University community.
New Mexico is one of six western states — the others being Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada and Idaho — calling for the transfer of federal public lands to state control. The bill introduced to the New Mexico Legislature this year is asking for an interim study commission to simply investigate the issue further.
Students representing every graduate school in the state advocated for higher education and presented their research and scholarship to lawmakers at the Roundhouse on Friday.
On Monday New Mexico legislators joined with UNM men’s basketball coach Craig Neal to support “Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Week,” an American Cancer Society awareness campaign.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez focused on education, economy and improving the lives of New Mexico’s children in her fifth State of the State Address on Tuesday.
The Alumni Association has announced the recipients of this year’s winter awards.
The three new members of the Board of Regents appointed by Gov. Susana Martinez last month are waiting to be approved by the New Mexico State Senate during this year’s legislative session.
A Truman Scholar and human rights activist is the second consecutive UNM student to be awarded the Marshall Scholarship, allowing him free graduate-level study at any institution in the United Kingdom.
The last segment of this semester’s “Meeting of the Minds” art conversation series is centered on photographer David Maisel’s Black Maps collection and will be held on Thursday at noon in the UNM Art Museum.
Zach Gallegos, a graduate Earth and planetary science student, is intent on being a member of the first astronaut team to establish a permanent colony on Mars.
By Marielle Dent
UNM is considering an end to its investments in fossil fuels as a way of showing the University’s commitment to sustainability, thanks to a very successful petition that’s circulating on campus by the Fossil Free campaign.