The Higher Learning Commission will visit UNM next week to evaluate the University for accreditation. UNM was last evaluated in 1999 and received re-accreditation for 10 years, with no interim reports or additional visits required. The University has been accredited through the North Central Association since 1922.
The economic crisis has struck UNM on several fronts. First, it will drive tuition increases by more than 5 percent for New Mexicans and around 10 percent for out-of-state students. This is only one more jump in the price of education for students; we have seen the cost of tuition rise at UNM since 2002.
Editor, My name is Evan Harris, and I am writing to announce my candidacy for ASUNM vice president. Elections are April 15, so I will be tabling around campus as much as possible over the next two weeks. I encourage everyone who decides to vote in the ASUNM elections to come talk to me before casting their ballot.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - No amount of preparation for Danielle McCray could help the UNM women's basketball team slow down the Kansas star. The Jayhawks prevailed 78-69, ending the Lobos' NIT run in the quarterfinals and ending Angela Hartill and Amanda Adamson's careers at UNM.
Editor, This is in response to Friday's column, "The deceit of Obama's drug war." America's drug crusade has a 94-year record of abject failure. Since drug prohibition began in 1914, the drug warriors have not produced one positive result from their drug bans.
It was the right combination of a "rock song, a chill song, a pop song and an ill song" that earned Asper Kourt the crown in Saturday's battle of the bands, the band's guitarist said. Nate Boitano, a UNM student, said the band's rock/folk sound gave the band an edge over the competition.
Downloadable content is a wonderful idea - when it works. On consoles, it works great. Every system is exactly the same, and the system of delivery for content is consistent and unified. When people buy "The Lost and Damned," they know it will work with their copy of "Grand Theft Auto IV.
New Mexico's interest in educational employee retirement is quickly changing in light of the state's desperate need to save money. House Bill 854, awaiting Gov. Bill Richardson's signature, would save the state $42.6 million this year, $9.6 million of which comes from reducing the employer contribution to higher education workers' retirement funds by 1.
The UNM softball team, 9-23, is in the midst of an 11-game losing streak and still has problems with inconsistency in its pitching. Following this trend, the Lobos were swept by Texas State over the weekend, losing two on Saturday, 9-8 and 4-1. Despite the two losses, the Lobos seemed to come out re-energized on Sunday, but fell 8-4 in the third game of the series.
Editor, I believe in freedom of speech, but it amazes me why the Daily Lobo would waste paper and ink printing the inane letter to the editor from Ralph Bachli in Wednesday's Daily Lobo. His point is that "President David Schmidly is perfectly aligned with our future prosperity as part of a global community.
President Obama has challenged all Americans to overcome the stale debates that have paralyzed progress on education so that we can offer every child everywhere in this country the chance to out-compete any worker anywhere in the world. That is a central mission of the budget Obama is submitting to Congress.
Land grant heirs have seen several laws pass in the last four years that will aid in their fight for property rights, but there is still room for improvement, said Juan Sanchez, president of the New Mexico Land Grant Council. The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute Land Grant Studies Program hosted a panel discussion in Zimmerman Library on Friday, titled "Land Grants: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects.
Half a dozen enraged New Mexicans clung to homemade posters and shivered outside of Tom Udall's Downtown office on Friday. The group, brought together by Stop the War Machine, gathered in outrage over what they said was the misuse of federal bailout money and poor representation of the New Mexican population in Washington, D.
UNM will save about $1.5 million by switching its employees over to a self-insurance plan, according to the University. The Board of Regents voted March 20 to move the University's health benefits to a self-insurance plan, with the goal of maintaining current standards of care for faculty and staff and keeping health care premiums low.
Two UNM organizations are teaming up for this semester's Health Care Awareness Week to help students become more aware of health care policies. The Public Interest Research Group and Associated Students for Empowerment have organized activities every day this week to promote health and awareness of students with disabilities.
A win on Saturday didn't appear to be in the picture for the UNM baseball team. But the Lobos put on their rally caps in a five-run seventh inning to boost UNM over BYU 9-5. The Lobos notched a 2-1 series win over the Cougs. Mike Brownstein had to hit a pitch if the UNM baseball team was going to salvage a win on Saturday at Isotopes Park.
It took the entire 40 minutes for the UNM women's basketball team to pull out its 65-61 win over Oregon State on Friday in the Santa Ana Star Center. The win puts the Lobos in the quarterfinals of the Women's National Invitational Tournament, where they will face Kansas on Monday.
FastInfo, the UNM online information knowledge database, is splitting in two on Sunday. The current FastInfo will remain online but will offer information relevant only to staff, faculty and retirees. A Web site called StudentInfo, at StudentInfo.unm.edu, will contain information specifically for students.
Eighty-four enrollment management employees are moving to the Student Success Center on South Campus, leaving 21 employees to handle the needs of more than 20,000 students on Main Campus. Carmen Alvarez Brown, vice president of Enrollment Management, said the 21 employees are cross-trained financial aid specialists who will be able to complete financial aid transactions on-site before sending the paperwork to South Campus.
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