The Small Business Institute (SBI) at the Anderson School of Management gives students a hands-on experience in meticulously preparing strategic plans, financial analyses and conducting marketing research studies for local small businesses and non-profit organizations. An inaugural study of SBI was conducted by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) between 2014 and 2015.
Students gathered at the UNM Duck Pond on Thursday night to support Orlando with love and candlelight following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Rainbow flags adorned the west end of Zimmerman Library, luminarias were placed around the Duck Pond and pictures of all 49 victims were displayed by audience members, as the slogan “We Stand Together” united LGBTQ community members and supporters.
The fight for racial justice by local Native American advocacy groups remains unsealed as UNM held a public forum over the controversial symbol. The Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) held a forum to gather community input on whether the official UNM seal should be changed.
On Sunday, the last day of Albuquerque Pride 2016, Albuquerque citizens and UNM students gathered at Morningside Park, between Central and Lead Avenues, to mourn and honor the 49 killed and 53 injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Benjamin Abbott is a graduate student, anarchist revolutionary on the streets, science fiction author and genderqueer transhumanist visionary. Ze majored in creative writing and history with a minor in zoology at North Carolina State University and has a master's in history from UNM. Abbott identifies with queer anarchism specifically and queer radicalism more broadly and has mixed feelings about the mainstream LGBTQ movement, ze said.
The LGBTQ Resource Center opened in August of 2010 thanks to dedicated students who wanted a place on campus to ensure the visibility of LGBTQ students and staff on campus. Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos, founding director of the Resource Center, said it was started for students who wanted a space that represented them. These self-organized students were members of the Queer Straight Alliance, a student group founded in 2008. QSA continues to be active on UNM’s campus, organizing an annual drag show in the fall semester as well as work to educate the UNM community and support students.
On Saturday, thousands of New Mexican citizens came together on Central Avenue between Girard Boulevard and San Pedro Drive to usher in a new year of LGBTQ activism and acknowledgement. Men, women, children, motorcyclists, police officers, high heels, platform boots and rainbow tutus were all warmly welcomed, as the local LGBTQ community and its supporters paraded eastward through Nob Hill, to the final PrideFest destination at Expo New Mexico.
June 26 will mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling legitimizing the legal status of same sex marriage nationwide. UNM Sociology Chair Richard Wood said witnessing the success of the decades long LGBTQ movement in America - culminating in last year’s monumental Supreme Court ruling - has been “phenomenal”.
"Does UNM Accommodate the LGBTQ community?" Brian Vote, 2nd year, MBA “I think so.
The UNM Board of Regents expressed concern and disagreement this past Friday morning over further cuts to Health Science Center (HSC) programs. Faculty, professors and several students were present for just over two hours in the Student Union Building to hear out programs, approvals and nominations across the University.
Janet Shiver, who had been acting as interim chair for the Department of Communication and Journalism, has resigned after expressing frustration to colleagues about the inadequate internal working of the department. Shiver's resignation, in which she also left her post as lecturer, also comes the department suspending its external search for a new full-time chair following the retirement of Karen Foss in early 2015. “It is no secret that the C&J Department is fraught with its share of problems,” Shiver last Saturday wrote in an email to department faculty informing of her impending resignation.
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning hosted an opening ceremony for the Women of the Americas (The Academy), an international program intended to expedite research and leadership skills, as well as increase the amount of undergrad women pursuing a career in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and architecture (STEM+A) fields.
UNM was one of about 70 voting locations across the county for Tuesday's primary election, the result of which saw former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump garner statewide victories in their respective parties.
Last month UNM established an official partnership with Indian Health Services (IHS), in an effort to further combat the opioid-misuse epidemic plaguing the nation - notably within the Native American community - who are disproportionately affected by instances of opiate abuse in people 12 years and older. The partnership utilizes ProjectECHO, a telehealth service provided by UNM.
UNM nearly named its new Center for Water Governance Studies after a Mexican government official, before discovering that the individual in question abused his position. According to the New York Times, David Korenfeld was forced to resign his post as head of the National Water Commission in Mexico (CONAGUA) after photo evidence emerged of him using government property for personal use.
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The world continues to mourn the passing of boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, who at age 74 succumbed to complications from Parkinson's Friday evening. Here are some of Ali's most recognizable quotes that college students can relate to, for better or for worse:
UNMH's Advanced Life Planning Task Force takes the necessary steps to ensure people meet their end in comfort and piece of mind. As far as proper preparation goes, there’s more to death than just dying, said Anne Simpson, M.D., director of the Institute for Ethics at UNM Health Sciences Center. Dr. Simpson is a chief proponent of the institute’s Advanced Life Planning Task Force, an ad hoc committee devoted to spreading education on end-of-life matters.
Nasha Torrez will be the new Dean of Students at UNM, effective June 1st. Torrez said she had an excellent experience as an undergrad and graduate student at UNM and she hopes to replicate that experience for other students. “I have a deep commitment and enthusiasm to not only the University but the state so I hope that’s something I can share with students.” As Dean of Students, Torrez said she will work hard while being as accessible and transparent as possible to students. “I came up through UNM as a student, and to have this opportunity is just unbelievably special. It’s a real honor,” she said.
As the rally in support of visiting presidential candidate and supremely divisive figure Donald Trump drew to a close, the tension from individuals protesting some of his sentiments were just beginning to heat up. Early on in the evening protestors played bongos, trumpets and chanted “Si se puede!” The evening turned rowdy, but many protestors were able to voice their opinions peacefully before things got too rowdy.
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