Sensing the urgency of the Lottery Scholarship’s solvency issue, state and student officials convened at the Student Union Building to discuss possible solutions Saturday morning. The summit was organized by the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico.
Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates have turned their attention to higher education in the city. Incumbent Richard Berry said he worked with UNM officials during his first term to help college students. And he said he aims to continue his efforts in a possible second term.
A new building is UNM’s next step in promoting interactive learning among undergraduates. University officials gathered at the Collaborative Teaching and Learning Building (CTLB) on Thursday to celebrate the building’s opening.
The UNM Art, Research, Technology and Science (ARTS) Laboratory recently earned an international award for innovation in research and teaching shared by only five universities.
With the solvency issue still looming over the Lottery Scholarship, the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico continues to ask students for suggestions about how to ensure the scholarship’s long-term survival.
Despite a University policy, homeless people sleeping on UNM’s Albuquerque campus continue to be a problem for police and groundskeeping.
UNM’s effort to centralize Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial startup scene finally goes to the Board of Regents. At a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday, UNM President Robert Frank talked about the project Innovate ABQ.
The University continues to work on a new budget model this semester. UNM President Robert Frank said the administration is currently devising the Results Oriented Management (ROM) budget model to create a more “dynamic” way of allocating money to University departments.
Officials discuss yet again a plan for a north-south Bus Rapid Transit route through UNM, Central New Mexico Community College and the Sunport corridor Tuesday.
ASUNM senators discussed Wednesday a resolution that would make it easier for students with no Social Security number to pay for their education. Various students showed up at the meeting to advocate for Resolution 26F.
On Sept. 1, a UNMPD officer received a station report about a male subject “approaching a female multiple times,” according to the report. The woman allegedly told police that an African American male approached her on Sept. 1 near Satellite Coffee on Central.
Not for the first time, Albuquerque residents raised placards and took to the streets against military intervention in Syria. This time, they rallied outside a United States senator’s office.
Justin St. Germain said he drew from personal early life stories set in the Southwest to make his memoir shine. “Son of a Gun,” which hit the shelves last month, tells the story of the life and death of St. Germain’s mother Debbie, who was allegedly killed by St. Germain’s stepfather in his hometown of Tombstone, Ariz. Divided into two parts, the book is both a narration and an investigation of the event.
A new website allows students to stay on top of their degree completion on the go. The new site called Degree Plans gives students a list of courses necessary to complete a given degree plan in four years as well as a by-semester schedule of those courses. The project started development in May and was released Aug. 15. UNM Associate Provost for Curriculum Greg Heileman, one of the coordinators for the project, said the application involved many different departments.
UNM’s Health Sciences Center will have to seek more money from the state Legislature next year. At a meeting held Friday afternoon, the UNM Hospital Board of Directors approved a $9.5 million increase in the HSC’s funding request to the Legislature.
On Aug. 27, Bernalillo County became the third county in New Mexico to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses. How do you feel about the county court’s decision to allow same-sex marriage in Albuquerque and in the rest of the county?
The Obama administration’s proposal for a military strike on Syria has not swayed students at UNM. A protest held at the UNM Bookstore on Friday demonstrated the University community’s skepticism of Obama’s plan.
Voter registration for the Oct. 8 Albuquerque mayor election ends tomorrow, but incumbent Richard Berry has just fired the starting gun for his campaign.
In 2000, Abby Johnson had a surgical abortion. Still a college student at the time, she was afraid that having a baby would ruin her future. When she became pregnant by the same man in 2003, Johnson had an abortion again.
Based on personal experience, bussing tables for minimum wage can be very frustrating, especially when you’re a college student with big dreams. But before getting that professional desk job, students have to undergo an application process more rigorous than filling out a simple application
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