Student enrollment increased 7.3 percent for the 2010 spring semester over last year, according to the Division of Enrollment Management. Total student enrollment at UNM is now 26,148.
UNM community members who feel they’ve made the world a more peaceful place should consider nominating themselves for the Paul Ré Peace Prize. Candidates must be UNM students, faculty, staff members or retirees, and their work should promote or demonstrate their commitment to inner and global serenity, Ré said. “Peace is just a kind of health … a mental and emotional and spiritual health.
The New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee is putting New Mexico’s largest universities under the magnifying glass.
An illegal dishwasher at La Posada forced residents to eat their food on disposable plates, cups and plastic utensils.
Daily Lobo: How many classes are you taking? Robert Moya: I’m only taking two right now. DL: What are they? RM: I’m taking an art studio class and an art history class. DL: Why are you taking them? RM: I was planning on pursuing an undergraduate degree in architecture, but I decided to go with undergraduate art and pursue a master’s in architecture later on. DL: So have you just started? RM: No, I’ve been sort of going to UNM on and off for three years or so.
UNM’s Public Interest Research Group is asking for student funds to assist them in recruiting statewide students for their organization and becoming a part of the larger PIRG community.
SANTA FE — New Mexico legislators were greeted Monday with a visit from several University departments and organizations for UNM Day. Fearing harsh budget cuts, the University put on its first-ever presentation to exemplify the value of the work done and opportunities provided at UNM.
It has been 60 years since the first class of UNM School of Law students graduated. To celebrate, the school is creating a colorful book recognizing 60 special people, accomplishments or legislation, named 60 for 60. “It’s more than just a book,” School of Law archivist David Myers said.
The UNM Athletics Department requested more than $1 million of student fees at the Student Fee Review Board hearing Saturday, but the Department could not outline how the money would be allocated.
Starting a new chapter each semester doesn’t have to be so expensive. Representatives from Samees’s Textbooks said they have been selling UNM textbooks for less than the UNM Bookstore since 2008. Students from CNM and UNM have bought books from Samees’s Textbookssaid Brian Yu, Samees’s Textbooks manager, but he refused to say how much his sales have increased.
Graduate and professional students have the next four days to share their opinions about the UNM Athletics administration. The GPSA decided in late-December to have a “no-confidence” vote in Athletics Director Paul Krebs and his handling of the Sept.
Being bitten by a viper in Barcelona over the summer left Eva Dameron with a 30 percent chance to live. If she can handle that, she can handle being the new editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. She showed up on the first day in her bathrobe to encourage a fun and comfortable working environment. “I didn’t want to worry too much on my first day, so my bathrobe is to remind me to not panic and that everything will work out,” she said. The Publications Board appointed Dameron as editor-in-chief Friday.
About six months ago, a female UNM student walked into Care Net Pregnancy Center on Candelaria Avenue expecting to get a pregnancy test.
On Wednesday, Jan.13, Iraq war veteran Kenneth Ellis was killed in a confrontation with Albuquerque police officers.
On top of wrestling with the budgetary deficit during the legislative session, New Mexico policymakers need to find time to confirm Regent Jamie Koch for another six-year term. Staff Council President Elisha Allen said Koch’s reappointment is probable.
Two break-ins in a month at the Student Support and Success Center resulted in thousands of dollars in damage, and the alleged thieves had access to confidential student information. Kathleen Sena, the University registrar, said academic transcripts and other documents containing sensitive student information could potentially have been left on the printer and in open bins in their printer room, which was visited by thieves during a break-in Dec.
College Republicans focused on educating students about New Mexico candidates and issues at their welcome back week booth in the SUB ballroom Wednesday.
More than 200 UNM students and community members came to the UNM School of Law last Thursday to decide which Democratic lieutenant governor candidate they would support.
Mitchell Hall is now open – new, improved and odorless. “We believe we got that (the smell) taken care off,” said Jep Choate, an associate registrar.
The Haitian government is bracing for an estimated 200,000 deaths, and organizations like the Red Cross, Partners in Health and Doctors without Borders are in Haiti providing limited aid.
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