UNM Press will fire three employees on April 30, citing budgetary shortfalls and the economic downturn. The Provost's Office has asked UNM Press, a publishing and distribution company for New Mexico publications, to consider outsourcing to prevent further financial problems, which could threaten other jobs.
The candidates for Graduate and Professional Student Association president will face off in two debates today. The first debate is at noon in the SUB. UNM's Public Interest Research Group will host the second debate at 5 p.m. at El Centro de la Raza in Mesa Vista Hall.
Students who created video games as part of their final projects for a computer graphics class may sell their games to Microsoft. John Harger, Jeremy Wright, Craig Vineyard, and Justin Kellogg all spent about six weeks creating Xbox games for professor Pradeep Sen's 400-level class.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What do you think about a global currency, such as what China proposed this week? Matthew Reisen Junior Economics "You wouldn't have the exchange rates, but at the same time, people would have a problem with their nation not having their own currency.. I think it has to do with culture, you know, as well as the economy.
UNM has found a commencement speaker. Antonio Flores, president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, has been selected to replace former Mexican President Vicente Fox, whose commencement speech was canceled. Some on campus had expressed outrage at the selection of Vicente Fox as speaker.
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.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Traditionally, the Santa Ana Star Center is used to house New Mexico Scorpions hockey games. On Wednesday, there wasn't a zamboni in sight, and the venue was transformed into a hardwood haven. But with the way the UNM women's basketball team shot in the first half, it seemed like there was still a layer of ice below the stained floors.
Students passing by the Duck Pond on Wednesday might have noticed uneven tombstones rising above the lush grass in the sunny afternoon. Students gathered to pay their last respects to textbooks that the Bookstore will not buy back because they are not the most recent edition.
UNM will see about $11.7 million in state cutbacks, but student services have been spared, said Marc Saavedra, UNM director of Government and Community Relations. The $11.7 million is a 3.5 percent cut in state appropriations to UNM. This is a victory for the University, Saavedra said, because original forecasts were for a 5 percent to 7 percent cut, and other states' universities are facing between 10 and 20 percent cuts in appropriations.
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