Meet the Presidential Candidates: Daniel L¢pez
Caleb Fort | January 31New Mexico Tech President Daniel L¢pez, a candidate for president of UNM, visited campus Tuesday to meet with students, staff and faculty. Candidate Meredith Hay will visit campus Thursday. Here's a look at each of Tuesday's meetings: Students About 70 students attended the meeting with L¢pez, where he discussed diversity and his successes and failures. Minorities should have full access to education, he said. "The issue is, how do you utilize human capital?" he said. "Not so long ago, we really discouraged women from going to college and getting careers. Can you imagine what would have happened to the country's work force if we had a system that disenfranchised half the population?" In order get more diverse faculty members, UNM has to graduate more minority students, he said.
