Improper transferring of credit hours for branch campus students and understanding the branches' roles at UNM are problems the Board of Regents has been working to solve in recent years. Along with members of the board, officials from the Taos and Gallup branches say they are concerned with issues for students of the four branch campuses.
Campus Students results for West Nile return negative An official from the UNM Student Health Center said several students who were tested for West Nile Virus can breathe a little easier, after test results came back as negative. Ron Besante, the center's nurse manager, could not confirm how many students were tested, but as of Aug.
Howard Smith said he is stepping down as dean of the Anderson Schools of Management because of potential reaccredidation headaches in the coming years and to pursue other professional interests. Smith will end a 10-year run as head of UNM's business school in May 2004.
UNM became the 272nd institution of higher learning to instate an Army branch of Reserve Officer Training Corps Thursday, a mutually beneficial decision for both the community and the future of the country's military, said University President Louis Caldera.
The Center for Academic Program Support, a free service offering student tutoring in most 100-200 level classes, is making a strong effort to ease the transition and help students adjust to the rigors of university academics. Karen Olson, CAPS program manager since 1993, said an average of about 60 student tutors are available annually for students needing help in most subjects.
The first of six televised, sanctioned Democratic presidential debates in the young campaign season Thursday turned into an across-the-board condemnation of President Bush's economic and foreign policies. "We should never have gone into Iraq without the support of NATO and the U.
If there was one thing UNM community members had in common with the eight democratic presidential candidates who debated at Popejoy Hall last night, it was that everyone wanted to speak their mind. "We could not buy the kind of publicity the University of New Mexico got from this debate," said Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo Torres.
by Clay Holtzman and Jeff Proctor Daily Lobo Party officials bore the lion's share of the organizational duties for Thursday's Democratic presidential debate, but that's not to say the UNM community didn't make its own contributions. The entire Center for the Arts was closed for the event, classes were canceled and a perimeter was established around the building - prohibiting access to all but ticket holders, workers and media.
On Jan. 3, 2002, Juan Melendez, who was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery and first-degree murder, was exonerated of the charges after spending nearly 18 years on death row. He told his story of resilience, courage and forgiveness in a lecture Thursday at the Aquinas Newman Center.
Supervisor reports possible embezzlement A supervisor in University Hospital's Department of Family and Community Medicine reported a case of suspected embezzlement to campus police Aug. 22. A former employee, who was terminated 18 months ago, reportedly committed the alleged crime.
Enthusiastic freshmen, parents, faculty and administrators gathered in the SUB Ballroom for the Freshman Convocation, the first of what will be an annual tradition, given by University President Louis Caldera yesterday afternoon. Click here for a transcript of President Caldera's Speech Caldera said the convocation was intended to rally first-year students to use to their advantage the many resources and opportunities at UNM while in college.
A 42-foot-tall monstrosity will burn into the night sky over Santa Fe tonight, taking with it the past year's glooms and despair of the chanting crowd below. Will Shuster's Zozobra, an effigy of "old man gloom" that has become part of New Mexico's culture since its inception in 1924, is named after the Santa Fe artist who began the annual tradition that sets off the Fiestas de Santa Fe.
ASUNM got off to a quick start yesterday in its first full Senate meeting of the fall semester. With very little on their agenda, senators were able to end the session in about an hour, a welcome change to years past when Senate meetings could drag on for hours.
UNM President Louis Caldera has announced he plans a massive reorganization of the University's Internal Audit Department, and he said the changes are not in response to any particular event or audit at the school. Caldera said he wants the department to take a more proactive approach in dealing with situations on campus in hopes that the stronger presence will negate potential problems.
Freshmen Convocation Address Louis Caldera Wednesday, September 03, 2003 SUB Ballroom Welcome to the University of New Mexico. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address you, the Class of 2007, as you begin your collegiate studies here at UNM. We've attempted to gather you all here today for the first time as a class in order to congratulate you on the fine work you have done to date that has earned you a spot at this university.
by Keri Burson Daily Lobo While many freshmen have prepared themselves for the stress and hustle associated with college life, some don't realize they might end up with a little more than they expected - around the waist. The infamous "freshman 15," or the 15 lbs.
The U.S. Department of Education issued a letter late last month to universities across the nation reminding them that campus speech regulations should not infringe upon First Amendments rights. The letter, written by Gerald Reynolds, Office of Civil rights assistant secretary, outlines how universities should act during on-campus protests or any other time members of the university community are expressing their freedom of speech.
Although the new Student Union Building first opened its doors on campus in July, UNM observed the building's official opening yesterday at a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring comments from the University and student leaders. "We finally have our building back," ASUNM President Jennifer Onuska told a crowd gathered outside the SUB's north entrance.
A graduate student in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department was killed Monday night after being hit by a car while walking through a campus-area neighborhood. Elodie Brenas, 21, was a French transfer student who was preparing for her first semester as a teaching assistant for the French program.
Staff Report More than 79,000 New Mexicans suffer from asthma, and the recent ranking of Albuquerque as the seventh most challenging city in the country for people stricken with the disease has UNM researchers looking for answers. The ranking, by the Microsoft Network's Web site, cites years of lenient smoking laws and a high asthma mortality rate as reasons for the high ranking.
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