Donald H. Salazar says that he would like to serve the UNM Board of Regents with distinction and wants to be known as a hard-working public servant. Salazar, who has been a practicing attorney in the private sector for more than 30 years, said that he believed he was chosen as regent because the governor has confidence in his abilities.
As the national debate over affirmative action in higher education continues, a group of UNM law students and faculty have offered a New Mexico slant on the issue for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider. Third-year law students Samantha Adams and Julie Sakura, along with UNM law professor Margaret Montoya, have written and filed an amicus, also called a "friend of the court," brief to accompany the University of Michigan's pro-affirmative action side of the landmark case Gruetter v.
The UNM Greek system is planning to use this year's Greek Week to strengthen the sense of community among its organizations and boost its priority of community service events. "Philanthropy is the number one reason Greek Week exists," said Heidi Lowrimore, overall co-chairperson of Greek Week 2003 and member of the Alpha Xi Omega sorority.
New Reg. James Koch has long ties to UNM. He said his grandfather was a visiting professor in 1914 and that he is a University alumnus, playing football for the Lobos on scholarship. Originally from Santa Fe, Koch said he is pleased and grateful that he was appointed to the UNM Board of Regents.
The UNM Presidential Search Committee will conduct 12 to 15 interviews in Dallas for the next president of UNM Thursday through Saturday. Committee Chairwoman Maria Griego-Raby said that conducting interviews out of town for high profile jobs is a standard practice and that Dallas provides an inexpensive, easily accessible hub.
University police are investigating a possible violation of the University's alcohol policy by an employee of the Department of Media Arts. Officers were called to Popejoy Hall Feb. 16 in response to a report of two individuals wandering the corridors of the building's basement.
The atmosphere in Keller Hall Monday for the screening and discussion of “The Two Towns of Jasper” — a documentary film about the racially motivated murder of a Texas man, was open and calm. The event moderator, Marsha Hardeman, began the event by asking the packed crowd questions like, “How many of you have been involved in a racist or discriminative situation?” Very few people raised their hands.
Andrea Cook believes she was chosen by Gov. Bill Richardson to be UNM’s student member of the UNM Board of Regents because of her knowledge and familiarity with the University campus and community. “I served as the UNM undergraduate student body president and was a student adviser to the regents during my stint as president of ASUNM,” Cook said.
Staff Report The UNM men’s basketball team got “burned” by San Diego State University Monday night. SDSU freshman forward Evan Burns had a career night, helping his team defeat the Lobos 89-73. “Evan Burns was the difference tonight,” head coach Ritchie McKay said on 770 AM.
Nancy Holt, an internationally known sculpture artist, said she bypasses museum settings to create works that incorporate aspects of their surrounding natural environment. Battling cold and rainy weather, dozens of students and University staff turned out Monday night to hear the presentation.
Gov. Bill Richardson appointed four new members to the UNM Board of Regents Jan. 23. As regents, the four will help make policy for the University. Andrea Cook, James Koch, Donald Salazar and Maria Griego-Raby attended their first regents meeting Wednesday, and are eager to begin serving their respective terms.
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded the UNM Center for Family and Community Partnerships in the College of Education a $2.3 million grant to begin local efforts to improve language and reading skills in young children, called Project LEER. Project LEER, an acronym for Learners Eager for Early Reading, which is also Spanish for "to read," is an Early Reading First Program.
Two UNM electrical engineering students are combining existing technologies with their own concepts in an attempt to create a new way of training medical personnel syringe injection techniques. Daniel Derkacs and Bill Anderson's electrical engineering senior design class project is to write software for a needle simulator device based in virtual reality that someday could be a more effective tool than traditional cadavers.
Staff Report ASUNM, the SouthWest Film Center and Student Special Events will present a one-time screening of "The Two Towns of Jasper" -- a documentary film about the racially motivated murder of a Texas man -- in Keller Hall at 7 p.m., tonight. "The Two Towns of Jasper" tells the story of James Byrd Jr.
UNM faculty, staff and students who are interested in writing manuscripts can attend a free panel discussion tonight meant to inform would-be writers about the ins and outs of getting published.
The director of the Athletic Training Education program works double time as the director of sports medicine for ESPN, a job she uses to bring exposure to UNM and provide many of her students with hands-on education. Susan McGowen, who has worked for the Entertainment Sports Programming Network for nine years, has headed medical teams providing assistance for sporting events across the world, including the Winter, Summer and International X-Games and the Global-X Championship.
Workers from Silver Construction Company of New Mexico, Inc. have been given seven days to leave campus after their contract to build the new SUB was terminated by University administrators Thursday.
ASUNM senators exchanged suggestions and questions with two new members of the UNM Board of Regents concerning topics such as the presidential search, tuition increases and faculty and staff salary increases. Newly appointed Regs. James Koch and Donald Salazar were guest speakers at the Associated Students of UNM meeting, Wednesday, and took the opportunity to acclimate themselves with the senators’ concerns.
UNM alumnus Justin Delacour has gathered some international publicity lately by questioning the practices of Venezuela's best-known polling companies. In an online report, "Can You Believe Venezuela's Pollsters?" Delacour accuses Venezuela's largest polling firms of being against the country's president, Hugo Chavez.
Construction is underway for a new entry forecourt at the North end of the Zimmerman Library. "I wanted to enhance the north-side entry, it had been on my list of things to do for a while, it will be just as much a front door as the South-side entry," said Gil Berry, associate director of Facility Planning.
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