With his short hair, plaid shirt and wire-rimmed glasses, soft-spoken Trey Smith seems an unlikely leader of student peace activists. But that is the idea. "There's people who say, 'Well, I saw someone holding a sign about Bush being Satan,' and that sign alone is what keeps people from joining us," Smith said.
Staff Report Reg. Larry Willard said that the presidential search committee is continuing to narrow down its list of candidates for the next president of the University. The committee met Thursday in a nearly three-hour long closed session and Willard said that there are still about 80 candidates.
A UNM Health Sciences Center administrator has been selected by Attorney General John Ashcroft to be on a 20-member national committee that identifies solutions for domestic violence. Pamela Galbraith, administrator of the Behavioral Health Hospitals and Programs at UNM's Health Science Center, accepted the nomination to be on the U.
Several organizations from campus and the Albuquerque community celebrated the holiday of the heart by focusing on its health during a national Heart Health Day celebration at UNM Thursday. "Heart Health Day is in recognition of American Heart month, which is designed to raise awareness on nutrition, fitness and everything else that contributes to overall heart health," said Brianne Schneider, one of the event's coordinators and a UNM senior majoring in biology.
A coalition of students and Chicano community members has managed to accomplish two of its major goals in delaying the process to select a new director of the Chicano/a Studies program. The group got the verbal support of nine of the 13 members of the program's steering committee and has been a second presentation scheduled for the position's lone candidate, to take place later in the month.
Staff Report Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an authority on the psychology of creativity, will present a free lecture titled "The Creative Person and the Creative Context," today. Csikszentmihalyi, director of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif.
Staff Report UNM Religious Studies Professor Emeritus Shlomo Karni, has spent the last four years compiling data for a book of common Hebrew words and terms used in the Bible. The book, titled Dictionary of Basic Biblical Hebrew, which will be published by Carta, The Israel Map & Publishing Company, will be an essential tool for students interested in uncovering the deeper meaning of the Old and New Testaments, Karni said.
As the spring semester begins to fade and summer weather blooms, professors will finally quiet down and allow the students an opportunity to voice their opinions. At the end of every semester, students are asked to complete Instruction and Course Evaluation System forms designed to give instructors and professors feedback on their teaching methods and course material from the people who know it best.
Staff Report Architectural historian Eleni BastÇa, associate professor at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning, will look to expand the scope and focus of the Modern Greek Studies Association -- a group that has recently elected her to its executive board.
More than 79 national corporations are planning to converge at UNM to promote their businesses and help members of the community with their future employment decisions. The 27th Career Expo, sponsored by UNM's Career Services Department, will be Jan. 13 and 14, in Johnson Center from 9 a.
by Felicia Fonseca Daily Lobo On graduation day, there can be a degree in one hand, work experience in the other and a foot in the door with local and even international companies. At UNM, the Cooperative Education Program provides students with paid, study-related employment throughout a semester.
Ron Martinez, director of UNM's Financial Aid Office, said that while the retention and success rates of the Lottery Scholarship recipients are stellar, the program is continuing to miss its desired target: low-income students. "The success of the program is undeniable, however it has not increased the number of low income students attending college," Martinez said.
After three years of working toward a degree in pharmacy, and going through grueling math, chemistry and physics courses, 22-year-old Elizabeth Montano decided to change her major. Montano was nearly through the fall semester of her junior year when she realized she was discontent with her career choice.
UNM's undergraduate Career Services has helped about 3,700 students since July 2002 find a major, find a job and foster skills employers are looking for. Also, since July, 2,125 new employers have posted job listings with Career Services. "It's a real high working with students and giving them the skills they need to get a job they want," said Jenna Sultemeier, one of the six career development facilitators at Career Services.
by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo Students having trouble finding job listings on the Internet or writing rÇsumÇs now have a place to go. The Career Resource Lab, located in the Career Services Center, is a state of the art computer pod that opened last October.
As of Saturday, the Office of International Programs and Studies at UNM must begin registering almost 1,000 foreign students and scholars who attend UNM. The requirement is because of a new Immigration and Naturalization Service directive that all foreign or exchange students studying in the United States register their personal information on the Internet through the Students and Exchange Visitor Information Service, also known as SEVIS.
Members of several minority groups at UNM said they view the United States as a racist entity that continues to segregate minorities from acceptance into higher-educational institutions and the pursuit of the American dream. Students from the UNM School of Law formed a panel discussion to inform the public about Grutter v.
SANTA FE -- UNM student representatives, armed with ramen, burritos and sponge stress relievers, converged at the Capitol Monday to lobby state legislators about a variety of issues, including tuition credits and funding. Members of ASUNM and GPSA and numerous departments and programs were in Santa Fe for "UNM Day at the State Legislature" to showcase the University to state lawmakers, as well as to lobby key officials on year-round tax-free textbooks, tuition credits and full-formula funding.
Pop culture connoisseurs will have plenty to dine on this week as more than 80 components of American culture will be on display in the 14th annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association regional conference. The annual conference will feature workshops and presenters talking about a variety of topics including computers, ethnicity, gender, film, TV, radio, literature, geography, rights issues, American myths and methodologies, visual arts, personalities and America's wars and war eras.
by Keri Burson Daily Lobo Many students worry that UNM is not doing its part to reduce the air pollution that can lead to health problems in the community. Members of Students for Clean Energy and the University of New Mexico Public Interest Research Group met in Mitchell Hall last Tuesday, to discuss performing an independent audit on campus to discover what role, if any, UNM is playing in Albuquerque's pollution problems.
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