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.
Most people know that hemp can be a tree alternative for paper products. But, most people probably don't know that the government has explored nearly 500 alternatives to trees. Representatives from one local business said that kenaf, the alternative they use, is the best on the market for saving trees.
Local doctor Kathleen O'Malley doesn't care that it is illegal to travel to Iraq and she doesn't care that traveling there means risking death. However, what she does care about is that people are suffering in Iraq due to U.S. sanctions; she cares so much that, despite all of this, she traveled there Jan.
Staff Report A UNM American Indian program staff member has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the American Educational Research Association to study the influence of institutional education on American Indian communities. Beginning this August, Tiffany Lee, who is of Navajo/Lakota descent, will engage in two to three years of research on "Educational influences on the development of Native American identity and communities," in collaboration with mentor Greg Cajete, associate professor of education at UNM and Native American Studies director.
ASUNM senators and representatives outlined their lobbying goals, including full formula funding and year-round tax-free textbooks, in a meeting to plan for "UNM Day at the State Legislature." UNM students will converge on the Round House, in Santa Fe on Monday, Feb.
As a sign of KUNM radio's considerable growth, the position of program director has been reinstated. Marcos Martinez, the station's news director for nearly 20 years, was appointed to the position Monday. "Our hope is that it will enable us to run more smoothly and continue to improve and increase our community involvement," Martinez said.
Some UNM Chicano students claim that the University isn't listening to their input on the search for a new director of the Chicano/a Studies Program -- a concern that led to a heated meeting between students and officials Thursday. The students, along with several members of the Chicano community, met Thursday and expressed their concerns to numerous University officials.
by Jodi Hunley Daily Lobo A UNM School of Architecture and Planning assistant professor has been awarded the 2003 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture award and the American Institute of Architecture Student's New Faculty Teaching Award.
The city has begun installing $100,000 worth of pedestrian countdown signals at several intersections in Albuquerque -- including at some of the most heavily used crosswalks around campus. The signals are being installed in two phases. The city is finishing the project's first phase, which began about two weeks ago, and should begin the second one by next month.
Nearly seven out of 10 students who attend UNM receive some form of financial aid, according to new University numbers. The figures, compiled by the UNM Bursar's Office, show that of the 23,649 students at UNM's main campus, 15,179 -- or about 64 percent -- are receiving some form of financial assistance for the 2002-03 academic year.
UNM has received an award from the City of Albuquerque for striving to reduce the amount of pollution within the community. The city's Public Works Department, the Albuquerque City Council, the Wastewater Utility Division, the Industrial Pretreatment Program and the Pollution Prevention Program presented UNM with the Pollution Prevention Award of Excellence on Jan.
A UNM student majoring in vocal performance recently took first place in the National Opera Association's Vocal Competition in Washington, D.C. Senior Andrea Clayton attributed her success at the Jan. 18 competition to the unwavering support of family and friends, as well as the guidance of internationally acclaimed opera singer and director Marylin Tyler, who directs UNM's Opera Studies.
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