Bruce Hamlett, executive director of the Commission on Higher Education, publicly announced Monday his resignation because after nine years, he said he has accomplished the goals he established for himself. "Over time, your ability to get things done begins to wane," Hamlett said.
UNM's Faculty Senate voted Tuesday to approve resolutions for both a new faculty regent on the Board of Regents and to hold an open forum for all presidential-search finalists. Faculty Senate President Beverly Burris said that the resolution to place a faculty regent on the board came from discussion and widespread support from faculty last year.
A former student of the UNM School of Medicine was arraigned Sept. 13 on six counts of third-degree criminal sexual contact of a minor - 16 months after he allegedly molested his former girlfriend's seven-year-old daughter. Christopher Tape, a former undergraduate student in the School of Medicine, is no longer taking classes or performing clinical rotations at the UNM Hospital, said Sam Giammo, director of public affairs for the UNM Health Sciences Center.
In an announcement made yesterday at the Duck Pond, Rudy Bueno, Albuquerque environmental health supervisor, said that a horse in the North Valley has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. The confirmation makes Bernalillo County the eleventh county to report the presence of the virus in horses.
by Ryan Floersheim Daily Lobo The UNM Student Regents' job is to help take the University to the next level of accomplishment, current student regent Eric Anaya said Tuesday during an ASUNM sponsored meeting for interested applicants. A new student regent will be selected sometime after Oct.
Staff Report The New Mexico State University Counseling Center's Choices Program has been chosen as the winner for the 2001-2002 Annual College and University Drinking and Driving Prevention Award. The award is sponsored by AAA New Mexico and the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, and includes a $1,000 award.
Staff Report The Pizza Hut concession stand near Ortega Hall was broken into and robbed some time between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday. The stand's manager told UNM police that an unknown person broke the rear door lock and stole a metal box containing $300 in cash.
Hit the Road-Albuquerque, the 2002 AIDS Walk, was at Johnson Field Saturday to raise money for victims of the HIV virus and AIDS. Thousands of people participated in the 5K walk from Johnson Field, through Nob Hill, and back to UNM. Opening ceremonies began at 9 a.
Staff Report Chicano issues such as culture discourse, labor rights and the loss of ancestral lands are on exhibit through Nov. 1 at the Albuquerque Sunport. The exhibit, which is made up of three panels displaying photographs, literature, artifacts and historical documents, commemorates the work of several Chicano leaders as well as the role UNM's Chicano/a Studies program in establishing Chicano Studies as a legitimate academic field.
Staff Report Chicano issues such as culture discourse, labor rights and the loss of ancestral lands are on exhibit through Nov. 1 at the Albuquerque Sunport. The exhibit, which is made up of three panels displaying photographs, literature, artifacts and historical documents, commemorates the work of several Chicano leaders as well as the role UNM's Chicano/a Studies program in establishing Chicano Studies as a legitimate academic field.
David Yeagley, a controversial conservative American Indian, spoke to a group of students, faculty and staff at UNM's School of Law last night. He was met with a less than friendly response.
President Bush asked Congress Thursday for authority to "use all means," including military force if necessary, to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he does not comply quickly with United Nations demands that he abandon all weapons of mass destruction. Separately, the White House pressed reluctant allies Russia and France to support a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing force.
For his work on the study and design of the 6,000-year-old concept of public spaces such as plazas and markets, Mark Childs, associate professor of architecture and planning, has received this month's Faculty Acknowledgement Award.
Annazette Fields, the second of four Office of Equal Opportunity director candidates, presented her qualifications, including discrimination investigation, educational background and experiences for the OEO office to University officials and students at a forum Thursday.
University College Dean Peter White said that UNM is already making large strides in retaining students - a statement backed up by the official 2002 enrollment report. "A lot of students are under the impression that we have a very bad problem with retention rates and I don't think that's any longer true," White said.
Staff Report Issues of global warming, greenhouse gases and the Unites States' refusal to ratify the Kyoto Pact have sparked interest in the issue of global climate among many Americans. That debate will be coming to UNM tonight when meteorologist and climate researcher Richard C.
SANTA FE - People might not single out John Horning as executive director of Forest Guardians. In short pants, sandals and untucked shirt, the 35-year-old Horning looks more like a laid-back English lit major than the passionate and committed point man for an aggressive environmental organization.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - A distant cousin of "Trees" poet Joyce Kilmer has planted the 20 millionth tree for the Global Releaf Program of American Forests, a national conservationist group. The poet's shirttail relative, actor Val Kilmer, who has branched out into poetry himself, planted a sawtooth oak Wednesday at Ashley Pond, a Los Alamos park.
After a late night party, a house being rented by a UNM student athlete was sprayed with more than 30 rounds of gunfire in the 2700 block of Hyder Avenue. Jeff Arbogast, public information officer for the Albuquerque Police Department, said the shooting occurred at 5:21 a.
In what has become somewhat common this election year, College Democrats sponsored another campus rally to bring support to the democratic candidates seeking voters at the Nov. 5 election.
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