New Mexico women’s soccer Head coach Heather Dyche will be making the trip to the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio this year. Dyche will be scouting and analyzing opponents in Rio, a UNM release stated.
Several University departments and positions are under review as a result of the Board of Regents' decision in March to restructure the Health Sciences Center so that it falls under the control of the University's main campus administration.
The Hodgin Hall Patio is undergoing its second phase of renovation which, once completed, will honor Karen Abraham, who retired last year after 45 years of service to UNM. The Alumni Association has chosen to commemorate Abraham, who was associate vice president of the Alumni Relations Office as well as executive director of the Alumni Association.
Applying to graduate school as a low-income student can be a daunting task, and even once they are there, those from low-income backgrounds often face social-cultural isolation and economic barriers. To educate and assist low-income students, Karra Shimabukuro, a doctoral candidate in the English Department, created a Wiki page where students can learn tips for applying to and enduring graduate school: "How to Prep for Grad School While Poor."
Albuquerque is undergoing the unheard-of by growing a rainforest in the heart of a city. However, instead of seeds, the Lobo Rainforest building will be a place for innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers to grow. The Lobo Rainforest is the first sequence of Innovate ABQ, the inspiration being the creation of a one-stop shop approach for companies, entrepreneurs and investors seeking to evaluate new technology and create new business opportunities.
UNM has unveiled a new class for students interested in entrepreneurship at Anderson. MGT 190 Intro to Entrepreneurship is being offered in response to the growing entrepreneurial movement and the small business boom across New Mexico. The course will present students with the tools to succeed in the world of entrepreneurship through the use of text as well as the voice of experience from other active entrepreneurs, predominantly students who have graduated from UNM.
New Mexico decided to “keep it in the family” and announced former player and assistant coach Ben Dunbar as its new men’s tennis head coach. Dunbar played tennis for the Lobos from 2008-2012 and served as the assistant coach for the past two seasons, joining the staff when his predecessor, Bart Scott, took over the program.
I write this letter to express my concern and frustration with President Frank’s response to the Department of Justice’s Report of its investigation of the University of New Mexico’s failures regarding the investigation and response to reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment by its students, specifically President Frank’s comments that the DOJ’s report has a “lack of facts” and was just “anecdotal”.
Do you think it’s fair that student employees cannot receive raises and what negative effect could that policy have?
Looking at the Bernie-stoked Clinton plan to initially offer free in-state college tuition initially to those whose family makes a total of only $80,000, this would mean the poor, and many American business owners do not even want this because, plain and simple, they do not want more college graduates flooding the market with their higher wage demands, especially liberal arts degree holders “with their noses in the air.”
The New Mexico tennis program has been dealt another hard blow, leaving both tennis teams leaderless. Head coach Bart Scott of the men's squad recently announced his resignation to pursue a career in the private sector. Now multiple reports have confirmed former UNM women's tennis head coach Kelcy McKenna has accepted a coaching position at the University of Wisconsin.
The Office of the State Auditor held a community meeting last week to discuss an initiative which aims for a way to test the more than 3,000 Sexual Assault Evidence Kits (SAK) in Albuquerque. With the oldest of the untested evidence kits dating back to 1988, the process of clearing the backlog began in December 2015, when the Office of the State Auditor helped state police to determine the inventory count of untested kits.
With the growing movement for a national $15 per hour minimum wage, now included in the National Democratic Party’s draft platform, the Daily Lobo investigates the current student employee pay, pay-scale, raises and minimum wage at UNM’s main campus. Biology HR Representative Emily Arzate said understanding how student employees are paid is complex.
It’s finally happened. Any child that grew up in the 1990s can finally fulfill their dream and become a Pokémon Master. Maybe not in the most literal sense, but thanks to one of the hottest applications in recent memory Pokémon Go can give fans a little glimpse into what being a Pokémon trainer is like, in arguably the most realistic sense yet.
Last week, the third in a series of public forums discussing the topic of UNM’s official seal was held on the second floor of the SUB. The forums are being held in an effort to gather input that would allow the Board of Regents to make an informed decision about the future of the controversial seal.
The UNM Dream Team recently held a forum at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to inform the immigrant community about the Supreme Court's recent decision to bar expansion of pro-immigrant program. The result was a split decision specifically affecting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs, which would have temporarily protected parents and youth from deportation, while giving them the opportunity to apply for work permits, according to Dream Team Organizing Coordinator Estefany Gonzalez.
Freshman recruit Sammie Woodward will no longer be a Lobo, as announced by the University of New Mexico late Wednesday morning.
Last month, at the NCAA outdoor championships, Frerichs set a new collegiate record in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, turning in a time of 9:24.41. Television analysts said Frerichs had a good chance to make the Olympic team if she could shave another four seconds off her time—on Thursday, she did exactly that.
It’s time like this when the structure of racism rears its ugly head from the hidden shadows of the so called “post-racial” society. It’s time like this where people are waking up and realizing that they are fighting an everyday struggle and war on race. These events that are blasted all over the news and social media numb one’s response and ability to process the difficult situations. When we are constantly waking up to hear of another killing of someone who looks likes us— we begin to constantly question, “Are my family, friends, co-workers, peers, neighbors next” or even “Am I next?”
Ongoing Republican obstructionism to any Obama-proposed legislation recently reached an egregious level; public health is now being endangered. They have blocked appropriations to fund the fight to eliminate the microcephaly-causing Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes, and therefore able to be quickly spread anywhere. They have played with the lives and health of even American babies, even after several tens of thousands of Zika cases have already appeared in Puerto Rico.
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